Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 74.djvu/266

 PUBLIC LAW 86-629-JUNE 27, 1960

53 Stat. 1193. 43 USC 485h. Transfer eration.

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Construction limitation.

Recreational facilities.

67 Stat. 266. AppropKation. Limitation.

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(c) Upon the completion of the payment of the water users' construction cost obligation, together with the interest thereon, the water users shall have a permanent right to the use of that portion of the project allocable to municipal water supply purposes, subject, if the project is then operated by the United States, to payment of a reasonable annual charge by the Secretary of the Interior sufficient to pay all operation and maintenance charges and a fair share of the administrative costs applicable to the project. SEC. 3. Contracts may be entered into with the water users' organization pursuant to the provisions of this Act without regard to the last sentence of subsection (c) of section 9 of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939. SEC. 4. The Secretary is authorized to transfer to the project water users the care, operation, and maintenance of the works herein authorized, and, if such transfer is made, to deduct from the obligation of the water users the reasonable capitalized equivalent of that portion of the estimated operation and maintenance cost of the undertaking which, if the United States continues to operate the project, would be allocated to flood control and fish and wildlife purposes. Prior to taking over the care, operation, and maintenance of said works, the water users' organization shall obligate itself to operate them in accordance with criteria specified by the Secretary of the Army with respect to flood control and the Secretary of the Interior with respect to fish and wildlife: Provided, That operation and maintenance and replacement cost of furnishing water supply to Tinker Air Force Base, as contemplated in the plan of development, shall be provided by an appropriate agreement between the Secretary of Defense and the water users' organization. SEC. 5. Construction of the Norman project herein authorized may be undertaken in such units or stages as in the opinion of the Secretary best serves the project requirements and the relative needs for water of the several municipal users. Repayment contracts negotiated in connection with each unit or stage of construction shall be subject to the terms and conditions of section 2 of this Act. SEC. 6. The Secretary may, upon conclusion of a suitable agreement with any qualified agency of the State of Oklahoma or a political subdivision thereof for assumption of the administration, operation, and maintenance thereof at the earliest practicable date, construct or permit the construction of public park and recreational facilities on lands owned by the United States adjacent to the reservoirs of the Norman project, when such use is determined by the Secretary not to be contrary to the public interest, all under such rules and regulations as the Secretary may prescribe. No recreational use of any area to which this section applies shall be permitted which is inconsistent with the laws of the State of Oklahoma for the protection of fish and game and the protection of the public health, safety, and welfare. The Federal costs of constructing the facilities authorized by this section shall be limited to the nonreimbursable costs of the Norman project for minimum basic recreational facilities as determined by the Secretary. SEC. 7. Expenditures for the Norman Reservoir may be made without regard to the soil survey and land classification requirements of the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1954 (43 U.S.C. 390a). SEC. 8. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for construction of the works authorized by this Act not to exceed $19,042,000, plus or minus such amounts, if any, as may be justified by reason of ordmary fluctuation in construction costs as indicated by engineering cost indices applicable to the type of construction involved herein: Provided. That such basic amount shall not exceed $12,920,000 in the

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