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e e 89. Congress recognized the need to change the deadline for "completion of the modified ALP and fimil settlement of the Ute Tribal water rights claims on the Animas and La Plata Rivers. Applicant's Ex. 1 (2000 Settlement Act Amendments) at ~18. 90. This Court also recognized the need to continue these deadlmes. Order (Dec. 28, 2004). 91. Moving Parties have stipulated to change the ALP construction and water delivery date from January 1,2000, to January 1, 2009. Stipulations to Amend at pp. 3-4, ~iv. (UMU) and pp.5-7, ~iv.(SUIT). The Moving Parties have also stipulated to change the date by which the Tribe must decide whether to accept the water right or to litigate or renegotiate its pending Tribal claims on the Animas and La Plata Rivers from January 1, 2005, to January 1, 2012. ld. 27 92. This Court finds that the requested extensions of deadlines for final settlement of the Tribal reserved water rights claims on the Animas and La Plata Rivers, or in the alternative, for the Ute Tribes to determine whether to agree to the settlement or commence litigation of their Tribal claims are tailored to resolve the problems created by the change in circumstances. It is in the interest of the Ute Tribes and all other Moving Parties and area water users to allow sufficient time for implementation of the Ute Tribal settlement on the Animas and La Plata Rivers. A contrary decision would be unreasonable and would not allow the settlement to be implemented. E. Effect on Ute Tribal Decrees Relating to Other Rivers 93. Congress was explicit in the 2000 Settlement Act Amendments that the only tribal water rights in the 1986 Settlement Agreement to be affected by the 2000 Settlement Act Amendments were the water rights claims on the Animas and La Plata Rivers. As a threshold matter, Congress made an express finding that: The Claims of the Colorado Ute Indian Tribes on all rivers in Colorado other than the Animas and La Plata Rivers have been settled in accordance with the provisions of the [1988 Act]. Applicant's Ex. I (2000 Settlement Act Amendments) at ~ 301(b)(2). 94. Congress further underscored this distinction in instructions as to the statutory construction of the 2000 Settlement Act Amendments: Statutory Construction. Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the rights of the Tribes to water rights on the streams and rivers described in the Agreement, other than the Animas and La Plata Rivers, to receive the amounts of water dedicated to tribal use under the Agreement, or to acquire water rights under the laws of the State of Colorado. Applicant's Ex. 1 (2000 Settlement Act Amendments) at 9 303 (9 18(b)).