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108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4791 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a feasibility study to 

design and construct a three-reservoir intertie system for the purposes 

of improving the water supply reliability and water yield of San Vicente, 

El Capitan, and Loveland Reservoirs in San Diego County, California 

in consultation and cooperation with the Sweetwater Authority, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 9, 2004 

Mr. HUNTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Resources 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a feasibility 

study to design and construct a three-reservoir intertie 

system for the purposes of improving the water supply 

reliability and water yield of San Vicente, El Capitan, 

and Loveland Reservoirs in San Diego County, California 

in consultation and cooperation with the Sweetwater Authority, and for other purposes. 

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

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘San Diego Water Stor3 age and Efficiency Act of 2004’’. 

4 SEC. 2. APPRAISAL INVESTIGATIONS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior, in 

6 consultation and cooperation with the Sweetwater Author7 ity, public water agency, shall undertake, an appraisal in8 vestigation to identify and study opportunities for con9 struction of a 3-reservoir intertie system to improve water 

10 supply reliability and water yield of the existing non-Fed11 eral water storage system. The appraisal report shall in12 clude a determination of whether or not to recommend the 

13 initiation of a feasibility study for the proposed intertie 

14 system. 

15 (b) COOPERATION.—The Secretary shall consult and 

16 cooperate with appropriate State, regional, and local au17 thorities during the performance of the appraisal inves18 tigation conducted pursuant to this section. 

19 (c) COSTS.—The Federal obligations for costs of the 

20 appraisal investigation conducted pursuant to this section 

21 shall conform with Reclamation policy (Reclamation Man22 ual number CMP–05–01). 

23 SEC. 3. FEASIBILITY STUDY, PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, 

24 COST SHARE. 

25 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation 

26 and cooperation with the Sweetwater Authority, is author-
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1 ized to undertake a study to determine the feasibility of 

2 the reservoir and intertie system recommended for such 

3 study pursuant to section 2. The feasibility report shall 

4 document the Secretary’s engineering, environmental, and 

5 economic investigation of the proposed reservoir and 

6 intertie project under section 2, taking into consideration 

7 the range of potential solutions and the circumstances and 

8 needs of the area to be served by the proposed reservoir 

9 and intertie project, the potential benefits to the people 

10 of that service area, and improved operations of the pro11 posed reservoir and intertie system. The Secretary shall 

12 indicate in the feasibility report required under subsection 

13 (c) whether the proposed reservoir and intertie project is 

14 recommended for implementation. 

15 (b) FEDERAL COST SHARE.—The Federal share of 

16 the costs of the feasibility study shall not exceed 50 per17 cent of the total study costs. The Secretary may accept 

18 as part of the non-Federal cost share, any contribution 

19 of such in-kind services by the Sweetwater Authority that 

20 the Secretary determines will contribute toward the con21 duct and completion of the study. 

22 (c) FEASIBILITY REPORT.—The Secretary shall sub23 mit to Congress a feasibility report for the project the Sec24 retary recommends, and to seek, as the Secretary deems 
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1 appropriate, specific authority to develop and construct 

2 any recommended project. This report shall include— 

3 (1) good faith letters of intent by Sweetwater 

4 Authority and its non-Federal partners to indicate 

5 that they have committed to share the allocated 

6 costs as determined by the Secretary; and 

7 (2) a schedule identifying the annual operation, 

8 maintenance, and replacement costs that should be 

9 allocated to the Sweetwater Authority, as well as the 

10 current and expected financial capability to pay 

11 OM&R costs. 

12 SEC. 4. FEDERAL RECLAMATION PROJECTS. 

13 Nothing in this Act shall supersede or amend the pro14 visions of Federal Reclamation laws or laws associated 

15 with any project or any portion of any project constructed 

16 under any authority of Federal Reclamation laws. 

17 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

18 The Federal costs for the appraisal and feasibility 

19 study to be conducted and pursuant to this Act shall not 

20 exceed $3,000,000 of the total amount appropriated to 

21 carry out this section. 

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