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PUBLIC LAW 85-860-AUG. 28, 1958

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Public Law 85-850 August 28, 1958 ^ ACT [S.4021] XQ establish the United States Study Gommission on the Savannah, Altamaha, ''^03:45, 11 May 2011 (UTC)~"^~ Saint Marys, Apalachicola-Chattahoochee, and Perdido-Escambia River Basins, and intervening areas.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Survey of certain United States of America in Congress assembled. That the purpose r i v e r b a s i n s i n p......

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Plans for land and water develop-

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Congressional duties.

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(a) to provide for an integrated and cooperative investigation, study, and survey by a commission created pursuant to this Act and composed of representatives of certain departments and agencies of the United States, and of certain States enumerated in this section, in connection with, and in promotion of, the conservation, utilization, and development of the land and water resources of the Savannah, Altamaha, Saint Marys, ApalachicolaChattahoochee, and Perdido-Escambia River Basins (and intervening areas) in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama in order to formulate a comprehensive and coordinated plan for— (1) flood control and prevention; (2) domestic and municipal water supplies; (3) the improvement and safeguarding of navigation; (4) the reclamation and irrigation of land, including drainage; (5) possibilities of hydroelectric power and industrial development and utilization; (6) soil conservation and utilization; (7^ forest conservation and utilization; (8) preservation, protection, and enhancement of fish and wildlife resources; (9) the development of recreation; (10) salinity and sediment control; (11) pollution abatement and the protection of public health; and (12) such other beneficial and useful purposes not herein enumerated; and (b) to formulate, within the time provided for in section 9 of this Act, a basic, comprehensive and integrated plan of development of the land and water resources within the area described m this section for submission to, and consideration by, the President and the Congress, and to make recommendations, after adequate study, for executing and keeping current such plan. I t is not the purpose of this Act to create any continuing or permanent instrumentality of the Federal Government or to take from, or reassign, the duties and powers of any department or agency of the United States represented on the Commission, except as herein provided in this Act. SEC. 2. l u Carrying out the purposes of this Act it shall be the i-

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policy of Congress to— (1) recognize and protect the rights and interests of the States in determining the development of the watersheds of the rivers herein mentioned and their interests and rights in water utilization and control, as well as the preservation and protection of established uses; (2) protect existing and authorized projects and projects under construction whether public or private; (3) utilize the services, studies, surveys, and continuing investigational programs of the departments, bureaus, and agencies of the United States;

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