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[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 855 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 855

    To deauthorize a certain portion of the project for navigation, 
                        Rockland Harbor, Maine.

_______________________________________________________________________

                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 13, 2007

   Ms. Snowe introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
    To deauthorize a certain portion of the project for navigation, 
                        Rockland Harbor, Maine.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ROCKLAND HARBOR, MAINE.

    As of the date of enactment of this Act, the portion of the project 
for navigation, Rockland Harbor, Maine, authorized by the Act of June 
3, 1896 (29 Stat. 202, chapter 314), consisting of a 14-foot channel 
located in Lermond Cove and beginning at a point with coordinates N. 
99977.37, E. 340290.02, thence running easterly about 200.00 feet to a 
point with coordinates N. 99978.49, E. 340490.02, thence running 
northerly about 138.00 feet to a point with coordinates N. 100116.49, 
E. 340289.25, thence running westerly about 200.00 feet to a point with 
coordinates N. 100115.37, E. 340289.25, thence running southerly about 
138.00 feet to the point of origin, is not authorized.

SEC. 2. REDESIGNATION OF PROJECT FOR NAVIGATION, SACO RIVER, MAINE.

    The portion of the project for navigation, Saco River, Maine, 
authorized under section 107 of the River and Harbor Act of 1960 (33 
U.S.C. 577) and described as a 6-foot deep, 10-acre maneuvering basin 
located at the head of navigation, is redesignated as an anchorage 
area.

SEC. 3. HERBERT HOOVER DIKE SUPPLEMENTAL MAJOR REHABILITATION REPORT.

    (a) In General.--Not later than May 31, 2007, the Secretary shall 
publish a supplement to the major rehabilitation report for the Herbert 
Hoover Dike system, approved by the Chief of Engineers in November 
2000.
    (b) Inclusions.--The supplemental report under subsection (a) shall 
include--
            (1) an evaluation of existing conditions at the Herbert 
        Hoover Dike system;
            (2) an identification of additional risks associated with 
        flood events at the system that are equal to or greater than 
        the standard projected flood risks;
            (3) an evaluation of the potential to integrate projects of 
        the Corps of Engineers into an enhanced flood protection system 
        for Lake Okeechobee, including--
                    (A) the potential for additional water storage 
                north of Lake Okeechobee; and
                    (B) an analysis of other project features included 
                in the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan; and
            (4) a review of the report prepared for the South Florida 
        Water Management District dated April 2006.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $1,500,000.

SEC. 4. ILLINOIS WATERWAY, SOUTH FORK OF THE SOUTH BRANCH OF THE 
              CHICAGO RIVER, ILLINOIS.

    (a) In General.--The portion of the Illinois Waterway project 
authorized by the Act of January 21, 1927 (commonly known as the 
``River and Harbor Act of 1927'') (44 Stat. 1013), in the South Fork of 
the South Branch of the Chicago River, as identified in subsection (b) 
is not authorized.
    (b) Description of Project Portion.--The portion of the project 
referred to in subsection (a) is the portion of the SW \1/4\ of sec. 
29, T. 39 N., R. 14 E., Third Principal Meridian, Cook County, 
Illinois, and more particularly described as follows:
            (1) Commencing at the SW corner of the SW \1/4\.
            (2) Thence north 1 degree, 32 minutes, 31 seconds west, 
        bearing based on the Illinois State Plane Coordinate System, 
        NAD 83 east zone, along the west line of that quarter, 1810.16 
        feet to the southerly line of the Illinois and Michigan Canal.
            (3) Thence north 50 degrees, 41 minutes, 55 seconds east 
        along that southerly line 62.91 feet to the easterly line of 
        South Ashland Avenue, as widened by the ordinance dated 
        November 24, 1920, which is also the east line of an easement 
        to the State of Illinois for highway purposes numbered 12340342 
        and recorded July 13, 1939, for a point of beginnings.
            (4) Thence continuing north 50 degrees, 41 minutes, 55 
        seconds east along that southerly line 70.13 feet to the 
        southerly line of the South Branch Turning Basin per for the 
        plat numbered 3645392 and recorded January 19, 1905.
            (5) Thence south 67 degrees, 18 minutes, 31 seconds east 
        along that southerly line 245.50 feet.
            (6) Thence north 14 degrees, 35 minutes, 13 seconds east 
        145.38 feet.
            (7) Thence north 10 degrees, 57 minutes, 15 seconds east 
        326.87 feet.
            (8) Thence north 17 degrees, 52 minutes, 44 seconds west 
        56.20 feet.
            (9) Thence north 52 degrees, 7 minutes, 32 seconds west 
        78.69 feet.
            (10) Thence north 69 degrees, 26 minutes, 35 seconds west 
        58.97 feet.
            (11) Thence north 90 degrees, 00 minutes, 00 seconds west 
        259.02 feet to the east line of South Ashland Avenue.
            (12) Thence south 1 degree, 32 minutes, 31 seconds east 
        along that east line 322.46 feet.
            (13) Thence south 00 degrees, 14 minutes, 35 seconds east 
        along that east line 11.56 feet to the point of beginnings.
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