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PUBLIC LAW 91-611-DEC. 31, 1970
order to provide adequate crossing facilities over such river for highway traffic in the area. Prior to construction the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, shall enter into an agreement with appropriate non-Federal interests as determined by him, which shall provide that after construction such non-Federal interests shall own, operate toll free, and maintain such bridges and approach facilities. SEC. 230. The project for the Perry Dam and Eeservoir, Delaware River, Kansas, authorized as a unit of the comprehensive plan for fiood control and other purposes, Missouri River Basin, by the Flood Control Act approved September 3, 1954, is hereby modified to authorize the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to pave, with a bituminous surface, approximately five miles of Road " B ", a segment of the relocation of F A S 328 from United States Route 24 to Kansas Route 92, Jefferson County, Kansas. SEC. 231. (a) The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is authorized to cooperate with the Commonwealth of Kentucky, political subdivisions thereof, appropriate agencies and instrumentalities thereof, the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, and the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, Department of the Interior, with a view to determining the feasibility and desirability of establishing a national recreation area generally encompassing in whole or in part the Kentucky River navigation project and reservoir projects in the upper Kentucky and Licking River Basins and adjacent and intervening areas, and to submit to the Congress reports and recommendations with respect to appropriate participation by the Department of the Army in carrying out such recommendations. (b) Such studies shall review the reports of the Chief of Engineers contained in House Document 423, Eighty-seventh Congress, and the investigation authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1936, Public Law 783, Seventy-fourth Congress, and other appropriate reports, and shall consider plans to meet the needs of the Commonwealth for improvement of navigation facilities, outdoor recreational facilities, enhancement and conservation of fish and wildlife, and other measures for environmental enhancement. (c) Such plans which may be recommended to the Congress shall be harmonious components of overall development plans being formulated by the Commonwealth and shall be fully coordinated with, all interested Federal agencies. SEC. 232. The project for Libby Dam, Kootenai River, Montana, authorized by the Flood Control Act approved May 17, 1950 (64 Stat. 170), is hereby modified to provide that the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers is authorized and directed, as part of the relocation of municipal facilities of Rexford, Montana, to design and construct a central sewage collection and sewage treatment facility. SEC. 233. The Chief of Engineers, under the direction of the Secretary of the Army, is hereby authorized and directed to review and study the effects of strip mining operations upon navigable rivers and their tributaries, including water resource projects under his jurisdiction, and report on such studies to the Committees on Public Works of the Senate and the House of Representatives, within one year from the date of enactment of this Act, with recommendations as to measures necessary to mitigate any adverse conditions due to strip mining practices. SEC. 234. Section 207 of the Flood Control Act of 1962 (Public Law 87-874), is amended by changing the period after the word "necessary", to a comma, and inserting the following: "including but not limited to prohibitions of dumping and unauthorized disposal in any manner of refuse, garbage, rubbish, trash, debris, or litter of any kind at such
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Missouri River B a s i n, project modification. 68 Stat. 1261.
Feasibility s t u d y, report to Congress.
49 Stat. 1570. 33 USC 701a.
Libby Dam, Koot e n a i River, Mont., project modification. 33 USC 701-1 note.
Strip mining; report to congressional committees.
76 Stat. 1195. 16 USC 460d.
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