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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />ANIMAS - LA PLATA PROJECT <br /> <br />4 History of Events ~ <br /> <br />1956: <br /> <br />Congress, through the Colorado River Storage Act of April 11, <br />1956 (70 Stat. 105), authorizes a feasibility study of the project. <br /> <br />1962: <br /> <br />Reclamation finds the project to be "engineeringly sound and <br />financially sound and feasible. " <br /> <br />1968: <br /> <br />Congress, through the Colorado River Basin Project Act of <br />September 26, 1968 (82 Stat. 885), authorizes the construction of <br />the project, consisting of Howardsville Reservoir near Silverton, <br />Hay Gulch Reservoir 25 miles west of Durango, Meadows <br />Reservoir, 48 miles of canals and tunnels and a diversion of the <br />Animas River at Taft, halfway between Durango and Silverton. <br /> <br />1973: <br /> <br />Congress appropriaJes funds for advance studies. <br /> <br />1974-77: <br /> <br />An advisory team of state, federal, and local officials considers <br />about 30 alternate plans for the project. <br /> <br />September 1979: <br /> <br />The Definite Plan Report, detailing the new configuration of <br />Ridges Basin and Southern Ute Reservoirs, is completed by <br />Department of the Interior. <br /> <br />December 1979: <br /> <br />Endangered Species Act, non-jeopardy opinion on Animas-La <br />Plata Project is issued by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. <br /> <br />July 1980: <br /> <br />The Final Environmental Statement is completed. <br /> <br />July 1986: <br /> <br />The Department of the Interior accepts a cost-sharing <br />arrangement that calls for state and local entities to provide 38 <br />per cent of the up-front funding. <br /> <br />December 1986: <br /> <br />The Colorado Ute Indian Water Rights Final Settlement <br />Agreement is signed. The Ute Mountain Ute and Southern Ute <br />Indian Tribes agree to drop claims on San Juan Basin streams in <br />exchange for water in the Animas-La Plata Project and about $60 <br />million in economic development funds. <br /> <br />December 1987: <br /> <br />Voters within the Animas-La Plata Water Conservancy District <br />approve their repayment contract. <br /> <br />November 1988: <br /> <br />Colorado Ute Indian Water Rights Settlement Act becomes law, <br />P.L. 100-585. <br /> <br />December 1989: <br /> <br />Ute Mountain Ute and Southern Ute Indian Tribes pass <br />resolutions approving their respective draft repayment contracts <br />as-to-fonn. <br /> <br />6 <br />