Public Law 80–395

That the consent of

Susquehanna River.

Construction, etc., of dam.

Approval of plans.

Restriction.

Congress is hereby granted to Pennsylvania Power & Light Company, its successors or assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a dam in the Susquehanna River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, approximately one and one-half miles below the Sunbury Bridge Company toll bridge, in Upper Augusta Township, Northumberland County and Monroe Township, Snyder Comity, Pennsylvania: Provided, That the work shall not be commenced until the plans therefor have been submitted to and approved by the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army, and by the Secretary of War: Provided further, That this Act shall not be construed to authorize the use of such dam to develop water power or generate hydroelectric energy.

Sec. 2.

The authority granted by this Act shall cease and be null

Time Limitation.

and void, unless actual construction of the dam hereby authorized is commenced within two years and completed within five years from

Removal of Interference.

the date of enactment of this Act: Provided, That from and after thirty days’ notice from the Federal Power Commission, or other authorized agency of the United States, to said Pennsylvania Power & Light Company, its successors or assigns, that desirable water-power development will be interfered with by the existence of said dam, the said company, or its successors or assigns, shall alter the dam, without expense to the United States, so as to remove said interference and, upon failure to do so within a reasonable time, the authority hereby granted to construct, maintain, and operate said dam shall terminate and be at an end; and any grantee or licensee of the United States, proposing to develop a power project, at or near said dam, shall have authority to remove, submerge, or utilize said dam, under such conditions as said Commission or other agency may determine, but such conditions shall not include compensation for the removal, submergence,

Claims for damage.

or utilization of said dam: And provided further, That the Pennsylvania Power & Light Company, its successors or assigns, shall hold and save the United States free from all claims for damage which may be sustained by the dam herein authorized, or damage sustained by the appurtenances of the said dam by reason of operations by the United States for flood control, the preservation or improvement of navigation, or for other purposes.

Sec. 3.

The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved.