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STAT.]

PUBLIC LAW 92-51 4 - O C T. 20,

1972

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SEC. 203. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to alter, amend, repeal, modify, or be in conflict with the provisions of the Pecos River Compact, 1948, consented to by the Congress in the Act of June 9, 1949 (63 Stat. 159). SEC. 204. The costs allocated to flood control and the safety of dams purposes of the project shall be nonreimbursable and nonreturnable. The repayment of costs allocated to recreation and fish and wildlife enhancement shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Water Project Recreation Act (79 Stat. 213). le use 460/-12 SEC. 205. The interest rate used for computing interest during con- ""'j^j^^^gt ^^^^ struction and interest on the unpaid balance of the reimbursable costs of the Brantley project shall be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, as of the beginning of the fiscal year in which construction on the project is commenced, on the basis of the computed average interest rate payable by the Treasury upon its outstanding marketable public obligations which are neither due nor callable for redemption for fifteen years from date of issue. SEC. 206*! There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for con- Appropriation, struction of the Brantley project the sum of $45,605,000 (based on July 1971 prices), plus or minus such amounts, if any, as may be justified by reason of changes in construction costs as indicated by engineering cost indexes applicable to the types of construction involved and, in addition thereto, sums as may be required for operation and maintenance of the project. TITLE III S A L M O N FALLS D IV I S I O N, U P P E R S N A K E RIVER P R O J E C T, I D A H O

SEC. 301. For the primary purposes of providing irrigation water supplies and the enhancement of fish and wildlife resources, and other purposes, the Secretary of the Interior, acting pursuant to the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto), is authorized to construct, '•^ use 371 operate, and maintain the Salmon Falls division. Upper Snake River project, Idaho. The principal works of the divisions shall consist of the Milner pumping plant, the Milner-Salmon Falls Canal, relift pumping stations, water distribution facilities, wells to provide supplemental water, drainage facilities, and related works. The wells to provide supplemental water, authorized by this Act, shall be so located that the irrigation water produced therefrom can be delivered to the lands of the Salmon Falls division without the requirement for water rights exchange agreements between the Salmon River Canal Company and the North Side Canal Company of Jerome, Idaho. SEC. 302. Any exchanges of water which may be required in con- water exchanges, nection with the operation of the division authorized by this title shall be made in conformity with applicable State law and shall in no way jeopardize, diminish, or otherwise alter contractual rights and obligations now in existence or water rights acquired under State law, and shall be without prejudice to, but in enjoyment of, the rights of the appropriator participating in the exchange as a use under his original appropriation. Existing water users shall bear no additional costs as a consequence of any exchange in their service area. SEC. 303. Irrigation repayment contracts shall provide, with respect mi"/cont'rac^i'^^' to any contract unit, for repayment of the irrigation construction costs assigned to the irrigators for repayment over a period of not more than fifty years, exclusive of any development period authorized by 82-081 O - 73 - 64

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