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A <br />Gener, ly under an assignment a person or entity transfers to another the whole of his/her or its right, <br />interes or property. Here, the Assignment states that the easement assigned to the United States is <br />"subje t to all reservations in the Deed," meaning the reservations to CDHPE and to CWCB. Moreover, <br />the ass gnment imposes a variety of covenants on the United States that serve to protect CWCB's and <br />CDHPI 71S respective interests and that "shall be enforceable by the CWCB and CDPHE." Consequently, <br />even 1tion ugh it assigned an easement to the United States, this language shows that the State still holds its <br />reserperpetual easement covering the 46.27 acres, and that the State did not relinquish its easement <br />when Assignment was executed. In short, the State assigned an easement on its easement that it <br />contin s to hold. Therefore, when the Assignment is amended to reflect Reclamation's final footprint, <br />Recla will release to the State the easement acreage not needed for operation and maintenance of <br />the D <br />The Ur ited States agreed to provide the State through the CWCB credit for the 46.27 acres which would <br />be appl ed towards the State costs for construction of the Animas -La Plata Project. However, that credit <br />amount will need to be reduced by the easement acreage that Reclamation will release back to the State. <br />To that end, the easement will need to be appraised pursuant to the Uniform Appraisal Standards for <br />Federal Land Acquisitions, also known as the "Yellow Book ". The State will cover the cost of the <br />apprais i and credit for that cost will be combined with credit for the DPP final permanent easement <br />Please <br />t me know if you have any questions or if further discussion is necessary. You may contact me <br />at 970 <br />8 -0654 or by email at lwarner@usbr.g_ov. <br />Sincerely, <br />ILI { <br />Ed Warner <br />Area Manager <br />Enclosu <br />e <br />cc: Mr. <br />Larry Walkoviak <br />Mr. Jay Roundy <br />Reg <br />onal Director <br />Land and Resource Division <br />Bureau of Reclamation <br />Bureau of Reclamation <br />Up <br />r Colorado Regional Office <br />Upper Colorado Regional Office <br />125 <br />South State Street, Rm 6107 <br />125 South State Street, Rm 6107 <br />Salt <br />Lake City, UT 84138 <br />Salt Lake City, UT 84138 <br />Mr. <br />arter Brown <br />Mr. Barry Longwell <br />DOI Office of the Solicitor <br />Construction Engineer <br />184 <br />C Street, NW <br />Bureau of Reclamation <br />MS- <br />5530 MIB <br />Four Corners Construction Office <br />Was <br />iington, DC 20240 <br />2200 Bloomfield Highway <br />Farmington, NM 87401-8110 <br />Mr. <br />uss Howard <br />Ani <br />as -La Plata Operation and <br />Maii <br />tenance Replacement Association <br />I25 <br />Smelter Place <br />Dura <br />igo, CO 81303 <br />