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1 impacts on out-of-basin entities which have contracted 



2 with the Secretary for water from the New Melones 



3 Project. In the event the available yield of the New 



4 Melones Reservoir is insufficient to meet the contractual 



5 needs of these districts, then the Bureau shall provide an 



6 alternative supply at the contractual rate. Allocations for 



7 other Central Valley Project contractors shall not be re- 

 •8 duced as a result of deliveries from New Melones Reservoir 

 9 or any alternative source to the Stockton East Water Dis- 



10 trict and the Central San Joaquin Water Conserv^ation 



1 1 District. 



12 "(2) The plan developed under paragraph (1) shall 



13 include (but not be limited to) utilization of exchange or 



14 transfer of water facilitated by the Secretary, other con- 



15 junctive use facilities satisfactory to the contracting enti- 



16 ties, and/or additional diversion facilities. In the event ad- 



17 ditional facilities are authorized and constructed, out-of- 



18 basin entities which have constructed diversion facilities 



19 on the Stanislaus River pursuant to contracts with the 



20 Secretary for water from the New Melones Project, shall 



21 be credited, in the calculation of capital for any such new 



22 facilities, with an amount equal to 75 percent of the costs 



23 associated with the constiTiction of those Stanislaus River 



24 diversion facilities. The construction of such facilities or 



25 the allocation of costs associated with such facilities shall 



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