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<br />. . <br /> <br />" <br />''''';;10 <br />il'f;[iI <br /> <br />.C. '"" <br />/"-.'" <br />",,:.'..' <br />~' <br /> <br />.~~.-:. ....~. ~.- ~..~ ,"-"~ ~._""-'7~:~-~~',:" <br /> <br />F <br />r <br />,.. <br />, <br /> <br />.. " <br /> <br />20 <br /> <br />Extension of the water service contract with Utah International Inc., (Contract <br /> <br />No. 14-06-400-4831) through this determination, will apply to the Second <br /> <br />Amendatory Contract of August 31, 1982. In no event shall the term of the <br /> <br />contract exceed 40 years from the date of the Second Amendatory Contract <br /> <br />(August 31, 2022). The amendatory contract provides, among other things, for an <br /> <br />extension of the term of the original contract, and permit additional time for <br /> <br />. <br />UII to complete its facilities and put the water to beneficial use. Any water <br /> <br />service past the year 2022 would require a new contract with the United States. <br />\ <br /> <br />VI. Determination <br /> <br />Recognizing the status of water use in the Upper Colorado River aasin, the phy-' <br /> <br />sical availability, institutional constraints, and by hydrologic investigation, <br /> <br />it is determined that sufficient water is reasonably likely to be available <br /> <br />under the provision of section ll(a) of the Act of June 13, 1962 (Public Law <br /> <br />87-483) to fulfill contracts that involve Navajo Reservoir water depletions up <br /> <br />to 69,000 acre-feet annually through the year 2039; and by hydrologic data ana- <br /> <br />lysis there is no evidence to indicate that the 5.8 MAF depletion limit should <br /> <br />be changed. <br /> <br />This 5.8 MAr yield from the Colorado River is recognized by the Bureau and the <br /> <br />Department as a conservative limit to be used for planning purposes only and is <br /> <br />not intended to be an interpretation of the Upper Basin entitlement according to <br /> <br />the provisions of the Colorado River Compacts and other law of the river. <br /> <br />Therefore, we conclude that the projection of water uses now envisioned in the <br /> <br />Upper aasin by 2040 with the 5.8 MAr depletion level remaining in effect, <br /> <br />incduding deliveries under long-term contracts involving 69,000 acre-feet Navajo <br /> <br />, <br />i <br />I <br />('; <br />f <br /> <br />r.: <br /> <br />~; <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />I:, <br /> <br />" <br />i: <br /> <br />i' <br />~:. <br /> <br />{,' <br />L <br />" <br /> <br />\' <br />r <br /> <br />, <br />t <br /> <br />r. <br />~. <br />-/0; <br />.' <br />~' <br />" <br />, <br />( <br /> <br />f <br />t. <br />E <br />1 <br />, <br />r, <br />, <br />" <br />f.: <br />t <br />, <br />F <br />,< <br />~ <br />r <br />I' <br />r <br />f <br />! <br />f <br />~ <br />, <br />p <br />.' <br />, <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />" <br />,f <br />i <br />,. <br />~. <br /> <br />f" <br />L <br />~ <br />t- <br />[ <br />r <br />~ <br />I <br />