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• Board Meeting Date: 5/21/2001
• Description: WSP Section - Arkansas River Basin Issues - Federal Legislation - HR 1714
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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1 the contractual arrangement negotiated upon the expira-
2 tion of Contract No. 5-07-70-W0086.
3 "(c) To the extent water stored under the Project's
4 Winter Water Storage Program spills from Pueblo Res-
5 ervoir due to execution of a contract executed pursuant
6 to this section, it will not be considered impairment or in-
7 terference under subsection (a)(5) if the holders of such
8 stored water are compensated by a credit for purchase of
9 project water to replace such spilled water, such credit to
lObe financed by a surcharge as described in subsection
11 (d)(4) imposed on contracts executed pursuant to this sec-
12 tion.
13 "(d) 1'he Secretary shall not execute a contract pur-
14 suant to this section with any entity that has not signed
15 an agreement with the Southeastern Colorado Water Ac-
16 tivity Enterprise-
17 "(1) agreeing to reimburse an appropriate
18 amount of the Southeastern Colorado Water Activity
19 Enterprise's implementation and development costs,
20 including such costs reimbursed to the United
21 States, incurred in determining and making excess
22 storage or conveyance capacity available for such
23 storage of nonproject water by municipal water pro-
24 viders within the project boundaries,

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