Sec. 304. Allocations for Sacramento Valley contractors

607 words·~3 min read·/bill/115/hr/23/ih/section-304

A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.

Subject to paragraph

(2)and subsection (b), the Secretary of the Interior is directed, in the operation of the Central Valley Project, to allocate water provided for irrigation purposes to existing Central Valley Project agricultural water service contractors within the Sacramento River Watershed in compliance with the following: Not less than 100 percent of their contract quantities in a Wet year. Not less than 100 percent of their contract quantities in an Above Normal year. Not less than 100 percent of their contract quantities in a Below Normal year that is preceded by an Above Normal or a Wet year. Not less than 50 percent of their contract quantities in a Dry year that is preceded by a Below Normal , an Above Normal , or a Wet year. In all other years not identified herein, the allocation percentage for existing Central Valley Project agricultural water service contractors within the Sacramento River Watershed shall not be less than twice the allocation percentage to south-of-Delta Central Valley Project agricultural water service contractors, up to 100 percent; provided, that nothing herein shall preclude an allocation to existing Central Valley Project agricultural water service contractors within the Sacramento River Watershed that is greater than twice the allocation percentage to south-of-Delta Central Valley Project agricultural water service contractors. The Secretary’s actions under paragraph

(a)shall be subject to— the priority of individuals or entities with Sacramento River water rights, including those with Sacramento River Settlement Contracts, that have priority to the diversion and use of Sacramento River water over water rights held by the United States for operations of the Central Valley Project; the United States obligation to make a substitute supply of water available to the San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors; and the Secretary’s obligation to make water available to managed wetlands pursuant to section 3406(d) of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act ( Public Law 102–575 ). Nothing in subsection

(a)shall be deemed to— modify any provision of a water service contract that addresses municipal and industrial water shortage policies of the Secretary; affect or limit the authority of the Secretary to adopt or modify municipal and industrial water shortage policies; affect or limit the authority of the Secretary to implement municipal and industrial water shortage policies; or affect allocations to Central Valley Project municipal and industrial contractors pursuant to such policies. Neither subsection

(a)nor the Secretary’s implementation of subsection

(a)shall constrain, govern or affect, directly, the operations of the Central Valley Project’s American River Division or any deliveries from that Division, its units or facilities. This section shall not— affect the allocation of water to Friant Division contractors; or result in the involuntary reduction in contract water allocations to individuals or entities with contracts to receive water from the Friant Division. The Secretary of the Interior shall develop and implement a program, not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, to provide for the opportunity for existing Central Valley Project agricultural water service contractors within the Sacramento River Watershed to reschedule water, provided for under their Central Valley Project water service contracts, from one year to the next. In this section: The term existing Central Valley Project agricultural water service contractors within the Sacramento River Watershed means water service contractors within the Shasta, Trinity, and Sacramento River Divisions of the Central Valley Project, that have a water service contract in effect, on the date of the enactment of this section, that provides water for irrigation. The year type terms used in subsection

(a)have the meaning given those year types in the Sacramento Valley Water Year Type (40–30–30) Index.

Connections1 off-index

1 reference not yet in our index

Pub. L. 102-575

Citation graph

cites case law

Sec. 304

Allocations for Sacramento Valley contractors

Pub. L.Pub. L. 102-575

Cites 1Cited by 0 across 0 sources