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<br />SEe. 6401. STUDY AND REPORT ON INCREASING ELECTRIC POWER <br />PRODUCTION CAPABILITY OF EXISTING FACILITIES. <br /> <br />(a) IN GENERAL- The Secretary of the Interior shall conduct a study of the potential for <br />increasing electric power production capabiiity at existing faciiities under the administrative <br />jurisdiction of the Secretary, <br /> <br />(b) CONTENT- The study under this section shall include identification and description in <br />detail of each facility that is capable, with or without modification, of producing additional <br />hydroelectric power, including estimation of the existing potential for the facility to generate <br />hydroelectric power, <br /> <br />(c) REPORT- The Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report on the findings, <br />conclusions, and recommendations of the study under this section by not later than 12 <br />months after the date of the enactment of this Act. The Secretary shall include in the report <br />the following: <br /> <br />(I) The identifications, descriptions, and estimations referred to in subsection (b), <br /> <br />(2) A description of activities the Secretary is currently conducting or considering, or <br />that could be considered, to produce additional hydroelectric power from each <br />identified facility, <br /> <br />(3) A summary of action that has already been taken by the Secretary to produce <br />additional hydroelectric power from each identified facility, <br /> <br />(4) The costs to install, upgrade, or modify equipment or take other actions to produce <br />additional hydroelectric power from each identified facility, <br /> <br />(5) The benefits that would be achieved by such installation, upgrade, modification, <br />or other action, including quantified estimates of any additional energy or capacity <br />from each facility identified under subsection (b), <br /> <br />(6) A description of actions that are plmmed, underway, or might reasonably be <br />considered to increase hydroelectric power production by replacing turbine nnmers, <br /> <br />(7) A description of actions that are planned, underway, or might reasonably be <br />considered to increase hydroelectric power production by perfomling generator <br />uprates and rewinds, <br /> <br />(8) The impact of increased hydroelectric power production on irrigation, fish, <br />wildlife, Indian tribes, river health, water quality, navigation, recreation, fishing, and <br />nood control. <br /> <br />(9) Any additional recommendations the Secretary considers advisable to increase <br />hydroelectric power production from, and reduce costs and improve efficiency at, <br />facilities under the jurisdiction of the Secretary. <br /> <br />~tJ}1.li)7' <br />