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Show CHAPTER XIV 225 upon benefits each receives from the canal lining, as determined by the Secretary. The installments are nonreimbursable to the extent the United States benefits and in no event shall the United States receive such benefit after the Secretary reduces Colorado River water deliveries to California to 4.4 maf/yr. Section 102(c) authorizes the Secretary to acquire private lands within the Imperial Irrigation District on the Imperial East Mesa which receive or have rights to receive water from Imperial Irrigation District's capacity in the Coachella Canal. Section 102 (d) authorizes the Secretary to credit Imperial Irrigation District against its final payments on account of capacity to be relinquished in the All-American and Coachella Canals as a result of the Canal lining, but that relinquishment of capacity shall not affect the established basis for allocating operation and maintenance costs of the main All-American Canal to existing contractors. Section 103(a) provides that, if an agreement on ground-water pumping is not reached in 2 years or is not likely to be concluded within a reasonable time, the Secretary is authorized to construct, operate and maintain a well field utilizing waters of the Yuma Mesa Division, Gila Project, and the Valley Division, Yuma Project, capable of furnishing 160,000 acre-feet for use in the United States and for delivery to Mexico in satisfaction of the Treaty, and to acquire approximately 23,500 acres of land within approximately 5 miles of the Mexican border on the Yuma Mesa. Section 103(b) provides that the cost of the work provided for in this section shall be nonreimbursable. Sections 104 through 108 deal with projects modifications, contract authority, consultation with other agencies, and authorized appropriations of the money to construct the works authorized in Sections 101 and 102. C. I Title II - Measures Upstream From Imperial Dam Section 201 authorizes the Secretary to implement the salinity control program adopted for the Colorado River under the authority of Section 10 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, to expedite the salinity control program in the Secretary's report entitled "Colorado River Water Quality Improvement Program, February, 1972," and to coordinate with the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Agriculture. Section 202 authorizes the Secretary to construct the following salinity control units as the initial stage of the Basin salinity control program: Paradox Valley, which contributes about 200,000 tons of salt per year to the Colorado River system; Grand Valley, about 600,000 tons annually; Crystal Geyser, 3,000 tons annually; and the Las Vegas Wash Unit, 200,000 tons annually. Section 213 directs the Secretary to expedite completion of planning reports on four irrigation source control units, three point source control units, and five diffuse source control units, and to submit each planning report to the Basin States for review and thereafter to submit each final report to the President, other Federal Departments, the Congress and the Basin States. Section 203 (b) directs the Secretary to cooperate with the Department of Agriculture and other governmental bodies on methods to accomplish the objectives of the Act. Section 204 creates the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Advisory Council, composed of three members from each State appointed by the Governors of the Basin States, which shall be advisory only. Section 205 authorizes the Secretary to allocate the total cost of each unit authorized by Section 202 as follows: 75 percent nonreimbursable, and 25 percent allocated between the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund and the Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund, after consultation with the Advisory Council and consideration of benefits to be derived in each Basin, causes of salinity and availability of revenues in each fund, provided that costs allocated to the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund shall not exceed 15 percent of the costs allocated to both funds. Costs of each unit are to be repaid within a 50-year period without interest. Section 205 (b) through (d) provides necessary amendments to existing statutes. Section 205 (e) authorizes upward adjustments of rates for electrical energy under Colorado River Storage Project contracts to cover the costs of the units allocated under Sections (a) (2) and (3). Sections 206 through 208 are administrative provisions involving Secretarial reports on the program, provide that the Act not affect the existing laws, compacts or Decree in Arizona v. California, provides for |
