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1 State of California, affected counties, and other interests, 



2 evaluate and determine existing and anticipated future 



3 basin needs in the Stanislaus River Basin. In the course 



4 of such evaluation, the Secretary shall investigate alter- 



5 native storage, release, and delivery regimes, including but 



6 not hmited to cor\junctive use operations, conservation 



7 strategies, exchange arrangements, and the use of base 



8 and channel maintenance flows, in order to best satisfy 



9 both basin and out-of-basin needs consistent, on a continu- 



10 ing basis, with the limitations and priorities established 



11 in the Act of October 23, 1962 (76 Stat. 173). For the 



12 purposes of this subparagraph, 'basin needs' shall include 



13 water supply for agricultural, municipal and industrial 



14 uses, and maintenance and enhancement of water quality, 



15 and fish and wildlife resources within the Stanislaus River 



16 Basin as estabUshed by the Secretary's June 29, 1981 



17 Record of Decision; and 'out-of-basin' needs shall include 



18 all such needs outside of the Stanislaus River Basin, in- 



19 eluding those of the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San 



20 Joaquin Delta Estuary and those of the San Joaquin 



21 River under paragraph (1) of this subsection.". 



22 (8) Section 3406(d) of the Central Valley Project Im- 



23 provement Act (106 Stat. 4722) is amended to read as 



24 follows: 



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