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PUBLIC LAW 94-000—MMMM. DD, 1976

90 STAT. 2940

42 USC 1962d-7 note.

58 Stat. 887. 64 Stat. 170.

62 Stat. 1175. 80 Stat. 1418.

49 Stat. 1572. 60 Stat. 641. 84 Stat. 312.

Ruby, Tenn., site acquisition. 16 USC 460ee.

PUBLIC LAW 94-587—OCT. 22, 1976 monwealth of Virginia, the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, and such other governmental authorities as the Secretary of the Army, the State of Maryland, and the Commonwealth of Virgmia deem desirable signatories enter into a written agreement providing an enforceable schedule for allocation among the parties to such agreement for the withdrawal of the waters of that portion of the Potomac River located between Little Falls Dam and the farthest upstream limit of the pool of water behind the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company rubble dam at Seneca, Maryland, during periods of low flow of such portion of such river, and (B) unless such construction is not in conflict with the report of the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, submitted pursuant to section 85 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1974. (b) The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is authorized to enter into the agreement referred to in subsection (a)(2) of this section and any amendment to or revision of such agreement. (c) Except as may be provided in the agreement referred to in subsection (a)(2) of this section, nothing in this section shall alter any riparian rights or other authority of the State of Maryland, or any political subdivision thereof, the Commonwealth of Virginia, or any political subdivision thereof, or the District of Columbia, or authority of the Corps of Engineers existing on the date of enactment of this section relative to the appropriation of water from, or the use of, the Potomac River, SEC. 182. (a) The authorization for the Richard B. Russell Dam and Lake (formerly Trotters Shoals Reservoir), contained in section 203 of the Flood Control Act of 1966 (80 Stat. 1405) is hereby amended by deleting the following: "Nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize inclusion of pumped storage power in this project.". (b) The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is authorized to install a fifth hydropower unit at the Hartwell Reservoir on the Savannah River, South Carolina and Georgia, approved in the Flood Control Acts of December 22, 1944, and May 17, 1950, at an estimated increased cost of $15,700,000. SEC. 183. The West Tennessee tributaries feature Mississippi River and tributaries project (Obion and Forked Deer Rivers), Tennessee, authorized by the Flood Control Acts approved June 30, 1948, and Novmber 7, 1966, as amended and modified, is hereby further amended to authorize and direct the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to construct, to main-stem levee standards, a levee with appurtenant works for flood protection immediately east of the authorized diversion channel of the Obion River, authorized by the Flood Control Act of June 22, 1936, as amended by the Flood Control Act of July 24, 1946, and further amended by section 7 of the River Basin Monetary Authorization Act of 1971, from near the mouth of the diversion channel to the vicinity of Highway 88 and thence to high ground in the vicinity of Porter Gap, at an estimated cost of $1,000,000. SEC. 184. Section 108 of Public Law 93-251 is amended as follows: (a) At the end of subsection (a) add the following: "The Secretary may acquire sites at locations outside such boundaries, as he determines necessary, for administrative and visitor orientation facilities. The Secretary may also acquire a site outside such boundaries at or near the location of the historic Tabard Inn in Ruby, Tennessee, includ-