Sec. 2. Findings
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Congress finds as follows: Authorized in 1907, the Orland Project is one of the smallest projects ever undertaken by the Bureau of Reclamation. The East Park Reservoir located in Colusa County, California, has a storage capacity of 50,900 acre-feet of water and the Stony Gorge Reservoir located in Glenn County, California, has a storage capacity of 50,380 acre-feet of water. The Orland Project irrigates approximately 1 percent (approximately 21,000 acres) of the Sacramento Valley’s total irrigable soil with a portion of the total stream runoff of approximately 410,000 acre-feet of water each year.
Incorporated in 1907 and based in the City of Orland, California, the Orland Unit Water Users’ Association has been responsible for the care, operation, and maintenance of the Orland Project since 1954, under a contract with the Bureau of Reclamation. The Orland Unit Water Users’ Association’s financial obligation for the construction of the Orland Project was fully repaid to the Federal Government on March 31, 1989. To receive title to the Orland Project, the Orland Unit Water Users’ Association is planning to reincorporate as a local public agency under the laws of the State of California, such as a water district, irrigation district, or joint powers agency.
The transfer of title to other Federal projects and facilities owned and administered by the Bureau of Reclamation to local public agencies has been authorized and directed by Federal statute, including— in March 2019, the Contra Costa Canal Unit of the Central Valley Project in the State of California to the Contra Costa Water District under section 8302 of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act ( Public Law 116–9 ); in December 2000, the Foresthill Divide Subunit of the Auburn-Folsom South Unit of the Central Valley Project to the Foresthill Public Utility District under title V of Public Law 106–566 (Sugar Pine Dam and Reservoir Conveyance Act of 2000). in October 2000, the Sly Park Unit of the Central Valley Project to the El Dorado Irrigation District under section 212 of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2001 (enacted by reference in section 1(a)(2) of Public Law 106–377 ; 114 Stat. 1441B–13); and All dams and reservoirs to which title is held by non-Federal agencies in the State of California must meet safety regulations promulgated by the Department of Water Resources’ Division of Safety of Dams under the California Water Code.
The Bureau of Reclamation will only use available funds to satisfy Federal dam safety standards and regulations.
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- Pub. L. 106-566
- Pub. L. 106-377
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