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<br />000460 <br /> <br />Add 1 _n <br /> <br />However, the Bureau announoed at that time that "the Administration is going to <br /> <br /> <br />hold firm on the $2ClO-$300 million dollar (non-Federal) oontribution towards <br /> <br /> <br />the cost of the projeot..." The proposal transmitted to Seoretary Hodel today <br /> <br /> <br />offers a package that would provide $238 million for the state and local side <br /> <br /> <br />of the projeot. <br />A key issue in the proposed cost-share agreement and oonstruction of the <br />projeot is the final resolution of longstanding water right olaims of the Ute <br />Mountain Ute and Southern Ute Indian tribes. Construction of the project under <br />the proposed agreement would settle these claims and provide enough water for <br /> <br /> <br />all interests ooncerned, including the munioipal, agrioultural, and industrial <br /> <br /> <br />users in Colorado and New Mexico. <br /> <br /> <br />"I join my oolleagues from Colorado and New Mexioo in urging Secretary <br /> <br /> <br />Hodel to endorse this historic agreement at the earliest possible date," <br /> <br /> <br />Armstrong said. "Not only is the building of the Animas-La Plata water projeot <br /> <br /> <br />long overdue, this agreement is a very responsible resolution of pending legal <br /> <br /> <br />questions in regard to longstanding Indian water rights issues." <br /> <br />-':30-- <br /> <br />:1 <br />