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<br />00 <br />c\} <br />'tJ <br /> <br />Water Court. The Settlement Agreement also established <br />specific conditions concerning the administration and use <br />of the water rights of the Tribes consistent with state <br />law, including agreements concerning changes in use both <br />on and off the Reservations. Those agreements are <br />critical to the integrated administration of Indian and <br />non-Indian water rights. <br /> <br />2 . <br /> <br />Under the Settlement Agreement, the Tribes have the right <br />to receive the following amounts of water, through the <br />Project, from the Animas and La Plata Rivers: <br /> <br />Ute Mountain Ute Tribe: 6000 af!yr for m & i <br />26,300 af!yr for irrigation <br /> <br />Southern Ute Tribe: 26,500 af!yr m & i <br />3,400 af!yr irrigation <br /> <br />These are maximum amounts, subject to shortage sharing <br />provisions. <br /> <br />3. Under the Settlement Act, the Tribes received several <br />benefits, including Congressional relief from the Non- <br />Intercourse Act and economic relief by relieving the <br />obligation of the Tribes r repayment obligation until <br />water is beneficially used, <br /> <br />4. The state of Colorado has complied with requirements of <br />the Settlement Agreement for significant cost-sharing <br />with and financial responsibility to the Tribes. The <br />state has deposited $5 million into the Tribal <br />Development Fund, has spent $7.8 million to construct the <br />Towaoc Pipeline and domestic water distribution system, <br />has spent $300,000 toward cost-sharing for the Animas-La <br />Plata Project, and has committed $47.7 million toward <br />cost-sharing for the Project, <br /> <br />5. The Project is the beneficiary of Colorado River Storage <br />Project power revenues, both for the repayment of certain <br />capital costs and for pumping costs. <br /> <br />6, Vested rights have been created under Colorado law to <br />water rights in all of the various streams and rivers <br />which are the subject of the Settlement Agreement, <br />Extensive economies have developed in reliance on those <br />rights. <br /> <br />7, The failure of all the parties to reach resolution of the <br />Tribes' reserved rights claims on the Animas and La Plata <br />Rivers may result in prolonged, expensive and divisive <br />litigation, <br /> <br />10 <br />