CWCB Repayment Contract ALP

I Contract No. 12 -WC -40 -456
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4 UNITED STATES
5 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
6 BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
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8 ANIMAS -LA PLATA PROJECT
9 COLORADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECT
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11 REPAYMENT CONTRACT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES
12 AND THE STATE OF COLORADO
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14 THIS REPAYMENT CONTRACT, made this /6 day of , 2012,
15 pursuant to the Act of Congress approved June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388), and acts amendatory
16 thereof or supplementary thereto, all of which acts are commonly known and referred to as the
17 Federal Reclamation Laws, between the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, hereinafter referred
18 to as the United States, represented by the officer executing this contract, and the STATE OF
19 COLORADO, acting by and through the Department of Natural Resources, Colorado Water
20 Conservation Board, hereinafter called the State, located' in Denver, Colorado, acting through
21 their representatives.
22 WITNESSETH, That:
23 WHEREAS, the following statements are made in explanation:
24 (a) The Act of Congress approved April 11, 1956 (70 Stat. 105), authorized the planning
25 and investigation of the Animas -La Plata Project as a participating project of the Colorado River
26 Storage Project Act; subsequently, the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Animas -
27 La Plata Project was authorized by Title V of the Colorado River Basin Project Act of September