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• <br /> FVA REOPEPATIONS MOA <br /> • <br /> Participants) execution of a long -term contract with the United States, and <br /> possibly with the Enterprise or the District, for use of that Participant's <br /> Reoperation Storage space to store non - Project water (a "Reoperation Contract," <br /> as distinguished from temporary if- and -when storage contracts). An initial step in <br /> implementing the Reoperations plan is determining whether authority exists under <br /> existing Federal law for the Reoperations plan.and for entry into Reoperation . <br /> Contracts with Reoperation Participants. The Enterprise, in cooperation with the <br /> FVA Participants and any other Reoperation Participants, will work with the <br /> Bureau of Reclamation ( "Reclamation ") toward establishing a basis under • <br /> existing Federal law for authority to implement the Reoperations plan and for <br /> entry into Reoperation Contracts with Reoperation Participants; meanwhile, the <br /> Enterprise shall propose, and the FVA Participants shall support, enactment of <br /> appropriate legislation to provide or confirm the necessary authority. • <br /> D. Implementation and development of Reoperations will require compliance with • <br /> the National Environmental Policy Act ( "NEPA ") and related statutes. The <br /> Enterprise and FVA Participants anticipate that Reclamation will serve as the lead <br /> agency for environmental compliance. • <br /> E. In order to enable execution of Reoperation Contracts, the Enterprise is • • <br /> negotiating and intends to enter into a memorandum of understanding ( "MOU") <br /> . with the United States, whereby the Enterprise will reimburse the•United States <br /> for specified tasks relating to the implementation and development of • <br /> Reoperations. In addition to its costs incurred pursuant to said MOU, the <br /> . Enterprise will incur additional costs (including but not limited to engineering, <br /> environmental, legal, accounting and other consulting fees and administrative <br /> costs) in carrying out its role in the.implementation and development of . <br /> •• Reoperations. <br /> F. The FVA is a quasi - municipal entity entitled to store its allocated Project Water <br /> •for municipal purposes in allocated carryover storage space pursuant to the <br /> Allocation Principles. The Member Participants are members of the FVA, and <br /> supply water for municipal purposes. The parties to this MOA intend, in <br /> implementing Reoperations, that following execution of a Reoperation Contract, <br /> the FVA and/or the Member Participants will be able to decide to store either • <br /> Project Water (pursuant to the Allocation Principles) or non - Project water <br /> (pursuant to a Reoperation Contract) in the FVA's allocated portion of such <br /> carryover storage space, as follows: The FVA on behalf of the Member <br /> Participants may, pursuant to a Reoperation Contract, store non - Project water in <br /> the 78,000 acre -feet of space available for FVA Project Water storage; or, in the <br />