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<br />5, Estimated cost to the Federal Government: ",\c".";";,,),c,,':c,,,,
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<br />Authorization level",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,""",,,,,,,,,,,,,, 19,5 15,0 15,0 '"'''''''''' o~~;:,::".;;;:" ,5".( i~
<br />Estimated outlays...""""""",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 19,5 15,0 15,0 """"""" i;.:<. ~r'~;,:""}\~?~'
<br />This bill is closely tied to the construction of the Animas-La ::;~{:;?{' ".\.',d:i~',"
<br />Plata and Dolores water supply and storage projects, arid much of ;;1r> ,',':,,:'
<br />this bill's budget impact would, not occur until after these projects
<br />are completed, These projects have been authorized by separate (';:; '/:';,. ~.: i<',: ..,
<br />legislation and are currently receiving appropriations. The Dolores ;,..:.'..,
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<br />project is roughly two-thirds completed, and is scheduled to begin .: ,'<;,'
<br />operating around 1994, Construction of the Animas-La Plata , ,,):":' ;,iX'-
<br />project has not begun, If funds a,re appropriated and construction ,c':;'y,:'{"':";','-
<br />proceeds, it could begin operating around the year 2000, The water v :S}'~~
<br />rights settlement that would be implemented by this bill is re- ,::;,P,:\,':'.;; ;f>,{
<br />quired for construction of Animas-La Plata because it specifies the !::' ,'.:".,;c,:;;' ,:\::'
<br />cost-sharing agreement between the federal government and the <\X' :'i,,' :'
<br />nonfederal entities involved in the project, which include the State ';';::;:~:~~i'~~~~~;; <1;,..;;'
<br />of Colorado and several water conservation districts, Under, this ;. "',' :,;,
<br />cost-sharing agreement, the federal government would provide .' i:'""
<br />during construction roughly $300 million of the project's $500 mil- i:'\, ,.,,:~~.,}:,:;;;~:
<br />lion total cost. 1 Some of these costs would be repaid once' the ',; ~~{ ",,} i.(:;1?;:;
<br />projects are operating,
<br />The costs of this bill would be in budget functions 300 and 450, ':;:\;.:"; '}).f
<br />Basis of estimate: This estimate assumes that the bill would be '.:{~:,:; ';if'; };
<br />enacted early in fiscal year 1989, and that the full amounts author- (..,,<, ',".;';~:~r
<br />ized would be appropriated beginning in fiscal year 1990, The' esti- ,~ ',\' '.
<br />mated outlays reflect an assumption that the Secretary would es- :':;,'~t~~~j,j"'>~i:
<br />tablish the tribal development funds shortly after the funds are ap~ '~:", ';,:>:~;
<br />propriated. , ,', i.;c,::',;'.,:"
<br />Under the water rights settlement agreement, the tribes would ..,. '': S ";\""~:;~f'~:~l;
<br />be provided around 60,000 acre-feet of water annually~divided ,'. Hi,,,., '1:., ~''':
<br />roughly equally between irrigation water and municipal and indus- "
<br />trial wa,ter-and would have to pay a prorated share of the con- "/ ~~~'~i ;
<br />struction costs, Based on information provided by the Bureau of [.f' .i,X, i~
<br />Reclamation (BOR), CBO estimates that the total payments to the ..,;'.:/>',
<br />federal government would be roughly $6 million a year for the mu- "';,' ,\*<!
<br />nicipal and industrial water once both projects are completed, If, :,. l:i ..",:,.'i""
<br />the tribes do not begin to use the water once it is available to ..}\,"'/i:,;'{ ';< 1f~~
<br />them, the bill would authorize the Secretary to pay their share of
<br />the operations and maintenance costs, CBO has no basis for pre- ::,(::,~?", ';~/;'f~': )
<br />dicting whether this would occur, but if it does, the cost to the fed- ''';}t[f''':')' :'6'\ ,,;
<br />eral government would be around $500,000 annually, "~to :1;;:;;:':,: (j
<br />CBO estimates that the construction costs associated with irriga- .,,' i',:; :;;, ,:;
<br />tion water used by the tribes would total $60 million to $70 million. i,<.~'".
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<br />We cannot estimate how much of this amount would be repaid, ::"""';"':,::':';:", ;,',
<br />however, because that depends on where the water is used. Repay- ~J~~~f\ "
<br />ments are deferred if the water is used on tribal lands, as provided .".>.;:/::;
<br />by the "Leavitt Act" (25 U.S,C, 386a), If the water is used on non-
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