116 STAT. 2866 PUBLIC LAW 107-331—DEC. 13, 2002 System that have been shown to be economically and financially feasible. SEC. 907. CONNECTION CHARGES. The cost of connection of nontribal community water distribution systems and individual service systems to transmission lines of the core system and noncore system shall be the responsibility of the entities receiving water from the transmission lines. SEC. 908. AUTHORIZATION OF CONTRACTS. The Secretary is authorized to enter into contracts with the Authority for water from Lake Elwell providing for the repayment of its respective share of the construction, operation, maintenance and replacement costs of Tiber dam and reservoir, as determined by the Secretary, in accordance with Federal Reclamation Law (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto). SEC. 909. TIBER RESERVOIR ALLOCATION TO THE TRIBE. (a) No DiMlNlSHMENT OF STORAGE. — In providing for the delivery of water to the noncore system, the Secretary shall not diminish the 10,000 acre-feet per year of water stored for the Tribe pursuant to section 201 of the Chippewa Cree Tribe of The Rocky Boy's Reservation Indian Reserved Water Rights Settlement and Water Supply Enhancement Act of 1999 (Public Law 106- 163) in Lake Elwell, Lower Marias Unit, Upper Missouri Division, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, Montana. (b) DRAW OF SUPPLY; PURCHASE OF ADDITIONAL WATER. — In providing for delivery of water to Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation for the purposes of this title, the Tribe shall draw its supply from the 10,000 acre-feet per year of water stored for the Tribe pursuant to section 201 of the Chippewa Cree Tribe of The Rocky Bo^s Reservation Indian Reserved Water Rights Settlement and Water Supply Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-163) in Lake Elwell, Lower Marias Unit, Upper Missouri Division, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, Montana. Nothing in this title shall prevent the Tribe from entering into contracts with the Secretary for the purchase of additional water from Lake Elwell. SEC. 910. USE OF PICK-SLOAN POWER. The Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the Secretary of Energy, is directed to make Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program preference power available, for the purposes of this title. Power shall be made available when pumps are energized and/or upon completion of the Project. SEC. 911. WATER CONSERVATION PLAN. (a) IN GENERAL.— The Tribe and the Authority shall develop and incorporate into the final engineering report a water conservation plan that contains— (1) a description of water conservation objectives; (2) a description of appropriate water conservation measures; and (3) a time schedule for implementing the water conserva- ' tion measures to meet the water conservation objectives. (b) PURPOSE.— The water conservation plan under subsection (a) shall be designed to ensure that users of water from the core system, on-reservation water distribution systems, and the noncore
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