Sec. 5117. OHIO RIVER BASIN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

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## 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.

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Sec. 5117

OHIO RIVER BASIN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

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