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Show (i) The United States shall pay not more than that portion of the total construction cost, exclusive of interest during construction, of the powerplant, and of any switchyards and transmission facilities serving the United States, as is represented by the ratios of the respective capacities to be provided for the United States therein to the total capacities of such facilities. The Secretary shall make the Federal portion of such costs available to the non-Federal interests during the construction period, including the period of preparation of designs and specifications, in such installments as will facilitate a timely construction schedule, but no funds other than for preconstruction activities shall be made available by the Secretary until he determines that adequate contractual arrangements are in effect covering water and fuel supplies for the thermal generating powerplant; (ii) Annual operation and maintenance costs, including provisions for depreciation (except as to depreciation on the pro rata share of construction cost borne by the United States in accordance with the foregoing subdivision (i)) shall be apportioned between the United States and the non-Federal interests on an equitable basis taking into account the ratios determined in accordance with the foregoing subdivision (i); (iii) The United States shall be given appropriate credit for any interests in Federal lands administered by the Department of the Interior that are made available for the powerplant and appurtenances; (iy) Costs to be borne by the United States under subdivisions (i) and (ii) shall not include (a) interest and interest during construction, (b) financing charges, (c) franchise fees, and (d) such other costs as shall be specified in the agreement. (2) The thermal generating plant referred to in subparagraph (1) of this subjection shall be located in Arizona, and if it is served by water diverted from the drainage area of the Colorado River system above Lee Ferry, consumptive use of water in connection therewith shall be charged against the apportionment to Arizona made by article III (a) of the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact (63 Stat. 31) and such use shall not increase Arizona's entitlement to consumptive use under said compact. (c) Unless and until otherwise provided by Congress, water from the Central Arizona Project shall not be made ava^able directly or indirectly for the irrigation of lands not having a recent irrigation history as determined by the Secretary, except in the case of Indian lands, national wildlife refuges, and, with the approval of the Secretary, State-administered wildlife management areas. (d) (1) Irrigation and municipal and industrial water supply under the Central Arizona Project within the State of Arizona may, in the event the Secretary determines that it is necessary to effect repayment, be pursuant to master contracts with organizations which have power to levy assessments against all taxable real property within their boundaries. The terms and conditions of contracts or other arrangements whereby each such organization makes water from the Central Arizona Project available to users within its boundaries shall be subject to the Secretary's approval and the United States shall, if the Secretary determines such action is desirable to facilitate carrying out the provisions of this Act, have the right to require that it be a party to such contracts or that contracts subsidiary to the master contracts be entered into between the United States and any user. The provisions of this subparagraph (1) shall not apply to the supplying of water to an Indian tribe for use within the boundaries of an Indian reservation. (2) Any obligation assumed pursuant to section 9(d) of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (43 U.S.C. 485h (d)) with respect to any project contract unit or irrigation block shall be repaid over a basic period of not more than fifty years; any water service provided pursuant to section 9(e) of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (43 U.S.C. 485h(e)) may be on the basis of delivery of water for a period of fifty years and for the delivery of such water at an identical price per acre-foot for water of the same class at the several points of delivery from the main canals and conduits and from such other points of delivery as the Secretary may designate; and long-term contracts relating to irrigation water supply shall provide that water made available thereunder may be made available by the Secretary for municipal or industrial 69 |
