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1 provide for the terms, conditions, and concepts under which OM &R of the Transferred
2 Works is to take place.
3 (c) "United States ", "Secretary ", "Reclamation" or "Contracting Officer" or any of them
4 means the Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior or his /her duly
5 authorized representative.
6 (d) "Four Corners Construction Office" means the Reclamation office responsible for
7 overseeing the design and construction of the Animas -La Plata Project.
8 (e) "Western Colorado Area Office" means the Reclamation office responsible for
9 overseeing the OM &R activities associated with the Animas -La Plata Project.
10 (f) "Regional Director" means the Regional Director of Reclamation's Upper Colorado
11 Region.
12 (g) "Sponsors" means those entities that contract with the United States regarding water
13 from this Project.
14 (h) "Project" means the Animas -La Plata Project, a participating Project of the Colorado
15 River Storage Project.
16 (i) "Statutory Water Allocation" means the municipal and industrial (M &I) water
17 allocation pursuant to the 2000 Amendments.
18 0) "Project Storage Water" means the portion of the Statutory Water Allocation
19 provided from storage in Lake Nighthorse (formerly Ridges Basin Reservoir), the storage
20 component of the Project.
21 (k) "Transferred Works" means Ridges Basin Dam and Lake Nighthorse and their
22 appurtenant facilities, including the downstream channel improvements on Basin Creek;
23 Durango Pumping Plant, and its appurtenant facilities; Ridges Basin Inlet Conduit, and its
24 appurtenant facilities; and the Operation and Maintenance Facilities which are necessary to
25 support the operation and maintenance of the Project, and for which the OM &R
26 responsibility is anticipated to be transferred to the Association by the United States, as
27 further described in Article 5 herein.
28 (1) "Consultation" or "Consult" refers to an ongoing obligation of both parties to
29 implement the provisions of this Contract with a full exchange of information so as to assure
30 that each party is provided full participation in the decision making process. Consultation
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