[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2504 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2504

To authorize the construction of temperature control devices at Folsom 
                            Dam, California.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 21, 1998

 Mr. Daschle (for Mrs. Boxer) introduced the following bill; which was 
    read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
                               Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the construction of temperature control devices at Folsom 
                            Dam, California.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION TO CONSTRUCT TEMPERATURE CONTROL DEVICES AT 
              FOLSOM DAM, CALIFORNIA.

    (a) Folsom Dam.--
            (1) Construction.--The Secretary of the Interior may 
        construct, in accordance with the draft environmental impact 
        statement and environmental impact report for the Central 
        Valley Supply contracts under section 206 of Public Law 101-514 
        (104 Stat. 2086) and the report entitled ``Assessment of the 
        Beneficial and Adverse Impacts of Operating a Temperature 
        Control Device (TCD) at the Water Supply Intakes of Folsom 
        Dam'', a temperature control device on Folsom Dam and necessary 
        associated temperature monitoring facilities.
            (2) Operation.--The temperature control device and 
        associated temperature monitoring facilities shall be operated 
        as an integral part of the Central Valley Project, for the 
        benefit and propagation of fall-run chinook salmon and 
        steelhead trout in the American River, California.
    (b) Device on Non-CVP Facilities.--
            (1) Construction.--The Secretary of the Interior may 
        construct or assist in the construction of 1 or more 
        temperature control devices on non-Federal facilities in 
        existence on the date of enactment of this Act that deliver 
        Central Valley Project water supplies from Folsom Reservoir and 
        necessary associated temperature monitoring facilities.
            (2) Costs.--
                    (A) Construction.--The costs of construction of a 
                temperature control device and associated temperature 
                monitoring facilities shall be nonreimbursable.
                    (B) Operation.--The non-Federal facility owner 
                shall operate a temperature control device and 
                associated facilities at the expense of the owner, in 
                coordination with the Central Valley Project for the 
                benefit and propagation of chinook salmon and steelhead 
                trout in the American River, California.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated--
            (1) for the construction of a temperature control device on 
        Folsom Dam and necessary associated temperature monitoring 
        facilities, $5,000,000 (as adjusted to reflect changes since 
        October 1, 1997, in the Consumer Price Index as reported by the 
        Bureau of Labor and Statistics of the Department of Labor 
        October 1997 prices);
            (2) for construction of a temperature control device on 
        non-Federal facilities in existence on the date of enactment of 
        this Act and necessary associated temperature monitoring 
        facilities, $1,000,000 (as adjusted to reflect changes since 
        October 1, 1997, in the Consumer Price Index as reported by the 
        Bureau of Labor and Statistics of the Department of Labor); and
            (3) such sums as are required for operation, maintenance, 
        and replacement of the temperature control devices on Folsom 
        Dam and associated temperature monitoring facilities.
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