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Union Calendar No. 282 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 236 

[Report No. 110–458] 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to create a Bureau of Reclamation 

partnership with the North Bay Water Reuse Authority and other regional partners to achieve objectives relating to water supply, water 

quality, and environmental restoration. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 4, 2007 

Mr. THOMPSON of California (for himself and Ms. WOOLSEY) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

DECEMBER 4, 2007 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 4, 2007] 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to create a Bureau 

of Reclamation partnership with the North Bay Water 

Reuse Authority and other regional partners to achieve 

objectives relating to water supply, water quality, and 

environmental restoration. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘North Bay Water Reuse 

5 Program Act of 2007’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PROJECT AUTHORIZATION. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Reclamation Wastewater and 

8 Groundwater Study and Facilities Act (Public Law 102– 

9 575, title XVI; 43 U.S.C. 390h et seq.) is amended by add10 ing at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘SEC. 16ll. NORTH BAY WATER REUSE PROGRAM. 

12 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

13 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible enti14 ty’ means a member agency of the North Bay Water 

15 Reuse Authority of the State located in the North San 

16 Pablo Bay watershed in— 

17 ‘‘(A) Marin County; 

18 ‘‘(B) Napa County; 

19 ‘‘(C) Solano County; or 

20 ‘‘(D) Sonoma County. 

21 ‘‘(2) WATER RECLAMATION AND REUSE

22 PROJECT.—The term ‘water reclamation and reuse 

23 project’ means a project carried out by the Secretary 

24 and an eligible entity in the North San Pablo Bay 

25 watershed relating to— 


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1 ‘‘(A) water quality improvement; 

2 ‘‘(B) wastewater treatment; 

3 ‘‘(C) water reclamation and reuse; 

4 ‘‘(D) groundwater recharge and protection; 

5 ‘‘(E) surface water augmentation; or 

6 ‘‘(F) other related improvements. 

7 ‘‘(3) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means the State 

8 of California. 

9 ‘‘(b) NORTH BAY WATER REUSE PROGRAM.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Contingent upon a finding 

11 of feasibility, the Secretary, acting through a coopera12 tive agreement with the State or a subdivision of the 

13 State, is authorized to enter into cooperative agree14 ments with eligible entities for the planning, design, 

15 and construction of water reclamation and reuse fa16 cilities and recycled water conveyance and distribu17 tion systems. 

18 ‘‘(2) COORDINATION WITH OTHER FEDERAL

19 AGENCIES.—In carrying out this section, the Sec20 retary and the eligible entity shall, to the maximum 

21 extent practicable, use the design work and environ22 mental evaluations initiated by— 

23 ‘‘(A) non-Federal entities; and 

24 ‘‘(B) the Corps of Engineers in the San 

25 Pablo Bay Watershed of the State. 


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1 ‘‘(3) PHASED PROJECT.—A cooperative agree2 ment described in paragraph (1) shall require that 

3 the North Bay Water Reuse Program carried out 

4 under this section shall consist of 2 phases as follows: 

5 ‘‘(A) FIRST PHASE.—During the first 

6 phase, the Secretary and an eligible entity shall 

7 complete the planning, design, and construction 

8 of the main treatment and main conveyance sys9 tems. 

10 ‘‘(B) SECOND PHASE.—During the second 

11 phase, the Secretary and an eligible entity shall 

12 complete the planning, design, and construction 

13 of the sub-regional distribution systems. 

14 ‘‘(4) COST SHARING.— 

15 ‘‘(A) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share 

16 of the cost of the first phase of the project author17 ized by this section shall not exceed 25 percent 

18 of the total cost of the first phase of the project. 

19 ‘‘(B) FORM OF NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The 

20 non-Federal share may be in the form of any in21 kind services that the Secretary determines 

22 would contribute substantially toward the com23 pletion of the water reclamation and reuse 

24 project, including— 


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1 ‘‘(i) reasonable costs incurred by the el2 igible entity relating to the planning, de3 sign, and construction of the water reclama4 tion and reuse project; and 

5 ‘‘(ii) the acquisition costs of land ac6 quired for the project that is— 

7 ‘‘(I) used for planning, design, 

8 and construction of the water reclama9 tion and reuse project facilities; and 

10 ‘‘(II) owned by an eligible entity 

11 and directly related to the project. 

12 ‘‘(C) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall not 

13 provide funds for the operation and maintenance 

14 of the project authorized by this section. 

15 ‘‘(5) EFFECT.—Nothing in this section— 

16 ‘‘(A) affects or preempts— 

17 ‘‘(i) State water law; or 

18 ‘‘(ii) an interstate compact relating to 

19 the allocation of water; or 

20 ‘‘(B) confers on any non-Federal entity the 

21 ability to exercise any Federal right to— 

22 ‘‘(i) the water of a stream; or 

23 ‘‘(ii) any groundwater resource. 

24 ‘‘(6) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

25 There is authorized to be appropriated for the Federal 


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1 share of the total cost of the first phase of the project 

2 authorized by this section $25,000,000, to remain 

3 available until expended.’’. 

4 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

5 in section 2 of Public Law 102–575 is amended by inserting 

6 after the last item relating to title XVI the following: 

‘‘Sec. 16ll. North Bay water reuse program.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 282 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 236 

[Report No. 110

–458] 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to create 

restoration. water supply, water quality, and environmental gional partners to achieve objectives relating to North Bay Water Reuse Authority and other rea Bureau of Reclamation partnership with the 

DECEMBER 4, 2007 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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