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A -LP Water Animas -La Plata Water Marketing Supply and Demand Study <br />3. Animas -La Plata Project Compact <br />Section 4 <br />Article I of the Animas -La Plata Project Compact states: "The right to store and divert water in <br />Colorado and New Mexico from the La Plata and Animas River systems, including return flow to the <br />La Plata River from the Animas River diversions, for use in New Mexico under the Animas -La Plata <br />Federal Reclamation Project shall be valid and of equal priority with those rights granted by decree <br />of the Colorado state courts for uses of water in Colorado for that project providing such uses in New <br />Mexico are within the allocation of water made to that state by articles 111 and X1V of the Upper <br />Colorado River Basin Compact (63 Stat. 31)." <br />This is a legal document that the Association should be mindful of in developing its operational <br />procedures and accounting. <br />4. Animas -La Plata Project Congressional Authorizing Legislation <br />Public Law 100 -585 (Colorado Ute Indian Water Rights Settlement Act of 1988) was subsequently <br />amended by the Colorado Ute Settlement Act Amendments of 2000 (PL 106 -554, Title III) (the 2000 <br />Amendments). It down sizes the A -LP Project to provide for an average annual depletion of 57,100 <br />acre -feet and specifies that the water can only be used for M &I purposes. Construction costs for the <br />tribes are deemed non - reimbursable under the congressional authorizing legislation. Furthermore, <br />the Secretary of the Interior will pay the annual OM &R costs until the water is first used by a tribe or <br />used pursuant to a water use contract with a tribe. The 2000 Amendments also establish "Resource <br />Funds" of $20 million for each Ute Tribe (See Section 1.1). Three - fourths of these funds must be <br />used by the Tribes to enhance, restore and utilize the Tribes natural resources in partnership with <br />adjacent non - Indian communities or entities in the area. There can be no expansion of A -LP Project <br />facilities without further congressional authorization. The 2000 Amendments were made in <br />accordance with the preferred alternative in the September 25, 2000 "Record of Decision" (ROD) for <br />the Animas -La Plata Project /Colorado Ute Indian Water Rights Settlement FSEIS of July 2000. <br />5. September 25, 2000 "Record of Decision" for the Animas -La Plata Project/Colorado Ute Indian <br />Water Rights Settlement FSEIS of July 2000 <br />As discussed in Section 2.1, A -LP Project operations need to take into consideration the <br />environmental commitments contained in the ROD. While environmental compliance is the <br />responsibility of Reclamation, several of these commitments may impact Project operations <br />including: <br />Reclamation's participation in the San Juan River Basin Recovery Implementation Program <br />(SJRBRIP) for Colorado River Endangered Fish may limit DPP operations during dry years to <br />allow more water to be available in Navajo Reservoir to assist in meeting the flow <br />recommendations for the endangered fish. This will require the Association to pay attention to <br />the flow recommendations and work with their State representatives on the SJRBRIP <br />Coordination Committee. <br />• The fish screens installed on the dam outlets to prevent escapement of non - native fish from <br />the reservoir may require extra maintenance. <br />• Water quality monitoring in the reservoir may affect reservoir elevations at certain times. <br />• The seasonal bypass flows for the DPP, which range from 125 cfs to 225 cfs, will limit pumping <br />at the certain times. <br />• In addition to the bypass flows there are DPP ramping rates to consider. When river flows are <br />above 500 cfs pumping increases are limited to 50 cfs \hour and reductions in pumping cannot <br />exceed 100 cfs /hour. When river flows are below 500 cfs increases in pumping are limited to <br />25 cfs /hour and decreases to 50 cfs /hour. <br />• Shoreline monitoring for cultural resources may be part of the facilities operating plan. <br />4 -2 <br />FINAL ALP Repo rt_1_13_1I_LL.docx <br />
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