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[CITE: 42USC1962d-4]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                  CHAPTER 19B--WATER RESOURCES PLANNING
 
                 SUBCHAPTER IV--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 1962d-4. Northeastern United States water supply


(a) Plans for Federal construction, operation, and maintenance of 
        reservoir system within certain river basins and conveyance and 
        purification facilities through cooperation of Secretary of the 
        Army and government agencies; financial participation of States

    Congress hereby recognizes that assuring adequate supplies of water 
for the great metropolitan centers of the United States has become a 
problem of such magnitude that the welfare and prosperity of this 
country require the Federal Government to assist in the solution of 
water supply problems. Therefore, the Secretary of the Army, acting 
through the Chief of Engineers, is authorized to cooperate with Federal, 
State, and local agencies in preparing plans in accordance with the 
Water Resources Planning Act [42 U.S.C. 1962 et seq.] to meet the long-
range water needs of the northeastern United States. This plan may 
provide for the construction, operation, and maintenance by the United 
States of (1) a system of major reservoirs to be located within those 
river basins of the northeastern United States which drain into the 
Chesapeake Bay, those that drain into the Atlantic Ocean north of the 
Chesapeake Bay, those that drain into Lake Ontario, and those that drain 
into the Saint Lawrence River, (2) major conveyance facilities by which 
water may be exchanged between these river basins to the extent found 
desirable in the national interest, and (3) major purification 
facilities. Such plans shall provide for appropriate financial 
participation by the States, political subdivisions thereof, and other 
local interests.

(b) Construction, operation, and maintenance of reservoirs and 
        conveyance and purification facilities

    The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, 
shall construct, operate, and maintain those reservoirs, conveyance 
facilities, and purification facilities, which are recommended in the 
plan prepared in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, and 
which are specifically authorized by law enacted after October 27, 1965.

(c) Reservoirs as components of river basin and water supply plans

    Each reservoir included in the plan authorized by this section shall 
be considered as a component of a comprehensive plan for the optimum 
development of the river basin in which it is situated, as well as a 
component of the plan established in accordance with this section.

(Pub. L. 89-298, title I, Sec. 101, Oct. 27, 1965, 79 Stat. 1073.)

                       References in Text

    The Water Resources Planning Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is 
Pub. L. 89-80, July 22, 1965, 79 Stat. 244, as amended, which is 
classified generally to this chapter (Sec. 1962 et seq.). For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out 
under section 1962 of this title and Tables.

                          Codification

    Section was not enacted as a part of the Water Resources Planning 
Act which comprises this chapter.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1962d-10 of this title.
