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PUBLIC LAW 91-611-DEC. 31, 1970

[84 STAT.

water resource development projects, either into the waters of such projects or onto any land federally owned and administered by the Enforcement. Chief of Engineers. Any violation of such rules and regulations shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment for not more than six months, or both. Any persons charged with the violation of such rules and regulations may be tried and sentenced in accordance with the provisions of section 3401 of title 18 of the United States 82 Stat. 1115. Code. All persons designated by the Chief of Engineers for that purpose shall have the authority to issue a citation for violation of the regulations adopted by the Secretary of the Army, requiring the appearance of any person charged with violation to appear before the United States magistrate, within whose jurisdiction the water resource development project is located, for trial; and upon sworn information of any competent person any United States magistrate in the proper jurisdiction shall issue process for the arrest of any person charged with the violation of said regulations; but nothing herein contained shall be construed as preventing the arrest by any officer of the United States, without process, of any person taken in the act of violating said regulations." RiverB^'aiinrs^tudy. ^^^- P^' ^^) ^ h e Secretary of the 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 waters. Tile 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) I n connection with such investigations and studies the Secretary of the Arm3% 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. Report to Con(^^^ 'pj^g Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engigress. neers, 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.

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