An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to engage in feasibility investigations of certain water resource developments, and for other purposes.
PL 96-375 (H.R.5278), enacted 10/03/1980

PUBLIC LAW 96-375—OCT. 3, 1980 
94 STAT. 1505 
Public Law 96-375 
96th Congress 
An Act 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to engage in feasibility investigations of 
certain water resource developments, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That the Secretary 
of the Interior is hereby authorized to engage in feasibility studies of 
the following proposals: 
(1) Hungry Horse Project, Hungry Horse Powerplant Enlargement 
and Reregulating Reservoir, located on the South Fork of the Flat-
head River in Flathead County, Montana. 
(2) Boise Project, Power and Modification Study, located in south-
western Idaho (Ada, Boise, Canyon, Elmore, Gem, Payette, and 
Valley Counties) and in eastern Oregon (Malheur County). 
(3) San Francisco Bay Area Waste Water Reclamation Project, 
located in the San Francisco Bay area and western San Joaquin 
Valley of California. 
(4) San Joaquin Valley Drainage Investigation with a study area in 
the San Joaquin River basin, Tulare basin, and the Sacramento-San 
Joaquin Delta-Suisun Bay area of California. 
(5) Delta Overland Water Service Facilities, located in the Sacra-
mento, San Joaquin, Solano, and Contra Costa Counties of California. 
(6) Chino Valley Project, located in north central Yavapai County 
and south central Coconino County in Arizona. 
(7) North Platte River Hydroelectric Power Study, Pick-Sloan 
Missouri Basin Program, Western Division, located in Natrona and 
Carbon Counties, Wyoming. 
(8) Wind-Hydroelectric Energy Project in Carbon and Albany 
Counties, Wyoming. 
(9) Lake Meredith Salinity Project, in Quay County, New Mexico, 
and Oldham, Potter, Moore, Carson, and Hutchinson Counties in 
Texas. 
(10) Colorado-Big Thompson Powerplants of the Pick-Sloan Mis-
souri Basin Program in Colorado. 
(11) The relocation of the intake of the Contra Costa County Water 
District Canal from Rock'Slough to the vicinity of the Clifton Court 
Forebay in Contra Costa County, California. 
(12) The Los Vaqueros Dam, pump-generating plant, and related 
features at a site approximately eight miles west of the Clifton Court 
Forebay in Contra Costa County, California. 
(13) The obtaining of a water supply of up to ten thousand acre-feet 
per year for existing and potential domestic, recreational, and munic-
ipal water users along the Colorado River in California who do not 
hold water rights or whose rights are insufficient to meet their 
requirements. 
(14) To determine the cause and extent of the high groundwater 
levels which developed in and adjacent to the town of Moses Lake, 
Washington, following the initiation of irrigation of the lands in and 
adjacent to the town and determine by the studies authorized herein 
Oct. 3, 1980 
[H.R. 5278] 
Water resource 
developments, 
feasibility 
investigations. 
94 STAT. 1506 
PUBLIC LAW 96-375—OCT. 3, 1980 
Shasta Dam 
and Reservoir, 
Central Valley 
Project, Calif. 
Kellogg Unit, 
Central Valley 
Project, Calif. 
Recommenda-
tions to 
Congress. 
Lake Berryessa, 
Calif., con-
cession agree-
ments. 
Term renewal. 
measures to resolve the problems caused by the high water levels in 
the area. 
(15) The Cle Elum Dam and Tieton Dam powerplants, Yakima 
Project, Washington. 
(16) The Owyhee Dam powerplant, Owyhee Project, Oregon, 
(17) The Wickiup Dam powerplant, Deschutes Project, Oregon. 
(18) The Tiber Dam powerplant. Lower Marias Unit, Marias Divi-
sion, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, Montana. 
(19) The New Siphon Drop powerplant, Yuma Project, Arizona-
California. 
(20) The Guernsey Dam powerplant enlargement, North Platte 
Project, Wyoming. 
