Energy and Water Development Appropriation Act, 1982

(Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 97-345)

Energy and Water Development Appropriation Act, 1982 - Title I: Department of Defense - Civil - Appropriates specified sums for fiscal year 1982 for the Department of the Army for: (1) general investigations pertaining to river and harbor, flood control, shore protection, and related projects; (2) construction of such projects; (3) flood control work, including bank stabilization measures for the Yazoo Basin; (4) general operation and maintenance of existing river and harbor, flood control, and related works; (5) general administration in the office of the Chief of Engineers and offices of the Division Engineers, activities of the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors and the Coastal Engineering Research Center, commercial statistics, and miscellaneous investigations; (6) construction, operation, and maintenance of outdoor recreation facilities, including collection of special recreation use fees; and (7) expenses of attendance at certain military meetings, uniforms and allowances, printing of survey reports authorized by law, official reception and representation expenses, and the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles (out of the revolving fund of the Corps of Engineers). Limits the total expenditures of the capital investment program of the Corps of Engineers' revolving fund to $130,000,000 in fiscal year 1982.

Modifies the project for the Cuyahoga River Basin, Ohio, to provide for relocation of utilities in the vicinity of the Cleveland Zoo at full Federal expense.

Makes funds available for: (1) emergency shore protection at Beverly Shores, Indiana; (2) dike construction at the lower and upper end of Lake Neark, Arkansas; (3) channel widening and bends easing at Grays Harbor, Washington; (4) operation and maintenance of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal portion of the Illinois Waterway; and (5) design and further modification of the Chetco River, Oregon, navigation project in accordance with the May 2, 1977, Report of the Chief of Engineers.

Specifies the discount rate for the Saginaw River project in Michigan.

Renames the Clayton Lake in Oklahoma "Sardis Lake."

Limits the amount of funds available for: (1) a study of flooding and drainage problems in Alexander and Pulaski Counties in Illinois; and (2) the main stem study of the Ohio River to evaluate alternatives for flood damage reduction in Saline and Gallatin Counties in Illinois.

Directs the Chief of Engineers to raise the dam at Lake Darling, North Dakota, and implement upstream and downstream flood control measures.

Prohibits the use of funds appropriated in this Act to construct channel realignment work on the Ouachita and Black Rivers navigation project in Arkansas and Louisiana until the Chief of Engineers has completed a restudy of the options for navigation above Crossett, Arkansas. Requires that the results of the study be reported to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees for review.

Title II: Department of the Interior - Appropriates specified sums for fiscal year 1982 for the Bureau of Reclamation for: (1) engineering and economic investigations of Federal reclamation projects, studies of water conservation and development plans and activities, and initiation of a rehabilitation and betterment program with the Farmers Irrigation District; (2) construction and rehabilitation of projects and transfers to the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund and Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund; (3) operation and maintenance of reclamation projects and a soil and moisture conservation program on lands under the Bureau's jurisdiction; (4) loans to irrigation districts and other public agencies for construction of distribution systems on Federal reclamation projects; and (5) general administration in the offices of the Commissioner and regional offices of the Bureau.

Prohibits the determination of the final discharge point for the interceptor drain for the San Luis Unit in California until development of a plan to minimize any detrimental effect of the San Luis drainage waters.

Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for construction or operation of facilities to prevent the waters of Lake Powell from entering any national monument.

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to proceed with construction of the initial stage of the Garrison Diversion Unit in North Dakota. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated for the Garrison Diversion Unit for the acquisition of mitigation lands by condemnation or for the construction of features affecting waters flowing into Canada.

Makes Central Arizona Project funds available for preconstruction activities on distribution systems pursuant to the Distribution Act of July 4, 1955.

Makes appropriated funds available to the Bureau for: (1) passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; (2) certain safety modifications for Bureau offices in Lakewood, Colorado; (3) payment of damage claims against the Bureau; (4) compensation of Bureau employees appointed as U.S. representatives to interstate compact negotiations; (5) experts and consultants; (6) rewards for information on property violations; (7) operation and maintenance functions; (8) preparation and dissemination of useful information; and (9) studies of recreational uses of reservoir areas and investigation and recovery of archeological and paleontological remains in such areas.

