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Page 4 of M <br />Financial Assistance Agreement <br />Between <br />Bureau of Reclamation <br />And <br />City of Santa Ana <br />For <br />Santa Ana Automated Metering Infrastructure Installation Project <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 ACT, <br />Subtitle F of Title IX of the OMNIBUS PUBLIC LAND MANAGEMENT ACT OF 2009, <br />Public Law 111-11 (42 United States Code 10364) (the "Act'). The following section, provided <br />in full text, authorizes Reclamation to award this financial assistance agreement: <br />SEC. 9504. WATER MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT. <br />(a) AUTHORIZATION OF GRANTS AND COOPERA TNEAGREE"YENTS.— <br />(1) AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY. —The Secretary may provide any grant to, <br />or enter into an agreement with, any eligible applicant to assist the eligible <br />applicant in planning, designing or constructing any 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 <br />considered by those agencies for such listing but are not yet the <br />subject of a proposed rude); <br />Agreement No. R19AP00131 AgreementTanplate <br />20C_6 (03/200) <br />