16 U.S.C. § 833a : US Code - Section 833A: Administration of project

Search 16 U.S.C. § 833a : US Code - Section 833A: Administration of project

(a) Disposal of energy; temporary administration; installation and
maintenance of equipment
The electric energy generated in the operation of the said Fort
Peck project shall be disposed of by the Bureau as hereinafter
provided. The Bureau shall exercise the powers and perform the
duties provided for in this chapter under the supervision and
direction of the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with
section 373a of title 43. The Bureau shall, as hereinafter
provided, make all arrangements for the sale and disposition of
electric energy generated at the Fort Peck project not required for
the operation of the dam at such project and the navigation
facilities employed in connection therewith. The form of
administration herein established for the Fort Peck project is
intended to be provisional pending the establishment of a permanent
administration for Fort Peck and other projects in the Missouri
River Basin. The Secretary of the Army shall install and maintain
additional machinery, equipment, and facilities for the generation
of electric energy at the Fort Peck project when in the judgment of
the Bureau such additional generating facilities are desirable to
meet actual or potential market requirements for such electric
energy. The Secretary of the Army shall schedule the operations of
the several electrical generating units and appurtenant equipment
of the Fort Peck project in accordance with the requirements of the
Bureau. The Secretary of the Army shall provide and maintain for
the use of the Bureau at said Fort Peck project adequate station
space and equipment, including such switches, switchboards,
instruments, and dispatching facilities as may be required by the
Bureau for proper reception, handling, and dispatching of the
electric energy produced at the said project, together with
transformers and other equipment required by the Bureau for the
transmission of such energy from that place at suitable voltage to
the markets which the Bureau desires to serve.
(b) Construction and maintenance of electric transmission lines,
substations, and interconnections
In order to encourage the widest possible use of all electric
energy that can be generated and marketed and to provide reasonable
outlets therefor, and to prevent the monopolization thereof by
limited groups, the Bureau is authorized and directed to provide,
construct, operate, maintain, and improve such electric
transmission lines and substations, and facilities and structures
appurtenant thereto, as it finds necessary, desirable, or
appropriate for the purpose of transmitting electric energy,
available for sale, from the Fort Peck project to existing and
potential markets, and, for the purpose of interchange of electric
energy, to interconnect the Fort Peck project with either private
or with other Federal projects and publicly owned power systems now
or hereafter constructed.
(c) Acquisition of real and personal property
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in the name of the
United States, to acquire, by purchase, lease, condemnation, or
donation, such real and personal property, or any interest therein,
including lands, easements, rights-of-way, franchises, electric
transmission lines, substations, and facilities and structures
appurtenant thereto, as he finds necessary or appropriate to carry
out the purposes of this chapter. Title to all property and
property rights acquired by said Secretary shall be taken in the
name of the United States.
(d) Acquisition of any property or property rights
The Secretary of the Interior shall have power to acquire any
property or property rights, including patent rights, which in his
opinion are necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter, by
purchase, lease, donation, or by the exercise of the right of
eminent domain and to institute condemnation proceedings therefor
in the same manner as is provided by law for the condemnation of
real estate.
(e) Disposal of real and personal property
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in the name of the
United States, to sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of such
personal property as in his judgment is not required for the
purposes of this chapter and such real property and interests in
land acquired in connection with construction or operation of
electric transmission lines or substations as in his judgment are
not required for the purposes of this chapter.
(f) Contracts by Bureau
Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the Bureau is
authorized, in the name of the United States, to negotiate and
enter into such contracts, agreements, and arrangements as it shall
find necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this
chapter.