(21) Increasing the height of the Theodore Roosevelt Dam, Salt 
River Project, Arizona. 
(22) The Sly Park Extension Unit, American River Division, Cen-
tral Valley Project, California. 
(23) The Prineville Dam powerplant. Crooked River Project, 
Oregon. 
SEC. 2. (a) The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to 
engage in feasibility studies relating to enlarging Shasta Dam and 
Reservoir, Central Valley Project, California, or to the construction of 
a larger dam on the Sacramento River, California, to replace the 
present structure. 
(b) The Secretary of the Interior is further authorized to engage in 
feasibility studies for the purpose of determining the potential costs, 
benefits, environmental impacts, and feasibility of using the Sacra-
mento River for convejdng water from the enlarged Shasta Dam and 
Reservoir or the larger dam to points of use downstream from the 
dam. 
(c) Before funds are expended for the feasibility studies authorized 
by this section, the State of California shall agree to participate in the 
studies and to participate in the costs of the studies. The State's share 
of the costs may be partly or wholly in the form of services directly 
related to the conduct of the studies. 
SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to review and 
revise, as may be necessary, the feasibility study of the Kellogg Unit, 
Central Valley Project, Contra Costa County, California. 
SEC. 4. In preparing the studies and review authorized by subsec-
tions (11) and (12) of section 1 and section 3, the Secretary of the 
Interior shall fully describe all potential beneficial or detrimental 
impacts resulting from the construction or operation of the projects 
under study. The Secretary shall further make recommendations to 
the (Ilongress for assuring that neither the construction nor the 
operation of any such project results in the deterioration of the water 
quality and ecology of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta or the San 
Francisco Bay estuarine system. 
SEC. 5. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secre-
tary of the Interior is authorized to enter into new negotiated 
concession agreements with the present concessionaires at Lake 
Berryessa, California. Such agreements shall be for a term ending not 
later than May 26, 1989, and may be renewed at the request of the 
concessionaire with the consent of the Secretary of the Interior for no 
more than two consecutive terms of 10 years each. Concession 
agreements may be renegotiated preceding renewal. Such agree-
ments must comply with the 1959 National Park Service Public Use 
Plan for Lake Berryessa, as amended, and with the Water and Power 
Resources Service Reservoir Area Management Plan: Provided, That 
the authority to enter into contracts or agreements to incur obliga-
PUBLIC LAW 96-375—OCT. 3, 1980 
94 STAT. 1507 
tions or to make payments under this section shall be effective only to 
the extent and in such amounts as are provided in advance in 
appropriation Acts. 
(p) Notwithstanding any other laws to the contrary, all permanent 
facilities placed by the concessionaires in the seven resorts at Lake 
Berryessa shall be considered the property of the respective current 
concessionaires. Further, any permanent additions or modifications 
to these facilities shall remain the property of said concessionaires: 
Provided, That at the option of the Secretary of the Interior, the 
United States may require that the permanent facilities mentioned 
herein not be removed from the concession areas, and instead, pay 
fair value for the permanent facilities or, if a new concessionaire 
assumes operation of the concession, require that new concessionaire 
to pay fair value for the permanent facilities to the existing 
concessionaire. 
SEC. 6. The Reclamation Project Authorization Act of 1972 (Public 
Law 92-514,86 Stat. 964) is amended— 
(a) by inserting in section 101 of such Act, following "on this 
project", "as modified by the plans shown in the Definite Plan 
Report of the Water and Power Resources Service, dated Novem-
ber 1979"; 
O
b
) by inserting in section 102(b) of such Act, following "domes-
tic wells in existence", "outside the project boundary"; and 
(c) by striking in section 109 of such Act "$18,246,000 (April 
1972 prices)" and inserting in lieu thereof "$57,139,000 (October 
1979 prices)". 
