Statement of Findings: Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, 69844-69845 [2016-24416]
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Dated: September 21, 2016.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of the Secretary
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Statement of Findings: Taos Pueblo
Indian Water Rights Settlement Act
Office of the Secretary, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Secretary of the Interior
(Secretary) is publishing this notice in
accordance with section 509(f) of the
Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights
Settlement Act, Public Law 111–291
(Settlement Act). Congress enacted the
Settlement Act as Title V of the Claims
Resolution Act of 2010. The publication
of this notice causes the Settlement
Agreement entered in accordance with
Section 509 of the Settlement Act to
become enforceable and causes certain
waivers and releases of claims executed
pursuant to sections 510 and 511(a) of
the Settlement Act to become effective.
DATES: This notice is effective October
7, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Address all comments and requests for
additional information to Mr. John E.
Peterson II, Chair, Taos Pueblo Water
Rights Settlement Implementation
Team, Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Reclamation, Native
American and International Affairs
Office, Denver Federal Center, P.O. Box
25007 (86–43200), Denver, Colorado
80225–0007, (303) 445–2122.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Settlement Act was enacted to resolve
the water rights claims of Taos Pueblo
(Pueblo) on the Rio Pueblo de Taos and
Rio Hondo stream systems and
interrelated groundwater and tributaries
in the State of New Mexico subject to an
adjudication in the U.S. District Court
(Court) in State of New Mexico ex rel.
State Engineer v. Abeyta and Arellano,
Nos. 69cv07896 BB and 69cv07939 BB
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(D.N.M. filed Feb. 4, 1969). The
Settlement Parties include the Pueblo;
Taos Valley Acequia Association
(representing 55 historic community
ditches); Town of Taos; EI Prado Water
and Sanitation District; 12 Mutual
Domestic Water Consumers
Associations; the State of New Mexico
(State); and the United States
(Settlement Parties). The non-federal
Settlement Parties submitted a signed
Settlement Agreement to Congress prior
to enactment of the Settlement Act. As
described in section 502 of the
Settlement Act, the purposes of the
Settlement Act are:
(1) To approve, ratify, and confirm the
Settlement Agreement;
(2) to authorize and direct the
Secretary to execute the Settlement
Agreement and to perform all
obligations of the Secretary under the
Settlement Agreement and the
Settlement Act; and
(3) to authorize all actions and
appropriations necessary for the United
States to meet its obligations under the
Settlement Agreement and the
Settlement Act.
Statement of Findings
In accordance with section 509(f) of
the Settlement Act, I find as follows:
(1) The President has signed into law
the Settlement Act;
(2) to the extent that the Settlement
Agreement conflicted with the
Settlement Act, the Settlement
Agreement has been revised to conform
with the Settlement Act;
(3) the Settlement Agreement, so
revised, including waivers and releases
pursuant to section 510 of the
Settlement Act, has been executed by
the Settlement Parties and the Secretary
prior to the Settlement Parties’ motion
for entry of the Partial Final Decree;
(4) Congress has fully appropriated all
funds made available under paragraphs
(1) and (2) of section 509(c) of the
Settlement Act;
(5) the State Legislature has fully
appropriated the funds for the State
contributions as specified in the
Settlement Agreement, and those funds
have been deposited in appropriate
accounts;
(6) the State has enacted legislation
that amends New Mexico Statutes
Annotated (NMSA) 1978, section 72–6–
3 to state that a water use due under a
water right secured to the Pueblo under
the Settlement Agreement or the Partial
Final Decree may be leased for a term,
including all renewals, not to exceed 99
years; and
(7) a Partial Final Decree that sets
forth the water rights and contract rights
to water to which the Pueblo is entitled
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under the Settlement Agreement and the
Settlement Act and that substantially
conforms to the Settlement Agreement
and Attachment 5 of the Settlement
Agreement has been approved by the
Court and has become final and nonappealable.
Sally Jewell,
Secretary of the Interior.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The plat
and field notes of the dependent
resurvey and survey in Township 16
South, Range 72 West, Sixth Principal
Meridian, Colorado, were accepted on
August 26, 2016.
The plat and field notes of the
dependent resurvey and survey in
Township 49 North, Range 9 West, New
Mexico Principal Meridian, Colorado,
were accepted on September 8, 2016.
