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r~' _c- August, 1985 June, 1986 December, 1986 November, 1988 February, 1990 October, 1991 December, 1991 February, 1992 April, 1992 September, 1992 - 2 - congress requires cost sharing agreement for ALP Chap. IV of Public Law 99-88 (99 Stat. 293). Binding cost sharing agreement executed by Colorado, New Mexico, the Secretary of the Interior and the project beneficiaries including the two ute tribes. Colorado ute Indian Water Rights Final Settlement Agreement executed under which Phase One of ALP must be built to waive tribal claims on the Animas and La Plata Rivers. Colorado ute Indian Water Rights Settlement Act of 1988 implementing the 1986 Agreement passed by Congress and signed by President Reagan. Fish and Wildlife Service and Bureau of Reclamation reinitiate consultation on ALP under S 7 of ESA. Fish and Wildlife Service issues a jeopardy opinion for ALP that includes a "reasonable and prudent alternative" allowing Ridges Basin Reservoir, the Durango Pumping Plant, and the inlet pipeline to be constructed. State court enters consent decrees resolving tribal water right claims in accordance with settlement. Sierra Club and other environmental groups file lawsuit entitled Four Corners Action Coalition v. ~eard claiming Reclamation cannot procee without preparing a supplement to the final environmental statement. Reclamation announces that it will prepare a supplement to the final environmental statement. District court issues preliminary injunction in.Four Corners Action Coalition v. Beard prohibiting ground disturbing activities until completion of SEIS. ;0