SEC. 7. The Curecanti Storage Unit of the Colorado River Storage 
Project constructed under the authority of the Act of April 11,1956 
(70 Stat. 106) is hereby designated and hereafter shall be known as 
the Wayne N. Aspinall Storage Unit of the Colorado River Storage 
Project. Any law, regulation, record, map, or other document of the 
United States referring to the Curecanti Storage Unit shall be held to 
refer to the Wayne N. Aspinall Stor^e Unit. 
SEC. 8. Section 1(5) of the Act of July 2,1956 (70 Stat. 483), is hereby 
amended to read as follows: "(5) Provide for pajnnent of rates under 
any contract entered into pursuant to said subsection (e) in advance 
of delivery of water on an annual, semiannual, bimonthly, or 
monthly basis as specified in the contract.". 
SEC. 9. The Secretary of the Interior in coordination with the 
Secretary of Energy shall conduct a three-year study of 
the feasibility 
of integrating a solar powerplant in Arizona, Nevada, and California 
into the Federal hydroelectric system, including but not limited to 
consideration of the applicable solar technology, the operation of the 
Federal hydroelectric system and the integration of electric power 
generated by such a powerplant in the Federal system. The study 
shall specifically consider operations of Department of Energy Proj-
ect 76-2-b, 10 MW Solar Thermal Power and related technology 
development. The Secretary shall complete the study by January 1, 
1984 and submit a report to the President and the CJongress. 
SEC. 10. That the proviso contained in section 201 of the Colorado 
River Basin Project Act (43 U.S.C. 1511) is amended by striking out 
"the Secretary" and inserting in lieu thereof "any Federal official". 
SEC. 11. Section 206 of Public Law 92-514 is amended to read as 
follows: "There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for construc-
tion of the Brantley project the sum of $172,728,000 (based on April 
1979 prices), plus or minus such amounts, if any, as may be justified 
by reason of changes in the construction costs as indicated by 
engineering cost indexes applicable to the t3npes of construction 
Permanent 
facilities, 
ownership. 
86 Stat. 964. 
86 Stat. 966. 
Wayne N. 
Aspinall 
Storage Unit, 
designation. 
43 u s e 620, 621i, 
620k note. 
43 u s e 485h-l. 
Solar 
powerplant, 
three-year study. 
Report to 
President 
and eongress. 
86 Stat. 967. 
Appropriation 
authorization. 
94 STAT. 1508 
PUBLIC LAW 96-375—OCT. 3, 1980 
involved and, in addition thereto, sums as may be required for 
operation and maintenance of the project.". 
Salinity 
SEC. 12. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to 
control 
engage in feasibility studies of the following salinity control 
proposals, 
proposals: 
(1) Lower Gunnison Basin unit, located in Delta, Montrose, and 
Ouray Counties, Colorado. 
(2) Glenwood-Dotsero Springs unit, located in Garfield and 
Eagle Counties, Colorado. 
(3) Meeker Dome unit, located in Rio Blanco County, Colorado. 
(4) McElmo Creek unit, located in Montezuma County, 
Colorado. 
(5) Uinta Basin unit, located in Duchesne and Uintah Counties, 
Utah. 
(6) Dirty Devil River unit, located in Sanpete, Sevier, Emery, 
and Wayne Counties, Utah. 
(7) Price-San Rafael Rivers unit, located in Carbon, Emery, and 
Sanpete Counties, Utah. 
(8) La Verkin Springs unit, located in Washington County, 
Utah. 
(9) Lower Virgin River unit, located in Clark County, Nevada, 
and Mohave County, Arizona. 
(10) Big Sandy River unit, located in Sweetwater County, 
Wyoming. 
SEC. 13. Nothing in this Act shall be interpreted to preclude or 
delay issuance of a license by the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission. 
Approved October 3, 1980. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 96-710 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). 
SENATE REPORT No. 96-890 accompanying H.R. 5278, and No. 96-938 accompany-
ing S. 3017 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 126 (1980): 
Feb. 5, considered and passed House. 
Sept. 17, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Sept. 24, House concurred in Senate amendments.