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<br />"SEC, 13, (a) The Secretary of the Interior may enter into contracts with the City of
<br />AllrOra, Colorado, or all ellterpris<:: of the City, for a term not to exceed the remaining tenn of
<br />Contract No. 5~07-70~W0086, as amended, between the Southeastern Colorado Water
<br />Conservancy District and the United States, for use of storage or carrying capacity excess of the
<br />requirements offaeilities of the Fryingpan-Arkansas Pr~iect, Colorado, tor the impounding,
<br />storage, and carriage of non project water for domestic, municipal. industrial, and other beneficial
<br />purposes: Provided. +A-atas to Arkan.las River water that the City or an enterprise of the City
<br />has complied with sectiDIlS.llb.s~l;tiOt! 12(3) by execution of an intergovernmental agreement
<br />between the City of Aurora. Colorado, or an enterprise of the City. with the Southeastern
<br />Colorado Water Conservancy District.
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<br />"(b) The Secretary of the lnteriol' may enter or renew contracts with the City of
<br />Aurora, Colorado, or an enterprise of the City, following the remaining term of Contract No,
<br />5~07~70.W0086, as amended. between the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District
<br />and the United States, for individual terms not to exceed 25 years, for lIse of storage or carrying
<br />caplIdty exceSS of the requirements offacilitio,..~the Fryingpan~Arkansas Project, Colorado,
<br />for the impounding, storage, and carriage of nonproject water for domestic, municipal, industrial,
<br />and other benelicial purposes: Provid~d. That we tenn of any Stich contracts entered shall not be
<br />for a duration that exceeds the tenn of any contract entered with rhe Sourheastem Colorado
<br />Water Conservancy District upon the expiration of Contract No, 5-07-70- W0086 or thereafter,
<br />and Provided/wrther, +flffii!@ Ark.ansa.s~g.iy,\!,J;.JYateJ.lllat the City or an entelprise of the City
<br />has complied with seotioR,~~ection 12(3) by e:xecution ofan intergovernmental agreement
<br />betwcen the City of Aurora, Colorado, or an enterprise of the City, with the South?astern
<br />Colorado Water Conservancy District, in addition to the intergovernmental agreement provided
<br />in subsection (a).
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<br />"(c) No contract executed tmder the authority ofsubsection (a) or (b) shall impair or
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<br />"(I) the project's authorized pwposes,
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<br />obligations,
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<br />"(2) the ability of the project contractors to meet existing Federal repayment
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<br />;<(3) the storage allocations and limitations pursuant to Contract No.
<br />5~07-70-W0086, as amended, between the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District
<br />and the Uni\cd States, and the allocation pr\ndples adopted by the Southeastern Colorado Watel'
<br />Conser\"ancy District on November 29,1979, alld contirmed by the District Court of Pueblo
<br />Counry in Civil Action No. 40487 by decree dated December 18,1979. including anY~lIbsequent
<br />modifications made by the District that are confirmed by the District Court,
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