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PUBLIC LAW 5 4 8 - J U L Y 29, 1954

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either as a result of its acquisition of the lands comprising Camp Joseph H. Pendleton and adjoining naval installations, and the rights to the use of water as a part of said acquisition, or through actual use or prescription or both since the date of that acquisition, if any, or to create any legal obligation to store any water in De Luz Reservoir, to the use of which it has such rights, or to require the division under this Act of water to which it has such rights. (d) Unless otherwise agreed by the Secretary of the Navy, De Luz Dam as herein provided shall at all times be operated in a manner which will permit the free passage of all of the water to the use of which the United States of America is entitled according to the laws of the State of California either as a result of its acquisition of the lands comprising Camp Joseph H. Pendleton and adjoining naval installations, and the rights to the use of water as a part of said acquisitions, or through actual use or prescription or both since the date • of that acquisition, if any, and will not be administered or operated in any way which will impair or deplete the quantities of water to the use of which the United States of America would be entitled under the laws of the State of California had that structure not been built. re^ulaUon^*'^'^^'^ ^^^' ^' ^^^^^ ^^^ coustruction of the De Luz Dam, the official operating the reservoir shall deliver water to the Fallbrook Public Utility District, pursuant to regulations issued by the Secretary of the Interior, as follows: (1) One thousand eight hundred acre-feet in any year until the reservoir attains an active content of sixty-three thousand acre-feet; (2) Not in excess of four thousand eight hundred acre-feet in any year after the reservoir attains an active content of sixty-three thousand acre-feet and until said reservoir attains an active content of ninety-eight thousand acre-feet; and (3) Not in excess of eight thousand acre-feet in any year after the reservoir attains an active content of ninety-eight thousand acrefeet and until the conservation storage space of the reservoir has been filled. Flood control. QE^ 5 x h e Secretary of the Army through the Chief of Engineers, acting in accordance with section 7 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 33 USC 709. (5g Stat. 887) is authorized to utilize for purposes of flood control such portion of the capacity of De Luz Reservoir as may be available therefor. Rufer'^o^c?'""^ ^^^' ^' There are hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any Appropriation, moucy iu tile Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, $22,636,000, the current estimated construction cost of the Santa Margarita River project, plus or minus such amounts as may be indicated by the engineering cost indices for this type of construction, and, in addition thereto, such sums as may be required to operate and maintain the said project. gr^ss."*^'^ *° ^°"' ^^^- '^' From time to time the Attorney General, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of the Navy shall report to the Congress concerning the conditions specified in section 1 of this Act, and the first report thereon shall be submitted to the Congress no later than one year from the date of enactment of this Act. Approved July 28, 1954. Public Law 548 T, o«, 0 0. July 29, 1954 [H. R. 8571]

CHAPTER 613 AN ACT

To authorize the construction of naval vessels, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives

of the

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