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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />r.J <br />~ <br />... <br /> <br />c <br /> <br />referred to as the Binding Agreement, on June 30, 1986. <br />pursuant to the requirements of Public Law 99-88 (99 Stat. 293, <br />319-321): and <br /> <br />WHEREAS. paragraph 3.f on page 5 of the Binding Agreement <br />specifies that the State of Colorado is to provide $5,600.000 <br />to the Secretary of the Interior for the Ridges Basin Dam, a <br />feature of the Animas-La Plata Project. on a schedule <br />acceptable to the State and the Secretary beginning in the <br />first year of construction of said dam: and <br /> <br />WHEREAS. the Colorado Water Conservation Board is <br />authorized by section 37-60-119, Colorado Revised Statutes, to <br />finance the construction of water supply projects: and <br /> <br />WHEREAS. the Colorado Water Conservation Board is <br />authorized by section 37-60-121(6.1). Colorado Revised <br />Statutes. to enter into this Agreement to provide $5,600.000 <br />for the Ridges Basin Dam on a non-reimbursable basis in <br />accordance with the Binding Agreement: and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, $5.600,000 is available for this Agreement in the <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board construction fund created by <br />section 37-60-121. Colorado Revised Statutes. <br /> <br />NOW THEREFORE. in consideration of the mutual covenants <br />hereinafter set forth, the parties tQ this Agreement agree as <br />follows: <br /> <br />GENERAL DEFINITIONS <br /> <br />1. Where used in this Agreement: <br /> <br />(a) "Secretary" or "United States" means the Secretary <br />of the United States Department of the Interior or his duly <br />authorized representative. which representative shall be the <br />Regional Director. Upper Colorado Region. United States Bureau <br />of Reclamation. <br /> <br />(b) "State" means the Colorado Department of Natural <br />Resources (Colorado Water Conservation Board). <br /> <br />(c) "Project" means the phase 1 facilities of the <br />Animas-La Plata Project as identified in the Binding Agreement. <br /> <br />(d) "Administrative costs" means those reasonable <br />administrative overhead expenses not directly identified to the <br />construction of a specific Project facility. These costs are <br />incurred centrally and charged to the Project on the basis of <br />the utilization of Bureau of Reclamation employee labor charges. <br /> <br />-2- <br />