43 U.S.C. § 1541: Allocation of costs; repayment

Summary

When a lower basin unit or feature is finished, the Secretary must split the total construction costs among ten purposes: commercial power; irrigation; municipal and industrial water; flood control; navigation; water quality; recreation; fish and wildlife; replacing Colorado River water used to meet the 1944 Mexican Water Treaty; and other federal reclamation uses. Costs for replacing treaty-related river water (including transit losses, reservoir evaporation, and boundary losses) must not be repaid. That nonreimbursable share is set pro rata by the ratio of treaty water required to the total river augmentation from investigations under subchapter II and any later congressional approval. Recreation and fish and wildlife costs are repaid under the Federal Water Project Recreation Act, except all such recreation and fish and wildlife costs for the Dixie project in Utah are nonreimbursable. Nonreimbursable costs cannot be returned under this chapter.

Title 43, §1541

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Upon completion of each lower basin unit of the project herein or hereafter authorized, or separate feature thereof, the Secretary shall allocate the total costs of constructing said unit or features to (1) commercial power, (2) irrigation, (3) municipal and industrial water supply, (4) flood control, (5) navigation, (6) water quality control, (7) recreation, (8) fish and wildlife, (9) the replenishment of the depletion of Colorado River flows available for use in the United States occasioned by performance of the Water Treaty of 1944 with the United Mexican States (Treaty Series 994; 59 Stat. 1219), and (10) any other purposes authorized under the Federal reclamation laws. Costs of construction, operation, and maintenance allocated to the replenishment of the depletion of Colorado River flows available for use in the United States occasioned by compliance with the Mexican Water Treaty (including losses in transit, evaporation from regulatory reservoirs, and regulatory losses at the Mexican boundary, incurred in the transportation, storage, and delivery of water in discharge of the obligations of that treaty) shall be nonreimbursable: Provided, That the nonreimbursable allocation shall be made on a pro rata basis to be determined by the ratio between the amount of water required to comply with the Mexican Water Treaty and the total amount of water by which the Colorado River is augmented pursuant to the investigations authorized subchapter II of this chapter and any future Congressional authorization. The repayment of costs allocated to recreation and fish and wildlife enhancement shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Water Project Recreation Act (79 Stat. 213) [16 U.S.C. 460l–12 et seq.]: Provided, That all of the separable and joint costs allocated to recreation and fish and wildlife enhancement as a part of the Dixie project, Utah, shall be nonreimbursable. Costs allocated to nonreimbursable purposes shall be nonreturnable under the provisions of this chapter.

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The Federal reclamation laws, referred to in par. (10), are identified in section 1554 of this title. The Federal Water Project Recreation Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 89–72, July 9, 1965, 79 Stat. 213, which is classified principally to part C (§ 460l–12 et seq.) of subchapter LXIX of chapter 1 of Title 16, Conservation. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 460l–12 of Title 16 and Tables. This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 90–537, Sept. 30, 1968, 82 Stat. 885, known as the Colorado River Basin Project Act, which enacted this chapter and section 616aa–1, 620a–1, 620a–2, 620c–1, and 620d–1 of this title, amended section 616hh, 620, and 620a of this title, and enacted provisions set out as notes under section 620, 620k, and 1501 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 1501 of this title and Tables.

§1541 Allocation of Costs; Repayment

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Title 43, §1541

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