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• Board Meeting Date: 7/22/2009
• Description: WSP Section - Animas La Plata
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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Ti~"TERGUVERNII~ENTAL AGREEMENT
ESTABLXSHiIYG THE ANI~MAS-LA PLATA
DPERATIQNS AND MAINT'E~IANCF ASSUCTATIpN
This Intergo~ernmental Agreement {°`Agreement"} is entered into effecti~c an t~is
~day af ~!!~.~ v'~~n , 2QQg ~y and aman~: the Galvrado l~ater Reso~rces and Powes
~ev~lvpment Autharity; the Sa.n .Iuan ~Nater Carnmission, a pnlitir.a~ subcii~i~inn vf the State of
N~w Mcxica, t~e [.,a Plata Water Canser~ ancy District, S~D~l~C1CS~ 511~~1VISY~i1 0~ Lt7C S~A~E Uf
New Ivlexica; the Sauthern Ute Indian '~'ribe, a federally recognirxd Indian tribe; t~e Na~aja
Nation, a fcd~rally recagnizeii Indian tribe; an~ the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, a f~erally
recvgnixcd Indiari tribe [~olkecti~e~y "the Parti~s" }.
HECITALS
1.1 The Animas La Plata Water Proj~ct ("ALP"} provides far the deli~ery of water
from the Animas Ri~er by direct flow and rese7voir starage and relcase. The ALP includes the
~7I1]rS1CaI &~t'UCTUTCS d~R ~8ii7, reservuir, purnping plant, inlet cvnduit, and ather appurtenant
facilities tn di~ert and store water fram the Animas Ri~er. The ALP was autharized by statutory
c:nactmcnts, including th~ Calarado River Storage Project Act vf I955, f~e Colarada Ri~er F3asin
I'rnject Act vf 1968, the Colat~dv Ute Indian Wat~r Rights Settlemenf Act of 1988, and the
G~l~rada Ute Settlement Act Arr:endmsnts gf 20U4 [caltecti~eiy the "Enahling Law"}.
Construction nf the ALP by the United States began in 20Q1, and the ALP is an#acipated ta be
o~erationai E~eginning in 2412.
I.2 'The Parties are each governments or gnvernmental su~divisians entitled, gursuant
to statutes, caurt de~r~es, ~ermits, andlor ~antracts, to recei~e and -~se water firvrri the ALP, wha
~ta-~e efected to participate in and be resgonsible for the operation, maintenance and replacement
vf the ALP. Further, the Parties are e~rr~pc~wez~i pursuant to law tv cos~perate ar cantract with
ane an~ther and third parties to pro~ide certain fi~neti~ns and servi~es with regard tv the
aperativn, maintenance arzd replacemer~t of the ALP.
1.3 The Animas La P~a#a Water Ganservancy District ("A.LP'L~CD"} assigned its
interest in the AI.P ~u-der ttte Enabling Law ~"ALPWC~ Interest"] to the Co~nradn Water
Resourc~s and Pawer I]e~elapment A~thority {"CWRPDA") in 2UD I. In ~4~5, the ALPWCD
and t3~e CWRPDA enter~d intv a cantract wherehy ALPWC~] may purchase baa~c a portion of the
ALPWCi] Interest.
1.9 "E'he Parties, wha ha~e i~gal du#ies and ohligations under the Enab~ing Law,
cicsire w Greate an associatian, as a separate i~gal entity, to enter into apprvpriate agreements and
tn aperate, maintain and replae.e ar cause the aperatian, maintenance and replacement of the
A~,P. The Parties intend that th~ Assaciation will ent~r intv appxnp~iate a~mements with the
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