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 966 Land acquisition.

Fish and wildlife resources.

79 Stat. 213. 16 USC 460M2 note. Transfer of functions.

Limitation.

Appropriation.

PUBLIC LAW 92-514-OCT. 20, 1972

[86 STAT.

wildlife refuge areas, as identified in the project plan. Acquisition of privately owned land shall, where possible and consistent with the development of the project, be restricted to easements and rights-ofway in order to minimize the removal of land from local tax rolls. SEC. 106. Conservation and development of the fish and wildlife resources and the enhancement of recreation opportunities in connection with the closed basin division of the San Luis Valley project works authorized by this Act shall be accordance with the provisions of the Federal Water Project Recreation Act (70 Stat. 213). SEC. 107. The Secretary is authorized to transfer to the State of Colorado or to any qualified agency or political subdivision of the State, or to a water users' organization, responsibility for the care, operation, a]id maintenance of the project works, or any part thereof. The agency or organization assuming such obligation shall obligate itself to operate the project works in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary. SEC. 108. Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to abrogate, amend, modify, or be in conflict with any provisions of the Rio Grande compact; or to shift any legal burden of delivery from the Rio Grande or the Conejos River to the closed basin. SEC. 109. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for construction of the closed basin division of the San Luis Valley project the sum of $18,246,000 (April 1972 prices), plus or minus such amounts, if any, as may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuation in construction costs as indicated by engineering cost indexes applicable to the types of construction involved herein, and such additional sums as may be required for operation and maintenance of the project. TITLE II BRANTLEY PROJECT, PECOS RIVER BASIN, NEW MEXICO

43 USC 371 note.

SEC. 201. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to construct, operate, and maintain the Brantley project, Pecos River Basin, New Mexico, in accordance with the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto) and the provisions of this Act and the plan set out in the report of the Secretary on this project, with such modification of, omissions from, or additions to the works, as the Secretary may find proper and necessary for the purposes of irrigation, flood control, fish and wildlife and recreation, and for the elimination of the hazards of failure of McMilland and Avalon Dams: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior shall operate the existing Alamogordo Dam and Reservoir unit: And provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior shall familiarize himself with the water rights of appropriators of water from the Pecos River and shall promulgate criteria for the operation of the Brantley project and other irrigation storage projects on the Pecos River in the State of New Mexico that will preclude any detrimental effect on water rights in the Pecos River so that appropriators of water will not be adversely and unreasonably affected by such operations. SEC. 202. The conservation and development of the fish and wildlife resources and the enhancement of recreation opportunities in connection with the Brantley project shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Water Project Recreation Act (79 Stat. 213).

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