; and (G) provide additional recreational benefits. (4) The Sites Project has been shown to provide approximately 500,000 acre-feet of additional annualized yield that, when integrated into the operations of the State and Federal reservoirs upstream of the Bay-Delta, can improve the system-wide operational efficiency for both water supply reliability and the environment. (5) Healthy wetlands and wildlife refuges are of vital importance to wildlife in California and require a reliable supply of water and additional surface water storage can help meet water supply goals under the Central Valley Project Improvement Act. (6) It is in the interests of the United States for the Federal Government to work with the Sites Project Authority, which has been established under laws of the State of California as an independent joint exercise of powers authority to, among other things, study, promote, develop, design, finance, acquire, construct, manage, and operate Sites Reservoir and related facilities in order to advance the Sites Project in the most expeditious and cost-effective manner possible. 3. Definitions In this Act: (1) Authority The term Authority means the Sites Project Authority that entered into a Joint Powers Agreement on August 26, 2010, for the purpose of advancing the Sites Project as a non-Federal facility. The current list of public agencies serving on the Authority’s 12-member governing board include Colusa County Water District, Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District, Maxwell Irrigation District, Orland-Artois Water District, Placer County Water District/City of Roseville, Proberta Water District, Reclamation District 108, the Tehama-Colusa Canal Authority, Western Canal Water District, Westside Water District, the County of Glenn, the County of Colusa. In addition, agencies from the Bay Area, San Joaquin Valley, and Southern California are actively participating to advance the Sites Project. (2) Bureau The term Bureau means the Bureau of Reclamation. (3) Central valley project The term Central Valley Project