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S. Rept. 114-135 1 (2015-09-09)

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                                                                 Calendar No. 215

                      114TH CONGRESS                                            REPORT
                         1st Session                 SENATE                     114-135







                                          FONTENELLE RESERVOIR



                                       SEPTEMBER 9, 2015.-Ordered to be printed



                         Ms. MURKOWSKI, from the Committee on Energy and Natural
                                       Resources,  submitted  the following


                                                REPORT

                                                [To accompany S. 1305]

                        The  Committee   on Energy   and  Natural  Resources,  to which  was
                     referred  the  bill (S. 1305) to  amend   the  Colorado  River  Storage
                     Project  Act  to  authorize  the  use  of  the  active capacity  of  the
                     Fontenelle   Reservoir,  having  considered  the  same,  reports  favor-
                     ably  thereon  with an  amendment in the nature of a substitute and
                     an   amendment to the title and recommends that the bill, as
                     amended,   do pass.
                        The amendments are as follows:
                        1. Strike all after the  enacting  clause and  insert the  following:
                     SECTION 1. AUTHORITY TO MAKE ENTIRE ACTIVE CAPACITY OF FONTENELLE RESERVOIR
                              AVAILABLE FOR USE.
                       (a) IN GENERAL.-The Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the State of
                     Wyoming,  may amend the Definite Plan Report for the Seedskadee Project author-
                     ized under the first section of the Act of April 11, 1956 (commonly known as the
                     Colorado River Storage Project Act) (43 U.S.C. 620), to provide for the study, de-
                     sign, planning, and construction activities that will enable the use of all active stor-
                     age capacity (as may be defined or limited by legal, hydrologic, structural, engineer-
                     ing, economic, and environmental considerations) of Fontenelle Dam and Reservoir,
                     including the placement of sufficient riprap on the upstream face of Fontenelle Dam
                     to allow the active storage capacity of Fontenelle Reservoir to be used for those pur-
                     poses for which the Seedskadee Project was authorized.
                       (b) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.-
                           (1) IN GENERAL.-The Secretary of the Interior may enter into any contract,
                         grant, cooperative agreement, or other agreement that is necessary to carry out
                         subsection (a).
                           (2) STATE OF WYOMING.-
                              (A) IN GENERAL.-The Secretary of the Interior shall enter into a coopera-
                              tive agreement with the State of Wyoming to work in cooperation and col-
                              laboratively with the State of Wyoming for planning, design, related
                              preconstruction activities, and construction of any modification of the
                              Fontenelle Dam under subsection (a).
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