PUBLIC LAW 110–114—NOV. 8, 2007
121 STAT. 1239
SEC. 5117. OHIO RIVER BASIN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT.
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following definitions apply: (1) OHIO RIVER BASIN.—The term ‘‘Ohio River Basin’’ means the Ohio River, its backwaters, its side channels, and all tributaries (including their watersheds) that drain into the Ohio River and encompassing areas of any of the States of Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Illinois, New York, and Virginia. (2) COMPACT.—The term ‘‘Compact’’ means the Ohio River Watershed Sanitation Commission flood and pollution control compact between the States of Indiana, West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, New York, Illinois, and Virginia, to which consent was given by Congress pursuant to the Act of July 11, 1940 (54 Stat. 752) and that was chartered in 1948. (b) ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary may provide planning, design, and construction assistance to the Compact for the improvement of the quality of the environment in and along the Ohio River Basin. (c) PRIORITIES.—In providing assistance under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to reducing or eliminating the presence of organic pollutants in the Ohio River Basin through the renovation and technological improvement of the organic detection system monitoring stations along the Ohio River in the States of Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania. (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $2,500,000. SEC. 5118. TOUSSAINT RIVER NAVIGATION PROJECT, CARROLL TOWNSHIP, OHIO.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The costs of operation and maintenance activities for the Toussaint River Federal navigation project, Carroll Township, Ohio, that are carried out in accordance with section 107 of the River and Harbor Act of 1960 (33 U.S.C. 577) and relate directly to the presence of unexploded ordnance, shall be carried out at Federal expense. (b) CALCULATION OF TOTAL COSTS.—The Secretary shall not consider the additional costs of dredging due to the presence of unexploded ordnance when calculating the costs of the project referred to in subsection (a) for the purposes of section 107(b) of such Act (33 U.S.C. 577(b)). SEC. 5119. STATEWIDE COMPREHENSIVE WATER PLANNING, OKLAHOMA.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide technical assistance for the development of updates of the Oklahoma comprehensive water plan. (b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Technical assistance provided under subsection (a) may include— (1) acquisition of hydrologic data, groundwater characterization, database development, and data distribution; (2) expansion of surface water and groundwater monitoring networks; (3) assessment of existing water resources, surface water storage, and groundwater storage potential;
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