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PUBLIC LAW 93-251-MAR. 7, 1974

(b) The amendment made by section (a) of this section shall take effect as of August 1, 1969. SEC. 46. The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is authorized to amend the contract between the city of Aberdeen, Washington, and the United States for use of storage space in the Wynoochee Dam and Lake on the Wynoochee River, Washington, for municipal and industrial water supply purposes. Such amended contract shall provide that the costs allocated to present demand water supply, shall be repaid over a period of fifty years after the project is first used for the storage of water for water supply purposes. The first annual payment shall be a minimum of 0.1 per centum of the total amount to be repaid. The annual payments shall be increased by 0.1 per centum each year until the tenth year at which time the payment shall be 1 per centum of the total principal amount to be repaid. Subsequent annual payments for the balance of forty years shall be one-fortieth of the balance remaining after the tenth annual payment (including interest over such fifty year period). SEC. 47. The project for Wynoochee Dam and Lake, Wynoochee River, Washington, authorized by the Flood Control Act approved October 23, 1962 (76 Stat. 1193), is hereby modified to provide that the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is authorized and directed to transfer to the State of Washington, as a part of project costs, an amount not to exceed $696,000 for construction of fish hatchery facilities for prevention of losses of natural spawning areas for anadromous trout occasioned by project construction. SEC. 48. Section 7 of the River Basin Monetary Authorization and Miscellaneous Civil Works Amendment Act of 1970 (84 Stat. 310) is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 7. That the project for Libby Dam. Kootenai River, Montana, is hereby modified to provide that an amount not to exceed $4,000,000 may be used for the construction of fish production measures in compensation for fish losses attributed to the project, and for the acquisition of necessary real estate, construction of access roads and utilities, and performance of services related thereto, as deemed appropriate by the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers.". SEC. 49. (a) The project for Libby Dam, Kootenai River, Montana, authorized by the Flood Control Act approved May 17, 1950 (64 Stat. 170), is hereby modified to provide that the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is authorized to acquire not more than twelve thousand acres of land for the prevention of wildlife grazing- losses caused by the project. (b) The Secretary is further authorized and directed to convey without monetary consideration, to the State of Montana all right, title, and interest of the United States in the land acquired under subsection (a), for use for wildlife grazing purposes. The deed of conveyance shall provide that the land shall revert to the United States in the event it ever ceases to be used for wildlife grazing purposes. (c) There is authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $2,000,000 to carry out the provisions of this section. SEC. 50. The project for Libby Dam (Lake Koocanusa). Montana, authorized by the Flood Control Act approved ]May 17, 1950 (64 Stat. 170), is hereby modified to provide that the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is authorized to reimburse Boundary County, Idaho, for the cost incurred to elevate, relocate, or reconstruct the bridge, located at the mouth of Deep Creek as it joins the Kootenai River, made necessary by the duration of higher flows during drawdown operations at Libby Dam. There is authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $350,000 for the purposes of this section.

Effective date. 42 USC 4482 note. Aberdeen, Wash., contract amendment.

Wynoochee River, Wash., project modification.

Libby Dam project, Kootenai River, Mont., modification.

Land acquisition.

State of Mont a n a, land conveyance.

Appropriation. Libby Dam project, modification.

Appropriation.

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