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<br />ATTACHMENT 1 <br /> <br />COLORADO'S STATEMENT OF AUTHORITIES RELATED TO THE MEMORANDUM <br />OF UNDERSTANDING AND SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT <br /> <br />1. ADMINISTRATION AND PROTECTION OF FLOWS RELEASED FROM NAVAJO <br />RESERVOIR THROUGH THE FOUR CORNERS REACH OF THE SAN JUAN <br />RIVER IN COLORADO <br /> <br />The Colorado State Engineer and the Division Engineer for <br />Water Division No. 7 (hereafter referred to collectively as the <br />State Engineer) have authority pursuant to sections <br /> <br />37-80-l02(1)(a), 37-92-301(1), 37-92-501(1), 37-62-101-106 (the <br /> <br />Upper Colorado River Compact), and 37-61-101-104 (the Colorado <br /> <br />River Compact), C.R.S. (1990), to protect and administer (subject <br /> <br />to transit losses) water released from Navajo Reservoir and <br /> <br />delivered to Colorado for ultimate delivery to Lake Powell <br /> <br />through the approximately 3.4 mile reach of the San Juan River <br /> <br />from lat. 36 deg. 59' 57" N long. 109 deg. 00' 16" W to lat. 37 <br /> <br />deg. 01' 21" N long. 109 deg. 02' 40" W, in Colorado (hereafter <br />referred to as the four corners reach). <br /> <br />Moreover, if the Colorado Water Conservation Board acquires <br /> <br />water or an interest in water from Navajo Reservoir for instream <br /> <br />flows in the four corners reach pursuant to section 37-92-102(3), <br />C.R.S. (1990), the State Engineer has authority under sections <br /> <br />301(1) and 501(1) to protect and administer (subject to transit <br /> <br />losses) such releases through the four corners reach. <br /> <br />The four corners reach is located entirely within the exte- <br /> <br />rior boundaries of the Ute Mountain Ute Indian Reservation. The <br />