PROJ00324

• Contract/PO #: C153522
• Contractor Name: Uncompahgre Valley Water Users Association
• Contract Type: Loan
• Water District: 41
• County: Delta
• Bill Number: SB 88-30
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Contract Documents

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UNITED STATES
DEPARTIIENT OF TIlE INTERIOR
mJREAU OF RECLA.'1ATION

CONTRACT BETHEEN TEE UNITED STATES AND
UNCO~PAHGRE VALLEY HATeR USERS ASSOCIATION
FOR REHABILITATIO,I ANO BETTERHENT OF
UNCO~PAHGRE PROJECT

nllS CONTRACT, made this 8

day of October

, 1981, pursuant to the

'Act of October 7,1949 (63 Stat. 724), as amended March 3, 1950 (64 Stat. 11),

2S amended on October 3, 1975 (89 Stat. 485), and as supplemented by the Act

of October 29, 1971 (85 Stat. 416) all collectively hereinafter referrE,d to as

the Federal Reclamation Laws, between THE UNITED STATES OF A}IERICA, herein-

after referred to as the United States, and the Uncompahgre Valley Water Users

Association, hereinafter referred to as the Contractor, a Corporation organized

and existing under the laws of the State of Colorado, with its principal place

of busines.s in Montrose, Colorado.

WITNESSETH, That:

EXPLANATORY RECITALS

~ the Uncompahgre Project was constructed pursuant to the Act of

Congress June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388), as amended; and

WHEREAS, the United States and the Contractor entered into Contract

}lo. I1r-1530, dated December 13, 1948, which superceded and replaced several

previons contracts; Contract No. 14-06-400-1067, dated June 20, 1960; and

Contract }lo. 14-05-400-4419, dated March 16, 1955, as amended March 13, 1967

and May 27, 1970, hereinafter referred to as Government-Association Contracts,

providing, among other things, that the Contractor is to repay the United States

for the costs of constructing and rehabilitating, and is to operate and main-

tain. the Uncompahgre Project; and

~IEREAS. portions of the Uncompahgre Project are in need of rehabili-

tation. betterment. and replacement, as described in the report on proposed