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PUBLIC LAW 88-599-SEPT. 18, 1964

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Public Law 88-599 AN ACT

September 18, 1964

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Whitestone Coulee unit of the Okanogan-Similkameen division, Chief Joseph Dam project, Washington, and for other purposes.

[s. 2447]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of furnishing a new and a supplemental water supply for the irrigation of approximately two thousand five hundred and fifty acres of land in Okanogan County, Washington, for the purpose of undertaking the rehabilitation and betterment of existing works serving a major portion of these lands, and for conservation and development of fish and wildlife resources and improvement of public recreation facilities, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to construct, operate, and maintain the Whitestone Coulee unit of the OkanoganSimilkameen division of the Chief Joseph Dam project, in accordance with the provisions of the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatorjr thereof or supplementary thereto). The principal works of the unit shall consist of: facilities to permit enlargement and utilization of Spectacle Lake storage; related canal and conduits, diversion dam^ pumping plants, and distribution systems; and necessary works incidental to the rehabilitation and expansion of the existing irrigation system. SEC. 2. The provisions of section 2 of the Act of July 27, 1954 (68 Stat. 568, 569), shall be applicable to the Whitestone Coulee unit of the Okanogan-Similkameen division of the Chief Joseph Dam project. The term "construction costs" used therein shall include any irrigation operation, maintenance, and replacement costs during the development period which the Secretary finds it proper to fund because they are beyond the ability of the water users to pay during that period. SEC. 3. (a) The Secretary is authorized as a part of the Whitestone Coulee unit to construct, operate, and maintain or otherwise provide for basic public outdoor recreation facilities, to acquire or otherwise to include within the unit area such adjacent lands or interests therein as are necessary for public recreation use, to allocate water and reservoir capacity to recreation, and to provide for public use and enjoyment of unit lands, facilities, and water areas in a manner coordinated with the other unit purposes. The Secretary is authorized to enter into agreements with Federal agencies or State or local public bodies for the operation, maintenance, and additional development of unit lands or facilities, or to dispose of unit lands or facilities to Federal agencies or State or local puolic bodies by lease, transfer, exchange, or conveyance, upon such terms and conditions as will best promote the development and operation of such lands or facilities in the public interest for recreation purposes. The costs of the aforesaid undertakings, including costs of investigation, planning. Federal operation and maintenance, and an appropriate share of the joint costs of the unit, shall be nonreimbursable. Nothing herein shall limit the authority of the Secretary granted by existing provisions of law relating to recreation development of water resources projects or the disposition of public lands for recreational purposes. (b) The costs of means and measures to prevent loss of and damage to fish and wildlife resources shall be considered as project costs and allocated as may be appropriate among the project functions.

Whitestone Coulee unit. Chief Joseph Dam project. Wash. Construction.

43 USC 371 note.

"Construction costs."

Project costs.

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