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I (h) "Operation and Maintenance Facilities" or "Permanent Operations Facility" means
2 those facilities necessary to support operations, maintenance and replacement work, including
3 permanent operating facility building headquarters with associated office space, shop for repair
4 and housing of the maintenance support equipment, storage place for supplies, and equipment
5 yard.
6 (i) 'Project" means the Animas-La Plata Project, a participating project of the Colorado
7 River Storage Project Act, authorized by Title V of the Colorado River Basin Project Act,
8 approved September 30, 1968, as modified by the Settlement Act, as amended.
9 0) "Project Construction Committee" means the committee made up of representatives of
10 those entities that have been identified by the Settlement: Act, as amended, to receive a water
11 allocation and the Bureau of Reclamation. This committee has provided and will provide
12 coordination and consultation on the construction activities among all the project beneficiaries,
13 seeking common understanding and consensus on decisions associated with such items as final
14 plans for Project Works, project construction completion schedule, and Project construction
15 costs.
16 (k) "Project Operator" means the Association operating the Project Works.
17 (1) "Project Water" means all water provided through the Animas-La Plata Project.
18 (m) 'Project Works" means all works or facilities as described in the Settlement Act, as
19 amended, to be constructed under the Project, including a reservoir, a pumping plant, a reservoir
20 inlet conduit, and appurtenant facilities with sufficient capacity to divert and store water from the
21 Animas River for an average annual depletion of 57,100 acre -feet of water to be used for a
22 municipal and industrial water supply, together with lands and rights -of -way for such works, as
23 described in Article 2 herein.
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