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Page 4 of 52 <br />Financial Assistance Agreement <br />Between <br />Bureau of Reclamation <br />And <br />City of Santa Ana <br />For <br />Well 32 Rehabilitation Improvements <br />I. OVERVIEW AND SCHEDULE <br />1. AUTHORITY <br />This Financial Assistance Agreement (Agreement) is entered into between the United States of <br />America, acting through the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) <br />and City of Santa Ana (Recipient), pursuant to Section 9504(a) of the SECURE WATER <br />ACT, Subtitle F of Title IX of the OMNIBUS PUBLIC LAND MANAGEMENT ACT OF <br />2009,. The following section, provided in full text, authorizes Reclamation to award this <br />fmancial assistance agreement: <br />SEC. 9504. WATER MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT. <br />(a) AUTHORIZATION OF GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE <br />AGREEMENTS.— <br />(1) AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY. —The Secretary may provide any <br />grant to, or enter into an agreement with, any eligible applicant to <br />assist the eligible applicant in planning, designing, or constructing any <br />improvement — <br />(A) to conserve water; <br />(B) to increase water use efficiency; <br />(C) to facilitate water markets; <br />(D) to enhance water management, including increasing the use of <br />renewable energy in the management and delivery of water; <br />(E) to accelerate the adoption and use of advanced water treatment <br />technologies to increase water supply; <br />(F) to prevent the decline of species that the United States Fish and <br />Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service have <br />proposed for listing under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 <br />U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) (or candidate species that are being considered <br />by those agencies for such listing but are not yet the subject of a <br />proposed rule); <br />Agreement No. R18AP00081 Agreement Template <br />20 D-8 (03/2019) <br />