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ANIMAS -LA PLATA PROJECT COMPACT <br />(§37-64-101, et. seq., C.R.S.) <br />June 7, 1969 <br />Signatory States: Colorado and New Mexico <br />Colorado Commissioner: Not Specified <br />Major Purposes: <br />1. Implement the operation of the Animas -La Plata Reclamation Project <br />2. Consideration of interstate comity <br />Important Provision: <br />Provides New Mexico with the right to divert and store water from the La Plata and <br />Animas River systems under the Project with the same validity and equal priority as those <br />rights granted by Colorado courts for Colorado users of Project water, providing such <br />uses are within New Mexico's allocation in the Upper Colorado River Compact. <br />