The streams or segments of streams to be included in this system, being classified by KRS 146.230, are as follows: (1) The Cumberland River from Summer Shoals to the backwater of Lake Cumberland; (2) The Red River from the Ky. 746 bridge to the mouth of Swift Camp Creek. Nothing in KRS 146.220 to 146.360 shall be construed to prohibit that portion of the Red River between Peck's Branch and Swift Camp Creek from being used to temporarily contain flood waters that may be impounded above the normal sustained p ool level of any lake which may be created in the event a dam is constructed on the Red River near Bowen, Kentucky; (3) The Rockcastle River from the Ky. 80 bridge to the backwater of Lake Cumberland. Nothing in KRS 146.220 to 146.360 shall be construed t o prohibit or interfere with the relocating of Ky. 80, including the construction of a bridge at a point approximately 2.35 miles downstream from the existing Ky. 80 bridge; (4) The Green River from the eastern boundary of Mammoth Cave National Park extending downstream and including only that portion of the river within the Mammoth Cave National Park; (5) The Big South Fork of the Cumberland River from the Tennessee border to Blue Herron; (6) Martins Fork, Cumberland River from Ky. Highway 987 bridge to th e eastern boundary of Cumberland Gap National Park; (7) Rock Creek from the White Oak Junction bridge to the Kentucky-Tennessee border; (8) Little South Fork, Cumberland River from the backwater of Lake Cumberland (mile 4.1) to the Kentucky Highway 92 brid ge (mile 14.5) in Wayne and McCreary counties; and (9) Bad Branch of Poor Fork, Cumberland River from the headwaters on Pine Mountain to the Ky. 932 bridge, including the entire watershed drained by all stream segments, except for that portion above a poin t 0.1 mile below the existing lake on the easternmost fork.
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