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<br />~ <br /> <br />.~ <br /> <br />Individual Irrigation Water Users - Individual petitions for water <br /> <br />sales have been approved and provided. District and MVIC officials <br /> <br />have recently initiated water sales contracts. Individual water <br /> <br />sales agreements are anticipated to be substantially completed by <br /> <br />May 1977. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Ute Mountain Ute Indians - A preliminary agreement between <br /> <br />Reclamation, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Ute Mountain Ute <br /> <br />Indian Tribe has been provided to Bureau of Indian Affairs for <br /> <br />review with the tribal council, This agreement would provide for <br /> <br />tribal or Bureau of Indian Affairs operation and maintenance of <br /> <br />the Towaoc Canal and associated facilities, and for the repayment <br /> <br />of a portion of the irrigation system investment and the t.otal cost <br /> <br />of municipal water development including interest during construc- <br /> <br />tion. Payments on the irrigation portion of the agreement, however, <br /> <br />will be deferred under the terms of the Leavitt Act, <br /> <br />6, Extent to which project beneficiaries have made investments whose <br /> <br />return is contingent upon completion of the Federal project, None. <br /> <br />7, Effect on Indians (Federal trust responsibilities, etc.) <br /> <br />The development of land resources has been a goal of the Ute <br /> <br />Mountain Ute Indian tribal leaders since the establishment of the <br /> <br />reservation. Irrigation has been previously attempted, but has <br /> <br />been fruitless because of drought, undependable irrigation supplies, <br /> <br />the lack of storage, and the lack of outside help. <br /> <br />During the early formulation of the Dolores Project, tribal leaders <br /> <br />recognized the opportunity to develop their rich land resouces, <br /> <br />Prior to authorization of the project in 1968, representatives of <br />