Calendar No. 497

104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 901

[Report No. 104–322]

A BILL

To amend the Reclamation Projects Authorization

purposes.research and development projects, and for otherreclamation and reuse projects and desalinationsign, planning, and construction of certain waterSecretary of the Interior to participate in the deand Adjustment Act of 1992 to authorize the

JULY 16, 1996

Reported with amendments
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Calendar No. 497

104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 901

[Report No. 104–322]

To amend the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of

1992 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the

design, planning, and construction of certain water reclamation and reuse

projects and desalination research and development projects, and for

other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JUNE 8 (legislative day, JUNE 5), 1995

Mr. BENNETT (for himself, Mr. HATCH, Mr. DOMENICI, and Mr. Bingaman)

introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

JULY 16, 1996

Reported by Mr. MURKOWSKI, with amendments

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]

A BILL

To amend the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 to authorize the Secretary of the

Interior to participate in the design, planning, and construction of certain water reclamation and reuse projects

and desalination research and development projects, and

for other purposes.
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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. WATER RECYCLING PROJECTS.

4 Section 1602 of the Reclamation Projects Authoriza5 tion and Adjustment Act of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 390h) is

6 amended by adding at the end the following:

7 ‘‘(e) PARTICIPATION IN CERTAIN PROJECTS.—

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in coopera9 tion with the appropriate State and local authorities,

10 is authorized to participate in the design, planning,

11 and construction of the following water reclamation

12 and reuse projects:

13 ‘‘(A) The North San Diego County Area

14 Water Recycling Project, consisting of projects

15 to reclaim and reuse water in the service areas

16 of the San Elijo Joint Powers Authority, the

17 Leucadia County Water District, and the

18 Olivenhain Municipal Water District, Califor19 nia.

20 ‘‘(B) The Calleguas Municipal Water Dis21 trict Water Recycling Project to reclaim and

22 reuse water in the service area of the Calleguas

23 Municipal Water District in Ventura, Califor24 nia.
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1 ‘‘(C) The Central Valley Water Recycling

2 Project to reclaim and reuse water in the serv3 ice areas of the Central Valley Reclamation Fa4 cility and the Salt Lake County Water Conser5 vancy District in Utah.

6 ‘‘(D) The St. George Area Water Recycling

7 Project to reclaim and reuse water in the serv8 ice area of the Washington County Water Con9 servancy District in Utah.

10 ‘‘(E) The Watsonville Area Water Recy11 cling Project, in cooperation with the city of

12 Watsonville, California, to reclaim and reuse

13 water in the Pajaro Valley in Santa Cruz Coun14 ty, California.

15 ‘‘(F) The Southern Nevada Water Recy16 cling Project to reclaim and reuse water in the

17 service area of the Southern Nevada Water Au18 thority in Clark County, Nevada.

19 ‘‘(G) The Albuquerque Metropolitan Area

20 Water Reclamation and Reuse Study, in co21 operation with the city of Albuquerque, New

22 Mexico, to reclaim and reuse industrial and mu23 nicipal wastewater and reclaim and use natu24 rally impaired ground water in the Albuquerque

25 metropolitan area.
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1 ‘‘(H) The El Paso Water Reclamation and

2 Reuse Project to reclaim and reuse wastewater

3 in the service area of the El Paso Water Utili4 ties Public Service Board.

5 ‘‘(I) The City of West Jordan Water Reuse

6 Project to recycle and reuse water in their service

7 area from the South Valley Water Reclamation

8 Facility Discharge Waters in Utah.

9 ‘‘(J) The Toole Wastewater Treatment and

10 Reuse project to reclaim and reuse water in the

11 service area of Toole City Sewer District, Toole,

12 Utah.

13 ‘‘(K) The Central-East and West-South

14 Water Recycling projects to reclaim and reuse

15 water from the San Antonio Water system Leon

16 Creek Wastewater Treatment Plan, San Antonio,

17 Texas.

18 ‘‘(2) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of

19 the cost of a project described in paragraph (1) shall

20 not exceed 25 percent of the total cost. cost, except

21 that the Secretary may provide up to 50 percent of

22 the cost of any feasibility study.

23 ‘‘(2) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of

24 the cost of a project described in paragraph (1) shall

25 not exceed 25 percent of the total cost.
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1 ‘‘(3) NO FUNDING FOR OPERATION AND MAIN2 TENANCE.—The Secretary shall not provide funds

3 for the operation or maintenance of a project de4 scribed in paragraph (1).’’.

5 SEC. 2. DESALINATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

6 PROJECT.

7 Section 1605 of the Reclamation Projects Authoriza8 tion and Adjustment Act of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 390h–3) is

9 amended—

10 (1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting

11 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; and

12 (2) by adding at the end the following:

13 ‘‘(b) LONG BEACH DESALINATION RESEARCH AND

14 DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.—

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in coopera16 tion with the city of Long Beach, the Central Basin

17 Municipal Water District, and the Metropolitan

18 Water District of Southern California, may partici19 pate in the design, planning, and construction of the

20 Long Beach Desalination Research and Development

21 Project in Los Angeles County, California.

22 ‘‘(2) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of

23 the cost of the project described in paragraph (1)

24 shall not exceed 50 percent of the total.
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1 ‘‘(3) NO FUNDING FOR OPERATION AND MAIN2 TENANCE.—The Secretary shall not provide funds

3 for the operation or maintenance of the project de4 scribed in paragraph (1).

5 ‘‘(c) LAS VEGAS AREA SHALLOW AQUIFER DESALI6 NATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.—

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in coopera8 tion with the Southern Nevada Water Authority,

9 may participate in the design, planning, and con10 struction of the Las Vegas Area Shallow Aquifer De11 salination Research and Development Project in

12 Clark County, Nevada.

13 ‘‘(2) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of

14 the cost of the project described in paragraph (1)

15 shall not exceed 50 percent of the total.

16 ‘‘(3) NO FUNDING FOR OPERATION AND MAIN17 TENANCE.—The Secretary shall not provide funds

18 for the operation or maintenance of the project de19 scribed in paragraph (1).

20 ‘‘SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON FUNDING.

21 ‘‘No funds may be appropriated for the construction

22 of any project authorized under this Act until a feasibility

23 study has been completed and the Secretary has determined

24 that the non-Federal project sponsor is financially capable

25 of funding the non-Federal share of the project’s costs. The
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1 Secretary shall notify the Committees on Resources and Ap2 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Com3 mittees on Energy and Natural Resources and Appropria4 tions of the Senate within 120 days of a request by the non5 Federal sponsor of a project for a determination of financial

6 capability of his determination: Provided, That failure to

7 make such notification within 120 days shall be deemed to

8 constitute a determination that the sponsor is financially

9 capable.’’