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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />'T~ursooy, ~ulY 12,200110:29 AM <br /> <br />Harold E. Miskel 7192608128 <br /> <br />p.02 <br /> <br />R.e.VI5-e.ol er./'l..I/O I <br /> <br />"Sec. 9. (a) The Secretary is authorized to enter into temporary contracts with any agency <br />or entity operating a water bank established pW'suant to Colorado law, for use of facilities of the <br />Fryingpan-Arkansas Project for the impounding, stornge, and carriage of nonproject water for <br />irrigation, domestic, municipal, industrial, and other beneficial purposes. <br /> <br />(b) No contract executed under the authority of subsection (a) shall impair or otherwise <br />interfere with- <br />(1) the project's authorized purposes, <br />(2) the ability of the project contractors to meet existing Federal repayment <br />obligations, <br />(3) the storage allocations and limitations pursuant to Contract No. <br />5-07-70-W0086, as amended, between the S()Utheastem Colorado Water Conservancy <br />District and the United StatesJ and the allocation principies adopted bytb.e Southeastern <br />Colorado Water Conservancy District on November 29, 1979, and confirmed by the <br />District Court of Pueblo County in Civil Action No. 40487 by decree dated December 18, <br />1979, including any subsequent modifioations made by the District that are confirmed by <br />the District Court, <br />(4) the yield of the project from its West Slope and East Slope water rights, or <br />(5) the capacity in Reclamation project fucilities which is needed to satisfy project <br />purposes and contractual obligations eJCisting at the time of the execution of a contract <br />under the authority of this subsection, <br /> <br />"(c) The Secretary shall not execute a contract pursuant to this section with any entity that <br />has not signed an agreement with the Southeastem Colorado Water Activity Enterprise, <br />