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<br />. <br /> <br />Water Rights (proposed replacement language) <br /> <br />Nothing in this Program wiII be construed to afTect the right to use water under any <br />federal or slate law or permit, federal contract, treaty; Q.Lintcrstate compact, or to alTect <br />the right of any party in any adjudication proceeding to determine rights to use water or <br />10 contract for \\'ater. <br /> <br />The Indian tribes do not re'-'egtli..e lhal I~r wtlh:r rights ure limih.'tJ by RAY u!;;r~t:'ll1ent <br />lltaHhe SUlles hl:l'..e ~ioll wUlef-fn the C'oloratle--Rt'o'ff Ra:;in. inch-filing-the <br />tJt~i6--RWer Basin Compacl. 111crd~..lre;-f~flttIffitt-ffi-thC' >.tOU or this <br />Prognull by any Indilm trihe will nol wui..-e any lriht:"s claim to "",uler in e.'I(cess of uny <br />aUoeittt6A-to-tttty-particulur 811111::' or b~ dl..'l..'med-HJ-bttld-ittty4~he-h~f1ns--of-..tmy <br />ttgfeefnent to v.hich it is not a l)afty. TheCertain -participants insignutorics to (!:Ie MOU <br />aHti this Program disagree as to \vhether or not Ihe Indian tribes have federal reserved <br />\vater rights !.b.!!!\,"hiehv.."hich arc limited by or subject to any agreement among the Slales <br />to apportion the waters of the Colorado River Basin, including Ihe Upper Colorado River <br />Basin Compact. Nothing in or relating tot~OU, the Loepemti\c Agrt.<ement....eF this <br />Program, such as the Cooperative Agreement establishing this Program, shall be deemed <br />10 be recognition or acceptancc of any ~Iaims to watcr by any signatory or <br />p~rticipant,party llefe<<l or be deemed 10 establish or affect any such claims. The <br />participation in this Prog.ram by any Indian tribe shall nol waive any tribe's claims 10 <br />water or be deemed to bind any tribe (0 the temlS of any agreemelll to which il is not a <br />party. This said. settlement agreemenls involvine. some of the participating tribes. the <br />federal government and the respective slates have been entcred to Quantify the tribes' <br />federal reserved and slale-based water rightss. These settlement agreements provide thai <br />the tribes' water rights are part of the allocations made to the respcctive slates pursuant to <br />the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact. Congress has approved scnlement agreements <br />resolving the waler right claims of the Southern Ute and Ute Mountain Ute tribes in <br />Colorado and the Jicarilla Apache Nation in New L\lexico. Introduction of legisl.ltion to <br />gpprove a 2005 settlement agreemenl that would resolvc the walcr richt claims of the <br />Navaio Nation in New ~te.\ico was aJlIicipaled in 2006. <br /> <br />This Program is intended 10 provide the mcans for conserving the populations of <br />Colorado pikeminnow and razorback suckerenduRgere-d lish S!~ in the San Juan <br />River Basin while waler development proceeds consistent with applicable laws. The <br />order in which water development occurs may not neccssarily reflcct the priority of the <br />water rights. The successful development of .my water project in accordance with this <br />Program does not create a water right to the use of water either by or for project <br />bencliciaries. proil.'Ct Wrticipants or Oroiecli-ts contractors:.... ....to-tile....use of ....ute-r greutef--ffl' <br />lesser Ihan tho:;~ lo-willE-Mhe- projl.~1 heneliciaries iW-C~ntffietors ....oll-M--elherv.-ise he <br />ffltttkd, nor shalt-st.tt.-.fl--tJ--.Aft'I' water development e+-a-projccl within a state is subiect to <br />applicable federal la\\' and arplication of state law, and mav not imoair or adversely <br />aITect the water rights of ttny--other water users or watcr right holders in that Slate that <br />have earlier in time. or more senior. Priori tv dates~i-fl. Interstate compacts govern <br />the use of water as as-betwccn two or more states. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br />