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<br />001976 <br /> <br />Quadrangle maps) crosses the Robbins Ranch property; otherwise no known sites occur on lands <br />slated to receive water described in this Environmental Assessment. <br /> <br />The proposed carriage contracts meet the definition of an undertaking in 36 CPR 800.16. <br />Reclamation as the lead Federal agency for the contracts must comply with the National Historic <br />Preservation Act (NHP A) for this undertaking. However Reclamation has determined the <br />proposed action does not have potential to effect historic properties because of the following: no <br />new ground disturbing activities will occur; only historic usage of water on previously developed <br />and irrigated agricultural fields; utilization of currently in-place private apd Mancos Project <br />conveyance systems; and maintenance activities will not be altered from pa~~ practices. This <br />finding is being forwarded to the Colorado State Historic PreservatiQn Officer. <br /> <br />3.8 Indian Trust Assets and Environmental Justice <br /> <br />3.8.1 Indian Trust Assets <br /> <br />- .-- <br />The Ute Mountain Ute Indian Tribe (UMU) has serii()~'water right to 21,000 af ofdiiect <br />diversion water from the Mancos River System for irrigatjon()f 7,200 ac of lands., based upon <br />their Treaty settlement. In 1988 with the signing of PublicJ,Aiw 100-585, the Colorado Ute <br />Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, theUMU agreed to subordinate those rights to all rights on <br />the Mancos River with adjudication dates~rigrto 1985. In return, the Upited States gave the <br />UMU an assured long-term water supply from the Dolores Project <br /> <br />. :.. <br />The three proposed carriage contract water rights have adjudication dates from 1893 and <br />therefore subordinate the.l.J:Mtt\Vater rights. No other Indian Trust Assets are known to be <br />effected by the Manco"scProjects6'p~ations or the proposed implementation of these carriage <br />contracts. <br /> <br />3.8.2 Environmental JustiCe <br />. _..-. ,. _ c _ ._~" <br /> <br /> <br />~. - '-." " '. - - - .- --'.- '-.-':". '.' .... - - - - '.' .' ...- <br />- - - - - .. - . <br />--.. -.-. --. <br />'---." -- . <br />-'-.."-', .. --.' <br />The exeqritive Order o:i-fiEilyironlIleIlt.a) Justice is designated to protect minority and low-income <br />populatipAs from dispropOtti.9nately'ID;:gqand adverse human health and environmental effects of <br />Federal act~()11s and programs:~A min,onty Hispanic populations that meets the definitions within <br />the executlvt:-'pn1er is identifi~C\ within the vicinity of Mancos Colorado (BOR, 2000). However, <br />the proposed G8.1J:j:':lge Contra?Xs or the No Action Alternative would not have any <br />disproportional adv:@r~e effegts on these populations because the water rights to be utilized for <br />this carriage contract~e.pri:.vate and historic, and will not impact any other group or individual <br />right to use of that carnage capacity. <br /> <br />., <br /> <br />4. FINDINGS OF THE ANALYSES <br /> <br />1. These proposed carriage contracts represent historic usage of Non-Project water. <br />2. Only previously disturbed/cultivate/irrigated properties will receive contract water. <br />3. No new Project or Non-Project delivery/carriage facilities will be constructed or utilized. <br />4. These proposed carriage contracts will only utilize excess Mancos Project capacity. <br /> <br />25 <br />