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1 (b) Technical Amendment. — Section 



2 3405(a)(1)(A) of the Central Valley Project Improvement 



3 Act (106 Stat. 4710) is amended by striking "to combina- 



4 tion" and inserting "or combination". 



5 (c) Approval op Transfer Request. — Subpara- 



6 graphs (J), (K), (L), and (M) of section 3405(a)(1) of 



7 the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (106 Stat. 



8 4711) are amended to read as follows: 



9 "(J) The contracting district or agency 



10 shall either approve the transfer request subject 



11 to reasonable conditions or deny the transfer re- 



12 quest subject to making findings supporting a 



13 reasonable basis for the denial. The conditions 



14 or findings shall only relate to the proposed 



15 transfer's impacts on any of the following: 



16 "(i) The quantity and quahty of the 



17 water supply available to the contracting 



18 district or agency and its water users, in- 



19 eluding impacts to ground water quantity 



20 and quality. 



21 "(ii) The contracting district or agen- 



22 cy's operations, including (but not limited 



23 to) the ability of the contracting district or 



24 agency to meet its delivery obligations, ob- 



25 tain additional water supplies, and under- 



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