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<br />o <br />en <br />W DDLORES PARTICIPATING PROJECT UPON SUCH BASIS AS THE SECRETARY <br />~ DEEMS APPROPRIATE. REPAYMENT OF COSTS ALLOCATED TO SALINITY <br />CONTROL SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THIS ACT. REPAYMENT OF COSTS <br />ALLOCATED TO OTHER PROJECT PURPOSES SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE ACTS <br />WHICH AUTHORIZED THE DOLORES PARTICIPATING PROJECT, THE RECLAMATION <br />ACT OF 1902, AND ACTS AMENDATORY AND. SUPPLEMENTARY THERETO. <br /> <br />(7) THE BIG SANDY RIVER UNIT, WYOMING, CONSISTING OF MEASURES <br />AND ALL NECESSARY, APPURTENANT, AND ASSOCIATED WORKS TO <br />BENEFICIALLY USE AND DISPOSE OF SALINE AND BRACKISH WATERS <br />ESSENTIALLY AS DESCRIBED IN THE BIG SANDY RIVER UNIT, JOINT <br />STATE AND RECLAMATION PLANNING REPORT, DATED DECEMBER 1982. <br />IF THERE ARE NON-FEDERAL ENTITIES WHICH EXPRESS AN INTEREST <br />IN PARTICIPATING IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF THE <br />UNIT, OR PORTIONS THEREOF, AND IF THE SECRETARY DETERMINES <br />THAT A JOINT VENTURE WITH SUCH NON-FEDERAL ENTITIES IS IN THE <br />BEST INTEREST OF THE UNITED STATES, THEN THE SECRETARY MAY <br />ENTER INTO CONTRACTS OR AGREEMENTS WITH SUCH NON-FEDERAL <br />ENTITIES WHICH SHALL DEFINE THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE UNITED <br />STATES AND OF SUCH NON-FEDERAL ENTITIES AND SHALL EQUITABLY <br />APPORTION THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AND <br />REPLACEMENT OF FACILITIES CONSTRUCTED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THIS <br />SUBSECTION, INCLUDING MEASURES TO REPLACE INCIDENTAL WILDLIFE <br />VALUES FOREGONE, TO THE END THAT THE MAXIMUM REDUCTION OF SALINITY <br />OF THE COLORADO RIVER WILL BE ACHIEVED. <br /> <br />(8) THE SINBAD VALLEY UNIT, COLORADO,. INCLUDING ALL NECESSARY <br />AND APPURTENANT WORKS; TO MINIMIZE THE SALT CONTRIBUTIONS TO <br />THE COLORADO RIVER FROM LANDS ADMINISTERED BY THE BUREAU OF <br />LAND MANAGEMENT IN SINBAD VALLEY, ESSENTIALLY AS DESCRIBED IN <br />THE 1978 THROUGH 1979 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT SALINITY <br />STATUS REPORT DATED FEBRUARY 1980. <br /> <br />(9) THE SALINE WATER USE AND DISPOSAL OPPORTUNITIES UNIT, <br />CONSISTING OF MEASURES AND ALL NECESSARY, APPURTENANT, <br />AND ASSOCIATED WORKS TO DEMONSTRATE SALINE WATER USE TECHNOLOGY <br />AND TO BENEFICIALLY USE AND DISPOSE OF SALINE AND BRACKISH <br />WATERS OF THE COLORADO RIVER BASIN, USING THE CONCEPTS GENERALLY <br />DESCRIBED IN THE SECRETARY'S SPECIAL REPORT OF SEPTEMBER 1981 <br />ENTITLED "SALINE WATER USE AND DISPOSAL OPPORTUNITIES". IF <br />THERE ARE NON-FEDERAL ENTITIES WHICH EXPRESS AN INTEREST IN <br />PARTICIPATING IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF THE UNIT, <br />OR PORTIONS THEREOF, AND IF THE SECRETARY DETERMINES THAT A <br />JOINT VENTURE WITH SUCH NON-FEDERAL ENTITIES IS IN THE BEST <br />INTEREST OF THE UNITED STATES, THEN THE SECRETARY MAY ENTER <br />INTO CONTRACTS OR AGREEMENTS WITH SUCH NON-FEDERAL ENTITIES <br />WHICH SHALL DEFINE THE RESPONSIBILITES OF THE UNITED STATES <br />AND THE NON-FEDERAL ENTITIES AND SHALL EQUITABLY APPORTION <br />THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, AND <br />REPLACEMENT OF FACILITIES CONSTRUCTED UNDER THE AUTHORITY <br />OF THIS SUBSECTION, INCLUDING MEASURES TO REPLACE INCIDENTAL <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />;~'4~"~ <br />