86th Congress, S. 1892 AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Norman project, Oklahoma, and for other purposes. 74 STAT. 225. Construction. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Norman project, of the Interior is authorized to construct, operate, and maintain the Okla. Norman Federal reclamation project, Oklahoma, in accordance with the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, and Acts amenda- 43 USC 391 tory thereof or supplemental thereto), except so far as those laws et seq. are inconsistent with this Act, for the principal purposes of storing, regulating, and furnishing water for municipal, domestic, and industrial use, and for controlling floods, and, as incidents to the foregoing for the additional purposes of regulating the flow of the Little River, providing for the conservation and development of fish and wildlife, and of enhancing recreational opportunities. The Norman project shall consist of the following principal work: A reservoir on Little River near Norman, Oklahoma, pumping plants, pipelines, and other conduits for furnishing water for municipal, domestic, and industrial use. The Secretary may enter into suitable contracts with municipal organizations, or other organizations as defined in section 2, Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (53 Stat. 1187), to undertake with nonFederal financing the construction of pumping plants, pipelines, and other conduits, or of any of such works, for furnishing water for municipal, domestic, and industrial use, and to advance to such organizations during the construction period funds to cover an appropriate share of the costs thereof attributable to furnishing water to Tinker Air Force Base. Contracts. 43 USC 485a. SEC. 2. In constructing, operating, and maintaining the Norman Conditions. project, the Secretary shall allocate proper costs thereof in accordance with the following conditions: (a) Allocations to flood control, recreation, and the conservation and development of fish and wildlife and water supply for Tinker Air Force Base shall be nonreturnable. 43 USC 390b and note. (b) Allocations to municipal water supply, including domestic, manufacturing, and industrial uses, with the exception of that for Tinker Air Force Base, shall be repayable to the United States by the water users through contracts with municipal corporations, or other organizations as defined by section 2, Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (53 Stat. 1187), under the provisions of the Federal reclama- 43 USC 485a. tion laws, and to the extent appropriate, under the Water Supply Act 72 Stat. 319. of 1958. Such contracts shall be precedent to the commencement of construction of any project unit affecting the individual municipalities, and shall provide for repayment of construction costs allocated to municipal water supply in not to exceed fifty years from the date water is first delivered for that purpose: Provided, That the water users' organization be responsible for the disposal and sale of all water surplus to its requirements, and that the revenues therefrom shall be used by the organization for the retirement of project debt payment, payment of interest, and payment of operation and maintenance cost. The interest rate used for purposes of computing interest during construction and interest on the unpaid balance shall be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, as of the beginning of the fiscal year in which construction is initiated, on the basis of the computed average interest rate payable by the Treasury upon its outstanding marketable public obligations, which are neither due nor callable for redemption for fifteen years from date of issue. 74 STAT, 226, 53 Stat. 1193. 43 USC 485h. Transfer of operation. Construction limitation. Recreational facilities. 67 Stat. 266. Appropriation. Limitation. (c) Upon the completion of the payment of the water users' construction cost obligation, together with the interest thereon, the water users shall have a permanent right to the use of that portion of the project allocable to municipal water supply purposes, subject, if the project is then operated by the United States, to payment of a reasonable annual charge by the Secretary of the Interior sufficient to pay all operation and maintenance charges and a fair share of the administrative costs applicable to the project. SEC. 3. Contracts may be entered into with the water users' organization pursuant to the provisions of this Act without regard to the last sentence of subsection (c) of section 9 of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939. SEC. 4. The Secretary is authorized to transfer to the project water users the care, operation, and maintenance of the works herein authorized, and, if such transfer is made, to deduct from the obligation of the water users the reasonable capitalized equivalent of that portion of the estimated operation and maintenance cost of the undertaking which, if the United States continues to operate the project, would be allocated to flood control and fish and wildlife purposes. Prior to taking over the care, operation, and maintenance of said works, the water users' organization shall obligate itself to operate them in accordance with criteria specified by the Secretary of the Army with respect to flood control and the Secretary of the Interior with respect to fish and wildlife: Provided, That operation and maintenance and replacement cost of furnishing water supply to Tinker Air Force Base, as contemplated in the plan of development, shall be provided by an appropriate agreement between the Secretary of Defense and the water users' organization. SEC. 5. Construction of the Norman project herein authorized may be undertaken in such units or stages as in the opinion of the Secretary best serves the project requirements and the relative needs for water of the several municipal users. Repayment contracts negotiated in connection with each unit or stage of construction shall be subject to the terms and conditions of section 2 of this Act. SEC. 6. The Secretary may, upon conclusion of a suitable agreement with any qualified agency of the State of Oklahoma or a political subdivision thereof for assumption of the administration, operation, and maintenance thereof at the earliest practicable date, construct or permit the construction of public park and recreational facilities on fands owned by the United States adjacent to the reservoirs of the Norman project, when such use is determined by the Secretary not to be contrary to the public interest, all under such rules and regulations as the Secretary may prescribe. No recreational use of any area to which this section applies shall be permitted which is inconsistent with the laws of the State of Oklahoma for the protection of fish and game and the protection of the public health, safety, and welfare. The Federal costs of constructing the facilities authorized by this section shall be limited to the nonreimbursable costs of the Norman project for minimum basic recreational facilities as determined by the Secretary. SEC. 7. Expenditures for the Norman Reservoir may be made without regard to the soil survey and land classification requirements of the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1954 (43 U.S.C. 3908). SEC. 8. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for construction of the works authorized by this Act not to exceed $19,042,000, plus or minus such amounts, if any, as may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuation in construction costs as indicated by engineering cost indices applicable to the type of construction involved herein: Provided, That such basic amount shall not exceed $12,920,000 in the 74 STAT, 227. event the aqueduct system is not constructed by the Federal Government. There are also authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be required for the operation and maintenance of said works. SEC. 9. Section 5(f) of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Colorado River storage project and participating projects, and for other purposes", approved April 11, 1956 (70 Stat. 109), is amended 43 USC 620d. effective June 1, 1960, to read as follows: "The interest rate appli- Interest cable to each unit of the storage project and each participating project for purposes of computing interest during construction and interest on the unpaid balance shall be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, as of the beginning of the fiscal year in which construction is initiated, on the basis of the computed average interest rate payable by the Treasury upon its outstanding marketable public obligations, which are neither due nor callable for redemption for fifteen years from the date of issue.” Approved June 27, 1960. rate. To provide for continued delivery of water under the Federal reclamation laws to lands held by husband and wife upon the death of either. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That where the Water delivery death of a husband or wife causes lands in private ownership to to excess lands. become excess lands, as that term is used in section 46 of the Act of May 25, 1926 (44 Stat. 636; 43 U.S.C. 423e), and those lands had theretofore been eligible to receive water from a project under the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388), and 43 USC 371 note. Acts amendatory thereto) without execution of a recordable contract under section 46 of said Act of May 25, 1926, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to furnish water to them, without requiring execution of such a contract, so long as they remain in the ownership of the surviving spouse: Provided, That in the event of the remarriage of the surviving spouse, such lands shall be governed by applicable law without regard to the provisions of this Act. Approved September 2, 1960. 86th Congress, H. R. 2178 AN ACT 74 STAT. 814. To authorize the Secretary of the Army to make certain changes in the road at Whites Branch, Grapevine Reservoir, Texas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is authorized and directed to elevate, relocate, or make such other changes as may be necessary to insure that the road at Whites Branch, Grapevine Reservoir, Texas, will at all times be above elevation 565.0 feet above mean sea level. SEC. 2. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated such funds as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act. Approved September 6, 1960. (275) Grapevine Reservoir, Tex. Road elevation. |