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<br />d. In the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indiu Commuuity Water Rights <br />Settlement Act of 1988 referenced on pqe 4, paragraph IV, the government forgave the <br />IndillDS' costs to enlarge storage. Do you support this as a part of the settlemeut of the Ute <br />claims? Since new water was introduced in the system in this settlement, does your plu <br />explain how we would offset the negative socioecoDOmic impacts in this ba.sin where no new <br />water would be made available? <br />e. We UDderstaDd the 22,000 acre-feet of water purchased to settle the Salt <br />River claims was replaced by "new water" from CAP. Is there uy offset of similar "Dew <br />water" proposed in this altemative? <br />f. Do the Ute Tribes have experieDce in purchases of land and water in <br />the area? Are they satisfied with these purchases? <br />12. On page 5 of the Conceptual Altemative is the statement that: <br />Using the Durango Area Assoclatlon of Realtors MLS and <br />throuJh conversations with local realtors. we conduc:ted a simple <br />market survey whlcb found that, as of spring 1997, there were at <br />least $' million (asking price) In real estate listed for sale In <br />larce pareels within the Southern Ute l'esftVatlon, and at least 56 <br />million (asking price) of rul estate listed near the Ute Mountain <br />Ute {t1ervation alone MeElmo Canyon or otherwise near the . <br />reservation. The property within the Southern Ute rn!. wation <br />Includes almost 3,000 acres within reservation boundaries and <br />Includes slgnltlcant reaches of the Piedra and Animas Rivers, as <br />well as substantial _ter ripts associated wltb those rivers. <br />Available property near the Ute Mountain Ute re5l!l\'&tIon totals <br />more than 3,000 acres and includes slpllicant acreage and water <br />richts on the Mancos River upstream of the reserTIltlon. <br />a. Which water rights are available on the Piedra and .An;m"" Rivers? <br />b. Which water rights are available OD the Mancos River upstream from <br />the reservation? <br />c. <br />d. <br /> <br />What is the priority of each of the water rights? <br />How much acreage is irrigated by each of the water rights? <br />How much water has been diverted each month under each of the water <br /> <br />What crops were irrigated by each of the water rights? <br />What is the historical consumptive use associated with each of the water <br /> <br />h. If you do Dot bow the answers to questions a. through g., at a <br />minimum, woulcb1't such an analysis be Dec:essal}' before the Tribes, and the United States, in <br />furtherance of its trust responsibility to the Tribes, would agree to waive the Tribes' water <br />rights claims in retum for a prospective right to purchase Iud and water rights from nOD- <br />Indians? <br />13. On page 6 of the Conceptual Altemative is the statement that <br />A number or reclamation projects already exist In the area or the <br />Ute Mountain Ute and Southern Ute reservations. Se\'eraI <br />measures are available to increase the effective yield of these <br />projects without Impact to existing beneficiaries. <br /> <br /> e. <br />rights? <br /> f. <br /> g. <br />rights? <br /> <br />s <br /> <br />v!/90'd 8S0v 998 ~0~ ! <br /> <br />S3J~nOS3~ l~~nl~N ~O ld30 <br /> <br />0S:9! ~66!-~!-lJO <br />