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• Permit No: M1985219
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Name: COLO MINED LAND RECLAMATION ACT
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Contract No. 9-07-40-80900
UNITID STATES
DEPARTMFSI'I OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
CONTRACT AMONG THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
THE GRAND VALLEY WATER USERS ASSOCIATION AND THE ORCHARD MESA IRRIGATION
DISTRICT PROVIDING FOR THE DELIVERY OF RUEDI RESERVOIR
ENDANGERID FISH RELEASES TO THE GRAND VALLEY POWERPLANT
This contract, is made this 1 day of August 1989,
pursuant to the act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388), and acts amendatory
thereof and supplemental thereof, between the UNITID STATES OF AMERICA,
hereinafter referred to as the United States, acting through the Bureau of
Reclamation; the GRAND VALLEY WATER USERS ASSOCIATION, a corporation organized
and existing under the laws of the State of Colorado, with principal place of
business at Grand Junction, Colorado, hereinafter referred to as the
Association; and the ORCHARD MESA IRRIGATION DISTRICT, an irrigation district
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Colorado with its
principal place of business at Grand Junction, Colorado, hereinafter referred
to as the District.
WITNESSETH THAT:
WI~RF~S, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on June 15, 1987, issued
the final biological opinion for the Ruedi Reservoir Round II and Green
Mountain Reservoir water sales, hereinafter referred to as Biological Opinion.
The Biological Opinion is hereby incorporated by reference into this
agreement.
WE~RF.AS, the Biological Opinion is based upon conservation measures
that the Bureau of Reclamation has agreed to incorporate into their water
sales program. These conservation measures include in part the storage,