§ 99-1-103 — Authorization

Wyoming § 99-1-103

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 99: Water Projects
• Ch. 1: MISCELLANEOUS WATER PROJECTS
• Art. 1: DEER CREEK PROJECT

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(a) The commission may expend remaining funds appropriated
for the Level III study for this project in Chapter 52, 1984
Wyoming Session Laws, Section 5(a)(iii) to perform the
following:
(i) Prepare environmental impact statements or
assessments, as required;
(ii) Perform final designs;
(iii) Prepare plans and specifications;
(iv) Obtain options, land exchange or purchase
agreements for the necessary project lands and easements;
(v) Procure the 404 Permit from the United States
Army Corps of Engineers, the 401 Permit from the Wyoming
department of environmental quality, and the permit to construct
from the Wyoming state engineer's office;
(vi) Perform other incidental work required to
prepare the project for construction.
(b) The commission may negotiate project sponsorship and
water sales contracts with communities which demonstrate a need
for water and desire to participate in the project. These
contracts shall be subject to the approval of the governor.
(c) The commission may either purchase necessary project
lands and easements and construct and operate the project in a
manner consistent with this act or develop a project agreement
with a sponsor in a manner consistent with the terms and
conditions outlined in the agreements established under
subsection (b) of this section and Section 4 of this act [§
99-1-104].
(d) Upon review by the select water committee and approval
of the governor, the commission may use not to exceed one
million four hundred thousand dollars ($1,400,000.00) of the
project appropriation to pursue alternatives to the project
which provide equivalent municipal water supply benefits, assist
the Casper Alcova Irrigation District in the resolution of
selenium issues, assist the federal contractors of North Platte
storage in the resolution of safety of dam issues, and seek long
term solutions to endangered species issues in the Platte River
basin including the state's participation in the "Cooperative
Agreement for the Platte River Research and Other Efforts
Relating to Endangered Species Habitats Along the Central Platte
River, Nebraska". (Laws 1985, ch. 89, §§ 3a, 3b, 3c; 1996, ch.
59, § 5, 1998, ch. 38, § 3.)