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PUBLIC LAW 87-762-OCT. 9, 1962
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Public Law 87-762 AN ACT
To authorize the Secretary of Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Oroville-Tonasket unit of the Okanogan-Similkameen division. Chief Joseph Dam project, Washington, and for other purposes.
October 9, 1962
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Be it enacted by the Senate and Hoiise of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled., That for the purpose interior oepartof furnishing a new and a supplemental water supply for the irriga- ""^hi^f Joseph tion of approximately eight thousand four hundred and fifty acres of Dam project, wash, land in Okanogan County, Washington, for the purpose of undertaking the rehabilitation and betterment of existing works serving a major portion of these lands and for conservation and development of fish and wildlife resources, the Secretary of Interior is authorized to construct, operate, and maintain the Oroville-Tonasket unit of the Okanogan-Similkameen division of the Chief Joseph Dam project, in accordance with the provisions of the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto). The principal works of the unit shall consist of: 43 USC 371 facilities to permit enlargement and utilization of Palmer Lake stor- "***•• age; related canal, diversion damj pumping plants, and distribution systems; and necessary works incidental to the rehabilitation of the existing irrigation system. SEC. 2. The basic period provided in subsection (d), section 9, construction of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939, as amended (43 U.S.C. 485h), ^"Jj"^ repayment for repayment of the construction cost properly chargeable to any 53 Stat. ii9S; block of lands may be extended to fifty years, exclusive of any develop- 72 Stat. 542. ment period, from the time water is first delivered to that block. Power and energy required for irrigation pumping for the OrovilleTonasket unit shall be made available by the Secretary from the Chief Joseph Dam powerplant and other Federal plants interconnected therewith at rates not to exceed the cost of such power and energy from the Chief Joseph Dam taking into account all costs of the dam, reservoir, and powerplant which are determined by the Secretary under the provisions of the Federal reclamation laws to be properly allocable to such irrigation pumping power and energy. SEC. 3. The Secretary may mane such provisions for fish and wild- Fish and wildlife conservation, including the installation, operation and mainte- "'* conservation, nance of fish screens at the pump plants and diversion dam, and provision for sufficient flows in the rivers below Palmer Lake, as he finds to be required for the mitigation of losses or damages to existing fishery and wildlife resources, and, if he determines that it is practicable and desirable to reestablish anadromous fish runs in the Similkameen River, may make such provisions, including the construction, operation, and maintenance 01 fish ladders and other control works, and downstream flow releases as he finds to be required to accomplish that purpose. The Secretary is further authorized to make provisions for access to project areas for the general public, including fishermen and hunters. An appropriate portion of the construction costs of the unit shall be allocated as provided in the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (48 Stat. 401, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 661 et seq.), which, eo Stat. loso; together with the portion of the operation, maintenance, and replace- ^ ^*"*- ^®^ment costs allocated to this function or the equivalent capitalized value thereof, shall be nonreimbursable and nonreturnable under the Federal reclamation laws. SEC. 4. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated for,con- Appropriation, struction of the works authorized by this Act not to exceed $3,210,000,
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