108 STAT. 4554 PUBLIC LAW 103-434—OCT. 31, 1994 (2) The Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project is a Federal action to improve streamflow and fish passage conditions and shall be considered part of a comprehensive program to restore the Yakima River basin anadromous fishery resource. Related fishery resource improvement facilities which utilize funding sources under the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act of 1989 (94 Stat. 2697) and independent water-related improvements of the State of Washington and other public and private entities to improve irrigation water use, water supply, and water quality, shall be treated as non-Federal cost share expenditures and shall be consolidated in any final calculation of required cost sharing. Within one year of the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall enter into a binding cost sharing agreement with the State of Washington. The agreement shall describe the terms and conditions of specific contributions and other activities that may, subject to approval by the Secretary, qualify as non- Federal cost share expenditures. (3) Costs of the Basin Conservation Program related to projects on the Yakama Indian Reservation are a Federal responsibility and shall be nonreimbursable and not subject to the cost-sharing provisions of this subsection. (e) ENTITY WATER CONSERVATION PLANS.— TO participate in the Conservation Basin Program an entity must submit a proposed water conservation plan to the Secretary. The Secretary shall approve a water conservation plan submitted under this subsection if the Secretary determines that the plan meets the applicable water conservation guidelines of the Secretary. (f) BASIN CONSERVATION PLAN.— The Conservation Advisory Group shall, within 2V2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, submit a draft basin conservation plan to the Secretary. (g) PUBLIC COMMENT. —The Secretary shall distribute the draft basin conservation plan and the entity water conservation plans submitted under subsections (e) and (D, respectively, for public comment for a 60-day period. (h) PUBLICATION OF BASIN CONSERVATION PLAN. — Within 60 days after the close of the comment period under subsection (g), the Secretary shall publish the Basin Conservation Plan which plan will provide the basis— (1) for prioritizing and allocating funds to implement conservation measures under this title; and (2) for preparing an interim comprehensive basin operating plan under section 1210 of this title as provided for in Pubfic Law 96-162 (93 Stat. 1241). (i) CONSERVATION MEASURES.—(1) Measures considered for implementation in the Basin Conservation Program may include, among others, conveyance and distribution system monitoring, automation of water conveyance systems, water measuring or metering devices and equipment, lining and piping of water conveyance and distribution systems, on-district storage, electrification of hydraulic turbines, tail-water recycling, consolidation of irrigation systems, irrigation scheduling, and improvement of on-farm water application systems. Basin Conservation Program funds may also be used throughout all four phases of the Basin Conservation Program to mitigate for adverse impacts of program measures. (2) In addition to implementing existing technologies, the Secretary shall encourage the testing of innovative water conservation measures. The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent possible
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