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<br />4143 <br /> <br />document. It provides a comprehensive settlement of the tribes' <br />claims for water and secures for the tribes the means to develop <br /> <br />their reservations. It has 6 major components: <br /> <br />(1) The tribes receive rights to specified <br />amounts of water from the Animas-La Plata <br />and Dolores Projects and additional rights <br />to certain quantities of water from various <br />rivers and streams which pass through their <br />reservations. The Final Settlement Agree- <br />ment quantified the priority, amount and <br />source of the reserved water right and <br />identified the place of use, type of use, <br />and diversion points for the water rights. <br /> <br />(2) The manner in which these water rights <br />will be used and administered was speci- <br />fied, including proceedings to be followed <br />for changes in type, place or time of use; <br />regulation of surface diversions; sharing <br />of stream flow data; and beneficial use <br />limitations. <br /> <br />(3) The tribes waived ancillary breach of <br />trust claims against the United States and <br />all other claims to water. <br /> <br />(4) A $60.5 million tribal development <br />fund was established to enable the tribes <br />to develop their water resources and to <br />otherwise make their reservations economi- <br />cally self~sufficient. <br /> <br />(5) A non-federal cost-share commitment <br />for the Animas-La Plata Project and the <br />tribal development funds was provided. <br /> <br />(6) Certain federal deferrals of recla- <br />mation project costs were agreed to. <br /> <br />In all, the Ute Mountain Ute Indian Tribe received the <br /> <br />right to beneficially use 25,100 acre-feet of water from the <br />Dolores Project, 33,000 acre-feet of water from ALP, and 27,400 <br /> <br />-9- <br />