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<br />JUL-ll-~T 1.:J:4!5 FROM:M.t:S.~-.~. <br /> <br />!D:S71Z1 247 6827 <br /> <br />PAGE 6/27 <br /> <br />00 -2- <br />('(j <br />N <br /> <br />"We beard the coDSlrUdive criticism," said Clement Frost. eh"irm>m of the Southern <br />~. . Utes, "and we've made substantial changes in the project. It's been increasingly clear in the last <br />few years that the Congress is committed to honor the treaty obligations to the Ute tribes. But <br />because of delays. the original plan has become too rich for today's budget realities. This plan <br />settles our -water rights claims but at about one-third the cost." <br /> <br />"F allure to provide sufficient pmtfu\g will only stall t1ie project, viol2te the government's <br />promise to the tribes and force the issue into a long, costly and divisive court battle," said Ute <br />Mountain Ute Ch"TTm"n, Judy Knight FIllDk.. "We've tried to reconcile the issues responsibly <br />and hopefully the Administration 'will now support us," she added. The Supreme Court has <br />already affumed the Ute's water rights and experts agree that a lawsuit would cost taxpayers <br />hundreds of IDillions of dollars: <br /> <br />m <br /> <br />www.animaslp.com <br />