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The plat, in 2 sheets, and field notes
of the dependent resurvey and survey in
Township 49 North, Range 8 West, New
Mexico Principal Meridian, Colorado,
were accepted on September 20, 2016.
The supplemental plat of section 7 in
Township 7 South, Range 73 West,
Sixth Principal Meridian, Colorado, was
accepted on September 27, 2016.
The plat and field notes of the
dependent resurvey and survey in
Township 36 North, Range 7 West, New
Mexico Principal Meridian, Colorado,
were accepted on September 28, 2016.
The plat and field notes of the
dependent resurvey and survey in
Township 37 North, Range 7 West, New
Mexico Principal Meridian, Colorado,
were accepted on September 28, 2016.
Randy A. Bloom,
Chief Cadastral Surveyor for Colorado.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of the Secretary
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Statement of Findings: Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement
Act
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) is publishing this
notice in accordance with section 509(f) of the Taos Pueblo Indian
Water Rights Settlement Act, Public Law 111-291 (Settlement Act).
Congress enacted the Settlement Act as Title V of the Claims Resolution
Act of 2010. The publication of this notice causes the Settlement
Agreement entered in accordance with Section 509 of the Settlement Act
to become enforceable and causes certain waivers and releases of claims
executed pursuant to sections 510 and 511(a) of the Settlement Act to
become effective.
DATES: This notice is effective October 7, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Address all comments and requests for
additional information to Mr. John E. Peterson II, Chair, Taos Pueblo
Water Rights Settlement Implementation Team, Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Native American and International
Affairs Office, Denver Federal Center, P.O. Box 25007 (86-43200),
Denver, Colorado 80225-0007, (303) 445-2122.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Settlement Act was enacted to resolve
the water rights claims of Taos Pueblo (Pueblo) on the Rio Pueblo de
Taos and Rio Hondo stream systems and interrelated groundwater and
tributaries in the State of New Mexico subject to an adjudication in
the U.S. District Court (Court) in State of New Mexico ex rel. State
Engineer v. Abeyta and Arellano, Nos. 69cv07896 BB and 69cv07939 BB
[[Page 69845]]
(D.N.M. filed Feb. 4, 1969). The Settlement Parties include the Pueblo;
Taos Valley Acequia Association (representing 55 historic community
ditches); Town of Taos; EI Prado Water and Sanitation District; 12
Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Associations; the State of New Mexico
(State); and the United States (Settlement Parties). The non-federal
Settlement Parties submitted a signed Settlement Agreement to Congress
prior to enactment of the Settlement Act. As described in section 502
of the Settlement Act, the purposes of the Settlement Act are:
(1) To approve, ratify, and confirm the Settlement Agreement;
(2) to authorize and direct the Secretary to execute the Settlement
Agreement and to perform all obligations of the Secretary under the
Settlement Agreement and the Settlement Act; and
(3) to authorize all actions and appropriations necessary for the
United States to meet its obligations under the Settlement Agreement
and the Settlement Act.
Statement of Findings
In accordance with section 509(f) of the Settlement Act, I find as
follows:
(1) The President has signed into law the Settlement Act;
(2) to the extent that the Settlement Agreement conflicted with the
Settlement Act, the Settlement Agreement has been revised to conform
with the Settlement Act;
(3) the Settlement Agreement, so revised, including waivers and
releases pursuant to section 510 of the Settlement Act, has been
executed by the Settlement Parties and the Secretary prior to the
Settlement Parties' motion for entry of the Partial Final Decree;
(4) Congress has fully appropriated all funds made available under
paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 509(c) of the Settlement Act;
(5) the State Legislature has fully appropriated the funds for the
State contributions as specified in the Settlement Agreement, and those
funds have been deposited in appropriate accounts;
(6) the State has enacted legislation that amends New Mexico
Statutes Annotated (NMSA) 1978, section 72-6-3 to state that a water
use due under a water right secured to the Pueblo under the Settlement
Agreement or the Partial Final Decree may be leased for a term,
including all renewals, not to exceed 99 years; and
(7) a Partial Final Decree that sets forth the water rights and
contract rights to water to which the Pueblo is entitled under the
Settlement Agreement and the Settlement Act and that substantially
conforms to the Settlement Agreement and Attachment 5 of the Settlement
Agreement has been approved by the Court and has become final and non-
appealable.
Sally Jewell,
Secretary of the Interior.
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