Pub. L. 91-611, tit. II, sec. 235

Sec. 235. (a) The Secretary of I he Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is authorized and directed, as part of the comprehensive study of the water and related resources of the Susquehanna River Basin, to investigate and study, in cooperation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and other interested departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the Federal Government, and of the governments of States and their political subdivisions, the availability, quality, and use of waters within the basin with a view toward assisting in the preparation of a comprehensive plan for the development, conservation, and use of such wafers. The Environmental Protection Agency shall have the responsibility in carrying out this section for those aspects of the development, conservation, and use of such waters which are essentially within its jurisdiction. (b) In connection with such investigations and studies the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, and in cooperation with the Environmental Protection Agency and all other interested Federal agencies, shall make such studies and develop such plans as deemed necessary for the construction, operation, and maintenance of facilities in selected regions of the basin, including augmentation of streamflows by releases of stored waters. (c) Such facilities may include, but shall not be limited to, water conveyance systems; regional waste treatment, interceptor, and holding facilities; water treatment facilities; and facilities and methods for recharging ground water reservoirs. (d) The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, shall submit to the Congress any and all parts of plans prepared pursuant to this section, which are approved by the Susquehanna River Basin Commission as in accordance with its comprehensive plan for the immediate and longrange development and use of the water resources of the basin, including all recommendations of the Environmental Protection Agency with respect to matters under its jurisdiction, and shall include recommendations for authorization and appropriate financial participation and cooperation by the States, political subdivisions thereof, and other local interests. 84 Stat. 1835 (e) In determining the need for storage for regulation of streamflow and water release, the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, shall not be limited by the provisions of section 3(b) (1) and (4) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, but may include recommendations, if appropriate, which are consistent with section 8 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and other like project purposes of water resources projects.