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<br />001074 <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />works, and reoreational faoilities, and struotures. equipment. and faoilities <br />inoidental thereto. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />(2) To aoquire, oonstruot. operate, maintain. and improve such oanals. <br />conduits. power houses. transmission lines, rural electric lines. and sub- <br />stations, and suoh machinery, equipment, struotures, and :facili-ties. for the <br />storage and transportation of water or for the generation and transmission <br />of eleotric energy as -the Corporation deems necessary or appropriate to <br />supply existing and potential markets. <br /> <br />(3) To develop and provide suoh methods and conditions of water and <br />land utilization as the Corporation deems necessary or appropriate to prevent <br />and abate floods and drough-ts. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />. . <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />In order further so -to effectuate such pril1lary purposes in the con- <br />struction and operation of dams for projects entrusted to it. the Corporation. <br />insofar as practioable, shall make provision. in the construotion of any such <br />dam. for such foundations, sluices. penstocks, and other works as mf>.y be <br />neoessary or appropriate to prevent the v.aste of water power at such dam and <br />to mf>.ke possible the eoonomical future development of water power at such dam. <br /> <br />(b) The Corporation is authorized. if in its judgment the interests of <br />eoonomy and efficiency will be served thereby, to oonstruot or operate any <br />projeot or oonduct any activity entrusted to it through, or in conjunotion <br />with. other departments and agencies of the United States, or in conjunction <br />with States or subdivisions or agencies thereof, including local levee and <br />drainage districts, or other public or cooperative agencies. The departments <br />and agencies of the United States are hereby authorized to partioipate in the <br />construction or operation of such projeots or the oonduot of suoh aotivities <br />on terms mutually agreeable to suoh department or agency and the Corporation. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />SEC. 12 (a) The board is hereby au-thoriz ed to sell surplus power <br />genera-ted and water stored by it, not used in its operations or for operation <br />of locks and other works or in the oase 01 recl~tion projeots for <br />reolamation of public lands. to States. counties, munioipalities, corporations. <br />partnerships. and individuals, aocording to the policies hereinafter set fbrth. <br /> <br />(b) To encourage the widest possible use of available electric energy <br />and water. to provide adequate markets and outlets therefor. and to prevent <br />the monopolization -thereof by limi-ted groups or 10ca11-ties, -the Corpora-tion <br />shall acquire, construct. operate. mf>.intain, and improve such canals. conduits. <br />pipe lines, electrio transmission lines. rural eleotrio lines. substations. <br />and other s-truo-tures and :facili-ties as i-t deems neoessary or appropria.te -to <br />bring eleotric energy, or water. available for sale. from its projects to <br />existing and po-tential markets, a.nd. in the oase 0 f electric energy, to inter- <br />conneot suoh pro~eot ,~th o-ther Federal or private projeots for the disposition <br />or interohange of electrio energy. To provide for emergenoies. brea.!l:-down <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br />, <br /> <br />-12- <br />