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<br />I <br /> <br />03/26/2004. ,1~: ~1_ J;104890524 <br /> <br />FAX <br /> <br />PAGI:. lib I till <br /> <br />001115 <br /> <br />2. The Tribes waived ancillary breach of trust claims <br />against the United States. <br /> <br />3. The Tribes agreed to specific conditions concerning the <br />administration and use of reserved water rights, so as to <br />integrate such administration into administration of non- <br />Indian water rights. These conditions included <br />beneficial use as a limiting condition, monitoring of <br />water usage, sharing of streamflow data, and judicial <br />change in use proceedings in Colorado state water court when <br />required. The state court was given jurisdiction over <br />all water on the Reservations not decreed to the <br />tribes as reserved water rights, including both <br />unappropriated water and state appropriative rights. The <br />parties agreed to the entry of consent decrees in state water <br />court. ... <br /> <br />4. The Tribes received commitments to <br />million in Tribal Development Funds, <br />development of water and assist in <br />sufficiency. <br /> <br />obtain $ 60.5 <br />to enable the <br />economic self <br /> <br />:'i <br />'::1 <br />! <br /> <br />5. The non-federal parties agreed to significant cost <br />sharing of the Animas-La Plata Project and Tribal <br />Development Funds. The parties agreed to seek <br />Congressional deferral of Tribal repayment of certain <br />project costs until the water from the projects was <br />actually put to beneficial use. <br /> <br />.'i, <br /> <br />6. The parties agreed to seek Congressional relief from the <br />Non-Intercourse Act .limitations on Congressional <br />oversight over the use of reserved water rights. The <br />Tribes were allowed to sell, exchange or lease water <br />outside the Reservations, within or outside the state of <br />'Colorado, subject to state and federal law, interstate <br />compacts and the law of the Colorado River. <br /> <br />The Settlement Agreement specified certain contingencies that had to be <br />met before the settlement became final. The parties agreed to <br />submit consent decrees to the Division 7 water court for <br />judicial approval. A stipulation setting forth this commitment was <br />filed, but was subject to legislative enactments by the <br />Uni ted States Congress and Colorado legislature prior to becoming <br />final. <br /> <br />Federal legislation was introduced, and was enacted in 1988. The Act <br />approved the settlement and contained all the provisions <br />contemplated by the parties, except for those relating to <br />the interstate marketing of water. The legislation as <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />