106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 507

AMENDMENTS
In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

July 22, 1999.

Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 507) entitled

‘‘An Act to provide for the conservation and development of

water and related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the

Army to construct various projects for improvements to rivers

and harbors of the United States, and for other purposes’’,

do pass with the following

AMENDMENTS:

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

2 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the

3 ‘‘Water Resources Development Act of 1999’’.

4 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

Sec. 2. Secretary defined.

TITLE I—WATER RESOURCES PROJECTS

Sec. 101. Project authorizations.

Sec. 102. Small flood control projects.

Sec. 103. Small bank stabilization projects.

Sec. 104. Small navigation projects.

Sec. 105. Small projects for improvement of the environment.

Sec. 106. Small aquatic ecosystem restoration projects.

TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 201. Small flood control authority.

Sec. 202. Use of non-Federal funds for compiling and disseminating information

on floods and flood damages.

Sec. 203. Contributions by States and political subdivisions.

Sec. 204. Sediment decontamination technology.
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Sec. 205. Control of aquatic plants.

Sec. 206. Use of continuing contracts required for construction of certain projects.

Sec. 207. Support of Army civil works program.

Sec. 208. Water resources development studies for the Pacific region.

Sec. 209. Everglades and south Florida ecosystem restoration.

Sec. 210. Beneficial uses of dredged material.

Sec. 211. Harbor cost sharing.

Sec. 212. Aquatic ecosystem restoration.

Sec. 213. Watershed management, restoration, and development.

Sec. 214. Flood mitigation and riverine restoration pilot program.

Sec. 215. Shoreline management program.

Sec. 216. Assistance for remediation, restoration, and reuse.

Sec. 217. Shore damage mitigation.

Sec. 218. Shore protection.

Sec. 219. Flood prevention coordination.

Sec. 220. Annual passes for recreation.

Sec. 221. Cooperative agreements for environmental and recreational measures.

Sec. 222. Nonstructural flood control projects.

Sec. 223. Lakes program.

Sec. 224. Construction of flood control projects by non-Federal interests.

Sec. 225. Enhancement of fish and wildlife resources.

Sec. 226. Sense of Congress; requirement regarding notice.

Sec. 227. Periodic beach nourishment.

Sec. 228. Environmental dredging.

Sec. 229. Wetlands mitigation.

TITLE III—PROJECT-RELATED PROVISIONS

Sec. 301. Missouri River Levee System.

Sec. 302. Ouzinkie Harbor, Alaska.

Sec. 303. Greers Ferry Lake, Arkansas.

Sec. 304. Ten- and Fifteen-Mile Bayous, Arkansas.

Sec. 305. Loggy Bayou, Red River below Denison Dam, Arkansas, Louisiana,

Oklahoma, and Texas.

Sec. 306. Sacramento River, Glenn-Colusa, California.

Sec. 307. San Lorenzo River, California.

Sec. 308. Terminus Dam, Kaweah River, California.

Sec. 309. Delaware River mainstem and channel deepening, Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.

Sec. 310. Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia.

Sec. 311. Brevard County, Florida.

Sec. 312. Broward County and Hillsboro Inlet, Florida.

Sec. 313. Fort Pierce, Florida.

Sec. 314. Nassau County, Florida.

Sec. 315. Miami Harbor Channel, Florida.

Sec. 316. Lake Michigan, Illinois.

Sec. 317. Springfield, Illinois.

Sec. 318. Little Calumet River, Indiana.

Sec. 319. Ogden Dunes, Indiana.

Sec. 320. Saint Joseph River, South Bend, Indiana.

Sec. 321. White River, Indiana.

Sec. 322. Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana.

Sec. 323. Larose to Golden Meadow, Louisiana.

Sec. 324. Louisiana State Penitentiary Levee, Louisiana.

Sec. 325. Twelve-mile Bayou, Caddo Parish, Louisiana.
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Sec. 326. West Bank of the Mississippi River (East of Harvey Canal), Louisiana.

Sec. 327. Tolchester Channel, Baltimore Harbor and channels, Chesapeake Bay,

Kent County, Maryland.

Sec. 328. Sault Sainte Marie, Chippewa County, Michigan.

Sec. 329. Jackson County, Mississippi.

Sec. 330. Tunica Lake, Mississippi.

Sec. 331. Bois Brule Drainage and Levee District, Missouri.

Sec. 332. Meramec River Basin, Valley Park Levee, Missouri.

Sec. 333. Missouri River mitigation project, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska.

Sec. 334. Wood River, Grand Island, Nebraska.

Sec. 335. Absecon Island, New Jersey.

Sec. 336. New York Harbor and Adjacent Channels, Port Jersey, New Jersey

Sec. 337. Passaic River, New Jersey.

Sec. 338. Sandy Hook to Barnegat Inlet, New Jersey.

Sec. 339. Arthur Kill, New York and New Jersey.

Sec. 340. New York City watershed.

Sec. 341. New York State Canal System.

Sec. 342. Fire Island Inlet to Montauk Point, New york.

Sec. 343. Broken Bow Lake, Red River Basin, Oklahoma.

Sec. 344. Willamette River temperature control, Mckenzie Subbasin, Oregon.

Sec. 345. Aylesworth Creek Reservoir, Pennsylvania.

Sec. 346. Curwensville Lake, Pennsylvania.

Sec. 347. Delaware River, Pennsylvania and Delaware.

Sec. 348. Mussers Dam, Pennsylvania.

Sec. 349. Nine-Mile Run, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

Sec. 350. Raystown Lake, Pennsylvania.

Sec. 351. South Central Pennsylvania.

Sec. 352. Cooper River, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina.

Sec. 353. Bowie County Levee, Texas.

Sec. 354. Clear Creek, Texas.

Sec. 355. Cypress Creek, Texas.

Sec. 356. Dallas Floodway Extension, Dallas, Texas.

Sec. 357. Upper Jordan River, Utah.

Sec. 358. Elizabeth River, Chesapeake, Virginia.

Sec. 359. Bluestone Lake, Ohio River Basin, West Virginia.

Sec. 360. Greenbrier Basin, West Virginia.

Sec. 361. Moorefield, West Virginia.

Sec. 362. West Virginia and Pennsylvania Flood Control.

Sec. 363. Project reauthorizations.

Sec. 364. Project deauthorizations.

Sec. 365. American and Sacramento Rivers, California.

Sec. 366. Martin, Kentucky.

Sec. 367. Southern West Virginia pilot program.

Sec. 368. Black Warrior and Tombigbee Rivers, Jackson, Alabama.

Sec. 369. Tropicana Wash and Flamingo Wash, Nevada.

Sec. 370. Comite River, Louisiana.

Sec. 371. St. Mary’s River, Michigan.

Sec. 372. City of Charlxvoix: reimbursement, Michigan.

TITLE IV—STUDIES

Sec. 401. Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers levees and streambanks protection.

Sec. 402. Upper Mississippi River comprehensive plan.
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Sec. 403. El Dorado, Union County, Arkansas.

Sec. 404. Sweetwater Reservoir, San Diego County, California.

Sec. 405. Whitewater River Basin, California.

Sec. 406. Little Econlackhatchee River Basin, Florida.

Sec. 407. Port Everglades Inlet, Florida.

Sec. 408. Upper Des Plaines River and tributaries, Illinois and Wisconsin.

Sec. 409. Cameron Parish west of Calcasieu River, Louisiana.

Sec. 410. Grand Isle and vicinity, Louisiana.

Sec. 411. Lake Pontchartrain seawall, Louisiana.

Sec. 412. Westport, Massachusetts.

Sec. 413. Southwest Valley, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Sec. 414. Cayuga Creek, New York.

Sec. 415. Arcola Creek Watershed, Madison, Ohio.

Sec. 416. Western Lake Erie Basin, Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan.

Sec. 417. Schuylkill River, Norristown, Pennsylvania.

Sec. 418. Lakes Marion and Moultrie, South Carolina.

Sec. 419. Day County, South Dakota.

Sec. 420. Corpus Christi, Texas.

Sec. 421. Mitchell’s Cut Channel (Caney Fork Cut), Texas.

Sec. 422. Mouth of Colorado River, Texas.

Sec. 423. Kanawha River, Fayette County, West Virginia.

Sec. 424. West Virginia ports.

Sec. 425. Great Lakes region comprehensive study.

Sec. 426. Nutrient loading resulting from dredged material disposal.

Sec. 427. Santee Delta focus area, South Carolina.

Sec. 428. Del Norte County, California.

Sec. 429. St. Clair River and Lake St. Clair, Michigan.

Sec. 430. Cumberland County, Tennessee.

TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Sec. 501. Corps assumption of NRCS projects.

Sec. 502. Construction assistance.

Sec. 503. Contaminated sediment dredging technology.

Sec. 504. Dam safety.

Sec. 505. Great Lakes remedial action plans.

Sec. 506. Sea Lamprey control measures in the Great Lakes.

Sec. 507. Maintenance of navigation channels.

Sec. 508. Measurement of Lake Michigan diversions.

Sec. 509. Upper Mississippi River environmental management program.

Sec. 510. Atlantic Coast of New York monitoring.

Sec. 511. Water control management.

Sec. 512. Beneficial use of dredged material.

Sec. 513. Design and construction assistance.

Sec. 514. Lower Missouri River aquatic restoration projects.

Sec. 515. Aquatic resources restoration in the Northwest.

Sec. 516. Innovative technologies for watershed restoration.

Sec. 517. Environmental restoration.

Sec. 518. Expedited consideration of certain projects.

Sec. 519. Dog River, Alabama.

Sec. 520. Elba, Alabama.

Sec. 521. Geneva, Alabama.

Sec. 522. Navajo Reservation, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah.

Sec. 523. Augusta and Devalls Bluff, Arkansas.

Sec. 524. Beaver Lake, Arkansas.
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Sec. 525. Beaver Lake trout production facility, Arkansas.

Sec. 526. Chino Dairy Preserve, California.

Sec. 527. Novato, California.

Sec. 528. Orange and San Diego Counties, California.

Sec. 529. Salton Sea, California.

Sec. 530. Santa Cruz Harbor, California.

Sec. 531. Point Beach, Milford, Connecticut.

Sec. 532. Lower St. Johns River Basin, Florida.

Sec. 533. Shoreline protection and environmental restoration, Lake Allatoona,

Georgia.

Sec. 534. Mayo’s Bar Lock and Dam, Coosa River, Rome, Georgia.

Sec. 535. Comprehensive flood impact response modeling system, Coralville Reservoir and Iowa River Watershed, Iowa.

Sec. 536. Additional construction assistance in Illinois.

Sec. 537. Kanopolis Lake, Kansas.

Sec. 538. Southern and Eastern Kentucky.

Sec. 539. Southeast Louisiana.

Sec. 540. Snug Harbor, Maryland.

Sec. 541. Welch Point, Elk River, Cecil County, and Chesapeake City, Maryland.

Sec. 542. West View Shores, Cecil County, Maryland.

Sec. 543. Restoration projects for Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.

Sec. 544. Cape Cod Canal Railroad Bridge, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts.

Sec. 545. St. Louis, Missouri.

Sec. 546. Beaver Branch of Big Timber Creek, New Jersey.

Sec. 547. Lake Ontario and St. Lawrence River water levels, New York.

Sec. 548. New York-New Jersey Harbor, New York and New Jersey.

Sec. 549. Sea Gate Reach, Coney Island, New York, New York.

Sec. 550. Woodlawn, New York.

Sec. 551. Floodplain mapping, New York.

Sec. 552. White Oak River, North Carolina.

Sec. 553. Toussaint River, Carroll Township, Ottawa County, Ohio.

Sec. 554. Sardis Reservoir, Oklahoma.

Sec. 555. Waurika Lake, Oklahoma, water conveyance facilities.

Sec. 556. Skinner Butte Park, Eugene, Oregon.

Sec. 557. Willamette River basin, Oregon.

Sec. 558. Bradford and Sullivan Counties, Pennsylvania.

Sec. 559. Erie Harbor, Pennsylvania.

Sec. 560. Point Marion Lock And Dam, Pennsylvania.

Sec. 561. Seven Points’ Harbor, Pennsylvania.

Sec. 562. Southeastern Pennsylvania.

Sec. 563. Upper Susquehanna-Lackawanna watershed restoration initiative.

Sec. 564. Aguadilla Harbor, Puerto Rico.

Sec. 565. Oahe Dam to Lake Sharpe, South Dakota, study.

Sec. 566. Integrated water management planning, Texas.

Sec. 567. Bolivar Peninsula, Jefferson, Chambers, and Galveston Counties, Texas.

Sec. 568. Galveston Beach, Galveston County, Texas.

Sec. 569. Packery Channel, Corpus Christi, Texas.

Sec. 570. Northern West Virginia.

Sec. 571. Urbanized peak flood management research.

Sec. 572. Mississippi River Commission.

Sec. 573. Coastal aquatic habitat management.

Sec. 574. West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.

Sec. 575. Abandoned and inactive noncoal mine restoration.

Sec. 576. Beneficial use of waste tire rubber.

Sec. 577. Site designation.
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Sec. 578. Land conveyances.

Sec. 579. Namings.

Sec. 580. Folsom Dam and Reservoir additional storage and additional flood control studies.

Sec. 581. Wallops Island, Virginia.

Sec. 582. Detroit River, Detroit, Michigan.

Sec. 583. Northeastern Minnesota.

Sec. 584. Alaska.

Sec. 585. Central West Virginia.

Sec. 586. Sacramento Metropolitan area watershed restoration, California.

Sec. 587. Onondaga Lake.

Sec. 588. East Lynn Lake, West Virginia.

Sec. 589. Eel River, California.

Sec. 590. North Little Rock, Arkansas.

Sec. 591. Upper Mississippi River, Mississippi Place, St. Paul, Minnesota.

1 SEC. 2. SECRETARY DEFINED.

2 In this Act, the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary

3 of the Army.

4 TITLE I—WATER RESOURCES

5 PROJECTS

6 SEC. 101. PROJECT AUTHORIZATIONS.

7 (a) PROJECTS WITH CHIEF’S REPORTS.—The fol8 lowing projects for water resources development and con9 servation and other purposes are authorized to be carried

10 out by the Secretary substantially in accordance with the

11 plans, and subject to the conditions, described in the respec12 tive reports designated in this subsection:

13 (1) SAND POINT HARBOR, ALASKA.—The project

14 for navigation, Sand Point Harbor, Alaska: Report of

15 the Chief of Engineers dated October 13, 1998, at a

16 total cost of $11,760,000, with an estimated Federal

17 cost of $6,964,000 and an estimated non-Federal cost

18 of $4,796,000.
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1 (2) RIO SALADO, SALT RIVER, PHOENIX AND

2 TEMPE, ARIZONA.—The project for flood control and

3 environmental restoration, Rio Salado, Salt River,

4 Phoenix and Tempe, Arizona: Report of the Chief of

5 Engineers dated August 20, 1998, at a total cost of

6 $88,048,000, with an estimated Federal cost of

7 $56,355,000 and an estimated non-Federal cost of

8 $31,693,000.

9 (3) TUCSON DRAINAGE AREA, ARIZONA.—The

10 project for flood control, Tucson drainage area, Ari11 zona: Report of the Chief of Engineers, dated May 20,

12 1998, at a total cost of $29,900,000, with an esti13 mated Federal cost of $16,768,000 and an estimated

14 non-Federal cost of $13,132,000.

15 (4) AMERICAN RIVER WATERSHED, CALI16 FORNIA.—

17 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Folsom Dam Modi18 fication portion of the Folsom Modification Plan

19 described in the United States Army Corps of

20 Engineers Supplemental Information Report for

21 the American River Watershed Project, Cali22 fornia, dated March 1996, as modified by the re23 port entitled ‘‘Folsom Dam Modification Report,

24 New Outlets Plan,’’ dated March 1998, prepared

25 by the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency,
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1 at an estimated cost of $150,000,000, with an es2 timated Federal cost of $97,500,000 and an esti3 mated non-Federal cost of $52,500,000. The Sec4 retary shall coordinate with the Secretary of the

5 Interior with respect to the design and construc6 tion of modifications at Folsom Dam authorized

7 by this paragraph.

8 (B) REOPERATION MEASURES.—Upon com9 pletion of the improvements to Folsom Dam au10 thorized by subparagraph (A), the variable space

11 allocated to flood control within the Reservoir

12 shall be reduced from the current operating

13 range of 400,000-670,000 acre-feet to 400,000-

14 600,000 acre-feet.

15 (C) MAKEUP OF WATER SHORTAGES

16 CAUSED BY FLOOD CONTROL OPERATION.—The

17 Secretary of the Interior shall enter into, or mod18 ify, such agreements with the Sacramento Area

19 Flood Control Agency regarding the operation of

20 Folsom Dam and reservoir as may be necessary

21 in order that, notwithstanding any prior agree22 ment or provision of law, 100 percent of the

23 water needed to make up for any water shortage

24 caused by variable flood control operation during

25 any year at Folsom Dam and resulting in a sig-
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1 nificant impact on recreation at Folsom Res2 ervoir shall be replaced, to the extent the water

3 is available for purchase, by the Secretary of the

4 Interior.

5 (D) SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON RECRE6 ATION.—For the purposes of this paragraph, a

7 significant impact on recreation is defined as

8 any impact that results in a lake elevation at

9 Folsom Reservoir below 435 feet above sea level

10 starting on May 15 and ending on September 15

11 of any given year.

12 (5) OAKLAND HARBOR, CALIFORNIA.—The project

13 for navigation, Oakland Harbor, California: Report

14 of the Chief of Engineers dated April 21, 1999, at a

15 total cost of $252,290,000, with an estimated Federal

16 cost of $128,081,000 and an estimated non-Federal

17 cost of $124,209,000.

18 (6) SOUTH SACRAMENTO COUNTY STREAMS,

19 CALIFORNIA.—The project for flood control, environ20 mental restoration and recreation, South Sacramento

21 County streams, California: Report of the Chief of

22 Engineers dated October 6, 1998, at a total cost of

23 $65,500,000, with an estimated Federal cost of

24 $41,200,000 and an estimated non-Federal cost of

25 $24,300,000.
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1 (7) UPPER GUADALUPE RIVER, CALIFORNIA.—

2 The project for flood control and recreation, Upper

3 Guadalupe River, California: Locally Preferred Plan

4 (known as the ‘‘Bypass Channel Plan’’), Report of the

5 Chief of Engineers dated August 19, 1998, at a total

6 cost of $140,328,000, with an estimated Federal cost

7 of $70,164,000 and an estimated non-Federal cost of

8 $70,164,000.

9 (8) YUBA RIVER BASIN, CALIFORNIA.—The

10 project for flood control, Yuba River Basin, Cali11 fornia: Report of the Chief of Engineers dated Novem12 ber 25, 1998, at a total cost of $26,600,000, with an

13 estimated Federal cost of $17,350,000 and an esti14 mated non-Federal cost of $9,250,000.

15 (9) DELAWARE BAY COASTLINE, DELAWARE AND

16 NEW JERSEY-BROADKILL BEACH, DELAWARE.—The

17 project for hurricane and storm damage reduction,

18 Delaware Bay coastline, Delaware and New Jersey19 Broadkill Beach, Delaware: Report of the Chief of En20 gineers dated August 17, 1998, at a total cost of

21 $9,049,000, with an estimated Federal cost of

22 $5,674,000 and an estimated non-Federal cost of

23 $3,375,000, and at an estimated average annual cost

24 of $538,200 for periodic nourishment over the 50-year

25 life of the project, with an estimated annual Federal
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1 cost of $349,800 and an estimated annual non-Fed2 eral cost of $188,400.

3 (10) DELAWARE BAY COASTLINE, DELAWARE AND

4 NEW JERSEY-PORT MAHON, DELAWARE.—The project

5 for ecosystem restoration, Delaware Bay coastline,

6 Delaware and New Jersey-Port Mahon, Delaware: Re7 port of the Chief of Engineers dated September 28,

8 1998, at a total cost of $7,644,000, with an estimated

9 Federal cost of $4,969,000 and an estimated non-Fed10 eral cost of $2,675,000, and at an estimated average

11 annual cost of $234,000 for periodic nourishment over

12 the 50-year life of the project, with an estimated an13 nual Federal cost of $152,000 and an estimated an14 nual non-Federal cost of $82,000.

15 (11) DELAWARE BAY COASTLINE, DELAWARE AND

16 NEW JERSEY-ROOSEVELT INLET-LEWES BEACH, DELA17 WARE.—The project for navigation mitigation and

18 hurricane and storm damage reduction, Delaware

19 Bay coastline, Delaware and New Jersey-Roosevelt

20 Inlet-Lewes Beach, Delaware: Report of the Chief of

21 Engineers dated February 3, 1999, at a total cost of

22 $3,393,000, with an estimated Federal cost of

23 $2,620,000 and an estimated non-Federal cost of

24 $773,000, and at an estimated average annual cost of

25 $196,000 for periodic nourishment over the 50-year
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1 life of the project, with an estimated annual Federal

2 cost of $152,000 and an estimated annual non-Fed3 eral cost of $44,000.

4 (12) DELAWARE BAY COASTLINE, DELAWARE AND

5 NEW JERSEY-VILLAS AND VICINITY, NEW JERSEY.—

6 The project for shore protection and ecosystem res7 toration, Delaware Bay coastline, Delaware and New

8 Jersey-Villas and vicinity, New Jersey: Report of the

9 Chief of Engineers dated April 21, 1999, at a total

10 cost of $7,520,000, with an estimated Federal cost of

11 $4,888,000 and an estimated non-Federal cost of

12 $2,632,000.

13 (13) DELAWARE COAST FROM CAPE HENELOPEN

14 TO FENWICK ISLAND, BETHANY BEACH/SOUTH BETH15 ANY BEACH, DELAWARE.—The project for hurricane

16 and storm damage reduction, Delaware Coast from

17 Cape Henelopen to Fenwick Island, Bethany Beach/

18 South Bethany Beach, Delaware: Report of the Chief

19 of Engineers dated April 21, 1999, at a total cost of

20 $22,205,000, with an estimated Federal cost of

21 $14,433,000 and an estimated non-Federal cost of

22 $7,772,000, and at an estimated average annual cost

23 of $1,584,000 for periodic nourishment over the 50-

24 year life of the project, with an estimated annual
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1 Federal cost of $1,030,000 and an estimated annual

2 non-Federal cost of $554,000.

3 (14) JACKSONVILLE HARBOR, FLORIDA.—

4 (A) IN GENERAL.—The project for naviga5 tion, Jacksonville Harbor, Florida: Report of the

6 Chief of Engineers April 21, 1999, at a total cost

7 of $26,116,000, with an estimated Federal cost of

8 $9,129,000 and an estimated non-Federal cost of

9 $16,987,000.

10 (B) SPECIAL RULE.—Notwithstanding sub11 paragraph (A), the Secretary may construct the

12 project to a depth of 40 feet if the non-Federal

13 interest agrees to pay any additional costs above

14 those for the recommended plan.

15 (15) TAMPA HARBOR-BIG BEND CHANNEL, FLOR16 IDA.—The project for navigation, Tampa Harbor-Big

17 Bend Channel, Florida: Report of the Chief of Engi18 neers dated October 13, 1998, at a total cost of

19 $9,356,000, with an estimated Federal cost of

20 $6,235,000 and an estimated non-Federal cost of

21 $3,121,000.

22 (16) BRUNSWICK HARBOR, GEORGIA.—The

23 project for navigation, Brunswick Harbor, Georgia:

24 Report of the Chief of Engineers dated October 6,

25 1998, at a total cost of $50,717,000, with an estimate
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1 Federal cost of $32,966,000 and an estimated non2 Federal cost of $17,751,000.

3 (17) BEARGRASS CREEK, KENTUCKY.—The

4 project for flood control, Beargrass Creek, Kentucky:

5 Report of the Chief of Engineers, dated May 12, 1998,

6 at a total cost of $11,171,300, with an estimated Fed7 eral cost of $7,261,500 and an estimated non-Federal

8 cost of $3,909,800.

9 (18) AMITE RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES, LOU10 ISIANA.—The project for flood control, Amite River

11 and tributaries, Louisiana: Report of the Chief of En12 gineers dated December 23, 1996, at a total cost of

13 $112,900,000, with an estimated Federal cost of

14 $84,675,000 and an estimated non-Federal cost of

15 $28,225,000. Cost sharing for the project shall be de16 termined in accordance with section 103(a) of the

17 Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C.

18 2213), as in effect on October 11, 1996.

19 (19) BALTIMORE HARBOR ANCHORAGES AND

20 CHANNELS, MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA.—The project for

21 navigation, Baltimore harbor anchorages and chan22 nels, Maryland and Virginia: Report of the Chief of

23 Engineers, dated June 8, 1998, at a total cost of

24 $28,430,000, with an estimated Federal cost of
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1 $19,000,000 and an estimated non-Federal cost of

2 $9,430,000.

3 (20) RED RIVER LAKE AT CROOKSTON, MIN4 NESOTA.—The project for flood control, Red River

5 Lake at Crookston, Minnesota: Report of the Chief of

6 Engineers, dated April 20, 1998, at a total cost of

7 $8,950,000, with an estimated Federal cost of

8 $5,720,000 and an estimated non-Federal cost of

9 $3,230,000.

10 (21) TURKEY CREEK BASIN, KANSAS CITY, MIS11 SOURI, AND KANSAS CITY, KANSAS.—The project for

12 flood damage reduction, Turkey Creek Basin, Kansas

13 City, Missouri, and Kansas City, Kansas: Report of

14 the Chief of Engineers dated April 21, 1999, at a

15 total cost of $42,875,000, with an estimated Federal

16 cost of $25,596,000 and an estimated non-Federal cost

17 of $17,279,000.

18 (22) LOWER CAPE MAY MEADOWS, CAPE MAY

19 POINT, NEW JERSEY.—The project for navigation

20 mitigation, ecosystem restoration, and hurricane and

21 storm damage reduction, Lower Cape May Meadows,

22 Cape May Point, New Jersey: Report of the Chief of

23 Engineers dated April 5, 1999, at a total cost of

24 $15,952,000, with an estimated Federal cost of

25 $12,118,000 and an estimated non-Federal cost of
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1 $3,834,000, and at an estimated average annual cost

2 of $1,114,000 for periodic nourishment over the 50-

3 year life of the project, with an estimated annual

4 Federal cost of $897,000 and an estimated annual

5 non-Federal cost of $217,000.

6 (23) NEW JERSEY SHORE PROTECTION: TOWN7 SENDS INLET TO CAPE MAY INLET, NEW JERSEY.—

8 The project for hurricane and storm damage reduc9 tion and ecosystem restoration, New Jersey Shore

10 Protection: Townsends Inlet to Cape May Inlet, New

11 Jersey: Report of the Chief of Engineers dated Sep12 tember 28, 1998, at a total cost of $56,503,000, with

13 an estimated Federal cost of $36,727,000 and an esti14 mated non-Federal cost of $19,776,000, and at an es15 timated average annual cost of $2,000,000 for peri16 odic nourishment over the 50-year life of the project,

17 with an estimated annual Federal cost of $1,300,000

18 and an estimated annual non-Federal cost of

19 $700,000.

20 (24) GUANAJIBO RIVER, PUERTO RICO.—The

21 project for flood control, Guanajibo River, Puerto

22 Rico: Report of the Chief of Engineers, dated Feb23 ruary 27, 1996, at a total cost of $27,031,000, with

24 an estimated Federal cost of $20,273,250 and an esti25 mated non-Federal cost of $6,757,750. Cost sharing
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1 for the project shall be determined in accordance with

2 section 103(a) of the Water Resources Development

3 Act 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2213) as in effect on October 11,

4 1986.

5 (25) RIO GRANDE DE MANATI, BARCELONETA,

6 PUERTO RICO.—The project for flood control, Rio

7 Grande De Manati, Barceloneta, Puerto Rico: Report

8 of the Chief of Engineers, dated January 22, 1999, at

9 a total cost of $13,491,000, with an estimated Federal

10 cost of $8,785,000 and an estimated non-Federal cost

11 of $4,706,000.

12 (26) RIO NIGUA AT SALINAS, PUERTO RICO.—The

13 project for flood control, Rio Nigua at Salinas, Puerto

14 Rico: Report of the Chief of Engineers, dated April

15 15, 1997, at a total cost of $13,702,000, with an esti16 mated Federal cost of $7,645,000 and an estimated

17 non-Federal cost of $6,057,000.

18 (27) SALT CREEK, GRAHAM, TEXAS.—The project

19 for flood control, environmental restoration and recre20 ation, Salt Creek, Graham, Texas: Report of the Chief

21 of Engineers dated October 6, 1998, at a total cost of

22 $10,080,000, with an estimated Federal cost of

23 $6,560,000 and an estimated non-Federal cost of

24 $3,520,000.
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1 (b) PROJECTS SUBJECT TO REPORT.—The following

2 projects for water resources development and conservation

3 and other purposes are authorized to be carried out by the

4 Secretary substantially in accordance with the plans, and

5 subject to the conditions, recommended in a final report of

6 the Corps of Engineers, if the report is completed not later

7 than September 30, 1999.

8 (1) NOME, ALASKA.—The project for navigation,

9 Nome, Alaska, at a total cost of $24,608,000, with an

10 estimated Federal cost of $19,660,000 and an esti11 mated non-Federal cost of $4,948,000.

12 (2) SEWARD HARBOR, ALASKA.—The project for

13 navigation, Seward Harbor, Alaska, at a total cost of

14 $12,240,000, with an estimated Federal cost of

15 $4,364,000 and an estimated non-Federal cost of

16 $7,876,000.

17 (3) HAMILTON AIRFIELD, CALIFORNIA.—The

18 project for wetlands restoration, Hamilton Airfield,

19 California, at a total cost of $55,200,000, with an es20 timated Federal cost of $41,400,000 and an estimated

21 non-Federal cost of $13,800,000.

22 (4) DELAWARE BAY COASTLINE, DELAWARE AND

23 NEW JERSEY: OAKWOOD BEACH, NEW JERSEY.—The

24 project for shore protection, Delaware Bay Coastline,

25 Delaware and New Jersey: Oakwood Beach, New Jer-
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1 sey, at a total cost of $3,360,000, with an estimated

2 Federal cost of $2,184,000 and an estimated non-Fed3 eral cost of $1,176,000.

4 (5) DELAWARE BAY COASTLINE, DELAWARE AND

5 NEW JERSEY: REEDS BEACH AND PIERCES POINT,

6 NEW JERSEY.—The project for shore protection and

7 ecosystem restoration, Delaware Bay Coastline, Dela8 ware and New Jersey: Reeds Beach and Pierces

9 Point, New Jersey, at a total cost of $4,057,000, with

10 an estimated Federal cost of $2,637,000 and an esti11 mated non-Federal cost of $1,420,000.

12 (6) LITTLE TALBOT ISLAND, DUVAL COUNTY,

13 FLORIDA.—The project for hurricane and storm dam14 age prevention, Little Talbot Island, Duval County,

15 Florida, at a total cost of $5,915,000, with an esti16 mated Federal cost of $3,839,000 and an estimated

17 non-Federal cost of $2,076,000.

18 (7) PONCE DE LEON INLET, FLORIDA.—The

19 project for navigation and related purposes, Ponce de

20 Leon Inlet, Volusia County, Florida, at a total cost

21 of $5,454,000, with an estimated Federal cost of

22 $2,988,000 and an estimated non-Federal cost of

23 $2,466,000.

24 (8) SAVANNAH HARBOR EXPANSION, GEORGIA.—
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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph

2 (B), the project for navigation, Savannah Har3 bor expansion, Georgia, including implementa4 tion of the mitigation plan, with such modifica5 tions as the Secretary deems appropriate, at a

6 total cost of $230,174,000 (of which amount a

7 portion is authorized for implementation of the

8 mitigation plan), with an estimated Federal cost

9 of $145,160,000 and an estimated non-Federal

10 cost of $85,014,000.

11 (B) CONDITIONS.—The project authorized

12 by subparagraph (A) may be carried out only

13 after—

14 (i) the Secretary, in consultation with

15 affected Federal, State of Georgia, State of

16 South Carolina, regional, and local entities,

17 has reviewed and approved an environ18 mental impact statement for the project that

19 includes—

20 (I) an analysis of the impacts of

21 project depth alternatives ranging from

22 42 feet through 48 feet; and

23 (II) a selected plan for navigation

24 and an associated mitigation plan as

25 required by section 906(a) of the Water
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1 Resources Development Act of 1986 (33

2 U.S.C. 2283); and

3 (ii) the Secretary of the Interior, the

4 Secretary of Commerce, the Administrator

5 of the Environmental Protection Agency,

6 and the Secretary have approved the se7 lected plan and have determined that the

8 mitigation plan adequately addresses the

9 potential environmental impacts of the

10 project.

11 (C) MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS.—The

12 mitigation plan shall be implemented in advance

13 of or concurrently with construction of the

14 project.

15 (9) DES PLAINES RIVER, ILLINOIS.—The project

16 for flood control, Des Plaines River, Illinois, at a

17 total cost of $44,300,000 with an estimated Federal

18 cost of $28,800,000 and an estimated non-Federal cost

19 of $15,500,000.

20 (10) NEW JERSEY SHORE PROTECTION, BRIGAN21 TINE INLET TO GREAT EGG HARBOR, BRIGANTINE IS22 LAND, NEW JERSEY.—The project for hurricane and

23 storm damage reduction, New Jersey shore protection,

24 Brigantine Inlet to Great Egg Harbor, Brigantine Is25 land, New Jersey, at a total cost of $4,970,000, with
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1 an estimated Federal cost of $3,230,000 and an esti2 mated non-Federal cost of $1,740,000, and at an esti3 mated average annual cost of $465,000 for periodic

4 nourishment over the 50-year life of the project, with

5 an estimated annual Federal cost of $302,000 and an

6 estimated annual non-Federal cost of $163,000.

7 (11) COLUMBIA RIVER CHANNEL, OREGON AND

8 WASHINGTON.—The project for navigation, Columbia

9 River Channel, Oregon and Washington, at a total

10 cost of $183,623,000 with an estimated Federal cost

11 $106,132,000 and an estimated non-Federal cost of

12 $77,491,000.

13 (12) JOHNSON CREEK, ARLINGTON, TEXAS.—The

14 locally preferred project for flood control, Johnson

15 Creek, Arlington, Texas, at a total cost of

16 $20,300,000, with an estimated Federal cost of

17 $12,000,000 and an estimated non-Federal cost of

18 $8,300,000.

19 (13) HOWARD HANSON DAM, WASHINGTON.—The

20 project for water supply and ecosystem restoration,

21 Howard Hanson Dam, Washington, at a total cost of

22 $75,600,000, with an estimated Federal cost of

23 $36,900,000 and an estimated non-Federal cost of

24 $38,700,000.
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1 SEC. 102. SMALL FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS.

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct a

3 study for each of the following projects and, after completion

4 of such study, shall carry out the project under section 205

5 of the Flood Control Act of 1948 (33 U.S.C. 701s):

6 (1) LANCASTER, CALIFORNIA.—Project for flood

7 control, Lancaster, California, westside stormwater

8 retention facility.

9 (2) GATEWAY TRIANGLE AREA, FLORIDA.—

10 Project for flood control, Gateway Triangle area, Col11 lier County, Florida.

12 (3) PLANT CITY, FLORIDA.—Project for flood con13 trol, Plant City, Florida.

14 (4) STONE ISLAND, LAKE MONROE, FLORIDA.—

15 Project for flood control, Stone Island, Lake Monroe,

16 Florida.

17 (5) OHIO RIVER, ILLINOIS.—Project for flood

18 control, Ohio River, Illinois.

19 (6) REPAUPO CREEK, NEW JERSEY.—Project for

20 flood control, Repaupo Creek, New Jersey.

21 (7) OWASCO LAKE SEAWALL, NEW YORK.—

22 Project for flood control, Owasco Lake seawall, New

23 York.

24 (8) PORT CLINTON, OHIO.—Project for flood con25 trol, Port Clinton, Ohio.
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1 (9) NORTH CANADIAN RIVER, OKLAHOMA.—

2 Project for flood control, North Canadian River, Okla3 homa.

4 (10) ABINGTON TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA.—

5 Project for flood control, Baeder and Wanamaker

6 Roads, Abington Township, Pennsylvania.

7 (11) PORT INDIAN, WEST NORRITON TOWNSHIP,

8 MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.—Project for

9 flood control, Port Indian, West Norriton Township,

10 Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

11 (12) PORT PROVIDENCE, UPPER PROVIDENCE

12 TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA.—Project for flood control,

13 Port Providence, Upper Providence Township, Penn14 sylvania.

15 (13) SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP, MONTGOMERY

16 COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.—Project for flood control,

17 Springfield Township, Montgomery County, Pennsyl18 vania.

19 (14) FIRST CREEK, KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE.—

20 Project for flood control, First Creek, Knoxville, Ten21 nessee.

22 (15) METRO CENTER LEVEE, CUMBERLAND

23 RIVER, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.—Project for flood

24 control, Metro Center Levee, Cumberland River, Nash25 ville, Tennessee.
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1 (b) FESTUS AND CRYSTAL CITY, MISSOURI.—

2 (1) MAXIMUM FEDERAL EXPENDITURE.—The

3 maximum amount of Federal funds that may be ex4 pended for the project for flood control, Festus and

5 Crystal City, Missouri, shall be $10,000,000.

6 (2) REVISION OF PROJECT COOPERATION AGREE7 MENT.—The Secretary shall revise the project coopera8 tion agreement for the project referred to in para9 graph (1) to take into account the change in the Fed10 eral participation in such project pursuant to para11 graph (1).

12 (3) COST SHARING.—Nothing in this section

13 shall be construed to affect any cost-sharing require14 ment applicable to the project referred to in para15 graph (1) under the Water Resources Development Act

16 of 1986.

17 SEC. 103. SMALL BANK STABILIZATION PROJECTS.

18 The Secretary shall conduct a study for each of the

19 following projects and, after completion of such study, shall

20 carry out the project under section 14 of the Flood Control

21 Act of 1946 (33 U.S.C. 701r):

22 (1) SAINT JOSEPH RIVER, INDIANA.—Project for

23 streambank erosion control, Saint Joseph River, Indi24 ana.
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1 (2) SAGINAW RIVER, BAY CITY, MICHIGAN.—

2 Project for streambank erosion control, Saginaw

3 River, Bay City, Michigan.

4 (3) BIG TIMBER CREEK, NEW JERSEY.—Project

5 for streambank erosion control, Big Timber Creek,

6 New Jersey.

7 (4) LAKE SHORE ROAD, ATHOL SPRINGS, NEW

8 YORK.—Project for streambank erosion control, Lake

9 Shore Road, Athol Springs, New York.

10 (5) MARIST COLLEGE, POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW

11 YORK.—Project for streambank erosion control, Marist

12 College, Poughkeepsie, New York.

13 (6) MONROE COUNTY, OHIO.—Project for

14 streambank erosion control, Monroe County, Ohio.

15 (7) GREEN VALLEY, WEST VIRGINIA.—Project for

16 streambank erosion control, Green Valley, West Vir17 ginia.

18 SEC. 104. SMALL NAVIGATION PROJECTS.

19 The Secretary shall conduct a study for each of the

20 following projects and, after completion of such study, shall

21 carry out the project under section 107 of the River and

22 Harbor Act of 1960 (33 U.S.C. 577):

23 (1) GRAND MARAIS, ARKANSAS.—Project for

24 navigation, Grand Marais, Arkansas.
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1 (2) FIELDS LANDING CHANNEL, HUMBOLDT HAR2 BOR, CALIFORNIA.—Project for navigation, Fields

3 Landing Channel, Humboldt Harbor, California.

4 (3) SAN MATEO (PILLAR POINT HARBOR), CALI5 FORNIA.—Project for navigation San Mateo (Pillar

6 Point Harbor), California.

7 (4) AGANA MARINA, GUAM.—Project for naviga8 tion, Agana Marina, Guam.

9 (5) AGAT MARINA, GUAM.—Project for naviga10 tion, Agat Marina, Guam.

11 (6) APRA HARBOR FUEL PIERS, GUAM.—Project

12 for navigation, Apra Harbor Fuel Piers, Guam.

13 (7) APRA HARBOR PIER F–6, GUAM.—Project for

14 navigation, Apra Harbor Pier F–6, Guam.

15 (8) APRA HARBOR SEAWALL, GUAM.—Project for

16 navigation including a seawall, Apra Harbor, Guam.

17 (9) GUAM HARBOR, GUAM.—Project for naviga18 tion, Guam Harbor, Guam.

19 (10) ILLINOIS RIVER NEAR CHAUTAUQUA PARK,

20 ILLINOIS.—Project for navigation, Illinois River near

21 Chautauqua Park, Illinois.

22 (11) WHITING SHORELINE WATERFRONT, WHIT23 ING, INDIANA.—Project for navigation, Whiting

24 Shoreline Waterfront, Whiting, Indiana.
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1 (12) NARAGUAGUS RIVER, MACHIAS, MAINE.—

2 Project for navigation, Naraguagus River, Machias,

3 Maine.

4 (13) UNION RIVER, ELLSWORTH, MAINE.—Project

5 for navigation, Union River, Ellsworth, Maine.

6 (14) DETROIT WATERFRONT, MICHIGAN.—Project

7 for navigation, Detroit River, Michigan, including

8 dredging and removal of a reef.

9 (15) FORTESCUE INLET, DELAWARE BAY, NEW

10 JERSEY.—Project for navigation for Fortescue Inlet,

11 Delaware Bay, New Jersey.

12 (16) BUFFALO AND LASALLE PARK, NEW YORK.—

13 Project for navigation, Buffalo and LaSalle Park,

14 New York.

15 (17) STURGEON POINT, NEW YORK.—Project for

16 navigation, Sturgeon Point, New York.

17 (18) FAIRPORT HARBOR, OHIO.—Project for

18 navigation, Fairport Harbor, Ohio, including a recre19 ation channel.

20 SEC. 105. SMALL PROJECTS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF THE EN21 VIRONMENT.

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct a

23 study for each of the following projects and, after completion

24 of such study, shall carry out the project under section 1135
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1 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C.

2 2309a):

3 (1) ILLINOIS RIVER IN THE VICINITY OF HAVANA,

4 ILLINOIS.—Project for the improvement of the envi5 ronment, Illinois River in the vicinity of Havana, Il6 linois.

7 (2) KNITTING MILL CREEK, VIRGINIA.—Project

8 for the improvement of the environment, Knitting

9 Mill Creek, Virginia.

10 (b) PINE FLAT DAM, KINGS RIVER, CALIFORNIA.—The

11 Secretary shall carry out under section 1135(a) of the Water

12 Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2309a(a))

13 a project to construct a turbine bypass at Pine Flat Dam,

14 Kings River, California, in accordance with the Project

15 Modification Report and Environmental Assessment dated

16 September 1996.

17 SEC. 106. SMALL AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION

18 PROJECTS.

19 The Secretary shall conduct a study for each of the

20 following projects and, after completion of such study, shall

21 carry out the project under section 206 of the Water Re22 sources Development Act of 1996 (33 U.S.C. 2330):

23 (1) CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, BAY DELTA, CALI24 FORNIA.—Project for aquatic ecosystem restoration,

25 Contra Costa County, Bay Delta, California.
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1 (2) INDIAN RIVER, FLORIDA.—Project for aquatic

2 ecosystem restoration and lagoon restoration, Indian

3 River, Florida.

4 (3) LITTLE WEKIVA RIVER, FLORIDA.—Project

5 for aquatic ecosystem restoration and erosion control,

6 Little Wekiva River, Florida.

7 (4) COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS.—Project for aquatic

8 ecosystem restoration and lagoon restoration and pro9 tection, Cook County, Illinois.

10 (5) GRAND BATTURE ISLAND, MISSISSIPPI.—

11 Project for aquatic ecosystem restoration, Grand

12 Batture Island, Mississippi.

13 (6) HANCOCK, HARRISON, AND JACKSON COUN14 TIES, MISSISSIPPI.—Project for aquatic ecosystem res15 toration and reef restoration along the Gulf Coast,

16 Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson Counties, Mis17 sissippi.

18 (7) MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND RIVER DES PERES,

19 ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.—Project for aquatic ecosystem

20 restoration and recreation, Mississippi River and

21 River Des Peres, St. Louis, Missouri.

22 (8) HUDSON RIVER, NEW YORK.—Project for

23 aquatic ecosystem restoration, Hudson River, New

24 York.
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1 (9) ONEIDA LAKE, NEW YORK.—Project for

2 aquatic ecosystem restoration, Oneida Lake, Oneida

3 County, New York.

4 (10) OTSEGO LAKE, NEW YORK.—Project for

5 aquatic ecosystem restoration, Otsego Lake, Otsego

6 County, New York.

7 (11) NORTH FORK OF YELLOW CREEK, OHIO.—

8 Project for aquatic ecosystem restoration, North Fork

9 of Yellow Creek, Ohio.

10 (12) WHEELING CREEK WATERSHED, OHIO.—

11 Project for aquatic ecosystem restoration, Wheeling

12 Creek watershed, Ohio.

13 (13) SPRINGFIELD MILLRACE, OREGON.—Project

14 for aquatic ecosystem restoration, Springfield Mill15 race, Oregon.

16 (14) UPPER AMAZON CREEK, OREGON.—Project

17 for aquatic ecosystem restoration, Upper Amazon

18 Creek, Oregon.

19 (15) LAKE ONTELAUNEE RESERVOIR, BERKS

20 COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.—Project for aquatic eco21 system restoration and distilling pond facilities, Lake

22 Ontelaunee Reservoir, Berks County, Pennsylvania.

23 (16) BLACKSTONE RIVER BASIN, RHODE ISLAND

24 AND MASSACHUSETTS.—Project for aquatic ecosystem
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1 restoration and fish passage facilities, Blackstone

2 River Basin, Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

3 TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS

4 SEC. 201. SMALL FLOOD CONTROL AUTHORITY.

5 Section 205 of the Flood Control Act of 1948 (33

6 U.S.C. 701s) is amended—

7 (1) by striking ‘‘construction of small projects’’

8 and inserting ‘‘implementation of small structural

9 and nonstructural projects’’; and

10 (2) by striking ‘‘$5,000,000’’ and inserting

11 ‘‘$7,000,000’’.

12 SEC. 202. USE OF NON-FEDERAL FUNDS FOR COMPILING

13 AND DISSEMINATING INFORMATION ON

14 FLOODS AND FLOOD DAMAGES.

15 The last sentence of section 206(b) of the Flood Control

16 Act of 1960 (33 U.S.C. 709a(b)) is amended by inserting

17 before the period the following: ‘‘; except that this limitation

18 on fees shall not apply to funds voluntarily contributed by

19 such entities for the purpose of expanding the scope of the

20 services requested by such entities’’.

21 SEC. 203. CONTRIBUTIONS BY STATES AND POLITICAL SUB22 DIVISIONS.

23 Section 5 of the Flood Control Act of June 22, 1936

24 (33 U.S.C. 701h), is amended by inserting ‘‘or environ25 mental restoration’’ after ‘‘flood control’’.
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1 SEC. 204. SEDIMENT DECONTAMINATION TECHNOLOGY.

2 Section 405 of the Water Resources Development Act

3 of 1992 (33 U.S.C. 2239 note; 106 Stat. 4863) is amended—

4 (1) by adding at the end of subsection (a) the fol5 lowing:

6 ‘‘(4) PRACTICAL END-USE PRODUCTS.—Tech7 nologies selected for demonstration at the pilot scale

8 shall be intended to result in practical end-use prod9 ucts.

10 ‘‘(5) ASSISTANCE BY THE SECRETARY.—The Sec11 retary shall assist the project to ensure expeditious

12 completion by providing sufficient quantities of con13 taminated dredged material to conduct the full-scale

14 demonstrations to stated capacity.’’;

15 (2) in subsection (c) by striking the first sentence

16 and inserting the following: ‘‘There is authorized to be

17 appropriated to carry out this section $22,000,000 to

18 complete technology testing, technology commer19 cialization, and the development of full scale proc20 essing facilities within the New York/New Jersey Har21 bor.’’; and

22 (3) by adding at the end the following:

23 ‘‘(e) SUPPORT.—In carrying out the program under

24 this section, the Secretary is encouraged to utilize contracts,

25 cooperative agreements, and grants with colleges and uni26 versities and other non-Federal entities.’’.
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1 SEC. 205. CONTROL OF AQUATIC PLANTS.

2 Section 104 of the River and Harbor Act of 1958 (33

3 U.S.C. 610) is amended—

4 (1) in subsection (a) by inserting ‘‘arundo,’’

5 after ‘‘milfoil,’’;

6 (2) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘$12,000,000’’

7 and inserting ‘‘$15,000,000.’’; and

8 (3) by adding at the end the following:

9 ‘‘(c) SUPPORT.—In carrying out this program, the

10 Secretary is encouraged to utilize contracts, cooperative

11 agreements, and grants with colleges and universities and

12 other non-Federal entities.’’.

13 SEC. 206. USE OF CONTINUING CONTRACTS REQUIRED FOR

14 CONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN PROJECTS.

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi16 sion of law, the Secretary shall not implement a fully allo17 cated funding policy with respect to a water resources

18 project if initiation of construction has occurred but suffi19 cient funds are not available to complete the project. The

20 Secretary shall enter into continuing contracts for such

21 project.

22 (b) INITIATION OF CONSTRUCTION CLARIFIED.—For

23 the purposes of this section, initiation of construction for

24 a project occurs on the date of the enactment of an Act that

25 appropriates funds for the project from one of the following

26 appropriation accounts:
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1 (1) Construction, General.

2 (2) Operation and Maintenance, General.

3 (3) Flood Control, Mississippi River and Tribu4 taries.

5 SEC. 207. SUPPORT OF ARMY CIVIL WORKS PROGRAM.

6 The requirements of section 2361 of title 10, United

7 States Code, shall not apply to any contract, cooperative

8 research and development agreement, cooperative agree9 ment, or grant entered into under section 229 of the Water

10 Resources Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3703) be11 tween the Secretary and Marshall University or entered

12 into under section 350 of this Act between the Secretary

13 and Juniata College.

14 SEC. 208. WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT STUDIES FOR

15 THE PACIFIC REGION.

16 Section 444 of the Water Resources Development Act

17 of 1996 (110 Stat. 3747) is amended by striking ‘‘interest

18 of navigation’’ and inserting ‘‘interests of water resources

19 development, including navigation, flood damage reduction,

20 and environmental restoration’’.

21 SEC. 209. EVERGLADES AND SOUTH FLORIDA ECOSYSTEM

22 RESTORATION.

23 (a) PROGRAM EXTENSION.—Section 528(b)(3) of the

24 Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3769)

25 is amended—
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1 (1) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘1999’’ and

2 inserting ‘‘2000’’; and

3 (2) in subparagraph (C)(i) by striking ‘‘1999’’

4 and inserting ‘‘2003’’.

5 (b) CREDIT.—Section 528(b)(3) of such Act is amend6 ed by adding at the end the following:

7 ‘‘(D) CREDIT OF PAST AND FUTURE ACTIVI8 TIES.—The Secretary may provide a credit to

9 the non-Federal interests toward the non-Federal

10 share of a project implemented under subpara11 graph (A). The credit shall be for reasonable

12 costs of work performed by the non-Federal inter13 ests if the Secretary determines that the work

14 substantially expedited completion of the project

15 and is compatible with and an integral part of

16 the project, and the credit is provided pursuant

17 to a specific project cooperation agreement.’’.

18 (c) CALOOSAHATCHEE RIVER BASIN, FLORIDA.—Sec19 tion 528(e)(4) of such Act is amended by inserting before

20 the period at the end of the first sentence the following: ‘‘if

21 the Secretary determines that such land acquisition is com22 patible with and an integral component of the Everglades

23 and South Florida ecosystem restoration, including poten24 tial land acquisition in the Caloosahatchee River basin or

25 other areas’’.
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1 SEC. 210. BENEFICIAL USES OF DREDGED MATERIAL.

2 Section 204 of the Water Resources Development Act

3 of 1992 (106 Stat. 4826–4827) is amended—

4 (1) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘cooperative

5 agreement in accordance with the requirements of sec6 tion 221 of the Flood Control Act of 1970’’ and insert7 ing ‘‘binding agreement with the Secretary’’; and

8 (2) by adding at the end the following:

9 ‘‘(g) NON-FEDERAL INTERESTS.—Notwithstanding

10 section 221(b) of the Flood Control Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C.

11 1962d–5b(b)), the Secretary, after coordination with the ap12 propriate State and local government officials having juris13 diction over an area in which a project under this section

14 will be carried out, may allow a nonprofit entity to serve

15 as the non-Federal interest for the project.’’.

16 SEC. 211. HARBOR COST SHARING.

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Sections 101 and 214 of the Water

18 Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2211 and

19 2241; Public Law 99–662) are amended by striking ‘‘45

20 feet’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘53 feet’’.

21 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by sub22 section (a) shall only apply to a project, or separable ele23 ment thereof, on which a contract for physical construction

24 has not been awarded before the date of the enactment of

25 this Act.
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1 SEC. 212. AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION.

2 Section 206 of the Water Resources Development Act

3 of 1996 (110 Stat. 3679–3680) is amended—

4 (1) by adding at the end of subsection (b) the fol5 lowing: ‘‘Before October 1, 2003, the Federal share

6 may be provided in the form of grants or reimburse7 ments of project costs.’’; and

8 (2) by adding at the end of subsection (c) the fol9 lowing: ‘‘Notwithstanding section 221(b) of the Flood

10 Control Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 1962d–5b(b)), the Sec11 retary, after coordination with the appropriate State

12 and local government officials having jurisdiction

13 over an area in which a project under this section

14 will be carried out, may allow a nonprofit entity to

15 serve as the non-Federal interest for the project.’’.

16 SEC. 213. WATERSHED MANAGEMENT, RESTORATION, AND

17 DEVELOPMENT.

18 (a) NONPROFIT ENTITY AS NON-FEDERAL INTER19 EST.—Section 503(a) of the Water Resources Development

20 Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3756) is amended by adding at the

21 end the following: ‘‘Notwithstanding section 221(b) of the

22 Flood Control Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 1962d–5b(b)), the Sec23 retary, after coordination with the appropriate State and

24 local government officials having jurisdiction over an area

25 in which a project under this section will be carried out,
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1 may allow a nonprofit entity to serve as the non-Federal

2 interest for the project.’’.

3 (b) PROJECT LOCATIONS.—Section 503(d) of such Act

4 is amended—

5 (1) in paragraph (7) by inserting before the pe6 riod at the end ‘‘, including Clear Lake’’; and

7 (2) by adding at the end the following:

8 ‘‘(14) Fresno Slough watershed, California.

9 ‘‘(15) Hayward Marsh, Southern San Francisco

10 Bay watershed, California.

11 ‘‘(16) Kaweah River watershed, California.

12 ‘‘(17) Malibu Creek watershed, California.

13 ‘‘(18) Illinois River watershed, Illinois.

14 ‘‘(19) Catawba River watershed, North Carolina.

15 ‘‘(20) Cabin Creek basin, West Virginia.

16 ‘‘(21) Lower St. Johns River basin, Florida.’’.

17 SEC. 214. FLOOD MITIGATION AND RIVERINE RESTORATION

18 PILOT PROGRAM.

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may undertake a

20 program for the purpose of conducting projects that reduce

21 flood hazards and restore the natural functions and values

22 of rivers throughout the United States.

23 (b) STUDIES AND PROJECTS.—

24 (1) AUTHORITY.—In carrying out the program,

25 the Secretary may conduct studies to identify appro-
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1 priate flood damage reduction, conservation, and res2 toration measures and may design and implement

3 projects described in subsection (a).

4 (2) CONSULTATION AND COORDINATION.—The

5 studies and projects carried out under this section

6 shall be conducted, to the maximum extent prac7 ticable, in consultation and coordination with the

8 Federal Emergency Management Agency and other

9 appropriate Federal agencies, and in consultation

10 and coordination with appropriate State, tribal, and

11 local agencies.

12 (3) NONSTRUCTURAL APPROACHES.—The studies

13 and projects shall emphasize, to the maximum extent

14 practicable and appropriate, nonstructural ap15 proaches to preventing or reducing flood damages.

16 (4) USE OF STATE, TRIBAL, AND LOCAL STUDIES

17 AND PROJECTS.—The studies and projects shall in18 clude consideration of and coordination with any

19 State, tribal, and local flood damage reduction or

20 riverine and wetland restoration studies and projects

21 that conserve, restore, and manage hydrologic and hy22 draulic regimes and restore the natural functions and

23 values of floodplains.

24 (c) COST-SHARING REQUIREMENTS.—
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1 (1) STUDIES.—Studies conducted under this sec2 tion shall be subject to cost sharing in accordance

3 with section 105 of the Water Resources Development

4 Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2215).

5 (2) ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND NON6 STRUCTURAL FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS.—The non7 Federal interests shall pay 35 percent of the cost of

8 any environmental restoration or nonstructural flood

9 control project carried out under this section. The

10 non-Federal interests shall provide all land, ease11 ments, rights-of-way, dredged material disposal areas,

12 and relocations necessary for such projects. The value

13 of such land, easements, rights-of-way, dredged mate14 rial disposal areas, and relocations shall be credited

15 toward the payment required under this paragraph.

16 (3) STRUCTURAL FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS.—

17 Any structural flood control measures carried out

18 under this section shall be subject to cost sharing in

19 accordance with section 103(a) of the Water Resources

20 Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2213(a)).

21 (4) OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.—The non22 Federal interests shall be responsible for all costs asso23 ciated with operating, maintaining, replacing, re24 pairing, and rehabilitating all projects carried out

25 under this section.
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1 (d) PROJECT JUSTIFICATION.—

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other

3 provision of law or requirement for economic jus4 tification established pursuant to section 209 of the

5 Flood Control Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 1962–2), the

6 Secretary may implement a project under this section

7 if the Secretary determines that the project—

8 (A) will significantly reduce potential flood

9 damages;

10 (B) will improve the quality of the environ11 ment; and

12 (C) is justified considering all costs and

13 beneficial outputs of the project.

14 (2) ESTABLISHMENT OF SELECTION AND RATING

15 CRITERIA AND POLICIES.—Not later than 180 days

16 after the date of the enactment of this section, the Sec17 retary, in cooperation with State, tribal, and local

18 agencies, shall develop, and transmit to the Com19 mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the

20 House of Representatives and the Committee on Envi21 ronment and Public Works of the Senate, criteria for

22 selecting and rating projects to be carried out under

23 this section and shall establish policies and procedures

24 for carrying out the studies and projects undertaken

25 under this section. Such criteria shall include, as a
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1 priority, the extent to which the appropriate State

2 government supports the project.

3 (e) PRIORITY AREAS.—In carrying out this section,

4 the Secretary shall examine the potential for flood damage

5 reductions at appropriate locations, including the fol6 lowing:

7 (1) Upper Delaware River, New York.

8 (2) Willamette River floodplain, Oregon.

9 (3) Pima County, Arizona, at Paseo De Las

10 Iglesias and Rillito River.

11 (4) Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers, Cali12 fornia.

13 (5) Murrieta Creek, California.

14 (6) Napa County, California, at Yountville, St.

15 Helena, Calistoga, and American Canyon.

16 (7) Santa Clara basin, California, at Upper

17 Guadalupe River and tributaries, San Francisquito

18 Creek, and Upper Penitencia Creek.

19 (8) Pine Mount Creek, New Jersey.

20 (9) Chagrin River, Ohio.

21 (10) Blair County, Pennsylvania, at Altoona

22 and Frankstown Township.

23 (11) Lincoln Creek, Wisconsin.

24 (f) PROGRAM REVIEW.—
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The program established

2 under this section shall be subject to an independent

3 review to evaluate the efficacy of the program in

4 achieving the dual goals of flood hazard mitigation

5 and riverine restoration.

6 (2) REPORT.—Not later than April 15, 2003, the

7 Secretary shall transmit to the Committee on Trans8 portation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep9 resentatives and the Committee on Environment and

10 Public Works of the Senate a report on the findings

11 of the review conducted under this subsection with

12 any recommendations concerning continuation of the

13 program.

14 (g) COST LIMITATIONS.—

15 (1) MAXIMUM FEDERAL COST PER PROJECT.—No

16 more than $30,000,000 may be expended by the

17 United States on any single project under this sec18 tion.

19 (2) COMMITTEE RESOLUTION PROCEDURE.—

20 (A) LIMITATION ON APPROPRIATIONS.—No

21 appropriation shall be made to construct any

22 project under this section the total Federal cost

23 of construction of which exceeds $15,000,000 if

24 the project has not been approved by resolutions

25 adopted by the Committee on Transportation
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1 and Infrastructure of the House of Representa2 tives and the Committee on Environment and

3 Public Works of the Senate.

4 (B) REPORT.—For the purpose of securing

5 consideration of approval under this paragraph,

6 the Secretary shall transmit a report on the pro7 posed project, including all relevant data and in8 formation on all costs.

9 (h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is

10 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section—

11 (1) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2000;

12 (2) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 if

13 $12,500,000 or more is appropriated to carry out sub14 section (e) for fiscal year 2000;

15 (3) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 if

16 $12,500,000 or more is appropriated to carry out sub17 section (e) for fiscal year 2001; and

18 (4) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2003 if

19 $12,500,000 or more is appropriated to carry out sub20 section (e) for fiscal year 2002.

21 SEC. 215. SHORELINE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.

22 (a) REVIEW.—The Secretary shall review the imple23 mentation of the Corps of Engineers’ shoreline management

24 program, with particular attention to inconsistencies in

25 implementation among the divisions and districts of the
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1 Corps of Engineers and complaints by or potential inequi2 ties regarding property owners in the Savannah District

3 including an accounting of the number and disposition of

4 complaints over the last 5 years in the District.

5 (b) REPORT.—As expeditiously as practicable after the

6 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall trans7 mit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

8 of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Envi9 ronment and Public Works of the Senate a report describing

10 the results of the review conducted under subsection (a).

11 SEC. 216. ASSISTANCE FOR REMEDIATION, RESTORATION,

12 AND REUSE.

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may provide to State

14 and local governments assessment, planning, and design as15 sistance for remediation, environmental restoration, or

16 reuse of areas located within the boundaries of such State

17 or local governments where such remediation, environ18 mental restoration, or reuse will contribute to the conserva19 tion of water and related resources of drainage basins and

20 watersheds within the United States.

21 (b) BENEFICIAL USE OF DREDGED MATERIAL.—In

22 providing assistance under subsection (a), the Secretary

23 shall encourage the beneficial use of dredged material, con24 sistent with the findings of the Secretary under section 204
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1 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (33 U.S.C.

2 2326).

3 (c) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non-Federal share of

4 the cost of assistance provided under subsection (a) shall

5 be 50 percent.

6 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is

7 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section

8 $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2000 through 2004.

9 SEC. 217. SHORE DAMAGE MITIGATION.

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 111 of the River and Har11 bor Act of 1968 (33 U.S.C. 426i; 100 Stat. 4199) is amend12 ed by inserting after ‘‘navigation works’’ the following:

13 ‘‘and shore damages attributable to the Atlantic Intra14 coastal Waterway and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway’’.

15 (b) PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA.—The project for

16 navigation, Palm Beach County, Florida, authorized by

17 section 2 of the River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1945

18 (59 Stat. 11), is modified to authorize the Secretary to un19 dertake beach nourishment as a dredged material disposal

20 option under the project.

21 (c) GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS.—The Secretary may

22 place dredged material from the Gulf Intracoastal Water23 way on the beaches along Rollover Pass, Galveston County,

24 Texas, to stabilize beach erosion.
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1 SEC. 218. SHORE PROTECTION.

2 (a) NON-FEDERAL SHARE OF PERIODIC NOURISH3 MENT.—Section 103(d) of the Water Resources Development

4 Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 4085–5086) is amended—

5 (1) by inserting ‘‘(1) CONSTRUCTION.—’’ before

6 ‘‘Costs of constructing’’;

7 (2) by inserting at the end the following:

8 ‘‘(2) PERIODIC NOURISHMENT.—

9 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara10 graph (B), the non-Federal share of costs of peri11 odic nourishment measures for shore protection

12 or beach erosion control that are carried out—

13 ‘‘(i) after January 1, 2001, shall be 40

14 percent;

15 ‘‘(ii) after January 1, 2002, shall be 45

16 percent; and

17 ‘‘(iii) after January 1, 2003, shall be

18 50 percent;

19 ‘‘(B) BENEFITS TO PRIVATELY OWNED

20 SHORES.—All costs assigned to benefits of peri21 odic nourishment measures to privately owned

22 shores (where use of such shores is limited to pri23 vate interests) or to prevention of losses of pri24 vate lands shall be borne by the non-Federal in25 terest and all costs assigned to the protection of
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1 federally owned shores for such measures shall be

2 borne by the United States.’’; and

3 (C) by indenting paragraph (1) (as des4 ignated by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph)

5 and aligning such paragraph with paragraph

6 (2) (as added by subparagraph (B) of this para7 graph).

8 (b) UTILIZATION OF SAND FROM OUTER CONTI9 NENTAL SHELF.—Section 8(k)(2)(B) of the Outer Conti10 nental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(k)(2)(B)) is

11 amended by striking ‘‘an agency of the Federal Govern12 ment’’ and inserting ‘‘a Federal, State, or local government

13 agency’’.

14 (c) REPORT ON NATION’S SHORELINES.—

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after

16 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary

17 shall report to Congress on the state of the Nation’s

18 shorelines.

19 (2) CONTENTS.—The report shall include—

20 (A) a description of the extent of, and eco21 nomic and environmental effects caused by, ero22 sion and accretion along the Nation’s shores and

23 the causes thereof;
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1 (B) a description of resources committed by

2 local, State, and Federal governments to restore

3 and renourish shorelines;

4 (C) a description of the systematic move5 ment of sand along the Nation’s shores; and

6 (D) recommendations regarding (i) appro7 priate levels of Federal and non-Federal partici8 pation in shoreline protection, and (ii) utiliza9 tion of a systems approach to sand management.

10 (3) UTILIZATION OF SPECIFIC LOCATION DATA.—

11 In developing the report, the Secretary shall utilize

12 data from specific locations on the Atlantic, Pacific,

13 Great Lakes, and Gulf of Mexico coasts.

14 (d) NATIONAL COASTAL DATA BANK.—

15 (1) ESTABLISHMENT OF DATA BANK.—Not later

16 than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this

17 Act, the Secretary shall establish a national coastal

18 data bank containing data on the geophysical and cli19 matological characteristics of the Nation’s shorelines.

20 (2) CONTENT.—To the extent practical, the na21 tional coastal data bank shall include data regarding

22 current and predicted shoreline positions, information

23 on federally-authorized shore protection projects, and

24 data on the movement of sand along the Nation’s
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1 shores, including impediments to such movement

2 caused by natural and manmade features.

3 (3) ACCESS.—The national coastal data bank

4 shall be made readily accessible to the public.

5 SEC. 219. FLOOD PREVENTION COORDINATION.

6 Section 206 of the Flood Control Act of 1960 (33

7 U.S.C. 709a) is amended—

8 (1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as

9 subsections (c) and (d), respectively; and

10 (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol11 lowing:

12 ‘‘(b) FLOOD PREVENTION COORDINATION.—The Sec13 retary shall coordinate with the Director of the Federal

14 Emergency Management Agency and the heads of other Fed15 eral agencies to ensure that flood control projects and plans

16 are complementary and integrated to the extent practicable

17 and appropriate.’’.

18 SEC. 220. ANNUAL PASSES FOR RECREATION.

19 Section 208(c)(4) of the Water Resources Development

20 Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 460d note; 110 Stat. 3680) is

21 amended by striking ‘‘1999, or the date of transmittal of

22 the report under paragraph (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘2003’’.
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1 SEC. 221. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS FOR ENVIRON2 MENTAL AND RECREATIONAL MEASURES.

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to

4 enter into cooperative agreements with non-Federal public

5 bodies and non-profit entities for the purpose of facilitating

6 collaborative efforts involving environmental protection and

7 restoration, natural resources conservation, and recreation

8 in connection with the development, operation, and man9 agement of water resources projects under the jurisdiction

10 of the Department of the Army.

11 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the date

12 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit

13 to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of

14 the House of Representatives and the Committee on Envi15 ronment and Public Works of the Senate a report that

16 includes—

17 (1) a listing and general description of the coop18 erative agreements entered into by the Secretary with

19 non-Federal public bodies and entities under sub20 section (a);

21 (2) a determination of whether such agreements

22 are facilitating collaborative efforts; and

23 (3) a recommendation on whether such agree24 ments should be further encouraged.
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1 SEC. 222. NONSTRUCTURAL FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS.

2 (a) ANALYSIS OF BENEFITS.—Section 308 of the Water

3 Resources Development Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2318; 104

4 Stat. 4638) is amended—

5 (1) in the heading to subsection (a) by inserting

6 ‘‘ELEMENTS EXCLUDED FROM’’ before ‘‘BENEFIT7 COST’’;

8 (2) by redesignating subsections (b) through (e)

9 as subsections (c) through (f), respectively; and

10 (3) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol11 lowing:

12 ‘‘(b) FLOOD DAMAGE REDUCTION BENEFITS.—In cal13 culating the benefits of a proposed project for nonstructural

14 flood damage reduction, the Secretary shall calculate bene15 fits of nonstructural projects using methods similar to

16 structural projects, including similar treatment in calcu17 lating the benefits from losses avoided from both structural

18 and nonstructural alternatives. In carrying out this sub19 section, the Secretary should avoid double counting of bene20 fits.’’.

21 (b) REEVALUATION OF FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS.—

22 At the request of a non-Federal interest for a flood control

23 project, the Secretary shall conduct a reevaluation of a pre24 viously authorized project to consider nonstructural alter25 natives in light of the amendments made by subsection (a).
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1 (c) COST SHARING.—Section 103(b) of the Water Re2 sources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2213(b)) is

3 amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘At any time

4 during construction of the project, where the Secretary de5 termines that the costs of lands, easements, rights-of-way,

6 dredged material disposal areas, and relocations in com7 bination with other costs contributed by the non-Federal in8 terests will exceed 35 percent, any additional costs for the

9 project, but not to exceed 65 percent of the total costs of

10 the project, shall be a Federal responsibility and shall be

11 contributed during construction as part of the Federal

12 share.’’.

13 SEC. 223. LAKES PROGRAM.

14 Section 602(a) of the Water Resources Development

15 Act of 1986 (110 Stat. 3758) is amended—

16 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph

17 (15);

18 (2) by striking the period at the end of para19 graph (16) and inserting a semicolon; and

20 (3) by adding at the end the following:

21 ‘‘(17) Clear Lake, Lake County, California, re22 moval of silt and aquatic growth and measures to ad23 dress excessive sedimentation and high nutrient con24 centration;
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1 ‘‘(18) Osgood Pond, Milford, Hillsborough Coun2 ty, New Hampshire, removal of silt and aquatic

3 growth and measures to address excessive sedimenta4 tion; and

5 ‘‘(19) Flints Pond, Hollis, Hillsborough County,

6 New Hampshire, removal of silt and aquatic growth

7 and measures to address excessive sedimentation.’’.

8 SEC. 224. CONSTRUCTION OF FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS

9 BY NON-FEDERAL INTERESTS.

10 (a) CONSTRUCTION BY NON-FEDERAL INTERESTS.—

11 Section 211(d)(1) of the Water Resources Development Act

12 of 1996 (33 U.S.C. 701b–13(d)(1)) is amended—

13 (1) by striking ‘‘(b) or’’;

14 (2) by striking ‘‘Any non-Federal’’ and inserting

15 the following:

16 ‘‘(A) STUDIES AND DESIGN ACTIVITIES

17 UNDER SUBSECTION (b).—A non-Federal interest

18 may only carry out construction for which stud19 ies and design documents are prepared under

20 subsection (b) if the Secretary approves such con21 struction. The Secretary shall approve such con22 struction unless the Secretary determines, in

23 writing, that the design documents do not meet

24 standard practices for design methodologies or

25 that the project is not economically justified or
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1 environmentally acceptable or does not meet the

2 requirements for obtaining the appropriate per3 mits required under the Secretary’s authority.

4 The Secretary shall not unreasonably withhold

5 approval. Nothing in this subparagraph may be

6 construed to affect any regulatory authority of

7 the Secretary.

8 ‘‘(B) STUDIES AND DESIGN ACTIVITIES

9 UNDER SUBSECTION (c).—Any non-Federal’’;

10 and

11 (3) by aligning the remainder of subparagraph

12 (B) (as designated by paragraph (2) of this sub13 section) with subparagraph (A) (as inserted by para14 graph (2) of this subsection).

15 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 211(d)(2) of

16 such Act is amended by inserting ‘‘(other than paragraph

17 (1)(A))’’ after ‘‘this subsection’’.

18 (c) REIMBURSEMENT.—

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 211(e)(1) of such Act

20 is amended—

21 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph

22 (1) by inserting after ‘‘constructed pursuant to

23 this section’’ the following: ‘‘and provide credit

24 for the non-Federal share of the project’’;
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1 (B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub2 paragraph (A);

3 (C) by striking the period at the end of sub4 paragraph (B) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

5 (D) by adding at the end the following:

6 ‘‘(C) if the construction work is reasonably

7 equivalent to Federal construction work.’’.

8 (2) SPECIAL RULES.—Section 211(e)(2)(A) of

9 such Act is amended—

10 (A) by striking ‘‘subject to amounts being

11 made available in advance in appropriations

12 Acts’’ and inserting ‘‘subject to appropriations’’;

13 and

14 (B) by inserting after ‘‘the cost of such

15 work’’ the following: ‘‘, or provide credit (de16 pending on the request of the non-Federal inter17 est) for the non-Federal share of such work,’’.

18 (3) SCHEDULE AND MANNER OF REIMBURSE19 MENTS.—Section 211(e) of such Act (33 U.S.C. 701b–

20 13(e)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

21 ‘‘(6) SCHEDULE AND MANNER OF REIMBURSE22 MENT.—

23 ‘‘(A) BUDGETING.—The Secretary shall

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1 ments under this section on a schedule that is

2 consistent with a Federal construction schedule.

3 ‘‘(B) COMMENCEMENT OF REIMBURSE4 MENTS.—Reimbursements under this section

5 may commence upon approval of a project by the

6 Secretary.

7 ‘‘(C) CREDIT.—At the request of a non-Fed8 eral interest, the Secretary may reimburse the

9 non-Federal interest by providing credit toward

10 future non-Federal costs of the project.

11 ‘‘(D) SCHEDULING.—Nothing in this para12 graph shall affect the President’s discretion to

13 schedule new construction starts.’’.

14 SEC. 225. ENHANCEMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE RE15 SOURCES.

16 Section 906(e) of the Water Resources Development Act

17 of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2283(e)) is amended by inserting after

18 the second sentence the following: ‘‘Not more than 80 percent

19 of the non-Federal share of such first costs may be satisfied

20 through in-kind contributions, including facilities, supplies,

21 and services that are necessary to carry out the enhance22 ment project.’’.
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1 SEC. 226. SENSE OF CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT REGARDING

2 NOTICE.

3 (a) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT AND

4 PRODUCTS.—It is the sense of Congress that, to the greatest

5 extent practicable, all equipment and products purchased

6 with funds made available under this Act should be Amer7 ican made.

8 (b) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—In pro9 viding financial assistance under this Act, the Secretary,

10 to the greatest extent practicable, shall provide to each re11 cipient of the assistance a notice describing the statement

12 made in subsection (a).

13 SEC. 227. PERIODIC BEACH NOURISHMENT.

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 506(a) of the Water Re15 sources Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3757) is amend16 ed by adding at the end the following:

17 ‘‘(5) LEE COUNTY, FLORIDA.—Project for shore18 line protection, Lee County, Captiva Island segment,

19 Florida.’’.

20 (b) PROJECTS.—Section 506(b)(3) of such Act (110

21 Stat. 3758) is amended by striking subparagraph (A) and

22 redesignating subparagraphs (B) through (D) as subpara23 graphs (A) through (C), respectively.

24 SEC. 228. ENVIRONMENTAL DREDGING.

25 Section 312 of the Water Resources Development Act

26 of 1990 (104 Stat. 4639–4640) is amended—
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1 (1) in subsection (b)(1) by striking ‘‘50’’ and in2 serting ‘‘35’’; and

3 (2) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘non-Federal

4 responsibility’’ and inserting ‘‘shared as a cost of con5 struction’’.

6 SEC. 229. WETLANDS MITIGATION.

7 In carrying out a water resources project that involves

8 wetlands mitigation and that has an impact that occurs

9 within the service area of a mitigation bank, the Secretary,

10 to the maximum extent practicable and where appropriate,

11 shall give preference to the use of the mitigation bank if

12 the bank contains sufficient available credits to offset the

13 impact and the bank is approved in accordance with the

14 Federal Guidance for the Establishment, Use and Operation

15 of Mitigation Banks (60 Fed. Reg. 58605 (November 28,

16 1995)) or other applicable Federal law (including regula17 tions).

18 TITLE III—PROJECT-RELATED

19 PROVISIONS

20 SEC. 301. MISSOURI RIVER LEVEE SYSTEM.

21 The project for flood control, Missouri River Levee Sys22 tem, authorized by section 10 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act

23 authorizing the construction of certain public works on riv24 ers and harbors for flood control, and other purposes’’, ap25 proved December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 897), is modified to
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1 provide that project costs totaling $2,616,000 expended on

2 Units L–15, L–246, and L–385 out of the Construction,

3 General account of the Corps of Engineers before the date

4 of the enactment of the Water Resources Development Act

5 of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2201 note) shall not be treated as part

6 of total project costs.

7 SEC. 302. OUZINKIE HARBOR, ALASKA.

8 (a) MAXIMUM FEDERAL EXPENDITURE.—The max9 imum amount of Federal funds that may be expended for

10 the project for navigation, Ouzinkie Harbor, Alaska, shall

11 be $8,500,000.

12 (b) REVISION OF PROJECT COOPERATION AGREE13 MENT.—The Secretary shall revise the project cooperation

14 agreement for the project referred to in subsection (a) to

15 take into account the change in the Federal participation

16 in such project pursuant to subsection (a).

17 (c) COST SHARING.—Nothing in this section shall be

18 construed to affect any cost-sharing requirement applicable

19 to the project referred to in subsection (a) under the Water

20 Resources Development Act of 1986.

21 SEC. 303. GREERS FERRY LAKE, ARKANSAS.

22 The project for flood control, Greers Ferry Lake, Ar23 kansas, authorized by the Act entitled ‘‘An Act authorizing

24 the construction of certain public works on rivers and har25 bors for flood control, and other purposes’’, approved June
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1 28, 1938 (52 Stat. 1218), is modified to authorize the Sec2 retary to construct water intake facilities for the benefit of

3 Lonoke and White Counties, Arkansas.

4 SEC. 304. TEN- AND FIFTEEN-MILE BAYOUS, ARKANSAS.

5 The project for flood control, St. Francis River Basin,

6 Missouri and Arkansas, authorized by section 204 of the

7 Flood Control Act of 1950 (64 Stat. 172), is modified to

8 expand the project boundaries to include Ten- and Fifteen9 Mile Bayous near West Memphis, Arkansas. Notwith10 standing section 103(f) of the Water Resources Development

11 Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 4086), the flood control work at Ten12 and Fifteen-Mile Bayous shall not be considered separable

13 elements of the St. Francis River Basin project.

14 SEC. 305. LOGGY BAYOU, RED RIVER BELOW DENISON DAM,

15 ARKANSAS, LOUISIANA, OKLAHOMA, AND

16 TEXAS.

17 The project for flood control on the Red River Below

18 Denison Dam, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas,

19 authorized by section 10 of the Flood Control Act of 1946

20 (60 Stat. 647), is modified to direct the Secretary to con21 duct a study to determine the feasibility of expanding the

22 project to include mile 0.0 to mile 7.8 of Loggy Bayou be23 tween the Red River and Flat River. If the Secretary deter24 mines as a result of the study that the project should be
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1 expanded, the Secretary may assume responsibility for op2 eration and maintenance of the expanded project.

3 SEC. 306. SACRAMENTO RIVER, GLENN-COLUSA, CALI4 FORNIA.

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The project for flood control, Sac6 ramento River, California, authorized by section 2 of the

7 Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the control of the floods

8 of the Mississippi River and of the Sacramento River, Cali9 fornia, and for other purposes’’, approved March 1, 1917

10 (39 Stat. 949), and modified by section 102 of the Energy

11 and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1990 (103

12 Stat. 649), section 301(b)(3) of the Water Resources Devel13 opment Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3110), and title I of the En14 ergy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1999

15 (112 Stat. 1841), is further modified to authorize the

16 Secretary—

17 (1) to carry out the portion of the project at

18 Glenn-Colusa, California, at a total cost of

19 $26,000,000, with an estimated Federal cost of

20 $20,000,000 and an estimated non-Federal cost of

21 $6,000,000; and

22 (2) to carry out bank stabilization work in the

23 vicinity of the riverbed gradient facility, particularly

24 in the vicinity of River Mile 208.
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1 (b) CREDIT.—The Secretary shall provide the non-Fed2 eral interests for the project referred to in subsection (a)

3 a credit of up to $4,000,000 toward the non-Federal share

4 of the project costs for the direct and indirect costs incurred

5 by the non-Federal sponsor in carrying out activities asso6 ciated with environmental compliance for the project. Such

7 credit may be in the form of reimbursements for costs which

8 were incurred by the non-Federal interests prior to an

9 agreement with the Corps of Engineers, to include the value

10 of lands, easements, rights-of-way, relocations, or dredged

11 material disposal areas.

12 SEC. 307. SAN LORENZO RIVER, CALIFORNIA.

13 The project for flood control and habitat restoration,

14 San Lorenzo River, California, authorized by section

15 101(a)(5) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996

16 (110 Stat. 3663), is modified to authorize the Secretary to

17 expand the boundaries of the project to include bank sta18 bilization for a 1,000-foot portion of the San Lorenzo River.

19 SEC. 308. TERMINUS DAM, KAWEAH RIVER, CALIFORNIA.

20 (a) TRANSFER OF TITLE TO ADDITIONAL LAND.—If

21 the non-Federal interests for the project for flood control and

22 water supply, Terminus Dam, Kaweah River, California,

23 authorized by section 101(b)(5) of the Water Resources De24 velopment Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3667), transfers to the

25 Secretary without consideration title to perimeter lands ac-
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1 quired for the project by the non-Federal interests, the Sec2 retary may accept the transfer of such title.

3 (b) LANDS, EASEMENT, AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY.—Noth4 ing in this section shall be construed to change, modify, or

5 otherwise affect the responsibility of the non-Federal inter6 ests to provide lands, easements, rights-of-way, relocations,

7 and dredged material disposal areas necessary for the Ter8 minus Dam project and to perform operation and mainte9 nance for the project.

10 (c) OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.—Upon request by

11 the non-Federal interests, the Secretary shall carry out op12 eration, maintenance, repair, replacement, and rehabilita13 tion of the project if the non-Federal interests enter into

14 a binding agreement with the Secretary to reimburse the

15 Secretary for 100 percent of the costs of such operation,

16 maintenance, repair, replacement, and rehabilitation.

17 (d) HOLD HARMLESS.—The non-Federal interests

18 shall hold the United States harmless for ownership, oper19 ation, and maintenance of lands and facilities of the Ter20 minus Dam project title to which is transferred to the Sec21 retary under this section.
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1 SEC. 309. DELAWARE RIVER MAINSTEM AND CHANNEL

2 DEEPENING, DELAWARE, NEW JERSEY, AND

3 PENNSYLVANIA.

4 The project for navigation, Delaware River Mainstem

5 and Channel Deepening, Delaware, New Jersey and Penn6 sylvania, authorized by section 101(6) of the Water Re7 sources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4802), is modi8 fied as follows:

9 (1) The Secretary is authorized to provide non10 Federal interests credit toward cash contributions re11 quired for construction and subsequent to construction

12 for engineering and design and construction manage13 ment work that is performed by non-Federal interests

14 and that the Secretary determines is necessary to im15 plement the project. Any such credits extended shall

16 reduce the Philadelphia District’s private sector per17 formance goals for engineering work by a like

18 amount.

19 (2) The Secretary is authorized to provide to

20 non-Federal interests credit toward cash contributions

21 required during construction and subsequent to con22 struction for the costs of construction carried out by

23 the non-Federal interest on behalf of the Secretary

24 and that the Secretary determines is necessary to im25 plement the project.
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1 (3) The Secretary is authorized to enter into an

2 agreement with a non-Federal interest for the pay3 ment of disposal or tipping fees for dredged material

4 from a Federal project other than for the construction

5 or operation and maintenance of the new deepening

6 project as described in the Limited Reevaluation Re7 port of May 1997, where the non-Federal interest has

8 supplied the corresponding disposal capacity.

9 (4) The Secretary is authorized to enter into an

10 agreement with a non-Federal interest that will pro11 vide that the non-Federal interest may carry out or

12 cause to have carried out, on behalf of the Secretary,

13 a disposal area management program for dredged

14 material disposal areas necessary to construct, oper15 ate, and maintain the project and to authorize the

16 Secretary to reimburse the non-Federal interest for

17 the costs of the disposal area management program

18 activities carried out by the non-Federal interest.

19 SEC. 310. POTOMAC RIVER, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF CO20 LUMBIA.

21 The project for flood control, Potomac River, Wash22 ington, District of Columbia, authorized by section 5 of the

23 Flood Control Act of June 22, 1936 (69 Stat. 1574), and

24 modified by section 301(a)(4) of the Water Resources Devel25 opment Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3707), is further modified
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1 to authorize the Secretary to construct the project at a Fed2 eral cost of $6,129,000.

3 SEC. 311. BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA.

4 (a) STUDY.—The Secretary, in cooperation with the

5 non-Federal interest, shall conduct a study of any damage

6 to the project for shoreline protection, Brevard County,

7 Florida, authorized by section 101(b)(7) of the Water Re8 sources Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3667), to deter9 mine whether the damage is the result of a Federal naviga10 tion project.

11 (b) CONDITIONS.—In conducting the study, the Sec12 retary shall utilize the services of an independent coastal

13 expert who shall consider all relevant studies completed by

14 the Corps of Engineers and the project’s local sponsor. The

15 study shall be completed within 120 days of the date of the

16 enactment of this Act.

17 (c) MITIGATION OF DAMAGES.—After completion of the

18 study, the Secretary shall mitigate any damage to the shore19 line protection project that is the result of a Federal naviga20 tion project. The costs of the mitigation shall be allocated

21 to the Federal navigation project as operation and mainte22 nance.
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1 SEC. 312. BROWARD COUNTY AND HILLSBORO INLET, FLOR2 IDA.

3 The project for shoreline protection, Broward County

4 and Hillsboro Inlet, Florida, authorized by section 301 of

5 the River and Harbor Act of 1965 (79 Stat. 1090), is modi6 fied to authorize the Secretary to reimburse the non-Federal

7 interest for the Federal share of the cost of preconstruction

8 planning and design for the project upon execution of a con9 tract to construct the project if the Secretary determines

10 such work is compatible with and integral to the project.

11 SEC. 313. FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA.

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—The project for shore protection and

13 harbor mitigation, Fort Pierce, Florida, authorized by sec14 tion 301 of the River and Harbor Act of 1965 (79 Stat.

15 1092) and section 506(a)(2) of the Water Resources Devel16 opment Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3757), is modified to incor17 porate an additional 1 mile into the project in accordance

18 with a final approved General Reevaluation Report, at a

19 total cost for initial nourishment for the entire project of

20 $9,128,000, with an estimated Federal cost of $7,073,500

21 and an estimated non-Federal cost of $2,054,500.

22 (b) PERIOD NOURISHMENT.—Periodic nourishment is

23 authorized for the project in accordance with section

24 506(a)(2) of Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (110

25 Stat. 3757).
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1 (c) REVISION OF THE PROJECT COOPERATION AGREE2 MENT.—The Secretary shall revise the project cooperation

3 agreement for the project referred to in subsection (a) to

4 take into account the change in Federal participation in

5 the project pursuant to subsection (a).

6 SEC. 314. NASSAU COUNTY, FLORIDA.

7 The project for beach erosion control, Nassau County

8 (Amelia Island), Florida, authorized by section 3(a)(3) of

9 the Water Resources Development Act of 1988 (102 Stat.

10 4013), is modified to authorize the Secretary to construct

11 the project at a total cost of $17,000,000, with an estimated

12 Federal cost of $13,300,000 and an estimated non-Federal

13 cost of $3,700,000.

14 SEC. 315. MIAMI HARBOR CHANNEL, FLORIDA.

15 The project for navigation, Miami Harbor Channel,

16 Florida, authorized by section 101(a)(9) of the Water Re17 sources Development Act of 1990 (104 Stat. 4606), is modi18 fied to include construction of artificial reefs and related

19 environmental mitigation required by Federal, State, and

20 local environmental permitting agencies for the project.

21 SEC. 316. LAKE MICHIGAN, ILLINOIS.

22 The project for storm damage reduction and shoreline

23 erosion protection, Lake Michigan, Illinois, from Wilmette,

24 Illinois, to the Illinois-Indiana State line, authorized by

25 section 101(a)(12) of the Water Resources Development Act
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1 of 1996 (110 Stat. 3664), is modified to authorize the Sec2 retary to provide a credit against the non-Federal share of

3 the cost of the project for costs incurred by the non-Federal

4 interest—

5 (1) in constructing Reach 2D and Segment 8 of

6 Reach 4 of the project; and

7 (2) in reconstructing Solidarity Drive in Chi8 cago, Illinois, prior to entry into a project coopera9 tion agreement with the Secretary.

10 SEC. 317. SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS.

11 Section 417 of the Water Resources Development Act

12 of 1996 (110 Stat. 3743) is amended—

13 (1) by inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ before

14 ‘‘The Secretary’’; and

15 (2) by adding at the end the following:

16 ‘‘(b) COST SHARING.—The non-Federal share of assist17 ance provided under this section before, on, or after the date

18 of the enactment of this subsection shall be 50 percent.’’.

19 SEC. 318. LITTLE CALUMET RIVER, INDIANA.

20 The project for flood control, Little Calumet River, In21 diana, authorized by section 401(a) of the Water Resources

22 Development Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 4115), is modified to

23 authorize the Secretary to construct the project substan24 tially in accordance with the report of the Corps of Engi25 neers, at a total cost of $167,000,000, with an estimated
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1 Federal cost of $122,000,000 and an estimated non-Federal

2 cost of $45,000,000.

3 SEC. 319. OGDEN DUNES, INDIANA.

4 (a) STUDY.—The Secretary shall conduct a study of

5 beach erosion in and around the town of Ogden Dunes, In6 diana, to determine whether the damage is the result of a

7 Federal navigation project.

8 (b) MITIGATION OF DAMAGES.—After completion of the

9 study, the Secretary shall mitigate any damage to the beach

10 and shoreline that is the result of a Federal navigation

11 project. The cost of the mitigation shall be allocated to the

12 Federal navigation project as operation and maintenance.

13 SEC. 320. SAINT JOSEPH RIVER, SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.

14 (a) MAXIMUM TOTAL EXPENDITURE.—The maximum

15 total expenditure for the project for streambank erosion,

16 recreation, and pedestrian access features, Saint Joseph

17 River, South Bend, Indiana, shall be $7,800,000.

18 (b) REVISION OF PROJECT COOPERATION AGREE19 MENT.—The Secretary shall revise the project cooperation

20 agreement for the project referred to in subsection (a) to

21 take into account the change in the Federal participation

22 in such project pursuant to subsection (a).

23 (c) COST SHARING.—Nothing in this section shall be

24 construed to affect any cost-sharing requirement applicable

25 to the project referred to in subsection (a) under title I of
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1 the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C.

2 2211 et seq.).

3 SEC. 321. WHITE RIVER, INDIANA.

4 The project for flood control, Indianapolis on West

5 Fork of the White River, Indiana, authorized by section 5

6 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act authorizing the construction of

7 certain public works on rivers and harbors for flood control,

8 and other purposes’’, approved June 22, 1936 (49 Stat.

9 1586), and modified by section 323 of the Water Resources

10 Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3716), is further modi11 fied to authorize the Secretary to undertake riverfront alter12 ations as described in the Central Indianapolis Waterfront

13 Concept Master Plan, dated February 1994, at a total cost

14 of $110,975,000, with an estimated Federal cost of

15 $52,475,000 and an estimated non-Federal cost of

16 $58,500,000.

17 SEC. 322. LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN, LOUISIANA.

18 The project for hurricane-flood protection, Lake Pont19 chartrain, Louisiana, authorized by section 204 of the Flood

20 Control Act of 1965 (79 Stat. 1077), is modified—

21 (1) to direct the Secretary to conduct a study to

22 determine the feasibility of constructing a pump adja23 cent to each of the 4 proposed drainage structures for

24 the Saint Charles Parish feature of the project; and
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1 (2) to authorize the Secretary to construct such

2 pumps upon completion of the study.

3 SEC. 323. LAROSE TO GOLDEN MEADOW, LOUISIANA.

4 The project for hurricane protection Larose to Golden

5 Meadow, Louisiana, authorized by section 204 of the Flood

6 Control Act of 1965 (79 Stat. 1077), is modified to direct

7 the Secretary to convert the Golden Meadow floodgate into

8 a navigation lock if the Secretary determines that the con9 version is feasible.

10 SEC. 324. LOUISIANA STATE PENITENTIARY LEVEE, LOU11 ISIANA.

12 The Louisiana State Penitentiary Levee project, Lou13 isiana, authorized by section 401(a) of the Water Resources

14 Development Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 4117), is modified to

15 direct the Secretary to provide credit to the non-Federal in16 terest toward the non-Federal share of the cost of the project.

17 The credit shall be for cost of work performed by the non18 Federal interest prior to the execution of a project coopera19 tion agreement as determined by the Secretary to be com20 patible with and an integral part of the project.

21 SEC. 325. TWELVE-MILE BAYOU, CADDO PARISH, LOUISIANA.

22 The Secretary shall be responsible for maintenance of

23 the levee along Twelve-Mile Bayou from its junction with

24 the existing Red River Below Denison Dam Levee approxi25 mately 26 miles upstream to its terminus at high ground
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1 in the vicinity of Black Bayou, Caddo Parish, Louisiana,

2 if the Secretary determines that such maintenance is eco3 nomically justified and environmentally acceptable and

4 that the levee was constructed in accordance with appro5 priate design and engineering standards.

6 SEC. 326. WEST BANK OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER (EAST OF

7 HARVEY CANAL), LOUISIANA.

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—The project for flood control and

9 storm damage reduction, West Bank of the Mississippi

10 River (East of Harvey Canal), Louisiana, authorized by

11 section 401(b) of the Water Resources Development Act of

12 1986 (100 Stat. 4128) and section 101(a)(17) of the Water

13 Resources Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3665), is

14 modified—

15 (1) to provide that any liability under the Com16 prehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,

17 and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.)

18 from the construction of the project is a Federal re19 sponsibility; and

20 (2) to authorize the Secretary to carry out oper21 ation and maintenance of that portion of the project

22 included in the report of the Chief of Engineers, dated

23 May 1, 1995, referred to as ‘‘Algiers Channel’’, if the

24 non-Federal sponsor reimburses the Secretary for the
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1 amount of such operation and maintenance included

2 in the report of the Chief of Engineers.

3 (b) COMBINATION OF PROJECTS.—The Secretary shall

4 carry out work authorized as part of the Westwego to Har5 vey Canal project, the East of Harvey Canal project, and

6 the Lake Cataouatche modifications as a single project, to

7 be known as the West Bank and vicinity, New Orleans,

8 Louisiana, hurricane protection project, with a combined

9 total cost of $280,300,000.

10 SEC. 327. TOLCHESTER CHANNEL, BALTIMORE HARBOR

11 AND CHANNELS, CHESAPEAKE BAY, KENT

12 COUNTY, MARYLAND.

13 The project for navigation, Tolchester Channel, Balti14 more Harbor and Channels, Chesapeake Bay, Kent County,

15 Maryland, authorized by section 101 of the River and Har16 bor Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 297), is modified to authorize

17 the Secretary to straighten the navigation channel in ac18 cordance with the District Engineer’s Navigation Assess19 ment Report and Environmental Assessment, dated April

20 30, 1997. This modification shall be carried out in order

21 to improve navigation safety.

22 SEC. 328. SAULT SAINTE MARIE, CHIPPEWA COUNTY, MICHI23 GAN.

24 The project for navigation Sault Sainte Marie, Chip25 pewa County, Michigan, authorized by section 1149 of the
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1 Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 4254–

2 4255) and modified by section 330 of the Water Resources

3 Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3717–3718), is further

4 modified to provide that the amount to be paid by non5 Federal interests pursuant to section 101(a) of the Water

6 Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2211(a))

7 and subsection (a) of such section 330 shall not include any

8 interest payments.

9 SEC. 329. JACKSON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI.

10 The project for environmental infrastructure, Jackson

11 County, Mississippi, authorized by section 219(c)(5) of the

12 Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835)

13 and modified by section 504 of the Water Resources Devel14 opment Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3757), is further modified

15 to direct the Secretary to provide a credit, not to exceed

16 $5,000,000, against the non-Federal share of the cost of the

17 project for the costs incurred by the Jackson County Board

18 of Supervisors since February 8, 1994, in constructing the

19 project if the Secretary determines that such costs are for

20 work that the Secretary determines is compatible with and

21 integral to the project.

22 SEC. 330. TUNICA LAKE, MISSISSIPPI.

23 The project for flood control, Mississippi River Chan24 nel Improvement Project, Tunica Lake, Mississippi, author25 ized by the Act entitled: ‘‘An Act for the control of floods
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1 on the Mississippi River and its tributaries, and for other

2 purposes’’, approved May 15, 1928 (45 Stat. 534–538), is

3 modified to include construction of a weir at the Tunica

4 Cutoff, Mississippi.

5 SEC. 331. BOIS BRULE DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICT,

6 MISSOURI.

7 (a) MAXIMUM FEDERAL EXPENDITURE.—The max8 imum amount of Federal funds that may be allocated for

9 the project for flood control, Bois Brule Drainage and Levee

10 District, Missouri, authorized pursuant to section 205 of

11 the Flood Control Act of 1948 (33 U.S.C. 701s), shall be

12 $15,000,000.

13 (b) REVISION OF THE PROJECT COOPERATION AGREE14 MENT.—The Secretary shall revise the project cooperation

15 agreement for the project referred to in subsection (a) to

16 take into account the change in Federal participation in

17 the project pursuant to subsection (a).

18 (c) COST SHARING.—Nothing in this section shall be

19 construed to affect any cost-sharing requirement applicable

20 to the project referred to in subsection (a) under title I of

21 the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C.

22 2211 et seq.).
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1 SEC. 332. MERAMEC RIVER BASIN, VALLEY PARK LEVEE,

2 MISSOURI.

3 The project for flood control, Meramec River Basin,

4 Valley Park Levee, Missouri, authorized by section 2(h) of

5 an Act entitled ‘‘An Act to deauthorize several projects with6 in the jurisdiction of the Army Corps of Engineers’’ (95

7 Stat. 1682–1683) and modified by section 1128 of the Water

8 Resources Development Act of 1986, (100 Stat. 4246), is

9 further modified to authorize the Secretary to construct the

10 project at a maximum Federal expenditure of $35,000,000.

11 SEC. 333. MISSOURI RIVER MITIGATION PROJECT, MIS12 SOURI, KANSAS, IOWA, AND NEBRASKA.

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—The project for mitigation of fish

14 and wildlife losses, Missouri River Bank Stabilization and

15 Navigation Project, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska,

16 authorized by section 601 of the Water Resources Develop17 ment Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 4143), is modified to increase

18 by 118,650 acres the lands and interests in lands to be ac19 quired for the project.

20 (b) STUDY.—

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in conjunction

22 with the States of Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, and Mis23 souri, shall conduct a study to determine the cost of

24 restoring, under the authority of the Missouri River

25 fish and wildlife mitigation project, a total of 118,650

26 acres of lost Missouri River habitat.
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1 (2) REPORT.—The Secretary shall report to Con2 gress on the results of the study not later than 6

3 months after the date of the enactment of this Act.

4 SEC. 334. WOOD RIVER, GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA.

5 The project for flood control, Wood River, Grand Is6 land, Nebraska, authorized by section 101(a)(19) of the

7 Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3665),

8 is modified to authorize the Secretary to construct the

9 project substantially in accordance with the report of the

10 Corps of Engineers dated June 29, 1998, at a total cost

11 of $17,039,000, with an estimated Federal cost of

12 $9,730,000 and an estimated non-Federal cost of

13 $7,309,000.

14 SEC. 335. ABSECON ISLAND, NEW JERSEY.

15 The project for storm damage reduction and shoreline

16 protection, Brigantine Inlet to Great Egg Harbor Inlet, Ab17 secon Island, New Jersey, authorized by section 101(b)(13)

18 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat.

19 3668), is modified to provide that, if, after October 12,

20 1996, the non-Federal interests carry out any work associ21 ated with the project that is later recommended by the Chief

22 of Engineers and approved by the Secretary, the Secretary

23 may credit the non-Federal interests toward the non-Fed24 eral share of the cost of the project an amount equal to the

25 Federal share of the cost of such work, without interest.
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1 SEC. 336. NEW YORK HARBOR AND ADJACENT CHANNELS,

2 PORT JERSEY, NEW JERSEY

3 The project for navigation, New York Harbor and Ad4 jacent Channels, New York and New Jersey, authorized by

5 section 202(b) of the Water Resources Development Act of

6 1986 (100 Stat. 4098), is modified to authorize the Sec7 retary to construct that portion of the project that is located

8 between Military Ocean Terminal Bayonne and Global Ter9 minal in Bayonne, New Jersey, substantially in accordance

10 with the report of the Corps of Engineers, at a total cost

11 of $103,267,000, with an estimated Federal cost of

12 $76,909,000 and an estimated non-Federal cost of

13 $26,358,000.

14 SEC. 337. PASSAIC RIVER, NEW JERSEY.

15 Section 101(a)(18)(B) of the Water Resources Develop16 ment Act of 1990 (104 Stat. 4608–4609) is amended by in17 serting ‘‘, including an esplanade for safe pedestrian access

18 with an overall width of 600 feet’’ after ‘‘public access to

19 Route 21’’.

20 SEC. 338. SANDY HOOK TO BARNEGAT INLET, NEW JERSEY.

21 The project for shoreline protection, Sandy Hook to

22 Barnegat Inlet, New Jersey, authorized by section 101 of

23 the River and Harbor Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 299), is

24 modified—

25 (1) to include the demolition of Long Branch

26 pier and extension of Ocean Grove pier; and
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1 (2) to authorize the Secretary to reimburse the

2 non-Federal sponsor for the Federal share of costs as3 sociated with the demolition of Long Branch pier and

4 the construction of the Ocean Grove pier.

5 SEC. 339. ARTHUR KILL, NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY.

6 The project for navigation, Arthur Kill, New York and

7 New Jersey, authorized by section 202(b) of the Water Re8 sources Development Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 4098) and

9 modified by section 301(b)(11) of the Water Resources De10 velopment Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3711), is further modified

11 to authorize the Secretary to construct the portion of the

12 project at Howland Hook Marine Terminal substantially

13 in accordance with the report of the Corps of Engineers,

14 dated September 30, 1998, at a total cost of $315,700,000,

15 with an estimated Federal cost of $183,200,000 and an esti16 mated non-Federal cost of $132,500,000.

17 SEC. 340. NEW YORK CITY WATERSHED.

18 Section 552(i) of the Water Resources Development Act

19 of 1996 (110 Stat. 3781) is amended by striking

20 ‘‘$22,500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$42,500,000’’.

21 SEC. 341. NEW YORK STATE CANAL SYSTEM.

22 Section 553(e) of the Water Resources Development Act

23 of 1996 (110 Stat. 3781) is amended by striking

24 ‘‘$8,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$18,000,000’’.
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1 SEC. 342. FIRE ISLAND INLET TO MONTAUK POINT, NEW

2 YORK.

3 The project for combined beach erosion control and

4 hurricane protection, Fire Island Inlet to Montauk Point,

5 Long Island, New York, authorized by the River and Har6 bor Act of 1960 (74 Stat. 483) and modified by the River

7 and Harbor Act of 1962, the Water Resources Development

8 Act of 1974, and the Water Resources Development Act of

9 1986, is further modified to direct the Secretary, in coordi10 nation with the heads of other Federal departments and

11 agencies, to complete all procedures and reviews expedi12 tiously and to adopt and transmit to Congress not later

13 than June 30, 1999, a mutually acceptable shore erosion

14 plan for the Fire Island Inlet to Moriches Inlet reach of

15 the project.

16 SEC. 343. BROKEN BOW LAKE, RED RIVER BASIN, OKLA17 HOMA.

18 The project for flood control and water supply, Broken

19 Bow Lake, Red River Basin, Oklahoma, authorized by sec20 tion 203 of the Flood Control Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 309)

21 and modified by section 203 of the Flood Control Act of

22 1962 (76 Stat. 1187), section 102(v) of the Water Resources

23 Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4808), and section 338

24 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat.

25 3720), is further modified to require the Secretary to make

26 seasonal adjustments to the top of the conservation pool at
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1 the project as follows (if the Secretary determines that the

2 adjustments will be undertaken at no cost to the United

3 States and will adequately protect impacted water and re4 lated resources):

5 (1) Maintain an elevation of 599.5 from Novem6 ber 1 through March 31.

7 (2) Increase elevation gradually from 599.5 to

8 602.5 during April and May.

9 (3) Maintain an elevation of 602.5 from June 1

10 to September 30.

11 (4) Decrease elevation gradually from 602.5 to

12 599.5 during October.

13 SEC. 344. WILLAMETTE RIVER TEMPERATURE CONTROL,

14 MCKENZIE SUBBASIN, OREGON.

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—The project for environmental res16 toration, Willamette River Temperature Control, McKenzie

17 Subbasin, Oregon, authorized by section 101(a)(25) of the

18 Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3665),

19 is modified to authorize the Secretary to construct the

20 project substantially in accordance with the Feature Memo21 randum dated July 31, 1998, at a total cost of $64,741,000.

22 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date

23 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall report to

24 Congress on the reasons for the cost growth of the Willamette

25 River project and outline the steps the Corps of Engineers
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1 is taking to control project costs, including the application

2 of value engineering and other appropriate measures. In

3 the report, the Secretary shall also include a cost estimate

4 for, and recommendations on the advisability of, adding

5 fish screens to the project.

6 SEC. 345. AYLESWORTH CREEK RESERVOIR, PENNSYL7 VANIA.

8 The project for flood control, Aylesworth Creek Res9 ervoir, Pennsylvania, authorized by section 203 of the Flood

10 Control Act of 1962 (76 Stat. 1182), is modified to author11 ize the Secretary to transfer, in each of fiscal years 1999

12 and 2000, $50,000 to the Aylesworth Creek Reservoir Park

13 Authority for recreational facilities.

14 SEC. 346. CURWENSVILLE LAKE, PENNSYLVANIA.

15 Section 562 of the Water Resources Development Act

16 of 1996 (110 Stat. 3784) is amended by adding at the end

17 the following: ‘‘The Secretary shall provide design and con18 struction assistance for recreational facilities at

19 Curwensville Lake and, when appropriate, may require the

20 non-Federal interest to provide not more than 25 percent

21 of the cost of designing and constructing such facilities. The

22 Secretary may transfer, in each of fiscal years 1999 through

23 2003, $100,000 to the Clearfield County Municipal Services

24 and Recreation Authority for recreational facilities.’’.
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1 SEC. 347. DELAWARE RIVER, PENNSYLVANIA AND DELA2 WARE.

3 The project for navigation, Delaware River, Philadel4 phia to Wilmington, Pennsylvania and Delaware, author5 ized by section 3(a)(12) of the Water Resources Development

6 Act of 1988 (102 Stat. 4014), is modified to authorize the

7 Secretary to extend the channel of the Delaware River at

8 Camden, New Jersey, to within 150 feet of the existing bulk9 head and to relocate the 40-foot deep Federal navigation

10 channel, eastward within Philadelphia Harbor, from the

11 Ben Franklin Bridge to the Walt Whitman Bridge, into

12 deep water.

13 SEC. 348. MUSSERS DAM, PENNSYLVANIA.

14 Section 209 of the Water Resources Development Act

15 of 1992 (106 Stat. 4830) is amended by striking subsection

16 (e) and redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (e).

17 SEC. 349. NINE-MILE RUN, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYL18 VANIA.

19 The Nine-Mile Run project, Allegheny County, Penn20 sylvania, carried out pursuant to section 206 of the Water

21 Resources Development Act of 1996 (33 U.S.C. 2330; 110

22 Stat. 3679–3680), is modified to authorize the Secretary to

23 provide a credit toward the non-Federal share of the project

24 for costs incurred by the non-Federal interest in preparing

25 environmental and feasibility documentation for the project

26 before entering into an agreement with the Corps of Engi-
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1 neers with respect to the project if the Secretary determines

2 such costs are for work that is compatible with and integral

3 to the project.

4 SEC. 350. RAYSTOWN LAKE, PENNSYLVANIA.

5 (a) RECREATION PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE.—Section

6 519(b) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996

7 (110 Stat. 3765) is amended—

8 (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para9 graph (4); and

10 (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol11 lowing:

12 ‘‘(3) ENGINEERING AND DESIGN SERVICES.—The

13 Secretary may perform, at full Federal expense, engi14 neering and design services for project infrastructure

15 expected to be associated with the development of the

16 site at Raystown Lake, Hesston, Pennsylvania.’’.

17 (b) CONSTRUCTION ASSISTANCE.—

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Consistent with the master

19 plan described in section 318 of the Water Resources

20 Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4848), the Sec21 retary may provide a grant to Juniata College for the

22 construction of facilities and structures at Raystown

23 Lake, Pennsylvania, to interpret and understand en24 vironmental conditions and trends. As a condition of

25 the receipt of such financial assistance, officials at
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1 Juniata College shall coordinate with the Baltimore

2 District of the Army Corps of Engineers.

3 (2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

4 There is authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for

5 fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1998, to

6 carry out this subsection.

7 SEC. 351. SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

8 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section

9 313(g)(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992

10 (106 Stat. 4846) is amended by striking ‘‘$80,000,000’’ and

11 inserting ‘‘$180,000,000’’.

12 (b) CORPS OF ENGINEERS EXPENSES.—Section 313(g)

13 of such Act (106 Stat. 4846) is amended by adding at the

14 end the following:

15 ‘‘(4) CORPS OF ENGINEERS EXPENSES.—10 per16 cent of the amounts appropriated to carry out this

17 section for each of fiscal years 2000 through 2002

18 may be used by the Corps of Engineers district offices

19 to administer and implement projects under this sec20 tion at 100 percent Federal expense.’’.

21 SEC. 352. COOPER RIVER, CHARLESTON HARBOR, SOUTH

22 CAROLINA.

23 The project for rediversion, Cooper River, Charleston

24 Harbor, South Carolina, authorized by section 101 of the

25 River and Harbor Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 731) and modified
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1 by title I of the Energy and Water Development Appropria2 tions Act, 1992 (105 Stat. 516), is further modified to au3 thorize the Secretary to pay to the State of South Carolina

4 not more than $3,750,000 if the Secretary and the State

5 enter into a binding agreement for the State to perform all

6 future operation of, including associated studies to assess

7 the efficacy of, the St. Stephen, South Carolina, fish lift.

8 The agreement must specify the terms and conditions under

9 which payment will be made and the rights of, and remedies

10 available to, the Federal Government to recover all or a por11 tion of such payment in the event the State suspends or

12 terminates operation of the fish lift or fails to operate the

13 fish lift in a manner satisfactory to the Secretary. Mainte14 nance of the fish lift shall remain a Federal responsibility.

15 SEC. 353. BOWIE COUNTY LEVEE, TEXAS.

16 The project for flood control, Red River Below Denison

17 Dam, Texas and Oklahoma, authorized by section 10 of the

18 Flood Control Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 647), is modified to

19 direct the Secretary to implement the Bowie County Levee

20 feature of the project in accordance with the plan defined

21 as Alternative B in the draft document entitled ‘‘Bowie

22 County Local Flood Protection, Red River, Texas Project

23 Design Memorandum No. 1, Bowie County Levee’’, dated

24 April 1997. In evaluating and implementing this modifica25 tion, the Secretary shall allow the non-Federal interest to
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1 participate in the financing of the project in accordance

2 with section 903(c) of the Water Resources Development Act

3 of 1986 (100 Stat. 4184) to the extent that the Secretary’s

4 evaluation indicates that applying such section is necessary

5 to implement the project.

6 SEC. 354. CLEAR CREEK, TEXAS.

7 Section 575 of the Water Resources Development Act

8 of 1996 (110 Stat. 3789) is amended—

9 (1) in subsection (a)—

10 (A) by inserting ‘‘or nonstructural (buyout)

11 actions’’ after ‘‘flood control works constructed’’;

12 and

13 (B) by inserting ‘‘or nonstructural (buyout)

14 actions’’ after ‘‘construction of the project’’; and

15 (2) in subsection (b)—

16 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para17 graph (3);

18 (B) by striking the period at the end of

19 paragraph (3) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

20 (C) by adding at the end the following:

21 ‘‘(4) the project for flood control, Clear Creek,

22 Texas, authorized by section 203 of the Flood Control

23 Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 742).’’.
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1 SEC. 355. CYPRESS CREEK, TEXAS.

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The project for flood control, Cy3 press Creek, Texas, authorized by section 3(a)(13) of the

4 Water Resources Development Act of 1988 (102 Stat. 4014),

5 is modified to authorize the Secretary to carry out a non6 structural flood control project at a total cost of $5,000,000.

7 (b) REIMBURSEMENT FOR WORK.—The Secretary may

8 reimburse the non-Federal interest for the Cypress Creek

9 project for work done by the non-Federal interest on the

10 nonstructural flood control project in an amount equal to

11 the estimate of the Federal share, without interest, of the

12 cost of such work—

13 (1) if, after authorization and before initiation

14 of construction of such nonstructural project, the Sec15 retary approves the plans for construction of such

16 nonstructural project by the non-Federal interest; and

17 (2) if the Secretary finds, after a review of stud18 ies and design documents prepared to carry out such

19 nonstructural project, that construction of such non20 structural project is economically justified and envi21 ronmentally acceptable.

22 SEC. 356. DALLAS FLOODWAY EXTENSION, DALLAS, TEXAS.

23 The project for flood control, Dallas Floodway Exten24 sion, Dallas, Texas, authorized by section 301 of the River

25 and Harbor Act of 1965 (79 Stat. 1091) and modified by

26 section 351 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996
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1 (110 Stat. 3724), is further modified to add environmental

2 restoration and recreation as project purposes.

3 SEC. 357. UPPER JORDAN RIVER, UTAH.

4 The project for flood control, Upper Jordan River,

5 Utah, authorized by section 101(a)(23) of the Water Re6 sources Development Act of 1990 (104 Stat. 4610) and

7 modified by section 301(a)(14) of the Water Resources De8 velopment Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3709), is further modified

9 to direct the Secretary to carry out the locally preferred

10 project, entitled ‘‘Upper Jordan River Flood Control

11 Project, Salt Lake County, Utah—Supplemental Informa12 tion’’ and identified in the document of Salt Lake County,

13 Utah, dated July 30, 1998, at a total cost of $12,870,000,

14 with an estimated Federal cost of $8,580,000 and an esti15 mated non-Federal cost of $4,290,000.

16 SEC. 358. ELIZABETH RIVER, CHESAPEAKE, VIRGINIA.

17 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, after Sep18 tember 30, 1999, the City of Chesapeake, Virginia, shall not

19 be obligated to make the annual cash contribution required

20 under paragraph 1(9) of the Local Cooperation Agreement

21 dated December 12, 1978, between the Government and the

22 city for the project for navigation, southern branch of Eliza23 beth River, Chesapeake, Virginia.
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1 SEC. 359. BLUESTONE LAKE, OHIO RIVER BASIN, WEST VIR2 GINIA.

3 Section 102(ff) of the Water Resources Development

4 Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4810) is amended by striking ‘‘take

5 such measures as are technologically feasible’’ and inserting

6 ‘‘implement Plan C/G, as defined in the Evaluation Report

7 of the District Engineer, dated December 1996,’’.

8 SEC. 360. GREENBRIER BASIN, WEST VIRGINIA.

9 Section 579(c) of the Water Resources Development Act

10 of 1996 (110 Stat. 3790) is amended by striking

11 ‘‘$12,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$73,000,000’’.

12 SEC. 361. MOOREFIELD, WEST VIRGINIA.

13 Effective October 1, 1999, the project for flood control,

14 Moorefield, West Virginia, authorized by section 101(a)(25)

15 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1990 (104 Stat.

16 4610-4611), is modified to provide that the non-Federal in17 terest shall not be required to pay the unpaid balance, in18 cluding interest, of the non-Federal share of the cost of the

19 project.

20 SEC. 362. WEST VIRGINIA AND PENNSYLVANIA FLOOD CON21 TROL.

22 Section 581(a) of the Water Resources Development

23 Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3790) is amended to read as follows:

24 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may design and

25 construct—
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1 ‘‘(1) flood control measures in the Cheat and

2 Tygart River basins, West Virginia, at a level of pro3 tection that is sufficient to prevent any future losses

4 to these communities from flooding such as occurred

5 in January 1996 but no less than a 100-year level of

6 protection; and

7 ‘‘(2) structural and nonstructural flood control,

8 streambank protection, stormwater management, and

9 channel clearing and modification measures in the

10 Lower Allegheny, Lower Monongahela, West Branch

11 Susquehanna, and Juniata River basins, Pennsyl12 vania, at a level of protection that is sufficient to pre13 vent any future losses to communities in these basins

14 from flooding such as occurred in January 1996, but

15 no less than a 100-year level of flood protection with

16 respect to those measures that incorporate levees or

17 floodwalls.’’.

18 SEC. 363. PROJECT REAUTHORIZATIONS.

19 (a) LEE CREEK, ARKANSAS AND OKLAHOMA.—The

20 project for flood protection on Lee Creek, Arkansas and

21 Oklahoma, authorized by section 204 of the Flood Control

22 Act of 1965 (79 Stat. 1078) and deauthorized pursuant to

23 section 1001(b)(1) of the Water Resources Development Act

24 of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 579a(b)(1)), is authorized to be carried

25 out by the Secretary.
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1 (b) INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA.—The project for

2 shore protection, Indian River County, Florida, authorized

3 by section 501 of the Water Resources and Development Act

4 of 1986 (100 Stat. 4134) and deauthorized pursuant to sec5 tion 1001(b)(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of

6 1986 (33 U.S.C. 579a(b)(1)), is authorized to be carried out

7 by the Secretary.

8 (c) LIDO KEY, FLORIDA.—The project for shore protec9 tion, Lido Key, Florida, authorized by section 101 of the

10 River and Harbor Act of 1970 (84 Stat. 1819) and de11 authorized pursuant to section 1001(b)(2) of the Water Re12 sources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C 579a(b)(2)), is

13 authorized to be carried out by the Secretary.

14 (d) ST. AUGUSTINE, ST. JOHNS COUNTY, FLORIDA.—

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—The project for shore protec16 tion and storm damage reduction, St. Augustine, St.

17 Johns County, Florida, authorized by section 501 of

18 the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 and de19 authorized pursuant to section 1001(a) of such Act

20 (33 U.S.C. 579a(a)), is authorized to include naviga21 tion mitigation as a project purpose and to be carried

22 out by the Secretary substantially in accordance with

23 the General Reevaluation Report dated November 18,

24 1998, at a total cost of $16,086,000, with an esti-
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1 mated Federal cost of $12,949,000 and an estimated

2 non-Federal cost of $3,137,000.

3 (2) PERIODIC NOURISHMENT.—The Secretary is

4 authorized to carry out periodic nourishment for the

5 project for a 50-year period at an estimated average

6 annual cost of $1,251,000, with an estimated annual

7 Federal cost of $1,007,000 and an estimated annual

8 non-Federal cost of $244,000.

9 (e) CASS RIVER, MICHIGAN (VASSAR).—The project for

10 flood protection, Cass River, Michigan (Vassar), authorized

11 by section 203 of the Flood Control Act of 1958 (72 Stat.

12 311) and deauthorized pursuant to section 1001(b)(2) of the

13 Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C.

14 579a(b)(2)), is authorized to be carried out by the Sec15 retary.

16 (f) SAGINAW RIVER, MICHIGAN (SHIAWASSEE

17 FLATS).—The project for flood control, Saginaw River,

18 Michigan (Shiawassee Flats), authorized by section 203 of

19 the Flood Control Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 311) and deauthor20 ized pursuant to section 1001(b)(2) of the Water Resources

21 Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 579a(b)(2)), is author22 ized to be carried out by the Secretary.

23 (g) PARK RIVER, GRAFTON, NORTH DAKOTA.—The

24 project for flood control, Park River, Grafton, North Da25 kota, authorized by section 401(a) of the Water Resources
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1 Development Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 4121) and deauthorized

2 pursuant to section 1001(a) of such Act (33 U.S.C.

3 579a(a)), is authorized to be carried out by the Secretary.

4 (h) MEMPHIS HARBOR, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.—The

5 project for navigation, Memphis Harbor, Memphis, Ten6 nessee, authorized by section 601(a) of the Water Resources

7 Development Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 4145) and deauthorized

8 pursuant to 1001(a) of such Act (33 U.S.C 579a(a)), is au9 thorized to be carried out by the Secretary.

10 SEC. 364. PROJECT DEAUTHORIZATIONS.

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—The following projects or portions

12 of projects are not authorized after the date of the enactment

13 of this Act:

14 (1) BRIDGEPORT HARBOR, CONNECTICUT.—That

15 portion of the project for navigation, Bridgeport Har16 bor, Connecticut, authorized by section 101 of the

17 River and Harbor Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 297), con18 sisting of a 2.4-acre anchorage area, 9 feet deep, and

19 an adjacent 0.6-acre anchorage, 6 feet deep, located on

20 the west side of Johnsons River.

21 (2) CLINTON HARBOR, CONNECTICUT.—That por22 tion of the project for navigation, Clinton Harbor,

23 Connecticut, authorized by the Rivers and Harbors

24 Act of 1945, House Document 240, 76th Congress, 1st

25 Session, lying upstream of a line designated by the 2
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1 points N158,592.12, E660,193.92 and N158,444.58,

2 E660,220.95.

3 (3) BASS HARBOR, MAINE.—The following por4 tions of the project for navigation, Bass Harbor,

5 Maine, authorized on May 7, 1962, under section 107

6 of the River and Harbor Act of 1960 (33 U.S.C. 577):

7 (A) Beginning at a bend in the project,

8 N149040.00, E538505.00, thence running eas9 terly about 50.00 feet along the northern limit of

10 the project to a point N149061.55, E538550.11,

11 thence running southerly about 642.08 feet to a

12 point, N14877.64, E538817.18, thence running

13 southwesterly about 156.27 feet to a point on the

14 westerly limit of the project, N148348.50,

15 E538737.02, thence running northerly about

16 149.00 feet along the westerly limit of the project

17 to a bend in the project, N148489.22,

18 E538768.09, thence running northwesterly about

19 610.39 feet along the westerly limit of the project

20 to the point of origin.

