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Contract No. 12 -WC -40 -456
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
8 ANIMAS -LA PLATA PROJECT
9 COLORADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECT
10
11 REPAYMENT CONTRACT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES
12 AND THE STATE OF COLORADO
13
14 THIS REPAYMENT CONTRACT, made this day of , 2012, pursuant
15 to the Act of Congress approved June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388), and acts amendatory thereof or
16 supplementary thereto, all of which acts are commonly known and referred to as the Federal
17 Reclamation Laws, between the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, hereinafter referred to as the
18 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