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108 STAT. 4564 PUBLIC LAW 103-434—OCT. 31, 1994 Publication. Appropriation authorization. Basin irrigation districts, Bonneville Power Administration, and other entities as determined by the Secretary, develop an interim comprehensive operating plan for providing a general framework within which the Yakima Project Superintendent operates the Yakima Project, including measures implemented under the Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project, including (but not limited to)— (1) operating capability and constraints of the system; (2) information on water supply calculations and water needs; (3) system operations and stream flow objectives; and (4) the System Operations Advisory Committee activities. (b) PROCESS REQUIREMENTS. —^A draft of the interim comprehensive basin operating plan shall be completed within 18 months after the completion of the Basin Conservation Plan under section 1203(0 and, upon completion, published for a 90-day public review period. The Secretary shall complete and publish the final interim comprehensive operating plan within 90 days after the close of the public review period. The Secretary shall update the plan as needed to respond to decisions from water adjudications relating to the Yakima River basin. (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. —There is authorized to be appropriated $100,000 to carry out this section. SEC. 1211. ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $2,000,000 for environmental compliance activities including the conduct, in cooperation with the State of Washington, of an inventory of wildlife and wetland resources in the Yakima River basin and an investigation of measures, including "wetland banking", which could be implemented to address potential impacts which could result from the activities taken under this title. SEC. 1212. SAVINGS AND CONTINGENCIES. (a) IN GENERAL. —Nothing in this title shall be construed to— (1) affect or modify any treaty or other right of the Yakama Indian Nation; (2) authorize the appropriation or use of water by any Federal, State, or local agency, the Yakama Indian Nation, or any other entity or individual; (3) impair the rights or jurisdictions of the United States, the States, the Yakama Indian Nation, or other entities over waters of any river or stream or over any ground water resource; (4) alter, amend, repeal, interpret, modify, or be in conflict with any interstate compact made by the States; (5) alter, establish, or impair the respective rights of States, the United States, the Yakama Indian Nation, or any other entity or individual with respect to any water or water-related right; (6) alter, diminish, or abridge the rights and obligations of any Federal, State, or local agency, the Yakama Indian Nation, or other entity, public or private; (7) affect or modify the rights of the Yakama Indian Nation or its successors in interest to, and management and regulation of, those water resources arising or used, within the external boundaries of the Yakama Indian Reservation;