UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF RECLAMATION ASSISTANCE (2)

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A-2019-253 Page 5 of 53 Financial Assistance Agreement No. R20AP00077 Between Bureau of Reclamation And City of Santa Ana For WEEG SA-1 Hydropower and Water Conservation Project I. OVERVIEW AND SCHEDULE 1. AUTHORITY This Financial Assistance Agreement (Agreement) is entered into between the United States of America, acting through the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and City of Santa Ana (Recipient or non -Federal entity), pursuant to Section 9504(a) of the SECURE WATER ACT, Subtitle F of Title IX of the OMNIBUS PUBLIC LAND MANAGEMENT ACT OF 2009, Public Law 111-11 (42 United States Code 10364) (the "Act'). The following section, provided in full text, authorizes Reclamation to award this financial assistance agreement: SEC. 9504. WATER MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT. (a) AUTHORIZATION OF GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS— (1) AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY. —The Secretary may provide any grant to, or enter into an agreement with, any eligible applicant to assist the eligible applicant in planning, designing, or constructing any improvement — (A) to conserve water; (B) to increase water use efficiency; (C) to facilitate water markets; (D) to enhance water management, including increasing the use of renewable energy in the management and delivery of water; (E) to accelerate the adoption and use of advanced water treatment technologies to increase water supply; (F) to prevent the decline of species that the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service have proposed for listing under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq) (or candidate species that are being considered by those agencies for such listing but are not yet the subject of a proposed rule); (G) to accelerate the recovery of threatened species, endangered species, and designated critical habitats that are adversely affected by Federal reclamation projects or are subject to a recovery plan Agreement No. R20AP00077 Agreement Template (03/2019)