Water Supply and Demand Study 1/13/11

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968 (82 Stat. 896), and the United States has investigated, planned, and begun to construct
knimas -La Plata Project for the storage, diversion, salvage, and distribution of the waters of
nimas River, which Project has among its authorized purposes the furnishing of water for
cipal, industrial, domestic, and other beneficial purposes. The water rights settlement
)ses of the Project were authorized by the Colorado Ute Indian Water Rights Settlement Act
6 of 1 88 (Public Law 100 -585) as amended by the Colorado Ute Settlement Act Amendments of
7 200 , Public Law 106 -554 (hereafter referred to as the Settlement Act, as amended).
8 (b) The Settlement Act, as amended, authorizes the construction of a reservoir, pumping
9 plan , inlet conduit, and appurtenant facilities with sufficient capacity to divert, store, and use
10 wat from the Animas River for an average annual depletion of 57,100 acre feet of water to be
1 I used for a municipal and industrial water supply;
12 ) Reclamation has completed the Animas -La Plata Final Supplemental Environmental
13 Imp 1000, ct Statement (FSE1S) dated July 2000 and subsequent Record of Decision dated September
14 25, for compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act. The State acknowledges
15 that is a result of this regulatory compliance, and the terms of this contract, it is limited in the
16 Con ract to a municipal and industrial Statutory Water Allocation with an estimated average
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depletion not to exceed 5,230 acre -feet of water for this Project.
As provided by Public Law 100 -585, the design and construction functions of the
a of Reclamation with respect to the Animas -La Plata Project shall be subject to the
ions of the Indian Self - Determination and Education Assistance Act (Public Law 93 -638)
same extent as if such functions were performed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
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