21 (B) Beginning at a point on the westerly

22 limit of the project, N148118.55, E538689.05,

23 thence running southeasterly about 91.92 feet to

24 a point, N148041.43, E538739.07, thence run25 ning southerly about 65.00 feet to a point,
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1 N147977.86, E538725.51, thence running south2 westerly about 91.92 feet to a point on the west3 erly limit of the project, N147927.84,

4 E538648.39, thence running northerly about

5 195.00 feet along the westerly limit of the project

6 to the point of origin.

7 (4) BOOTHBAY HARBOR, MAINE.—The project for

8 navigation, Boothbay Harbor, Maine, authorized by

9 the River and Harbor Act of 1912 (37 Stat. 201).

10 (5) BUCKSPORT HARBOR, MAINE.—That portion

11 of the project for navigation, Bucksport Harbor,

12 Maine, authorized by the River and Harbor Act of

13 1902, consisting of a 16-foot deep channel beginning

14 at a point N268.748.16, E423.390.76, thence running

15 north 47 degrees 02 minutes 23 seconds east 51.76 feet

16 to a point N268.783.44, E423.428.64, thence running

17 north 67 degrees 54 minutes 32 seconds west 1513.94

18 feet to a point N269.352.81, E422.025.84, thence run19 ning south 47 degrees 02 minutes 23 seconds west

20 126.15 feet to a point N269.266.84, E421.933.52,

21 thence running south 70 degrees 24 minutes 28 sec22 onds east 1546.79 feet to the point of origin.

23 (6) CARVERS HARBOR, VINALHAVEN, MAINE.—

24 That portion of the project for navigation, Carvers

25 Harbor, Vinalhaven, Maine, authorized by the Act of
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1 June 3, 1896 (commonly known as the ‘‘River and

2 Harbor Appropriations Act of 1896’’) (29 Stat. 202,

3 chapter 314), consisting of the 16-foot anchorage be4 ginning at a point with coordinates N137,502.04,

5 E895,156.83, thence running south 6 degrees 34 min6 utes 57.6 seconds west 277.660 feet to a point

7 N137,226.21, E895,125.00, thence running north 53

8 degrees, 5 minutes 42.4 seconds west 127.746 feet to

9 a point N137,302.92, E895022.85, thence running

10 north 33 degrees 56 minutes 9.8 seconds east 239.999

11 feet to the point of origin.

12 (7) EAST BOOTHBAY HARBOR, MAINE.—The

13 project for navigation, East Boothbay Harbor, Maine,

14 authorized by the first section of the Act entitled, ‘‘An

15 Act making appropriations for the construction, re16 pair, and preservation of certain public works on riv17 ers and harbors, and for other purposes’’, approved

18 June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 631).

19 (8) SEARSPORT HARBOR, SEARSPORT, MAINE.—

20 That portion of the project for navigation, Searsport

21 Harbor, Searsport, Maine, authorized by section 101

22 of the River and Harbor Act of 1962 (76 Stat. 1173),

23 consisting of the 35-foot turning basin beginning at

24 a point with coordinates N225,008.38, E395,464.26,

25 thence running north 43 degrees 49 minutes 53.4 sec-
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1 onds east 362.001 feet to a point N225,269.52,

2 E395,714.96, thence running south 71 degrees 27

3 minutes 33.0 seconds east 1,309.201 feet to a point

4 N224,853.22, E396,956.21, thence running north 84

5 degrees 3 minutes 45.7 seconds west 1,499.997 feet to

6 the point of origin.

7 (9) WELLS HARBOR, MAINE.—The following por8 tions of the project for navigation, Wells Harbor,

9 Maine, authorized by section 101 of the River and

10 Harbor Act of 1960 (74 Stat. 480):

11 (A) The portion of the 6-foot channel the

12 boundaries of which begin at a point with co13 ordinates N177,992.00, E394,831.00, thence run14 ning south 83 degrees 58 minutes 14.8 seconds

15 west 10.38 feet to a point N177,990.91,

16 E394,820.68, thence running south 11 degrees 46

17 minutes 47.7 seconds west 991.76 feet to a point

18 N177,020.04, E394,618.21, thence running south

19 78 degrees 13 minutes 45.7 seconds east 10.00

20 feet to a point N177,018.00, E394,628.00, thence

21 running north 11 degrees 46 minutes 22.8 sec22 onds east 994.93 feet to the point of origin.

23 (B) The portion of the 6-foot anchorage the

24 boundaries of which begin at a point with co25 ordinates N177,778.07, E394,336.96, thence run-
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1 ning south 51 degrees 58 minutes 32.7 seconds

2 west 15.49 feet to a point N177,768.53,

3 E394,324.76, thence running south 11 degrees 46

4 minutes 26.5 seconds west 672.87 feet to a point

5 N177,109.82, E394,187.46, thence running south

6 78 degrees 13 minutes 45.7 seconds east 10.00

7 feet to a point N177,107.78, E394,197.25, thence

8 running north 11 degrees 46 minutes 25.4 sec9 onds east 684.70 feet to the point of origin.

10 (C) The portion of the 10-foot settling basin

11 the boundaries of which begin at a point with co12 ordinates N177,107.78, E394,197.25, thence run13 ning north 78 degrees 13 minutes 45.7 seconds

14 west 10.00 feet to a point N177,109.82,

15 E394,187.46, thence running south 11 degrees 46

16 minutes 15.7 seconds west 300.00 feet to a point

17 N176,816.13, E394,126.26, thence running south

18 78 degrees 12 minutes 21.4 seconds east 9.98 feet

19 to a point N176,814.09, E394,136.03, thence

20 running north 11 degrees 46 minutes 29.1 sec21 onds east 300.00 feet to the point of origin.

22 (D) The portion of the 10-foot settling basin

23 the boundaries of which begin at a point with co24 ordinates N177,018.00, E394,628.00, thence run25 ning north 78 degrees 13 minutes 45.7 seconds
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1 west 10.00 feet to a point N177,020.04,

2 E394,618.21, thence running south 11 degrees 46

3 minutes 44.0 seconds west 300.00 feet to a point

4 N176,726.36, E394,556.97, thence running south

5 78 degrees 12 minutes 30.3 seconds east 10.03

6 feet to a point N176,724.31, E394,566.79, thence

7 running north 11 degrees 46 minutes 22.4 sec8 onds east 300.00 feet to the point of origin.

9 (10) FALMOUTH HARBOR, MASSACHUSETTS.—

10 That portion of the project for navigation, Falmouth

11 Harbor, Massachusetts, authorized by section 101 of

12 the River and Harbor Act of 1948 lying southeasterly

13 of a line commencing at a point N199,286.41,

14 E844,394.91, thence running north 66 degrees 52

15 minutes 3.31 seconds east 472.95 feet to a point

16 N199,472.21, E844,829.83, thence running north 43

17 degrees 9 minutes 28.3 seconds east 262.64 feet to a

18 point N199,633.80, E845,009.48, thence running

19 north 21 degrees 40 minutes 11.26 seconds east 808.38

20 feet to a point N200,415.05, E845,307.98, thence run21 ning north 32 degrees 25 minutes 29.01 seconds east

22 160.76 feet to a point N200,550.75, E845,394.18,

23 thence running north 24 degrees 56 minutes 42.29

24 seconds east 1,410.29 feet to a point N201,829.48,

25 E845,988.97.
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1 (11) GREEN HARBOR, MASSACHUSETTS.—That

2 portion of the project for navigation, Green Harbor,

3 Massachusetts, undertaken pursuant to section 107 of

4 the River and Harbor Act of 1960 (33 U.S.C. 577),

5 consisting of the 6-foot deep channel beginning at a

6 point along the west limit of the existing project,

7 North 395990.43, East 831079.16, thence running

8 northwesterly about 752.85 feet to a point, North

9 396722.80, East 830904.76, thence running north10 westerly about 222.79 feet to a point along the west

11 limit of the existing project, North 396844.34, East

12 830718.04, thence running southwesterly about 33.72

13 feet along the west limit of the existing project to a

14 point, North 396810.80, East 830714.57, thence run15 ning southeasterly about 195.42 feet along the west

16 limit of the existing project to a point, North

17 396704.19, East 830878.35, thence running about

18 544.66 feet along the west limit of the existing project

19 to a point, North 396174.35, East 831004.52, thence

20 running southeasterly about 198.49 feet along the west

21 limit of the existing project to the point of beginning.

22 (12) NEW BEDFORD AND FAIRHAVEN HARBOR,

23 MASSACHUSETTS.—The following portions of the

24 project for navigation, New Bedford and Fairhaven

25 Harbor, Massachusetts:
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1 (A) A portion of the 25-foot spur channel

2 leading to the west of Fish Island, authorized by

3 the River and Harbor Act of 3 March 1909, be4 ginning at a point with coordinates

5 N232,173.77, E758,791.32, thence running south

6 27 degrees 36 minutes 52.8 seconds west 38.2 feet

7 to a point N232,139.91, E758,773.61, thence

8 running south 87 degrees 35 minutes 31.6 sec9 onds west 196.84 feet to a point N232,131.64,

10 E758,576.94, thence running north 47 degrees 47

11 minutes 48.4 seconds west 502.72 feet to a point

12 N232,469.35, E758,204.54, thence running north

13 10 degrees 10 minutes 20.3 seconds west 438.88

14 feet to a point N232,901.33, E758,127.03, thence

15 running north 79 degrees 49 minutes 43.1 sec16 onds east 121.69 feet to a point N232,922.82,

17 E758,246.81, thence running south 04 degrees 29

18 minutes 17.6 seconds east 52.52 feet to a point

19 N232,870.46, E758,250.92, thence running south

20 23 degrees 56 minutes 11.2 seconds east 49.15

21 feet to a point N323,825.54, E758,270.86, thence

22 running south 79 degrees 49 minutes 27.0 sec23 onds west 88.19 feet to a point N232,809.96,

24 E758,184.06, thence running south 10 degrees 10

25 minutes 25.7 seconds east 314.83 feet to a point
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1 N232,500.08, E758,239.67, thence running south

2 56 degrees 33 minutes 56.1 seconds east 583.07

3 feet to a point N232,178.82, E758,726.25, thence

4 running south 85 degrees 33 minutes 16.0 sec5 onds east to the point of origin.

6 (B) A portion of the 30-foot west maneu7 vering basin, authorized by the River and Har8 bor Act of 3 July 1930, beginning at a point

9 with coordinates N232,139.91, E758,773.61,

10 thence running north 81 degrees 49 minutes 30.1

11 seconds east 160.76 feet to a point N232,162.77,

12 E758.932.74, thence running north 85 degrees 33

13 minutes 16.0 seconds west 141.85 feet to a point

14 N232,173.77, E758,791.32, thence running south

15 27 degrees 36 minutes 52.8 seconds west to the

16 point of origin.

17 (b) ANCHORAGE AREA, CLINTON HARBOR, CON18 NECTICUT.—That portion of the Clinton Harbor, Con19 necticut, navigation project referred to in subsection (a)(2)

20 beginning at a point beginning: N158,444.58, E660,220.95,

21 thence running north 79 degrees 37 minutes 14 seconds east

22 833.31 feet to a point N158,594.72, E661,040.67, thence

23 running south 80 degrees 51 minutes 53 seconds east 181.21

24 feet to a point N158,565.95, E661,219.58, thence running

25 north 57 degrees 38 minutes 04 seconds west 126.02 feet
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1 to a point N158,633.41, E660,113.14, thence running south

2 79 degrees 37 minutes 14 seconds west 911.61 feet to a point

3 N158,469.17, E660,216.44, thence running south 10 degrees

4 22 minutes 46 seconds east 25 feet returning to a point

5 N158,444.58, E660,220.95 is redesignated as an anchorage

6 area.

7 (c) WELLS HARBOR, MAINE.—

8 (1) PROJECT MODIFICATION.—The Wells Harbor,

9 Maine, navigation project referred to in subsection

10 (a)(9) is modified to authorize the Secretary to re11 align the channel and anchorage areas based on a

12 harbor design capacity of 150 craft.

13 (2) REDESIGNATIONS.—

14 (A) 6-FOOT ANCHORAGE.—The following

15 portions of the Wells Harbor, Maine, navigation

16 project referred to in subsection (a)(9) shall be

17 redesignated as part of the 6-foot anchorage:

18 (i) The portion of the 6-foot channel

19 the boundaries of which begin at a point

20 with coordinates N177,990.91, E394,820.68,

21 thence running south 83 degrees 58 minutes

22 40.8 seconds west 94.65 feet to a point

23 N177,980.98, E394,726.55, thence running

24 south 11 degrees 46 minutes 22.4 seconds

25 west 962.83 feet to a point N177,038.40,
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1 E394,530.10, thence running south 78 de2 grees 13 minutes 45.7 seconds east 90.00 feet

3 to a point N177,020.04, E394,618.21, thence

4 running north 11 degrees 46 minutes 47.7

5 seconds east 991.76 feet to the point of ori6 gin.

7 (ii) The portion of the 10-foot inner

8 harbor settling basin the boundaries of

9 which begin at a point with coordinates

10 N177,020.04, E394,618.21, thence running

11 north 78 degrees 13 minutes 30.5 seconds

12 west 160.00 feet to a point N177,052.69,

13 E394,461.58, thence running south 11 de14 grees 46 minutes 45.4 seconds west 299.99

15 feet to a point N176,759.02, E394,400.34,

16 thence running south 78 degrees 13 minutes

17 17.9 seconds east 160 feet to a point

18 N176,726.36, E394,556.97, thence running

19 north 11 degrees 46 minutes 44.0 seconds

20 east 300.00 feet to the point of origin.

21 (B) 6-FOOT CHANNEL.—The following por22 tion of the Wells Harbor, Maine, navigation

23 project referred to in subsection (a)(9) shall be

24 redesignated as part of the 6-foot channel: the

25 portion of the 6-foot anchorage the boundaries of
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1 which begin at a point with coordinates

2 N178,102.26, E394,751.83, thence running south

3 51 degrees 59 minutes 42.1 seconds west 526.51

4 feet to a point N177,778.07, E394,336.96, thence

5 running south 11 degrees 46 minutes 26.6 sec6 onds west 511.83 feet to a point N177,277.01,

7 E394,232.52, thence running south 78 degrees 13

8 minutes 17.9 seconds east 80.00 feet to a point

9 N177,260.68, E394,310.84, thence running north

10 11 degrees 46 minutes 24.8 seconds east 482.54

11 feet to a point N177,733.07, E394,409.30, thence

12 running north 51 degrees 59 minutes 41.0 sec13 onds east 402.63 feet to a point N177,980.98,

14 E394,726.55, thence running north 11 degrees 46

15 minutes 27.6 seconds east 123.89 feet to the point

16 of origin.

17 (3) REALIGNMENT.—The 6-foot anchorage area

18 described in paragraph (2)(B) shall be realigned to

19 include the area located south of the inner harbor set20 tling basin in existence on the date of the enactment

21 of this Act beginning at a point with coordinates

22 N176,726.36, E394,556.97, thence running north 78

23 degrees 13 minutes 17.9 seconds west 160.00 feet to a

24 point N176,759.02, E394,400.34, thence running

25 south 11 degrees 47 minutes 03.8 seconds west 45 feet
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1 to a point N176,714.97, E394,391.15, thence running

2 south 78 degrees 13 minutes 17.9 seconds 160.00 feet

3 to a point N176,682.31, E394,547.78, thence running

4 north 11 degrees 47 minutes 03.8 seconds east 45 feet

5 to the point of origin.

6 (4) RELOCATION.—The Secretary may relocate

7 the settling basin feature of the Wells Harbor, Maine,

8 navigation project referred to in subsection (a)(9) to

9 the outer harbor between the jetties.

10 (5) ADDITIONAL ACTIONS.—In carrying out the

11 operation and the maintenance of the Wells Harbor,

12 Maine, navigation project referred to in subsection

13 (a)(9), the Secretary shall undertake each of the ac14 tions of the Corps of Engineers specified in section

15 IV(B) of the memorandum of agreement relating to

16 the project dated January 20, 1998, including those

17 actions specified in such section IV(B) that the par18 ties agreed to ask the Corps of Engineers to under19 take.

20 (d) ANCHORAGE AREA, GREEN HARBOR, MASSACHU21 SETTS.—The portion of the Green Harbor, Massachusetts,

22 navigation project referred to in subsection (a)(11) con23 sisting of a 6-foot deep channel that lies northerly of a line

24 whose coordinates are North 394825.00, East 831660.00
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1 and North 394779.28, East 831570.64 is redesignated as

2 an anchorage area.

3 SEC. 365. AMERICAN AND SACRAMENTO RIVERS, CALI4 FORNIA.

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The project for flood damage reduc6 tion, American and Sacramento Rivers, California, author7 ized by section 101(a)(1) of the Water Resources Develop8 ment Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3662–3663), is modified to di9 rect the Secretary to include the following improvements as

10 part of the overall project:

11 (1) Raising the left bank of the non-Federal levee

12 upstream of the Mayhew Drain for a distance of

13 4,500 feet by an average of 2.5 feet.

14 (2) Raising the right bank of the American River

15 levee from 1,500 feet upstream to 4,000 feet down16 stream of the Howe Avenue bridge by an average of

17 1 feet.

18 (3) Modifying the south levee of the Natomas

19 Cross Canal for a distance of 5 miles to ensure that

20 the south levee is consistent with the level of protec21 tion provided by the authorized levee along the east

22 bank of the Sacramento River.

23 (4) Modifying the north levee of the Natomas

24 Cross Canal for a distance of 5 miles to ensure that
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1 the height of the levee is equivalent to the height of

2 the south levee as authorized by paragraph (3).

3 (5) Installing gates to the existing Mayhew

4 Drain culvert and pumps to prevent backup of flood5 water on the Folsom Boulevard side of the gates.

6 (6) Installation of a slurry wall in the north

7 levee of the American River from the east levee of the

8 Natomas east Main Drain upstream for a distance of

9 approximately 1.2 miles.

10 (7) Installation of a slurry wall in the north

11 levee of the American River from 300 feet west of

12 Jacob Lane north for a distance of approximately 1

13 mile to the end of the existing levee.

14 (b) COST LIMITATIONS.—Section 101(a)(1)(A) of the

15 Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3662)

16 is amended by striking ‘‘at a total cost of’’ and all that

17 follows through ‘‘$14,225,000,’’ and inserting the following:

18 ‘‘at a total cost of $91,900,000, with an estimated Federal

19 cost of $68,925,000 and an estimated non-Federal cost of

20 $22,975,000,’’.

21 (c) COST SHARING.—For purposes of section 103 of the

22 Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2213),

23 the modifications authorized by this section shall be subject

24 to the same cost sharing in effect for the project for flood

25 damage reduction, American and Sacramento Rivers, Cali-
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1 fornia, authorized by section 101(a)(1) of the Water Re2 sources Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3662).

3 SEC. 366. MARTIN, KENTUCKY.

4 The project for flood control, Martin, Kentucky, au5 thorized by section 202(a) of the Energy and Water Devel6 opment Appropriations Act, 1981 (94 Stat. 1339) is modi7 fied to authorize the Secretary to take all necessary meas8 ures to prevent future losses that would occur from a flood

9 equal in magnitude to a 100-year frequency event.

10 SEC. 367. SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA PILOT PROGRAM.

11 Section 340(g) of the Water Resources Development Act

12 of 1992 (106 Stat. 4856) is amended to read as follows:

13 ‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is

14 authorized to be appropriated to carry out the pilot pro15 gram under this section $40,000,000 for fiscal years begin16 ning after September 30, 1992. Such sums shall remain

17 available until expended.’’.

18 SEC. 368. BLACK WARRIOR AND TOMBIGBEE RIVERS, JACK19 SON, ALABAMA.

20 The project for navigation, Black Warrior and

21 Tombigbee Rivers, vicinity of Jackson, Alabama, as author22 ized by section 106 of the Energy and Water Development

23 Appropriations Act, 1987 (100 Stat. 3341–199), is modified

24 to authorize the Secretary to acquire lands for mitigation

25 of the habitat losses attributable to the project, including
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1 the navigation channel, dredged material disposal areas,

2 and other areas directly impacted by construction of the

3 project. Notwithstanding section 906 of the Water Resources

4 Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2283), the Secretary

5 may construct the project prior to acquisition of the mitiga6 tion lands if the Secretary takes such actions as may be

7 necessary to ensure that any required mitigation lands will

8 be acquired not later than 2 years after initiation of con9 struction of the new channel and such acquisition will fully

10 mitigate any adverse environmental impacts resulting from

11 the project.

