Tribes
Jicarilla Apache Nation
Settlement
Jicarilla Apache Water Settlement
Reservation
Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation
State
NM
Watershed
Rio Grande Basin, Upper Colorado Region
HUC Refined
San Juan Basin
Document Type
Federal legislation
Publisher
United States
Publication Date
10-23-1992
Abstract
Federal legislation: Jicarilla Apache Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 1992, PL 102-441, 106 Stat. 2237. Parties: Jicarilla Apache Nation, NM and the US. The US and the Tribal President are authorized to enter into a Settlement Contract. Sections 3 and 4 of the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact should provide sufficient water. The Contract provides 33,500 a/f/y diversion from the Navajo Reservoir or Navajo River, and 6,500 a/f/y from the San Juan-Chama Project. Tribe is entitled to return flows and may subcontract for beneficial uses off reservation, but such uses are subject to state, federal and international law. The DOI Secretary has a limited amount of time in which to approve the subcontracts. The Jicarilla Apache Water Resources Development Trust Fund is established with the following authorizations: $6M to be dispersed over three years for tribal water resource development costs and the Tribe's costs in connection with the San Juan-Chama Project water. In exchange, cases No. CV-82-1327 JP (DNM) and No. CV-112-77 (US Claims Ct.) must be dismissed and partial final decrees must be entered in general adjudications of the San Juan River (CV-75-184, 11th Jud. Ct, NM) and Chama River (CV-69cv07941 (DNM).) [Source: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=GPO&browsePath=United+States+Statutes+at+Large+%28Digitized%29%2F1992&searchPath=United+States+Statutes+at+Large+%28Digitized%29%2F1992&leafLevelBrowse=false&isCollapsed=false&isOpen=true&ancestors=root&packageid=STATUTE-106&ycord=1248]
Permanent URL
http://hdl.handle.net/1928/21824
Recommended Citation
PL 102-441, 106 Stat. 2237
Comments
Federal legislation ratifying Settlement. 7-pages.