PUBLIC LAW 94-228—MAR. 11, 1976
90 STAT. 205
Public Law 94-228 94th Congress An Act To authorize and modify various Federal reclamation projects and programs, and for other purposes.
Mar. 11, 1976 [S. 151]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act shall Reclamation be known as the Reclamation Authorization Act of 1975. Authorization Act of 1975. TITLE I POLECAT B E N C H, WYOMING
SEC. 101. The Polecat Bench area of the Shoshone extensions unit, 43 USC heretofore authorized as an integral part of the Pick-Sloan Missouri 615kkkk. Basin program by the Act of December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887, 891), 33 USC 701-1. is hereby reauthorized as a part of that project. The construction, operation, and maintenance of the Polecat Bench area for the purposes of providing irrigation water for approximately nineteen thousand two hundred acres of land, municipal and industrial water supply, fish and wildlife conservation and development, public outdoor recreation, and other purposes shall be prosecuted by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902; 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto). The principal features of the Polecat Bench area shall include the Hoi den Reservoir, related canals, pumping plants, laterals, drains, and necessary facilities to effect the aforesaid purposes of the area. For a period of not more than two years after the initial availability of irrigation water up to two thousand two hundred and seventeen acres of public lands in the Polecat Bench area determined to be suitable for settlement purposes shall be made available, on a preference basis for exchange or amendment, to resident landowners on the Heart Mountain Division of the Shoshone project, who, on or before December 1, 1968, were determined by the Secretary to be eligible for such exchange or amendment of their farm units under provisions of the Act of August 13, 1953 (67 Stat. 566). 43 USC 451. SEC. 102. The conservation and development of the fish and wildlife 43 USC resources and the enhancement of recreation opportunities in con- 615kkkk-l. nection with the Polecat Bench area shall be in accordance with the Federal Water Project Recreation Act (79 Stat. 213), as amended. 16 USC 460/-12. SEC. 103. The Polecat Bench area of the Shoshone extensions unit 43 USC shall be integrated physically and financially with the other Federal 615kkkk-2. works constructed under the comprehensive plan approved by section 9^ of the Flood Control Act of December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887, 891), as amended and supplemented. Repayment contracts for the return of construction costs allocated to irrigation will be based on the water users' ability to repay as determined by the Secretary of the Interior; and the terms of such contracts shall not exceed fifty years following the permissible development period.
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