2013 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 19B - WATER RESOURCES PLANNING (§§ 1962 - 1962d-22)
Subchapter IV - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS (§§ 1962d - 1962d-22)
Section 1962d-4 - Northeastern United States water supply
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE CHAPTER 19B - WATER RESOURCES PLANNING SUBCHAPTER IV - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Sec. 1962d-4 - Northeastern United States water supply |
Contains | section 1962d-4 |
Date | 2013 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 89-298, title I, §101, Oct. 27, 1965, 79 Stat. 1073. |
Statutes at Large References | 79 Stat. 1073, 244 |
Public Law References | Public Law 89-80, Public Law 89-298 |
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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 facilitiesThe 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 plansEach 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, §101, Oct. 27, 1965, 79 Stat. 1073.)
REFERENCES IN TEXTThe 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 (§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.
CODIFICATIONSection was not enacted as a part of the Water Resources Planning Act which comprises this chapter.
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