PUBLIC LAW 106-549—DEC. 19, 2000
114 STAT. 2743
Public Law 106-549
106th Congress
An Act
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to contract with the Mancos Water
Conservancy District to use the Mancos Project facilities for impounding, storage,
Dec. 19, 2000
diverting, and carriage of nonproject water for the purpose of irrigation, domestic,
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municipal, industrial, and any other beneficial purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CARRIAGE OF NONPROJECT WATER BY THE MANCOS
PROJECT, COLORADO.
(a) SALE OF EXCESS WATER. —
(1) IN GENERAL. — In carrying out the Act of August 11,
1939 (commonly known as the "Water Conservation and Utihzation Act") (16 U.S.C. 590y et seq.), if storage or carrying capacity
has been or may be provided in excess of the requirements
of the land to be irrigated under the Mancos Project, Colorado
(referred to in this Act as the "project"), the Secretary of the
Interior may, on such terms as the Secretary determines to
be just and equitable, contract with the Mancos Water Conservancy District and any of its member unit contractors for
impounding, storage, diverting, or carriage of nonproject water
for irrigation, domestic, municipal, industrial, and any other
beneficial purposes, to an extent not exceeding the excess
capacity.
(2) INTERFERENCE. —^A contract under paragraph (1) shall
not impair or otherwise interfere with any authorized purpose
of the project.
(3) COST CONSIDERATIONS.— In fixing the charges under
a contract under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall take into
consideration—
(A) the cost of construction and maintenance of the
project, by which the nonproject water is to be diverted,
impounded, stored, or carried; and
(B) the canal by which the water is to be carried.
(4) No ADDITIONAL CHARGES. —The Mancos Water Conservancy District shall not impose a charge for the storage, carriage, or delivery of the nonproject water in excess of the
charge paid to the United States, except to such extent as
may be reasonably necessary to cover—
(A) a proportionate share of the project cost; and
(B) the cost of carriage and delivery of the nonproject
water through the facilities of the Mancos Water Conservancy District.
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