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Show (iv) Requires Secretary on January 1 of each year to make a financial report to Congress on the activities of the previous year. Section 7 - (i) Provides that power plants and transmission lines shall be operated by the Secretary in conjunction with other Federal installations so as to produce as much firm power as possible. (ii) Provides that in the operation of the power plants and transmission lines the Secretary shall not affect or interfere with certain Compacts, Acts, and contracts. (iii) Specifies that the use of water for power generation shall not preclude or impair the appropriation of water for domestic or agricultural purposes under State law. Section 8 - (i) Provides for the planning, constructing, and operating of public recreational facilities. (ii) Provides for the planning, constructing, and operating of facilities to protect and propagate fish and wildlife. (iii) Authorizes Secretary to acquire lands and withdraw lands for recreational purposes. (iv) Provides that allocations to recreational purposes shall be nonreimbursable. Section 9 - Provides that nothing in P. L. 485 shall be construed to alter, amend, repeal, construe, interpret, modify, or be in conflict with the provisions of certain Compacts and Acts already in effect. Section 10 - Exempts Flaming Gorge, Glen Canyon, Curcanti, and Navajo Storage Units from the soil survey and land classification requirements of the Interior Department Appropriation Act of 1954. -22- |