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<br />necessary to prevent increased adverse impacts on the resources and values of the .. <br />areas described in sections 2,5,6, and 9 of this Act. .. <br /> <br />(e) EXISTING PROJECTS- Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d) of this <br />section, the provisions of this Act related to the areas described in sections 2, 5, 6, and <br />9 of this Act, and the inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System of the <br />areas described in section 2 of this Act, shall not be construed to affect or limit the <br />use, operation, maintenance, repair, modification, or replacement of water resources <br />facilities in existence on the date of enactment of this Act within the boundaries of the <br />areas described in sections 2, 5, 6, and 9 of this Act. <br /> <br />(f) MONITORING AND IMPLEMENTATION- The Secretaries of Agriculture and <br />the Interior shall monitor the operation of and access to water resource facilities <br />within the areas described in sections 2,5,6, and 9 of this Act and take all steps <br />necessary to implement the provisions <if this section. <br /> <br />(g) INTERSTATE COMPACTS AND NORTH PLATTE RIVER- (I) Nothing in this <br />Act, and nothing in any previous Act designating any lands as wildemess, shall be <br />construed as limiting, altering, modifying, or amending any of the interstate compacts <br />or equitable apportionment decrees that apportion water among and between the State <br />of Colorado and other States. Except as~xpressly provided in this section, nothing in <br />this Act shall affect or limit the development or use by existing and future holders of <br />vested water rights of Colorado's full apportionment of such waters. <br /> <br />(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, neither the Secretary of <br />Agriculture nor any other officer, employee, or agent of the United States, or any <br />other person, shall assert in any court or agency of the United States or any other <br />jurisdiction any rights, and no court or agency of the United States shall consider <br />any claim or defense asserted by any person based upon such rights, which may <br />be determined to have been established for waters of the North Platte River for <br />purposes of the Platte River Wilderness Area established by Public Law 98-550, <br />located on the Colorado-Wyoming State boundary, to the extent such rights would <br />limit the use or development of water within Colorado by present and future <br />holders of vested water rights in the North Platte River and its tributaries, to the <br />full extent allowed under interstate compact or United States Supreme Court <br />equitable decree. Any such rights shall be exercised as if junior to, in a manner so <br />as not to prevent, the use or develoPl11ent of Colorado's full entitlement to <br />interstate waters of the North Platte River and its tributaries within Colorado <br />allowed under interstate compact or United States Supreme Court equitable <br />decree. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />e <br />