PUBLIC LAW 101-628~ -N OV. 28, 1990 104 STAT. 4485 tion of water diversion, collection, and conveyance facilities to deliver water to a point near Sullivan Lake in Yavapai County, Arizona (hereinafter referred to as the "Sullivan Lake delivery point"), the exercise of such water rights will not have an adverse affect on the flow or the biota of the Verde River and that such exercise is not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of Meda fulgida (spikedace) or any other threatened or endangered species. The Secretary shall make the study re- Public quired by this paragraph available to the public for inspection iMO"nation. and comment upon its completion. (2) The Secretary is authorized to enter into an agreement with the City of Prescott to reimburse the city for not to exceed $800,000 advanced to the Secretary by the city for the purpose of expediting completion of the study required in subsection (c)(1) of this section. (3) If the Secretary determines, based upon the findings of the study, that the exercise of water rights will not have an adverse effect on the flow or the biota of the Verde River and is not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of Meda fulgida (spikedace) or any other threatened or endangered species, the Secretary shall be authorized to acquire land in the Big Chino Valley and to construct diversion, collection, and conveyance facilities sufficient to deliver the water to the Sullivan Lake delivery point. (4) The Secretary shall develop and implement a continuous monitoring program to ensure that groundwater pumping from land acquired pursuant to this subsection (c) shall not adversely affect the flow or the biota of the Verde River and to ensure that it will not jeopardize the continued existence of Meda fulgida (spikedace) or any other threatened or endangered species. The program shall be developed prior to and implemented concurrent with the construction of the facilities described in subsection (c)(3) of this section. (d) If the Secretary acquires the CAP contract or subcontracts of the Yavapai-Apache Indian Community of the Camp Verde Reservation, the Cottonwood Water Company or the Camp Verde Water Company, the Secretary is authorized to construct water conveyance facilities from the Sullivan Lake delivery point to a point downstream on the Verde River. Subject to the study required in subsection (d)(1) of this section and all applicable law, the Secretary is further authorized to place into the Verde River at the point downstream an amount of water sufficient, including all losses, to replace the water assigned by such entity or entities pursuant to this subsection. (1) The Secretary shall not construct any water conveyance facilities from the Sullivan Lake delivery point to any point downstream on the Verde River to replace water assigned pursuant to subsection (a)(2) of this section, until he has completed a study to determine whether the flow of the Verde River may be augmented without jeopardizing the continued existence of Meda fulgida (spikedace) or any other threatened or endangered species and, if the flow of the Verde may be so augmented, at what point or points downstream from the Sullivan Lake delivery point such augmentation would be most appropriate. (2) The Secretary shall, in conjunction with arrangements for the delivery of water pursuant to this subsection (d), develop and implement a monitoring program to ensure that the aug-
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