BOARD00582

• Board Meeting Date: 5/19/2003
• Description: WSP Section - Ruedi Reservoir - Proposed Contract to Deliver 10,825 AF Annually to Endangered Fish in the 15-Mile Reach Through 2012
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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May 7, 2003 Preliminary Final Draft

Agreement No.
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
FRYINGP AN-ARKANSAS PROJECT
Memorandum of Agreement
Among
THE COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD, THE UNITED STATES FISH
AND WILDLIFE SERVICE AND THE UNITED STATES BUREAU OF
RECLAMATION FOR WATER FROM RUED! RESERVOIR, COLORADO

THIS AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE WATER TO AND THROUGH THE 15 MILE
REACH OF THE COLORADO RIVER THROUGH THE YEAR 2012 FOR THE BENEFIT OF
ENDANGERED FISH, hereinafter referred to as the Agreement, is made this day
of . 2003, pursuant to Federal Reclamation laws, including the Reclamation Act of June
17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388), and all Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, and in
particular Section (9)(c) of the Reclamation Project Act of August 4, 1939 (53 Stat. 1187), as
amended, and the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project Act of August 16, 1962, as amended (Fry-Ark
Act); among the COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD, hereinafter referred to as
the ACWCB@; the UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, hereinafter referred to
as the AService@; and the UNITED STATES BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, hereinafter
referred to as AReclamation@, represented by the Contracting Officer executing this Agreement;
and jointly referred to as the AParties.@

WHEREAS, the following statements are made in explanation:

EXPLANATORY RECITALS

a. WHEREAS, the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary), acting through Reclamation, was
authorized by the Fry-Ark Act to construct, operate and maintain the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project
(Project) in substantial accordance with House Document Numbered 187, Eighty-third Congress;
as modified by House Document 353, Eighty-sixth Congress; and

b. WHEREAS, Section 1 of the Fry-Ark Act states that water supply will be for irrigation,
municipal, industrial, hydro power, flood control and other beneficial incidental uses including
conservation and development offish and wildlife; and

c. WHEREAS, Section 3 of the Fry-Ark Act states that the Project shall be operated in
accordance with the Operating Principles; and

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