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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />provisions of thiG paragraph (a). Absent such a <br />report. expenditures of these monies could <br />commence on the 91st day. <br /> <br />(b) For new water supply projects with a <br />construction cost greater than $15 million (in <br />1989 dollars) but less than $50 million (in 1989 <br />dollars). and with average annual net depletions <br />to the Colorado River System of less than 15,000 <br />acre feet per year. these monies could not be <br />expended for construction until 180 days after <br />notice of intent to proceed with the project had <br />been given to the Secretary of the Interior or his <br />designee. the House Committee on Interior and <br />Insular Affairs. and the Senate Committee on <br />Energy and Natural Resources and neither committee <br />had objected. Absent committee objections. <br />expenditures of these monies could commence on the <br />181st day. The Secretary would be required to <br />report to the committees within the firGt 90 days <br />of the 180 day period if a proposed project did <br />not comply with the provision of this paragraph <br />(b). If either committee objected. a project <br />would have to be specifically approved bY <br />Congressional resolution. Notwithstanding the <br />above. states could use these monies without any <br />congressional approval for up to 70 percent of the <br /> <br />-11- <br />