BOARD00883

• Board Meeting Date: 1/23/2002
• Description: Strategic Plan and Attachments
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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that has not signed an agreement with the Southeastern Colorado Water Activity Enterprise--

"(I) agreeing to reimburse an appropriate amount of the Southeastern Colorado Water
Activity Enterprise's implementation and development costs. including such costs reimbursed to
the United States. incurred in determining and making excess storage or conveyance capacity
available for such storage of nonproject water by municipal water providers within the project
boundaries,

"(2) agreeing to cooperate in a flow management program designed to maintain target
minimum flows of 100 cJ.s. on the Arkansas River just below Pueblo Dam, as provided in the
Implementation Committee Report dated AprJ119, 2001,

"(3) agreeing to participate in a long-term water quality monitoring program as
outlined in the Implementation Committee Report dated April 19, 2001, and

"(4) agreeing to pay any surcharges determined appropriate and necessary by the
Southelistern Colorado Water Activity Enterprise Board of Directors. as described iLl the
Preferred Storage Options Plan Report published September 21,2000, by the South,;astern
Colorado Water and Storage Needs Assessment Enterprise and the Final PSOP Implementation
Committee Report dated April 19, 2001.

~All such cha1'ges established by the Southeastern Colorado Water Activity Enterprh .~hall be
paid by the person or by the agency or entity, private Of public, which CQntracts tor th, use of
excess capacity, directly to the Southeastern Colorado Water Activity Enterprise. not Ie the
Secretary, at such times and in such manner as the Southeastern Colorado Water Ac6 'ty
Enterprise may direct.

"SEe. 9. (a) The Secretll1'Y is authorized to enter into temporary contracts wi) h <ny
agency or entity, private or public, operating a water bank established pursuant to Co[o11do law,
for use of facilities QL.thc .F1'vingoan-AJ:k.\lJl~\l,'kl:'.~~for the impounding, storage. and curriage
of nonproject water for irrigation, domestic, municipal, industrial, and other beneficial purroses.

"(b) No contract executed under the avthority of subsection (a) shall impair or
otherwise interfere with--

"(I) the project's authorized purposes.

"(2) the ability of the project contractors to meet existing Federal repa}men!
obligations,

"(3) the storage allocations and limitations pursuant to contract No.
5.07-70- W0086, as amended. between the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy
District and the United States, and the allocation principles adopted by the Southeastel'1'

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