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<br />"0 <br />- <br />N <br /> <br />,,... <br />i ~' <br />I..... <br />, <br /> <br />Animas-La Plata Discussions <br /> <br />"Stand Still" Agreement <br /> <br />The Animas - La Plata Project (the Project) is a proposed Bureau ofRecIamation <br />(Reclamation) project which would provide storage water to Southwestern Colorado and <br />Northwestern New Mexico. As currently conceived the project would provide water for the <br />sett1ement oftnbal water rights for the Ute Mountain Ute Indian and the Southern Ute Indian Tnbes, <br />as we11 as municipal and industriaJ and irrigation water to other citizens of Colorado and New Mexico <br />and the Shiprock community of the Navajo Nation. The project bas been the focus of continuing <br />controversy and litigation for many years. To resolve the disputes surrounding the project, Colorado <br />Governor Roy Romer and Lt. Governor Gail Schoettler have convened a disaJssion process <br />concerning the project among the various stakeholders. <br /> <br />The parties are entering this agreement to facilitate their participation within the process <br />established by Governor Romer and Lt. Governor SchoettIer. It is the intent of the parties that this <br />agreement will allow them to focus their resomces on resolving project related disputes within the <br />process. Unless tenninated or renewed by the parties, this agreement will remain in effect until Sunday, <br />... January 12, 1997. . <br /> <br />L Pending Litigation <br /> <br />A <br /> <br />Litigation Against the Department of the Interior, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />l,;: <br /> <br />Taxpayers for tbe Animas River, et at v. US, Bureau ofReclarnation. 96-WM-616 (D. Colo.), <br /> <br />Southern Ute Grassroots Organization v, US. Bureau ofReclarnation, 96-WM-l1 01 (D. <br />Colo.). <br /> <br />Agreement <br /> <br />The parties willjointJy request a stay of litigation until Jan. 12, 1997. <br /> <br />B, Litigation Against the Environmental Protection Agency. <br /> <br />Southern Ute Indian Tnbe. Ute Mountain Ute Indian Tnbe. Animas - La PIata Water <br />Conservancv District v, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 96-WM-1504 (D. Colo.) <br /> <br />Agreement <br /> <br />The parties have filed a Joint Motion of Parties for Further Limited Stay of Proceedings, <br />