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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />Page 7 of 9 <br /> <br />any such contracts entered shall not be for a duration that exceeds the term of any <br />contract entered with the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District upon the <br />expiration of Contract No. 5-07-70-W0086 or thereafter, and Provided further, That, as to <br />Arkansas River Water, the City or an enterprise of the City has complied with section 12 <br />by execution of an intergovernmental agreement between the City of Aurora, Colorado, <br />or an enterprise of the City, with the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District, <br />in addition to the intergovernmental agreement provided in subsection (a). <br /> <br /> <br />'(c) No contract executed under the authority of subsection (a) or (b) shall impair or <br />otherwise interfere with-- <br /> <br />'(1) the project's authorized purposes, <br /> <br />'(2) the ability of the project contractors to meet existing Federal repayment <br />obligations, <br /> <br />'(3) the storage allocations and limitations pursuant to Contract No. 5-07-70- <br />W0086, as amended, between the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy <br />District and the United States, and the allocation principles adopted by the <br />Southeastern-Colorado Water Conservancy District on November 29, 1979, and <br />confirmed by the District Court of Pueblo County in Civil Action No. 40487 by <br />decree dated December 18,1979, including any subsequent modifications made by <br />the District that are confirmed by the District Court, <br /> <br />'(4) the yield of the project from its West Slope and East Slope water rights, <br /> <br />. (5) the capacity in Reclamation project facilities which is needed to satisfy project <br />purposes and contractual obligations existing at the time of the execution of a <br />contract under the authority of this subsection, or <br /> <br />'(6) the ability of qualified entities located within the project service boundaries to <br />enter into contracts for the use of excess water storage and conveyance capacity <br />pursuant to section 8 or any other authority under Reclamation law. <br /> <br />'SEC. 14. (a) The Secretary ofthe Interior may enter into contracts with the Pueblo West <br />Metropolitan District, Colorado, or an enterprise of the District, supplying water for <br />municipal and other purposes within the project boundaries, for the use of excess water <br />storage and conveyance capacity for nonproject water in certain east slope facilities for <br />use of storage or carrying capacity excess of the requirements of the Fryingpan- <br />Arkansas Project, Colorado, for the impounding, storage, and carriage of non project <br />water for domestic, municipal, industrial, and other beneficial purposes: Provided, <br />however, That such contracts shall not impair or otherwise interfere with-- <br /> <br />'(1) the project's authorized purposes, <br /> <br />'(2) the ability of the project contractors to meet existing Federal repayment <br />obligations, <br /> <br />'(3) the storage allocations and limitations pursuant to Contract No. 5-07-70- <br />W0086, as amended, between the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy <br />District and the United States, and the allocation principles adopted by the <br />Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District on November 29, 1979, and <br />confirmed by the District Court of Pueblo County in Civil Action No. 40487 by <br /> <br /><"'ll'.AA 'f"\n <br />