114 STAT. 2690 PUBLIC LAW 106-541—DEC. 11, 2000 (IV) identify the appropriate quantity, timing, and distribution of water dedicated and managed for the natural system; (V) identify the amount of water to be reserved or allocated for the natural system necessary to implement, under State law, subclauses (IV) and (VI); (VI) comply with applicable water quality standards and applicable water quality permitting requirements under subsection (b)(2)(A)(ii); (VII) be based on the best available science; and (VIII) include an analysis concerning the costeffectiveness and engineering feasibility of the project. (B) PROJECT COOPERATION AGREEMENTS.— (i) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary and the non-Federal sponsor shall execute project cooperation agreements in accordance with section 10 of the Plan. (ii) CONDITION. —The Secretary shall not execute a project cooperation agreement until any reservation or allocation of water for the natural system identified in the project implementation report is executed under State law. (C) OPERATING MANUALS. — (i) IN GENERAL. — The Secretary and the non-Federal sponsor shall develop and issue, for each project or group of projects, an operating manual that is consistent with the water reservation or allocation for the natural system described in the project implementation report and the project cooperation agreement for the project or group of projects. (ii) MODIFICATIONS. — Any significant modification by the Secretary and the non-Federal sponsor to an operating manual after the operating manual is issued shall only be carried out subject to notice and oppor- . tunity for public comment. (5) SAVINGS CLAUSE. — (A) No ELIMINATION OR TRANSFER.—Until a new source of water supply of comparable quantity and quality as that available on the date of enactment of this Act is available to replace the water to be lost as a result of implementation of the Plan, the Secretary and the non- Federal sponsor shall not eliminate or transfer existing legal sources of water, including those for— (i) an agricultural or urban water supply; (ii) allocation or entitlement to the Seminole Indian Tribe of Florida under section 7 of the Seminole Indian Land Claims Settlement Act of 1987 (25 U.S.C. 1772e); (iii) the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida; (iv) water supply for Everglades National Park; or (v) water supply for fish and wildlife. (B) MAINTENANCE OF FLOOD PROTECTION. — Implementation of the Plan shall not reduce levels of service for flood protection that are—
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