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President will sign S. 3283 - The Reclamation Authorization Act of 1976 [Signing Statements and Announcements]
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Digitized from Box 31 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library [28]
Septembe 8, 1976
Office of the White House Press Secretary
NOTICE TO THE PRESS
The President will sign at 6:15 p.m. this evening S. 3283 - The Reclamation
Authorization Act of 1976. This will authorize the Secretary of the Interior
to construct, repair, study or take other actions with regard to six water
resources projects; and authorizes the appropriation of funds to construct
the previously authorized Uintah Unit, Central Project, Utah.
Kanopolis Unit, Kansas (Title I)
In collaboration with the Corps of Engineers, the Secretary of the Interior
would be authorized to: (1) modify an existing dam and lake and (2) construct
irrigation diversion structures and a system of canals, laterals, and drains to
provide irrigation water for approximately 20, 000 acres of land. Appropria-
tions of $30, 900, 000 would be authorized for this project.
Oroville-Tonasket Unit, Washington (Title II)
The Secretary of the Interior would be authorized to construct, operate, and
maintain irrigation works to supply water for approximately 10, 000 acres of
land and to enhance the fishery resources of the Similkameem, Okanogan, and
Columbia Rivers. Appropriations of $39, 370, 000 would be authorized for this
project.
Allen Camp Unit, California (Title V)
The Secretary of the Interior would be authorized to construct, operate, and
maintain a dam and reservoir for purposes of irrigation, flood control, recrea-
tion, and fish and wildlife enhancement. Appropriations of $64, 220, 000 would
be authorized for this project.
McGee Creek Project, Oklahoma (Title VII)
The Secretary of the Interior would be authorized to construct, operate and
maintain a dam and reservoir for purposes of storing, regulating, and conveying
water for municipal and industrial use, conserving and developing fish and wild-
life resources, providing outdoor recreation opportunities, developing a scenic
recreation area, and controlling floods. Appropriations of $83, 239, 000 would
be authorized for the project, and in addition, the Secretary would be authorized
to purchase up to 20,000 acres of private land in developing the recreation area.
S. 3283 would authorize the American Canal Extension, Texas (Title IV).
Under this project, the Secretary of the Interior would be authorized to
construct a 15-mile extension of the existing American Canal at El Paso,
Texas, to achieve greater efficiency in water use for the existing Rio Grande
Project, reduce or eliminate safety and health hazards, and enable the retrieval
and use of a greater portion of the United States' share of water apportioned
from the Rio Grande River according to the 1906 treaty with Mexico. Appro-
priations of $21, 714, 000 would be authori zed for the project.
Further, the bill would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to undertake
a sixth project, rehabilitation of the federally owned Leadville Mine Drainage
Tunnel in Colorado, by installing a steel reinforced tunnel section an estimated
distance of 1, 000 feet inward from its portal (Title VI). The bill would authorize
appropriations of (1) $2, 750, 000 for the rehabilitation and (2) such sums as
necessary to maintain the tunnel and analyze its water quality.
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