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Show XI-12 UPDATING THE HOOVER DAM DOCUMENTS (c) The United States, its officers, agents and employees shall, at all proper times and places, freely have ingress to, passage over and egress from said lands for the purpose of exercising the rights specified in this order and for all lawful purposes in connection with (i) protection, maintenance and administration of the Havasu National Wildlife Refuge, (ii) United States responsibilities relating to administration of the Chemehuevi Indian Reservation and (iii) United States responsibilities relating to Lake Havasu and the Colorado River. The right of ingress, passage, and egress provided for in this subparagraph (c) relate only to said lands and are not intended, nor do they create, any rights with respect to any other lands. (d) The right of the United States to make irrevocable extensions of the permit of any person now entitled to use the aforesaid land until August 15, 1980, if such person shall be determined by the Department of the Interior Office of Hearings and Appeals to be a full-time resident of the permitted lands for a substantial portion of each year. (e) The corrected designation is also subject to all valid existing rights, including specifically the following rights of private persons: (i) The rights of all persons holding concession contracts and special use permits referred to in Attachment A hereto, during the time that such rights shall exist under the terms of the concession contracts and special use permits, including the right of contractors, concessioners and permittees under the contracts and permits referred to in Attachment A and their agents, employees and invitees, including the public in the case of concession agreements, to have access to the lands which are the subject of said contracts and permits at such reasonable locations as the Secretary of the Interior may determine. (ii) The rights of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California under that District's contract with the United States, captioned "Cooperative Contract for Construction and Operation of Parker Dam," dated February 10, 1933 (Designated llr-712), as supplemented and amended by contracts between the same parties dated September 29, 1936, April 7, 1939 and December 16, 1952. |