Sec. 4. Klamath project authorized purposes
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Subject to paragraph
(2)and subsection (b), the purposes of the Klamath Project include— irrigation; reclamation; flood control; municipal; industrial; power; fish and wildlife purposes; and National Wildlife Refuge purposes. Subject to subparagraph (B), the fish and wildlife purposes of the Klamath Project authorized under paragraph
(1)shall not adversely affect the irrigation purpose of the Klamath Project. Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the water allocations and delivery to the National Wildlife Refuges provided for in the Restoration Agreement shall not constitute an adverse effect on the irrigation purpose of the Klamath Project for purposes of this paragraph. For purposes of the determination of water rights in Oregon’s Klamath Basin adjudication, until the date on which the Appendix E–1 to the Restoration Agreement is filed in Oregon’s Klamath Basin adjudication pursuant to the Restoration Agreement, the purposes of the Klamath Project shall be the purposes in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, net revenues from the leasing of refuge land within the Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge and Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge under section 4 of Public Law 88–567 (78 Stat. 851) (commonly known as the Kuchel Act ), shall be provided directly, without further appropriation, as follows: 10 percent of net revenues from land within the Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge that are within the boundaries of Tulelake Irrigation District to Tulelake Irrigation District, as provided in article 4 of Contract No. 14–06–200–5954 and section 2(a) of the Act of August 1, 1956 (70 Stat. 799, chapter 828). Such amounts as are necessary to counties as payments in lieu of taxes as provided in section 3 of Public Law 88–567 ( 16 U.S.C. 695m ). 20 percent of net revenues to the Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge Complex of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, for wildlife management purposes on the Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge and the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge. 10 percent of net revenues from land within the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge that are within the boundaries of the Klamath Drainage District to Klamath Drainage District, for operation and maintenance responsibility for the Federal reclamation water delivery and drainage facilities within the boundaries of the Klamath Drainage District and the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge exclusive of the Klamath Straits Drain, subject to a transfer agreement with the Bureau of Reclamation under which the Klamath Drainage District assumes the operation and maintenance duties of the Bureau of Reclamation for Klamath Drainage District (Area K) lease land exclusive of Klamath Straits Drain. The remainder of net revenues to the Bureau of Reclamation for— operation and maintenance costs of Link River and Keno Dams incurred by the United States; and to the extent that the revenues received under this paragraph for any year exceed the costs described in subparagraph (A)— future capital costs of the Klamath Project; or the Renewable Power Program described in section 17.7 of the Restoration Agreement, pursuant to an expenditure plan submitted to and approved by the Secretary.
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- Pub. L. 88-567
- 78 Stat. 851
- 70 Stat. 799
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Sec. 4
Klamath project authorized purposes
Pub. L.Pub. L. 88-567
Stat.78 Stat. 851
Stat.70 Stat. 799
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