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PUBLIC LAW 96-000—MMMM. DD, 1980

94 STAT. 1506

Shasta Dam and Reservoir, Central Valley Project, Calif.

Kellogg Unit, Central Valley Project, Calif.

Recommendations to Congress.

Lake Berryessa, Calif., concession agreements. Term renewal.

PUBLIC LAW 96-375—OCT. 3, 1980

measures to resolve the problems caused by the high water levels in the area. (15) The Cle Elum Dam and Tieton Dam powerplants, Yakima Project, Washington. (16) The Owyhee Dam powerplant, Owyhee Project, Oregon, (17) The Wickiup Dam powerplant, Deschutes Project, Oregon. (18) The Tiber Dam powerplant. Lower Marias Unit, Marias Division, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, Montana. (19) The New Siphon Drop powerplant, Yuma Project, ArizonaCalifornia. (20) The Guernsey Dam powerplant enlargement, North Platte Project, Wyoming. (21) Increasing the height of the Theodore Roosevelt Dam, Salt River Project, Arizona. (22) The Sly Park Extension Unit, American River Division, Central Valley Project, California. (23) The Prineville Dam powerplant. Crooked River Project, Oregon. SEC. 2. (a) The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to engage in feasibility studies relating to enlarging Shasta Dam and Reservoir, Central Valley Project, California, or to the construction of a larger dam on the Sacramento River, California, to replace the present structure. (b) The Secretary of the Interior is further authorized to engage in feasibility studies for the purpose of determining the potential costs, benefits, environmental impacts, and feasibility of using the Sacramento River for conveying water from the enlarged Shasta Dam and Reservoir or the larger dam to points of use downstream from the dam. (c) Before funds are expended for the feasibility studies authorized by this section, the State of California shall agree to participate in the studies and to participate in the costs of the studies. The State's share of the costs may be partly or wholly in the form of services directly related to the conduct of the studies. SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to review and revise, as may be necessary, the feasibility study of the Kellogg Unit, Central Valley Project, Contra Costa County, California. SEC. 4. In preparing the studies and review authorized by subsections (11) and (12) of section 1 and section 3, the Secretary of the Interior shall fully describe all potential beneficial or detrimental impacts resulting from the construction or operation of the projects under study. The Secretary shall further make recommendations to the Congress for assuring that neither the construction nor the operation of any such project results in the deterioration of the water quality and ecology of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta or the San Francisco Bay estuarine system. SEC. 5. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to enter into new negotiated concession agreements with the present concessionaires at Lake Berryessa, California. Such agreements shall be for a term ending not later than May 26, 1989, and may be renewed at the request of the concessionaire with the consent of the Secretary of the Interior for no more than two consecutive terms of 10 years each. Concession agreements may be renegotiated preceding renewal. Such agreements must comply with the 1959 National Park Service Public Use Plan for Lake Berryessa, as amended, and with the Water and Power Resources Service Reservoir Area Management Plan: Provided, That the authority to enter into contracts or agreements to incur obliga-