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 PUBLIC LAW 102-231—DEC. 12, 1991 105 STAT. 1723 impaired long-range, consistent planning and construction necessary for efficient SCIP operation and maintenance and for timely replacement of obsolete or worn out facilities. (7) Under current repayment terms, the shared obligation of the San Carlos Irrigation and Drainage District and the Gila River Indian Community to repay the United States for construction of SCIP's hydroelectric power system and certain improvements thereto will not be met until after the year 2010. (8) The Gila River Indian Community, the San Carlos Apache Indian Tribe, and the San Carlos Irrigation and Drainage District have petitioned the Congress to authorize the Secretary to divest the United States of ownership and responsibility for SCIP's electric power transmission and distribution systems, to settle the outstanding debt owned by the United States in connection with the construction of those systems, to apportion equitably among them SCIP's allocation of Federal power resources, and to take such other actions as necessary to carry out divestiture. (9) On September 15, 1989, the Gila River Indian Community and the Arizona Public Service Company, and the San Carlos Irrigation and Drainage District, the Arizona Public Service Company, Trico Electric Cooperative, Inc., and Electrical District No. 2 of Pinal County, Arizona, signed Statements of Principles by which divestiture would be implemented between and among them subsequent to enactment of Federal enabling authorities as provided in this Act. The same entities subsequently signed extensions of the Statements of Principles, as amended. (b) PURPOSE.— The purposes of this Act are— (1) to authorize the Secretary to divest the United States of ownership of the electric transmission and distribution system of the San Carlos Irrigation Project; (2) to provide for the settlement of the debt obligations owed to the United States by the Gila River Indian Community and the San Carlos Irrigation and Drainage District in connection with the construction of the electric transmission and distribution system; (3) to provide for the reallocation of power resources currently allocated to SCIP from Federal hydroelectric power sources; (4) to provide funds for the disposal of hazardous waste materials associated with those areas and components of the SCIP electric system transferred to the Gila River Indian Community and the San Carlos Apache Tribe and with those areas and components retained by the Secretary; (5) to facilitate the implementation of divestiture in an orderly and economic manner, consistent with the desire and intent of the parties to the Statements of Principles and with due regard for the rights and interests of current SCIP employ- ees; and (6) to assist the Gila River Indian Community and the San Carlos Apache Tribe in their efforts to achieve greater self- determination and economic self-sufficiency. SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. For the purposes of this Act—

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