ALP 14

The United States, acting through the Secretary of the Interior, the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe,
the Southern Ute Indian Tribe, the State of Colorado, and the Animas -La Plata Water Conservancy
District, agree as follows:
1. Background. Section 18(a) of the Settlement Act, as amended by the 2000 Amendments,
provides that (a) construction of the Animas -La Plata Project, as reconfigured and described in the
2000 Amendments; (b) allocation of water supply to the Tribes as set forth in the 2000 Amendments;
(3) establishment of two Tribal Resource Funds, one each for the Southern Ute and Ute Mountain
Ute Indian Tribes, and deposit of $40,000,000 collectively into those Funds; and (4) issuance of an
amended final decree by the District Court in and for Water Division No. 7 providing for the changes
made by the 2000 Amendments, shall constitute final settlement of the tribal claims of the Tribes
to water of the Animas and La Plata Rivers in the State of Colorado.
2. Construction of Animas -La Plata Project and Allocation of Water Supply. Contingent upon
appropriations by Congress and fulfillment of all environmental commitments as set forth in the
FSEIS and ROD, and pursuant to federal law and policy, the United States, acting through the
Secretary of the Interior, will construct the facilities comprising the Animas -La Plata Project as
reconfigured and described in the 2000 Amendments, and will allocate water supply to the Ute
Mountain Ute and the Southern Ute Indian Tribes as set forth in Section 6(a)(1)(A) of the Settlement
Act, as amended by Section 302 of the 2000 Amendments.
3. Joint Request for Amendment of Consent Decree. No later than April 1, 2002 the United
States, the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, and the Southern Ute Indian Tribe, the State of Colorado, and
the Animas -La Plata Water Conservancy District, shall, consistent with Section 18(c) of the 2000
Amendments, jointly petition the District Court in and for Water Division No. 7, State of Colorado
for amendments of the Consent Decrees entered in Cases No. W- 1603 -76F and W- 1603 -76J: (1)
to reflect the changes to the Animas-La Plata Project and the water rights settlement effected by the
2000 ,Amendments and (2) to extend the deadline for the Tribes to commence litigation (or
renegotiation) of their reserved rights claims for waters of the Animas and La Plata rivers from the
current deadline of January 1, 2005.
Animas -La Plata Cost Sharing
The United States, acting through the Secretary of the Interior, the State of Colorado, the
Colorado Water Resources and Power Development Authority, the Animas-La Plata Water
Conservancy District, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Southern Ute Indian Tribe, New Mexico Interstate
Stream Commission, San Juan Water Commission, and Montezuma County, Colorado, agree as
follows:
1. Background. The Animas-La Plata Project as reconfigured and authorized by the 2000
Amendments C Project'), will be a significantly different and smaller project than was contemplated
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