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    16 USC Sec. 838b                                             01/26/98

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    TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION


    CHAPTER 12G - PACIFIC NORTHWEST FEDERAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM

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    Sec. 838b. Operation and maintenance of Federal transmission


        system; construction of improvements, betterments, additions


        and replacements; criteria

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      The Secretary of Energy, acting by and through the Administrator,


    shall operate and maintain the Federal transmission system within


    the Pacific Northwest and shall construct improvements,


    betterments, and additions to and replacements of such system


    within the Pacific Northwest as he determines are appropriate and


    required to:


        (a) integrate and transmit the electric power from existing or


      additional Federal or non-Federal generating units;


        (b) provide service to the Administrator's customers;


        (c) provide interregional transmission facilities; or


        (d) maintain the electrical stability and electrical


      reliability of the Federal system: Provided, however, That the


      Administrator shall not construct any transmission facilities


      outside the Pacific Northwest, excepting customer service


      facilities within any contiguous areas, not in excess of


      seventy-five airline miles from said region, which are a part of


      the service area of a distribution cooperative which has (i) no


      generating facilities, and (ii) a distribution system from which


      it serves both within and without said region, nor shall he


      commence construction of any major transmission facility within


      the Pacific Northwest, unless the expenditure of the funds for


      the initiation of such construction is specifically approved by


      Act of Congress.

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    (Pub. L. 93-454, Sec. 4, Oct. 18, 1974, 88 Stat. 1376; Pub. L.


    95-91, title III, Sec. 302(a)(1)(D), Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 578.)

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      ''Secretary of Energy'' substituted in text for ''Secretary of


    the Interior'' pursuant to Pub. L. 95-91, Sec. 302(a)(1)(D), which


    is classified to section 7152(a)(1)(D) of Title 42, The Public


    Health and Welfare.

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                   SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS


      This section is referred to in section 838c of this title.