HB0081 - Omnibus water bill-planning.

2001

State of Wyoming

01LSO-0276

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0081

Omnibus water bill-planning.

Sponsored by: Select Water Committee

A BILL

for

1 AN ACT relating to water development projects; authorizing
2 specified Level I and Level II studies and providing
3 appropriations; requiring reports; providing for reversion
4 of unexpended funds; authorizing unobligated funds to be
5 used to complete other designated project studies under
6 certain conditions; delaying the reversion of certain
7 monies appropriated for expenses related to the endangered
8 species act; providing funding for a position to assist in
9 water conservation efforts; and providing for an effective
10 date.

12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

14 Section 1. 2000 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 36,
15 Sections 2 through 5 is amended to read:

17 [AUTHORIZED LEVEL I AND LEVEL II STUDIES]

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2 Section 2. LEVEL I RECONNAISSANCE STUDIES -
3 NEW DEVELOPMENT. The following sums of money are
4 appropriated from water development account I to
5 the commission to be expended to conduct the
6 following reconnaissance studies as defined in
7 W.S. 41-2-114. Funds appropriated under this
8 section for a particular project which are in
9 excess of the actual amount necessary to complete
10 the study may, subject to the review of the
11 select water committee, be expended by the
12 commission to complete the reconnaissance study
13 for any other project listed in this section.
14 Appropriated funds not expended prior to July 1,
15 2002, shall revert to water development account
16 I. The commission shall submit a report to the
17 legislature on each of the following studies
18 prior to the 2002 legislative session.

20 [LEVEL I RECONNAISSANCE STUDIES - NEW DEVELOPMENT]

22 PROJECT LOCATION APPROPRIATION

24 Dayton Master Plan Sheridan County $ 60,000

25 Groundwater Recharge and Green River Basin 100,000

26 Alternate Storage

27 Lodgepole Aquifer Storage

28 and Retrieval Laramie County 50,000

29 Pine Haven Master Plan Crook County 35,000

30 Powell Master Plan Park County 45,000

31 Prairie Dog Watershed Plan Sheridan County ~~100,000~~

32 135,000

33 River Basin Plans Northeast WY 800,000

34 Three Horses Watershed Northeast WY 100,000

35 University of Wyoming

36 Research Statewide 140,000

37 Upper Wind River Storage 1.Fremont County 200,000

38 Wind River Export Study 1. Fremont County 175,000

39 Total appropriation for Section 2 ~~$1,655,000~~

40 $1,840,000

42 1. For the Upper Wind River Storage and the Wind River

43 Export Study, impacts to the Arapahoe and Shoshone Indian
44 Tribes, existing irrigators and nonIndian users shall be
45 quantified and included in the Level I Reconnaissance
46 Studies. Specific conditions of administration of any
47 facilities and associated water rights shall be identified,
48 addressed and resolved prior to any further funding
49 authorization.

51 Section 3. LEVEL I RECONNAISSANCE STUDIES -
52 REHABILITATION. The following sums of money are

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1 appropriated from water development account II to
2 the commission to be expended to conduct the
3 following reconnaissance studies as defined in
4 W.S. 41-2-114. Funds appropriated under this
5 section for a particular project which are in
6 excess of the actual amount necessary to complete
7 the study may, subject to the review of the
8 select water committee, be expended by the
9 commission to complete the reconnaissance study
10 for any other project listed in this section.
11 Appropriated funds not expended prior to July 1,
12 2002, shall revert to water development account
13 II. The commission shall submit a report to the
14 legislature on each of the following studies
15 prior to the 2002 legislative session.

17 [LEVEL I RECONNAISSANCE STUDIES -

18 REHABILITATION]

20 PROJECT LOCATION APPROPRIATION

22 Granger Master Plan Sweetwater County $35,000

23 Popo Agie Watershed Study 200,000

24 Wind/Big Horn and Snake/Salt

25 River Basin Plans 1,550,000

26 University of Wyoming Research 140,000

27 Wyoming Geologic Survey – NE Wyoming 400,000

28 Total appropriation for Section 3 ~~$35,000~~

29 $2,325,000

31 Section 4. LEVEL II FEASIBILITY STUDIES -
32 NEW DEVELOPMENT. The following sums of money are
33 appropriated from water development account I to
34 the commission to be expended to conduct the
35 following feasibility studies as defined in W.S.
36 41-2-114. Funds appropriated under this section
37 for a particular project which are in excess of
38 the actual amount necessary to complete the study
39 may, subject to the review of the select water
40 committee, be expended by the commission to
41 complete the feasibility study for any other
42 project listed in this section. Appropriated
43 funds not expended prior to July 1, 2002, shall
44 revert to water development account I. The
45 commission shall submit a report to the
46 legislature on each of the following studies
47 prior to the 2002 legislative session.

