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OD2433 8. Several entities other than the Southern Ute and Ute Mountain Ute Tribes have been designated to receive water from the Project. These entities include the Navajo Nation, the cities of Durango and Farmington, and irrigators. 9. Construction of the Project, or the implementation of any solution reached under this process, will require full compliance with state and federal law, including specifically federal environmental and reclamation law, and the Law of the Colorado River. Some of the above "realities" may be changed under the scope of new solutions that may be reached through this process. Others may be extremely difficult if not impossible to significantly alter. Nevertheless, the state of Colorado is committed to working with each of the parties to explore these and new ideas. We therefore propose that the following issues will need to be addressed through this process, as new ideas are explored: --~ .~< \:,~ I ~ :I:. vfl (jf-~ ,;. rj'- r .}. tJ$E ~ ,;.iJJ. (..6- - ",,'(;, to 7 (j~ The effect of new ideas on the existing parameters of the Settlement Agreement, the Settlement Act, existing environmental compliance, and financial resources of the parties. The effect of new ideas on existing vested water rights, local economies, the decrees that have been entered in Colorado Water Court, and the administrative agreements contained in the Settlement Agreement; The effect of new ideas on the obligations to the Tribes under the Settlement Agreement, and the benefits to the Tribes under the Settlement Act; The effect of new ideas on Colorado's cost-sharing commitments; Existing and new potential uses for CRSP power revenues; The desire to avoid reserved rights litigation; The needs of entities other than the Southern Ute and Ute Mountain Ute Tribes; and Compliance with law. 11 l~ <<.1'.10 c..(;r6, .:I (,C' ',.9 ... . ,-"ra. ",.,.c' d C'<" ,;<'" :;,~" y. (J' 0,0 c..' . "'v< Y'" "if <q<-'c.r'\ . ,V/ 'iJ,-. ' ,^~a.J ~c.~~.(,( Cr\