106 STAT. 4684 PUBLIC LAW 102-575—OCT. 30, 1992 Control Act of 1948 (Public Law 80-858) and amended by section 204 of the Flood Control Act of 1950 (Public Law 82-616) is modified to more equitably reflect the non-Federal benefits from the project in relation to the total benefits of the project by reducing the non-Federal contribution for the proiect by that percentage of benefits which is attributable to the Federal properties: Provided, however. That the Federal property benefits exceed 50 per centum of the total project benefits. TITLE XXn—SUNNYSroE VALLEY IRRIGATION DISTRICT, WASHINGTON SEC. 2201. CONVEYANCE TO SUNNYSIDE VALLEY IRRIGATION DIS- TRICT. The Secretary of the Interior shall convey to Sunnyside Valley Irrigation District of Stmnyside, Washington, by quitclaim deed or other appropriate instrument and without consideration, all right, title, and interest of the United States, excluding oil, gas, and other mineral deposits, in and to a parcel of public land described at lots 1 and 2 of block 34 of the town of Sunnyside in section 25, township 10 north, range 22 east, Willamette Meridian, Washington. TITLE XXni—PLATORO RESERVOIR AND DAM, SAN LUIS VALLEY PROJECT, COLORADO SEC. 2301. FINDINGS AND DECLARATIONS. The Congress finds that and declares the following: (1) Platoro Dam and Reservoir of the Platoro Unit of the Conejos Division of the San Luis Valley Project was built in 1951 and for all practical purposes has not been usable because of the constraints imposed by the Rio Grande Compact of 1939 on the use of the Rio Grande River among the States of Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas. (2) The usefulness of Platoro Reservoir under fiiture compact compliance depends upon the careful conservation and wise management of water and requires the operation of the reservoir project in conjunction with privately owned water rights of the local water users. (3) It is in the best interest of the people of the United States to— (A) transfer operation, maintenance, and replacement responsibility for the Platoro Dam and Reservoir to the Conejos Water Conservancy District of the State of Colorado, which is the local water user district with repayment responsibility to the United States, and the local representative of the water users with privately owned water rights; (B) relieve the people of the United States from further risk Or obligation in connection with the collection of construction charge repa3mients and annual operation and maintenance payments for the Platoro Dam and Reservoir by providing for payment of a one-time fee to the United States in lieu of the scheduled annual payments and termination of any further repayment obligation to the United States and the District (Contract Number Ilr-1529, as amended); and
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