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Show COLUMBIA RIVER TREATY 413 ARTICLE X East-West Standby Transmission (1) The United States of America shall provide in accordance with good engineering practice east-west standby transmission service ade- quate to safeguard the transmission from Oliver, British Columbia, to Vancouver, British Columbia, of the downstream power benefits to which Canada is entitled and to improve system stability of the east- west circuits in British Columbia. (2) In consideration of the standby transmission service, Canada shall pay the United States of America in Canadian funds the equiva- lent of 1.50 United States dollars a year for each kilowatt of depend- able hydroelectric capacity included in the downstream power benefits to which Canada is entitled. (3) When a mutually satisfactory electrical coordination arrange- ment is entered into between the entities and confirmed by exchange of notes between the United States of America and Canada the obliga- tion of Canada in paragraph (2) ceases. ARTICLE XI Use of Improved Stream Flow (1) Improvement in stream flow in one country brought about by operation of storage constructed under the Treaty in the other coun- try shall not be used directly or indirectly for hydroelectric power purposes except: (a) in the case of use within the United States of America with the prior approval of the United States entity, and (b) in the case of use within Canada with the prior approval of the authority in Canada haying jurisdiction. (2) The approval required by this Article shall not be given except upon such conditions, consistent with the Treaty, as the entity or authority considers appropriate. ARTICLE XII Kootenai River Development (1) The United States of America for a period of five years from the ratification date, has the option to commence construction of a dam on the Kootenai River near Libby, Montana, to provide storage to meet flood control and other purposes in the United States of America. The storage reservoir of the dam shall not raise the level of the Koote- nai River at the Canada-United States of America boundary above an elevation consistent with a normal full pool elevation at the dam of 2,459 feet, United States Coast and Geodetic Survey datum, 1929 General Adjustment, 1947 International Supplemental Adjustment. (2) All benefits which occur in either country from the construction and operation of the storage accrue to the country in which the bene- fits occur. |