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106 STAT. 4618 PUBLIC LAW 102-575—(XT. 30^1992 (i) conservation measures to improve the efficiency of the storage, conveyance, distribution, and use of water in a manner that contributes to the accomplishment of Uie purposes of this section, exclusive of any measures promulgated pursuant to subsection (f)(2) (A) through (D); (ii) the estimated economic and financial costs of each such measure; (iii) the estimated water yield of each such measure; and (iv) the socioeconomic and environmental effects of each such measure. (C) A comparative analysis of each cost-effective and environmentally acceptable measure. (D) A schedule of implementation for the following five years. (E) An assessment of the performance of previously implemented conservation measures, if any. Eadi plan or plan supplement shall be technically sound, internally consistent and supported by objective analysis. Not less than ninety days prior to its transmittal to the Secretary, the plan, or plan supplement, together with all supporting documentation demonstrating compliance with this section, shall be made available by the District for public review, hearing, and comment. All significant comments, and the District's response thereto, shall accompany the plan transmitted to the Secretary. (2) EVALUATION OF CONSERVATION MEASURES. — (A) Any conservation measure proposed to the District by the Executive Director of the Utah Department of Natural Resources shall be added to the water management improvement inventory and evaluated by the District. Any conservation measure, up to a cumulative five in number within any three-year period, submitted by nonprofit sportsmen or environmental organizations shall be added to the water management improvement inventory and evaluated by the District. (B) Each conservation measure that is found to be cost-effective, without significant adverse impact to the financial integrity of the District or a petitioner of project water, environmentally acceptable and for which the requirements of the Nationsu Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) have been satisfied, and in the public interest shall be deemed to constitute the "active inventory". For purposes of this section, the determination of benefits shall tcuce into account: (i) the value of saved water, to be determined, in the case of municipal water, on the basis of the project municipal and industrial repayment obligation of the District, but in no case less than $2()0 per acre-foot, and, in the case of irrigation water, on the basis of operation, maintenance, and replacement costs ' plus the "full cost" rate for irrigation computed in accordance with section 302(3) of the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (96 Stat. 1263; 43 U.S.C. 390bb), but in no case less than $50 per acre-foot;