100 STAT. 4232
Maryland. Virginia.
PUBLIC LAW 99-662—NOV. 17, 1986
of Columbia water system at the Dalecarlia filtration plant, or at other points on the system, to any competent State or local authority in the Washington, District of Columbia, metropolitan area in Maryland. All of the expense of installing the connection or connections and appurtenances between the water supply systems and any subsequent changes therein shall be paid by the requesting entity, which shall also pay such charges for the use of the water as the Secretary may, from time to time in advance of delivery, determine to be reasonable. Payments shall be made at such time, and pursuant to such regulations, as the Secretary prescribes. The Secretary may revoke any permit for the use of water at any time. (b) The Secretary is authorized to purchase water from any State or local authority in Maryland or Virginia that has, at the time of purchase, completed a connection with the District of Columbia water system. The Secretary is authorized to pay such charges for the use of the water as the Secretary has agreed upon in advance of delivery. SEC. 1112. ABIQUIU DAM. '-^^'•'^•'-
New Mexico. Flood control.
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Subject to section 903(a) of this Act, the Secretary is authorized to construct a set of emergency gates in the conduit of the Abiquiu Dam, New Mexico, to increase safety and enhance flood and sediment control, at a total cost of $2,700,000. The non-Federal share of the project shall be 25 percent of those costs of the project attributable to an increase in flood protection as a result of the installation of such gates. SEC. 1113. ACEQUIAS IRRIGATION SYSTEM.
New Mexico.
(a)(1) The Congress finds that the irrigation ditch systems in New Mexico, known as the Acequia systems, date from the eighteenth century, and that these early engineering works have significance in the settlement and development of the western portion of the United States. (2) The Congress, therefore, declares that the restoration and preservation of the Acequia systems has cultural and historic values to the region. (b) Subject to section 903(a) of this Act, the Secretary is authorized and directed to undertake, without regard to economic analysis, such measures as are necessary to protect and restore the river diversion structures and associated canals attendant to the operations of the community ditch and Acequia systems in New Mexico that are declared to be a political subdivision of the State of New Mexico, at a total cost of $53,300,000, with an estimated first Federal cost of $40,000,000 and an estimated first non-Federal cost of $13,300,000. The non-Federal share of any work undertaken under this section shall be 25 percent. (c) The Secretary is further authorized and directed to consider the historic Acequia systems (community ditches) of the southwestern United States as public entities, if these systems are chartered by the respective State laws as political subdivisions of that State. This public entity status will allow the officials of these Acequia systems to enter into agreements and serve as local sponsors of water-related projects of the Secretary,
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SEC. 1114. CROSS FLORIDA BARGE CANAL.
Fish and fishing. Wildlife.
(a)(1) For the multiple purposes of preserving, enhancing, interpreting, and managing the water and related land resources of an
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