Prohibits the use of funds appropriated for operation and maintenance for the benefit of lands in an irrigation district or lands owned by any member of a water users' organization or any individual if such district, organization, or individual is in arrears for more than 12 months in the payment of charges under a contract with the United States.

Makes the Department of the Interior appropriations in this title available for: (1) emergency reconstruction, replacement, or repair of aircraft, buildings, facilities, or equipment; (2) suppression or emergency prevention of forest or range fires; (3) operation of warehouses, garages, shops, and similar facilities; and (4) aircraft, passenger motor vehicles, reprints, telephone services in private residences in the field, and dues for library membership in certain societies and associations.

Makes funds appropriated in this title available for land acquisition for the McGee Creek Project in Oklahoma. Specifies acquisition requirements with respect to surface, subsurface, and mineral interests in such land.

Title III: Department of Energy - Appropriates specified sums for fiscal year 1982 for operating expenses and plant and capital expenses of the Department of Energy for: (1) energy supply, research and development activities and the Region X wood-derived fuels program; (2) general science and research activities; (3) atomic energy defense activities; (4) departmental administration; and (5) uranium supply and enrichment activities.

Appropriates funds for: (1) the Alaska Power Administration; (2) the Southeastern Power Administration; (3) the Southwestern Power Administration; (4) the Western Area Power Administration; and (5) the Emergency Fund of the Western Area Power Administration.

Approves expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administration Fund for: (1) the purchase of one fixed wing aircraft for replacement only; (2) construction of Surprise Valley Area Service in California; and (3) official reception and representation expenses. Limits gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans.

Appropriates funds for: (1) the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; (2) the Geothermal Resources Development Fund and the Geothermal Loan Guarantee and Interest Assistance Program; and (3) motor vehicles, aircraft, uniforms, and security guard services for the Department of Energy.

Prohibits the reprogramming of more than five percent of the funds appropriated for the current fiscal year for energy supply, research, and development activities, uranium supply and enrichment activities, general science and research activities, atomic energy defense activities, and departmental administration. Prohibits the increase or decrease of any such appropriation by more than five percent by such reprogramming.

Title IV: Independent Agencies - Appropriates funds for fiscal year 1982 for: (1) salaries and expenses and the Federal share of expenses of the Appalachian Regional Commission; (2) Appalachian Regional Development programs; (3) expenses of the U.S. member of the Delaware River Basin Commission and payment of the U.S. share of current expenses of such Commission; (4) the U.S. share of expenses of the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin; (5) salaries and expenses of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; (6) expenses of the U.S. member of the Susquehanna River Basin Commission and the U.S. share of expenses of such Commission; (7) the Tennessee Valley Authority Fund; and (8) salaries and expenses of the Water Resources Council. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) by this Act for: (1) the development of a comprehensive plan for the systematic safety evaluation of all currently operating utilization facilities licensed under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954; (2) the implementation or enforcement of the Uranium Mill Licensing Requirements; (3) a requirement that States adopt such uranium mill and mill tailings licensing requirements; or (4) the reinstatement of NRC authority over uranium mill and mill tailings licensing if a State has exercised such authority under State law. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated for the Water Resources Council by this Act for an Independent Project Review, expenses of River Basin Commissions, or grants to States.

Title V: General Provisions - Prohibits the obligation of any funds appropriated by this Act beyond the current fiscal year except as provided in this Act. Prohibits the use of any such funds to: (1) pay the expenses of parties intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act; (2) implement or enforce any regulation which has been disapproved pursuant to a resolution of disapproval by Congress; (3) provide personal servants to any officer or employee of any department or agency for which funds have been appropriated; (4) purchase passenger automobiles with an EPA estimated miles per gallon average of less than 22 miles per gallon; or (5) implement a program of retention contracts for senior employees of the Tennessee Valley Authority. Limits the use of any such funds for consulting services through procurement contract to contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record. Expresses the Senate's intention not to appropriate funds for improvements on the portion of the Black Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway south of Demopolis, Alabama.