49 [LEVEL II FEASIBILITY STUDIES - NEW DEVELOPMENT]

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2 PROJECT LOCATION APPROPRIATION

4 Baggs Water Supply Carbon County $ 50,000

5 Bairoil Water Supply Sweetwater County 200,000

6 Casper Zone II Supply Natrona County 60,000

7 Corner Mountain Water Supply Albany County 130,000

8 Hot Springs Rural, Worland Hot Springs County,

9 Regional Pipeline Washakie County ~~160,000~~

10 830,000

11 Moorcroft Well Crook County 355,000

12 North Uinta Water Supply Uinta County 100,000

13 Opal Regional Water Supply Lincoln County ~~30,000~~

14 120,000

15 Riverton East Fremont County 125,000

16 Story Fire District Water

17 Supply Sheridan County 25,000

18 Hold Projects* Statewide 15,000

19 Total appropriation for Section 4 ~~$1,065,000~~

20 $2,010,000

22 *Hold projects include Blackwillow, North Alpine, Rock
23 Springs East, Sinclair, Bridger Valley and Hawk Springs Water
24 Supply Projects and Corn Creek Irrigation, Crow Creek
25 Groundwater Recharge, Goshen Reregulating Reservoir, Middle
26 Fork Dam, North Cheyenne, Smith’s Fork Dam, Bump Sullivan
27 Reservoir and Viva Naughton Enlargement Projects.

29 Section 5. LEVEL II FEASIBILITY STUDIES -
30 REHABILITATION.The following sums of money are
31 appropriated from water development account II to
32 the commission to be expended to conduct the
33 following feasibility studies as defined in W.S.
34 41-2-114. Funds appropriated under this section
35 for a particular project which are in excess of
36 the actual amount necessary to complete the study
37 may, subject to the review of the select water
38 committee, be expended by the commission to
39 complete the feasibility study for any other
40 project listed in this section. Appropriated
41 funds not expended prior to July 1, 2002, shall
42 revert to water development account II. The
43 commission shall submit a report to the
44 legislature on each of the following studies
45 prior to the 2002 legislative session.

47 [LEVEL II FEASIBILITY STUDIES - REHABILITATION]

49 PROJECT LOCATION APPROPRIATION

51 Alpine Spring Irrigation

52 Supply Lincoln County $ 40,000

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1 Dayton Water Supply Sheridan County 50,000

2 Deaver Irrigation

3 Rehabilition Park/Big Horn County100,000

4 Hugus Ditch Rehabilitation Carbon County 30,000

5 Granger Rehabilitation Sweetwater County 65,000

6 Laramie North Side Supply Albany County 45,000

7 Riverton Valley

8 Rehabilitation #2 Fremont County 40,000

9 State Stream Gage System Statewide 200,000

10 Total appropriation for Section 5 ~~$275,000~~

11 $570,000

13 Section 2. 1999 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 81,
14 Section 5 is amended to read:

16 Section 5. There is appropriated from water
17 development account I to the state engineer's
18 office one million seven hundred thousand dollars
19 ($1,700,000.00) for the state's proportionate
20 share of the capitalization of components to
21 recover and remove, from the endangered species
22 act list, four (4) species of fish that inhabit
23 the Upper Colorado River basin. The state's
24 proportionate share shall be two and one-half
25 percent (2.5%) of the total cost of the capital
26 construction program for the recovery of the
27 species or one million seven hundred thousand
28 dollars ($1,700,000.00), whichever is less. Funds
29 appropriated shall not be expended until funding
30 for the participating states and the federal
31 government has been appropriated and made
32 available to meet construction costs believed to
33 be necessary for the recovery of the species.
34 Funds appropriated in this section that are not
35 expended prior to July 1, ~~2001~~ 2005, shall revert
36 to water development account I.

38 Section 3. Contingent upon the availability of
39 United States Bureau of Reclamation matching funds,
40 there is appropriated fifty thousand dollars
41 ($50,000.00) from water development account I to the

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1 state engineer's office to meet the state's
2 proportionate share of the contract expense for the
3 conservation staff position for fiscal year 2002.
4 Contingent upon the availability of United States
5 Bureau of Reclamation matching funds, the balance of
6 state funds remaining as of July 1, 2002 may be
7 applied to the state's proportionate share for the
8 conservation staff position for fiscal year 2003. Any
9 unspent funds shall revert to water development
10 account I on July 1, 2003.

12 Section 4. This act is effective immediately upon
13 completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law
14 as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming
15 Constitution.

17 (END)

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