WSP08481

• File Number: 8220.106.P
• Description: Animas La Plata Project
• State: CO
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 10/9/1996
• Author: State of Colorado
• Title: Opening Statement of the State of Colorado to Participants in the Discussions to Resolve the Issues Surrounding the ALP Project
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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2,

The Tribes
against the

waived ancillary
United States.

breach

of

trust

claims

3, The Tribes agreed to specific conditions concerning the
administration and use of reserved water rights, so as to
integrate such administration into administration of non-
Indian water rights, These conditions included
beneficial use as a limiting condition, monitoring of
water usage, sharing of streamflow data, and judicial
change in use proceedings in Colorado state water court
when required. The state court was given jurisdiction
over all water on the Reservations not decreed to the
tribes as reserved water rights, including both
unappropriated water and state appropriative rights. The
parties agreed to the entry of consent decrees in state
water court.

4. The Tribes received commitments to obtain $60.5 million
in Tribal Development Funds, to enable the development of
water and assiat in economic self sufficiency.~

5. The non-federal parties agreed to significant cost
sharing of the Animas-La Plata Project and Tribal
Development Funds.1l The parties agreed to seek
Congressional deferral of Tribal repayment of certain

Round Meadow Creek

Non-project reserved water right for 975 af/yr
for the irrigation of 325 net acres.

Non-project reserved water right for 1372 af/yr
for the irrigation of 482 net acres.

No reserved rights.

Cat Creek

Navajo River

120f this amount, $20.0 million was to be earmarked for the Southern Ut-e
Tribe, and $40.5 million for the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe. The Funds were created
by the following contributions:
$5,0 million from the State of Colorado
$6.0 million from the State of Colorado in the form of the construction of
the Towaoc Pipeline and a domestic water distribution system for the Ute Mountain
Ute Tribe (The actual amount spent by Colorado was $7.8 million.)
$49.5 million from the United States, in three installments

I]The state of Colorado committed to the expenditure of $60.8 million toward
these purposes. This money has either been spent, or is on deposit as restricted
funds. The st.ate has spent $7.8 million in the construction of the Towaoe
Pipeline, $5,0 million to the Tribal Development ~und, and $300.000 toward a
portion of the construction of the Animas-La Plata Project. The state has
committed in restricted funds $42.4 million held by the Colorado Water and Power
Development Authority for the cost share toward phase I of A-LP, and $5.3 million
held in the construction fund of the Colorado Water Conservation Board toward
cost share of the Ridges Basin Reservoir.

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