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PUBLIC LAW 93-251-MAR. 7, 1974

SEC. 107. If the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers and in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and affected non-Federal interests, determines that environmental, engineering, and economic considerations make it advisable to utilize the services of a regional or municipal sewage treatment plant for the treatment of sewage resulting from the operating of recreation and other facilities at Corps of Engineers water resources development projects, then the Secretary is authorized to include as part of the reasonable service charges contemplated by section 313 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act payment, in whole or in part, for that portion of the costs of constructing the sewage treatment plant which is attributable to the purpose of treating the sewage resulting from the operation of such Corps facilities. Payment for such construction cost may be either in lump sum or on an installment basis. SEC. 108. (a) As used in this section the term "Secretary" shall mean the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers. The Secretary, in accordance with the national recreation area concept included in the interagency report prepared pursuant to section 218 of the Flood Control Act of 1968 (Public Law 90-483) by the Corps of Engineers, the Department of the Interior, and the Department of Agriculture, as modified by this section, is authorized and directed to establish on the Big South Fork of the Cumberland River in Kentucky and Tennessee the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area (hereafter in this section referred to as the "National Area") for the purpost^s of conserving and interpreting an area containing unique cultural, historic, geologic, fish and wildlife, archeologic, scenic, and recreational values, preserving as a natural, free-flowing stream the Big South Fork of the Cumberland River, major portions of its Clear Fork and New River stems, and portions of their various tributaries for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations, the preservation of the natural integrity of the scenic gorges and valleys, and the development of the area's potential for healthful outdoor recreation. The boundaries shall be as generally depicted on the drawing prepared by the Corps of Engineers and entitled "Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area" identified as map number B S F - N R R A (l)(A) and dated October 1972, which shall be on file and available for public inspection in the office of the District Engineer, U.S. Army Engineer District, Nashville, Tennessee. (b) The Secretary shall establish the National Area by publication of notice thereof in the Federal Register when he determines that the United States has acxjuired an acreage within the boundaries of the National Area that is efficiently administrable for the purposes of this section. After publication of notice, and after he has completed the construction of necessary access roads, day-use facilities, campground facilities, lodges, and administrative buildings, the Secretary shall transfer the jurisdiction of the National Area to the Secretary of the Interior who shall administer the National Area in accordance with the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1, 2-4), as amended and supplemented. I n the administration of the National Area the Secretary may utilize such statutory authority available to him for the conservation and management of wildlife and natural resources as he deems appropriate to c any out the purposes of this section. The Secretary of the Interior may, after transfer to him, revise the boundaries from time to time, but the total acreage within such boundaries shall not exceed one hundred and twenty-five

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