PUBLIC LAW 102-575—OCT. 30, 1992 106 STAT. 4727 year thereafter total collections eqiial to $50,000,000 per year (October 1992 price levels) on a three-year rolling average basis for each nscal year that follows enactment of this title, (d) ADJUSTMENT AND ASSESSMENT OF MITIGATION AND RESTORA- TION PAYMENTS. — (1) In assessing the annual payments to carry out subsection (c) of this section, the Secretary shall, prior to each fiscal year, estimate the amount that could be collected in each fiscal yearnursuant to subparagraphs 2(A) and (B) of this subsection. The Secretary shall decrease all such payments on a proportionate basis from amounts contained in the estimate so that an aggregate amount is collected pursuant to the requirements of paragraph (c)(2) of this section. (2) The Secretary shall assess and collect the following mitigation and restoration payments, to be covered to the Restoration Fund, subject to the requirements of paragraph (1) of this subsection: (A) The Secretary shall require Central Valley Project water and power contractors to make such additional annual payments as are necessary to yield, together with all other receipts, the amount required under paragraph (c)(2) of this subsection; Provided, That such additional payments shall not exceed $30,000,000 (October 1992 price levels) on a three-year rolling average basis; Provided further, That such additional annual payments shall be allocated so as not to exceed $6 per acre-foot (October 1992 price levels) for agricultural water sold and delivered by the Central Valley Project, and $12 per acre-foot (October 1992 price levels) for municipal and industrial water sold and delivered by the Central Valley Project; Provided further. That the charge imposed on agriciiltural water shall be reduced, if necessary, to an amount within the probable ability of the water users to pay as determined and adjusted by the Secretary no less than eveiy five years, taking into account the benefits resulting from implementation of this title; Provided further. That the Secretary shall impose an additional annual charge of $25 per acre-foot (October 1992 price levels) for Central Valley Project water sold or transferred to any State or local agency or other entity which has not previously been a Central Valley Project customer and which contracts with the Secretary or any other individual or district receiving Central Valley Project water to purchase or otherwise transfer any such water for its own use for municipal and industrial purposes, to be deposited in the Restoration Fund; And Provided further, That upon the completion of the fish, wildlife, and habitet mitigation and restoration actions mandated under section 3406 of this title, the Secretary shall reduce l^e sums described in paragraph (c)(2) of this section to $35,000,000 per year (October 1992 price levels) and shall reduce the annual mitigation and restoration payment ceiling established under this subsection to $15,000,000 (October 1992 price levels) on a three-year rolling average basis. The amount of the mitigation and restoration pa3anent made by Central Valley Project water and power users, taking into account all funds collected under this title, shall, to the greatest degree practicable, be assessed in
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