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<br />9 <br /> <br />concerned with watershed management, and special programs <br /> <br /> <br />related to protection of municipal water supply sources in <br /> <br /> <br />national forests. The study should aleo detail the extent <br /> <br /> <br />to which existing uses of water ~~der federal or state law <br /> <br /> <br />are honored in the implementation of this program. <br /> <br /> <br />This part of the study will also review and describe <br /> <br /> <br />existing programs for the acquisition of private lands for <br /> <br /> <br />watershed management and protection purposes, e.g., the Weeks <br /> <br /> <br />Act of 1911 authori,dng certain acquisitions deemed "necessary <br /> <br /> <br />to the regulation of the flow of navigable streams," with <br /> <br /> <br />specific attention to statutory and administrative criteria <br /> <br /> <br />relating to determination of the need for such acquisitions. <br /> <br /> <br />(~: While these items should be observed in this Study <br /> <br /> <br />Plan, the report on them may be summary, inasmuch as the <br /> <br /> <br />subject is to be studied in greater depth in the Study Plan <br /> <br /> <br />on Land Acquisitions and Exchanges.) <br /> <br /> <br />2. Use of Water in Public Lands Pro~rams <br /> <br /> <br />This part of the legal study will review and <br /> <br /> <br />describe the existing legal system providing for the use of <br /> <br /> <br />water, both surface and underground, by federal agencies <br /> <br /> <br />and nonfederal users in connection with public land programs. <br /> <br />3'270 <br />