43 U.S.C. § 620a : US Code - Section 620A: Priority to planning reports of certain additional participating projects; reports to States; San Juan-Chama project; Juniper project

Search 43 U.S.C. § 620a : US Code - Section 620A: Priority to planning reports of certain additional participating projects; reports to States; San Juan-Chama project; Juniper project

In carrying out further investigations of projects under the
Federal reclamation laws in the Upper Colorado River Basin, the
Secretary shall give priority to completion of planning reports on
the Gooseberry, Eagle Divide, Bluestone, Battlement Mesa, Grand
Mesa, Yellow Jacket, Basalt, Middle Park (including the
Troublesome, Rabbit Ear, and Azure units), Upper Gunnison
(including the East River, Ohio Creek, and Tomichi Creek units),
Lower Yampa (including the Juniper and Great Northern units), Upper
Yampa (including the Hayden Mesa, Wessels, and Toponas units) and
Sublette (including a diversion of water from the Green River to
the North Platte River Basin Wyoming), Ute Indian unit of the
Central Utah Project, San Juan County (Utah), Price River, Grand
County (Utah), Gray Canyon, and Juniper (Utah) participating
projects: Provided, That the planning report for the Ute Indian
unit of the Central Utah participating project shall be completed
on or before December 31, 1974, to enable the United States of
America to meet the commitments heretofore made to the Ute Indian
Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation under the
agreement dated September 20, 1965 (Contract Numbered 14-06-W-194).
Said reports shall be completed as expeditiously as funds are made
available therefor and shall be submitted promptly to the affected
States, which in the case of the San Juan-Chama project shall
include the State of Texas, and thereafter to the President and the
Congress: Provided, That with reference to the plans and
specifications for the San Juan-Chama project, the storage for
control and regulation of water imported from the San Juan River
shall (1) be limited to a single offstream dam and reservoir on a
tributary of the Chama River, (2) be used solely for control and
regulation and no power facilities shall be established, installed
or operated thereat, and (3) be operated at all times by the Bureau
of Reclamation of the Department of the Interior in strict
compliance with the Rio Grande Compact as administered by the Rio
Grande Compact Commission. The preparation of detailed designs and
specifications for the works proposed to be constructed in
connection with projects shall be carried as far forward as the
investigations thereof indicate is reasonable in the circumstances.
The Secretary, concurrently with the investigations directed by
the preceding paragraph, shall also give priority to completion of
a planning report on the Juniper project.