Sec. 503. DEFINITIONS
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## SEC. 503 DEFINITIONS In this title: ####
(1)Eligible non-pueblo entities The term “**Eligible Non-Pueblo Entities**” means the Town of Taos, the El Prado Water and Sanitation District, and the New Mexico Department of Finance and Administration Local Government Division on behalf of the Acequia Madre del Rio Lucero y del Arroyo Seco, the Acequia Madre del Prado, the Acequia del Monte, the Acequia Madre del Rio Chiquito, the Upper Ranchitos Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Association, the Upper Arroyo Hondo Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Association, and the Llano Quemado Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Association. ####
(2)Enforcement Date The term “**Enforcement Date**” means the date upon which the Secretary publishes the notice required by section 509(f)(1). ####
(3)Mutual-benefit projects The term “**Mutual-Benefit Projects**” means the projects described and identified in articles 6 and 10.1 of the Settlement Agreement. ####
(4)Partial final decree The term “**Partial Final Decree**” means the Decree entered in New Mexico v. Abeyta and New Mexico v. Arellano, Civil Nos. 7896-BB (U.S.6 D.N.M.) and 7939-BB (U.S. D.N.M.) (consolidated), for the resolution of the Pueblo’s water right claims and which is substantially in the form agreed to by the Parties and attached to the Settlement Agreement as Attachment 5. ####
(5)Parties The term “**Parties**” means the Parties to the Settlement Agreement, as identified in article 1 of the Settlement Agreement. ####
(6)Pueblo The term “**Pueblo**” means the Taos Pueblo, a sovereign Indian tribe duly recognized by the United States of America. ####
(7)Pueblo lands The term “**Pueblo lands**” means those lands located within the Taos Valley to which the Pueblo, or the United States in its capacity as trustee for the Pueblo, holds title subject to Federal law limitations on alienation. Such lands include Tracts A, B, and C, the Pueblo’s land grant, the Blue Lake Wilderness Area, and the Tenorio and Karavas Tracts and are generally depicted in Attachment 2 to the Settlement Agreement. ####
(8)San juan-chama project The term “**San Juan-Chama Project**” means the Project authorized by section 8 of the Act of June 13, 1962 (76 Stat. 96 and 97), and the Act of April 11, 1956 (70 Stat. 105). ####
(9)Secretary The term “**Secretary**” means the Secretary of the Interior. ####
(10)Settlement agreement The term “**Settlement Agreement**” means the contract dated March 31, 2006, between and among— #####
(A)the United States, acting solely in its capacity as trustee for Taos Pueblo; #####
(B)the Taos Pueblo, on its own behalf; #####
(C)the State of New Mexico; #####
(D)the Taos Valley Acequia Association and its 55 member ditches; #####
(E)the Town of Taos; #####
(F)the El Prado Water and Sanitation District; and #####
(G)the 12 Taos area Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Associations, as amended to conform with this title. ####
(11)State engineer The term “**State Engineer**” means the New Mexico State Engineer. ####
(12)Taos valley The term “**Taos Valley**” means the geographic area depicted in Attachment 4 of the Settlement Agreement.
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