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<br />1. Water ResourceslHydrology. "No exercise of Colorado Ute Tribal water rights <br /> <br />beyond their historic right is included since it is not quantified without the project," II-I 5, lines <br /> <br />452-453, is an incorrect statement and must be revised. The Colorado Ute Indtan Water Rights <br /> <br />Final Settlement Agreement ("Settlement Agreement") was signed on December 10, 1986, and <br /> <br />quantified the Colorado Ute Tribes' water rights from several rivers and projects, including water <br /> <br />from the existing Dolores Project and the proposed ALP Project. The Settlement Agreement also <br /> <br />quantified existing and future use water rights on rivers in the San Juan and Dolores Basins other <br /> <br />than the Animas and La Plata Rivers. With respect to the Southern Ute Tribe, these water rights <br /> <br />include the following: <br /> <br />(I) On the Pine River, the Tribe retained its reserved water right with an 1868 <br /> <br />priority date for 181.7 cfs, as set forth in the 1930 federal decree and 1934 state decree, and was <br /> <br />allocated a 1/6th interest in Vallecito Reservoir. <br /> <br />(2) On the Florida River, the Tribe was allocated 563 AF per year of Florida <br /> <br />Project water and 1,090 AF per year of non-project reserved water rights. <br /> <br />(3) On Stollsteimer Creek, the Tribe received a reserved water right with an 1868 <br /> <br />priority date for storage of 1,850 AF per year in Pargin Reservoir, a reserved water right with a <br /> <br />1986 priority date for one refill in Pargin Reservoir in the amount of! ,850 acre-feet and two <br /> <br />reserved water rights for a total of 5.5 cfs from Stollsteimer Creek. <br /> <br />(4) On the Piedra River, the Tribe received a reserved water right with an 1868 <br /> <br />priority date for direct flow di versions of 1,595 AF per year. <br /> <br />7 <br /> <br />00733 <br />