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Show XIV-8 UPDATING THE HOOVER DAM DOCUMENTS (d) The Secretary is authorized to credit Imperial Irrigation District against its final payments for certain outstanding construction charges payable to the United States on account of capacity to be relinquished in the All-American and Coachella Canals as a result of the canal lining program, all as determined by the Secretary: Provided, 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. SEC. 103(a) If the comprehensive agreement on ground water provided for in section 5 of minute numbered 242 is not reached within two years from the date of this Act, the Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of State and determine whether such an agreement is likely to be concluded within a reasonable time. If the Secretary determines that such an agreement is not likely to be concluded within a reasonable time, the Secretary is authorized to: (1) Construct, operate, and maintain wells in the areas found appropriate for well fields as a means of utilizing ground waters of the Yuma Mesa division, Gila project, and the Valley division, Yuma project areas, Arizona, which wells shall be capable of furnishing approximately one hundred and sixty thousand acre-feet of water per year for use in the United States and for delivery to Mexico in satisfaction of the 1944 Mexican Water Treaty. (2) Acquire by purchase, eminent domain, or exchange, to the extent determined by him to be appropriate, approximately twenty three thousand five hundred acres of lands or interests therein within approximately five miles of the Mexican border on the Yuma Mesa. (b) The cost of work provided for in this section shall be nonreimbursable. SEC. 104. The Secretary is authorized to provide for modifications of the projects authorized by this Act to the extent he determines appropriate for purposes of meeting the international settlement objective of this Act at the lowest overall cost to the United States. No funds for any such modification shall be expended until the expiration of sixty days after the proposed modification has been submitted to the Congress, unless the Congress approves an earlier date by concurrent resolution. The Secretary shall notify the Governors of the Colorado River Basin States of such modification. SEC. 105. The Secretary is hereby authorized to enter into contracts that he deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act in advance of the appropriation of funds therefor. SEC. 106. In carrying out the provisions of this Act, the Secretary shall consult and cooperate with the Secretary of State, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of Agriculture, and other affected Federal, State, and local agencies. SEC. 107. Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to modify the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, or, except as expressly stated herein, the provisions of any other Federal law. SEC. 108. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $119,500,000 for the construction of the works and accomplishment of the purposes authorized in sections 101 and 102, and $34,000,000 to accomplish the purpose of section 103, based on April 1973 prices, plus or minus such amounts as may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations in construction costs involved therein, and such sums as may be required to operate and maintain such works and to provide for such modifications as may be made pursuant to section 104. There is further authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to pay condemnation awards in excess of appraised values and to cover costs required in connection with the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (Public Law 90-646). |