12 SEC. 369. TROPICANA WASH AND FLAMINGO WASH, NEVADA.

13 Any Federal costs associated with the Tropicana and

14 Flamingo Washes, Nevada, authorized by section 101(13)

15 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat.

16 4803), incurred by the non-Federal interest to accelerate or

17 modify construction of the project, in cooperation with the

18 Corps of Engineers, shall be considered to be eligible for re19 imbursement by the Secretary.

20 SEC. 370. COMITE RIVER, LOUISIANA.

21 The Comite River Diversion Project for flood control,

22 authorized as part of the project for flood control, Amite

23 River and Tributaries, Louisiana, by section 101(11) of the

24 Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4802–

25 4803) and modified by section 301(b)(5) of the Water Re-
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1 sources Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3709–3710), is

2 further modified to authorize the Secretary to include the

3 costs of highway relocations to be cost shared as a project

4 construction feature if the Secretary determines that such

5 treatment of costs is necessary to facilitate construction of

6 the project.

7 SEC. 371. ST. MARY’S RIVER, MICHIGAN.

8 The project for navigation, St. Mary’s River, Michi9 gan, is modified to direct the Secretary to provide an addi10 tional foot of overdraft between Point Louise Turn and the

11 Locks and Sault Saint Marie, Michigan, consistent with the

12 channels upstream of Point Louise Turn. The modification

13 shall be carried out as operation and maintenance to im14 prove navigation safety.

15 SEC. 372. CITY OF CHARLXVOIX: REIMBURSEMENT, MICHI16 GAN.

17 The Secretary, shall review and, if consistent with au18 thorized project Purposes, reimburse the City of Charlevoix,

19 Michigan, for the Federal share of costs associated with con20 struction of the new revetment to the Federal navigation

21 project at Charlevoix Harbor, Michigan.
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1 TITLE IV—STUDIES

2 SEC. 401. UPPER MISSISSIPPI AND ILLINOIS RIVERS LEV3 EES AND STREAMBANKS PROTECTION.

4 The Secretary shall conduct a study of erosion damage

5 to levees and infrastructure on the upper Mississippi and

6 Illinois Rivers and the impact of increased barge and pleas7 ure craft traffic on deterioration of levees and other flood

8 control structures on such rivers.

9 SEC. 402. UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMPREHENSIVE

10 PLAN.

11 (a) DEVELOPMENT.—The Secretary shall develop a

12 plan to address water and related land resources problems

13 and opportunities in the Upper Mississippi and Illinois

14 River Basins, extending from Cairo, Illinois, to the head15 waters of the Mississippi River, in the interest of systemic

16 flood damage reduction by means of a mixture of structural

17 and nonstructural flood control and floodplain management

18 strategies, continued maintenance of the navigation project,

19 management of bank caving and erosion, watershed nutri20 ent and sediment management, habitat management, recre21 ation needs, and other related purposes.

22 (b) CONTENTS.—The plan shall contain recommenda23 tions on future management plans and actions to be carried

24 out by the responsible Federal and non-Federal entities and

25 shall specifically address recommendations to authorize con-
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1 struction of a systemic flood control project in accordance

2 with a plan for the Upper Mississippi River. The plan shall

3 include recommendations for Federal action where appro4 priate and recommendations for follow-on studies for prob5 lem areas for which data or current technology does not

6 allow immediate solutions.

7 (c) CONSULTATION AND USE OF EXISTING DATA.—The

8 Secretary shall consult with appropriate State and Federal

9 agencies and shall make maximum use of existing data and

10 ongoing programs and efforts of States and Federal agencies

11 in developing the plan.

12 (d) COST SHARING.—Development of the plan under

13 this section shall be at Federal expense. Feasibility studies

14 resulting from development of such plan shall be subject to

15 cost sharing under section 105 of the Water Resources De16 velopment Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2215).

17 (e) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit a report that

18 includes the comprehensive plan to the Committee on

19 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep20 resentatives and the Committee on Environment and Public

21 Works of the Senate not later than 3 years after the date

22 of the enactment of this Act.
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1 SEC. 403. EL DORADO, UNION COUNTY, ARKANSAS.

2 The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the

3 feasibility of improvements to regional water supplies for

4 El Dorado, Union County, Arkansas.

5 SEC. 404. SWEETWATER RESERVOIR, SAN DIEGO COUNTY,

6 CALIFORNIA.

7 The Secretary shall conduct a study of the potential

8 water quality problems and pollution abatement measures

9 in the watershed in and around Sweetwater Reservoir, San

10 Diego County, California.

11 SEC. 405. WHITEWATER RIVER BASIN, CALIFORNIA.

12 The Secretary shall undertake and complete a feasi13 bility study for flood damage reduction in the Whitewater

14 River basin, California, and, based upon the results of such

15 study, give priority consideration to including the rec16 ommended project, including the Salton Sea wetlands res17 toration project, in the flood mitigation and riverine res18 toration pilot program authorized in section 214 of this Act.

19 SEC. 406. LITTLE ECONLACKHATCHEE RIVER BASIN, FLOR20 IDA.

21 The Secretary shall conduct a study of pollution abate22 ment measures in the Little Econlackhatchee River basin,

23 Florida.
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1 SEC. 407. PORT EVERGLADES INLET, FLORIDA.

2 The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the

3 feasibility of carrying out a sand bypass project at Port

4 Everglades Inlet, Florida.

5 SEC. 408. UPPER DES PLAINES RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES, IL6 LINOIS AND WISCONSIN.

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is directed to con8 duct a study of the upper Des Plaines River and tributaries,

9 Illinois and Wisconsin, upstream of the confluence with

10 Salt Creek at Riverside, Illinois, to determine the feasibility

11 of improvements in the interests of flood damage reduction,

12 environmental restoration and protection, water quality,

13 recreation, and related purposes.

14 (b) SPECIAL RULE.—In conducting the study, the Sec15 retary may not exclude from consideration and evaluation

16 flood damage reduction measures based on restrictive poli17 cies regarding the frequency of flooding, drainage area, and

18 amount of runoff.

19 (c) CONSULTATION AND USE OF EXISTING DATA.—The

20 Secretary shall consult with appropriate State and Federal

21 agencies and shall make maximum use of existing data and

22 ongoing programs and efforts of States and Federal agencies

23 in conducting the study.
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1 SEC. 409. CAMERON PARISH WEST OF CALCASIEU RIVER,

2 LOUISIANA.

3 The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the

4 feasibility of carrying out a project for storm damage reduc5 tion and environmental restoration, Cameron Parish west

6 of Calcasieu River, Louisiana.

7 SEC. 410. GRAND ISLE AND VICINITY, LOUISIANA.

8 In carrying out a study of the storm damage reduction

9 benefits to Grand Isle and vicinity, Louisiana, the Sec10 retary shall include benefits that a storm damage reduction

11 project for Grand Isle and vicinity, Louisiana, may have

12 on the mainland coast of Louisiana as project benefits at13 tributable to the Grand Isle project.

14 SEC. 411. LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN SEAWALL, LOUISIANA.

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall complete a

16 post-authorization change report on the project for hurri17 cane-flood protection, Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, and

18 vicinity, authorized by section 204 of the Flood Control Act

19 of 1965 (79 Stat. 1077), to incorporate and accomplish

20 structural modifications to the seawall fronting protection

21 along the south shore of Lake Pontchartrain from the New

22 Basin Canal on the west to the Inner harbor Navigation

23 Canal on the east.

24 (b) REPORT.—The Secretary shall ensure expeditious

25 completion of the post-authorization change report required
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1 by subsection (a) not later than 180 days after the date

2 of the enactment of this section.

3 SEC. 412. WESTPORT, MASSACHUSETTS.

4 The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the

5 feasibility of carrying out a navigation project for the town

6 of Westport, Massachusetts, and the possible beneficial uses

7 of dredged material for shoreline protection and storm dam8 age reduction in the area. In determining the benefits of

9 the project, the Secretary shall include the benefits derived

10 from using dredged material for shoreline protection and

11 storm damage reduction.

12 SEC. 413. SOUTHWEST VALLEY, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEX13 ICO.

14 The Secretary shall undertake and complete a feasi15 bility study for flood damage reduction in the Southwest

16 Valley, Albuquerque, New Mexico, and, based upon the re17 sults of such study, give priority consideration to including

18 the recommended project in the flood mitigation and

19 riverine restoration pilot program authorized in section 214

20 of this Act.

21 SEC. 414. CAYUGA CREEK, NEW YORK.

22 The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the

23 feasibility of carrying out a project for flood control for Ca24 yuga Creek, New York.
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1 SEC. 415. ARCOLA CREEK WATERSHED, MADISON, OHIO.

2 The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the

3 feasibility of a project to provide environmental restoration

4 and protection for the Arcola Creek watershed, Madison,

5 Ohio.

6 SEC. 416. WESTERN LAKE ERIE BASIN, OHIO, INDIANA, AND

7 MICHIGAN.

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct a

9 study to develop measures to improve flood control, naviga10 tion, water quality, recreation, and fish and wildlife habi11 tat in a comprehensive manner in the western Lake Erie

12 basin, Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan, including watersheds

13 of the Maumee, Ottawa, and Portage Rivers.

14 (b) COOPERATION.—In carrying out the study, the

15 Secretary shall cooperate with interested Federal, State,

16 and local agencies and nongovernmental organizations and

17 consider all relevant programs of such agencies.

18 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of

19 the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Con20 gress a report on the results of the study, including findings

21 and recommendations.

22 SEC. 417. SCHUYLKILL RIVER, NORRISTOWN, PENNSYL23 VANIA.

24 The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the

25 feasibility of carrying out a project for flood control for
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1 Schuylkill River, Norristown, Pennsylvania, including im2 provement to existing stormwater drainage systems.

3 SEC. 418. LAKES MARION AND MOULTRIE, SOUTH CARO4 LINA.

5 The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the

6 feasibility of carrying out a project for Lakes Marion and

7 Moultrie to provide water supply, treatment, and distribu8 tion to Calhoun, Clarendon, Colleton, Dorchester, Orange9 burg, and Sumter Counties, South Carolina.

10 SEC. 419. DAY COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA.

11 The Secretary shall conduct an investigation of flood12 ing and other water resources problems between the James

13 River and Big Sioux watersheds in South Dakota and an

14 assessment of flood damage reduction needs of the area.

15 SEC. 420. CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS.

16 The Secretary shall include, as part of the study au17 thorized in a resolution of the Committee on Public Works

18 and Transportation of the House of Representatives, dated

19 August 1, 1990, a review of two 175-foot-wide barge shelves

20 on either side of the navigation channel at the Port of Cor21 pus Christi, Texas.
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1 SEC. 421. MITCHELL’S CUT CHANNEL (CANEY FORK CUT),

2 TEXAS.

3 The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the

4 feasibility of carrying out a project for navigation, Mitch5 ell’s Cut Channel (Caney Fork Cut), Texas.

6 SEC. 422. MOUTH OF COLORADO RIVER, TEXAS.

7 The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the

8 feasibility of carrying out a project for navigation at the

9 mouth of the Colorado River, Texas, to provide a minimum

10 draft navigation channel extending from the Colorado River

11 through Parkers Cut (also known as ‘‘Tiger Island Cut’’),

12 or an acceptable alternative, to Matagorda Bay.

13 SEC. 423. KANAWHA RIVER, FAYETTE COUNTY, WEST VIR14 GINIA.

15 The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the

16 feasibility of developing a public port along the Kanawha

17 River in Fayette County, West Virginia, at a site known

18 as ‘‘Longacre’’.

19 SEC. 424. WEST VIRGINIA PORTS.

20 The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the

21 feasibility of expanding public port development in West

22 Virginia along the Ohio River and navigable portion of the

23 Kanawha River from its mouth to river mile 91.0

24 SEC. 425. GREAT LAKES REGION COMPREHENSIVE STUDY.

25 (a) STUDY.—The Secretary shall conduct a com26 prehensive study of the Great Lakes region to ensure the
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1 future use, management, and protection of water and re2 lated resources of the Great Lakes basin.

3 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 4 years after the date

4 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to

5 the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the

6 House of Representatives and the Committee on Environ7 ment and Public Works of the Senate a report that includes

8 the strategic plan for Corps of Engineers programs in the

9 Great Lakes basin and details of proposed Corps of Engi10 neers environmental, navigation, and flood damage reduc11 tion projects in the region.

12 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is

13 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section

14 $1,000,000 for fiscal years 2000 through 2003.

15 SEC. 426. NUTRIENT LOADING RESULTING FROM DREDGED

16 MATERIAL DISPOSAL.

17 (a) STUDY.—The Secretary shall conduct a study of

18 nutrient loading that occurs as a result of discharges of

19 dredged material into open-water sites in the Chesapeake

20 Bay.

21 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the date

22 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit

23 to Congress a report on the results of the study.
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1 SEC. 427. SANTEE DELTA FOCUS AREA, SOUTH CAROLINA.

2 The Secretary shall conduct a study of the Santee

3 Delta focus area, South Carolina, to determine the feasi4 bility of carrying out a project for enhancing wetlands val5 ues and public recreational opportunities in the area.

6 SEC. 428. DEL NORTE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.

7 The Secretary shall undertake and complete a feasi8 bility study for designating a permanent disposal site for

9 dredged materials from Federal navigation projects in Del

10 Norte County, California.

11 SEC. 429. ST. CLAIR RIVER AND LAKE ST. CLAIR, MICHIGAN.

12 (a) PLAN.—The Secretary, in coordination with State

13 and local governments and appropriate Federal and pro14 vincial authorities of Canada, shall develop a comprehen15 sive management plan for St. Clair River and Lake St.

16 Clair. Such plan shall include the following elements:

17 (1) The causes and sources of environmental deg18 radation.

19 (2) Continuous monitoring of organic, biological,

20 metallic, and chemical contamination levels.

21 (3) Timely dissemination of information of such

22 contamination levels to public authorities, other inter23 ested parties, and the public.

24 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of

25 the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to

26 Congress a report that includes the plan developed under
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1 subsection (a), together with recommendations of potential

2 restoration measures.

3 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is

4 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section

5 $400,000.

6 SEC. 430. CUMBERLAND COUNTY, TENNESSEE.

7 The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the

8 feasibility of improvements to regional water supplies for

9 Cumberland County, Tennessee.

10 TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS

11 PROVISIONS

12 SEC. 501. CORPS ASSUMPTION OF NRCS PROJECTS.

13 (a) LLAGAS CREEK, CALIFORNIA.—The Secretary is

14 authorized to complete the remaining reaches of the Natural

15 Resources Conservation Service’s flood control project at

16 Llagas Creek, California, undertaken pursuant to section

17 5 of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16

18 U.S.C. 1005), substantially in accordance with the Natural

19 Resources Conservation Service watershed plan for Llagas

20 Creek, Department of Agriculture, and in accordance with

21 the requirements of local cooperation as specified in section

22 4 of such Act, at a total cost of $45,000,000, with an esti23 mated Federal cost of $21,800,000 and an estimated non24 Federal cost of $23,200,000.
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1 (b) THORNTON RESERVOIR, COOK COUNTY, ILLI2 NOIS.—

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Thornton Reservoir

4 project, an element of the project for flood control,

5 Chicagoland Underflow Plan, Illinois, authorized by

6 section 3(a)(5) of the Water Resources Development

7 Act of 1988 (102 Stat. 4013), is modified to authorize

8 the Secretary to include additional permanent flood

9 control storage attributable to the Natural Resources

10 Conservation Service Thornton Reservoir (Structure

11 84), Little Calumet River Watershed, Illinois, ap12 proved under the Watershed Protection and Flood

13 Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.).

14 (2) COST SHARING.—Costs for the Thornton Res15 ervoir project shall be shared in accordance with sec16 tion 103 of the Water Resources Development Act of

17 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2213).

18 (3) TRANSITIONAL STORAGE.—The Secretary of

19 Agriculture may cooperate with non-Federal interests

20 to provide, on a transitional basis, flood control stor21 age for the Natural Resources Conservation Service

22 Thornton Reservoir (Structure 84) in the west lobe of

23 the Thornton quarry in advance of Corps’ construc24 tion.
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1 (4) CREDITING.—The Secretary may credit

2 against the non-Federal share of the Thornton Res3 ervoir project all design, lands, easements, rights-of4 way (as of the date of authorization), and construc5 tion costs incurred by the non-Federal interests before

6 the signing of the project cooperation agreement.

7 (5) REEVALUATION REPORT.—The Secretary

8 shall determine the credits authorized by paragraph

9 (4) that are integral to the Thornton Reservoir project

10 and the current total project costs based on a limited

11 reevaluation report.

12 SEC. 502. CONSTRUCTION ASSISTANCE.

13 Section 219(e) of the Water Resources Development Act

14 of 1992 (106 Stat. 4836–4837) is amended by striking

15 paragraphs (5) and (6) and inserting the following:

16 ‘‘(5) $25,000,000 for the project described in sub17 section (c)(2);

18 ‘‘(6) $20,000,000 for the project described in sub19 section (c)(9);

20 ‘‘(7) $30,000,000 for the project described in sub21 section (c)(16);

22 ‘‘(8) $30,000,000 for the project described in sub23 section (c)(17);

24 ‘‘(9) $20,000,000 for the project described in sub25 section (c)(19);
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1 ‘‘(10) $15,000,000 for the project described in

2 subsection (c)(20);

3 ‘‘(11) $11,000,000 for the project described in

4 subsection (c)(21);

5 ‘‘(12) $2,000,000 for the project described in sub6 section (c)(22);

7 ‘‘(13) $3,000,000 for the project described in sub8 section (c)(23);

9 ‘‘(14) $1,500,000 for the project described in sub10 section (c)(24);

11 ‘‘(15) $2,000,000 for the project described in sub12 section (c)(25);

13 ‘‘(16) $8,000,000 for the project described in sub14 section (c)(26);

15 ‘‘(17) $8,000,000 for the project described in sub16 section (c)(27), of which $3,000,000 shall be available

17 only for providing assistance for the Montoursville

18 Regional Sewer Authority, Lycoming County;

19 ‘‘(18) $10,000,000 for the project described in

20 subsection (c)(28); and

21 ‘‘(19) $1,000,000 for the project described in sub22 section (c)(29).’’.

23 SEC. 503. CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT DREDGING TECH24 NOLOGY.

25 (a) CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT DREDGING PROJECT.—
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1 (1) REVIEW.—The Secretary shall conduct a re2 view of innovative dredging technologies designed to

3 minimize or eliminate contamination of a water col4 umn upon removal of contaminated sediments. The

5 Secretary shall complete such review by June 1, 2001.

6 (2) TESTING.—After completion of the review

7 under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall select the

8 technology of those reviewed that the Secretary deter9 mines will increase the effectiveness of removing con10 taminated sediments and significantly reduce con11 tamination of the water column. Not later than De12 cember 31, 2001, the Secretary shall enter into an

13 agreement with a public or private entity to test such

14 technology in the vicinity of Peoria Lakes, Illinois.

15 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is

16 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section

17 $2,000,000.

18 SEC. 504. DAM SAFETY.

19 (a) ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary is authorized to pro20 vide assistance to enhance dam safety at the following loca21 tions:

22 (1) Healdsburg Veteran’s Memorial Dam, Cali23 fornia.

24 (2) Felix Dam, Pennsylvania.

25 (3) Kehly Run Dam, Pennsylvania.
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1 (4) Owl Creek Reservoir, Pennsylvania.

2 (5) Sweet Arrow Lake Dam, Pennsylvania.

3 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is

4 authorized to be appropriated $6,000,000 to carry out this

5 section.

6 SEC. 505. GREAT LAKES REMEDIAL ACTION PLANS.

7 Section 401(a)(2) of the Water Resources Development

8 Act of 1990 (110 Stat. 3763) is amended by adding at the

9 end the following: ‘‘Nonprofit public or private entities may

10 contribute all or a portion of the non-Federal share.’’.

11 SEC. 506. SEA LAMPREY CONTROL MEASURES IN THE

12 GREAT LAKES.

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—In conjunction with the Great

14 Lakes Fishery Commission, the Secretary is authorized to

15 undertake a program for the control of sea lampreys in and

16 around waters of the Great Lakes. The program undertaken

17 pursuant to this section may include projects which consist

18 of either structural or nonstructural measures or a com19 bination thereof.

20 (b) COST SHARING.—Projects carried out under this

21 section on lands owned by the United States shall be carried

22 out at full Federal expense. The non-Federal share of the

23 cost of any such project undertaken on lands not in Federal

24 ownership shall be 35 percent.
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1 (c) NON-FEDERAL INTERESTS.—Notwithstanding sec2 tion 221(b) of the Flood Control Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C.

3 1962d–5b(b)), the Secretary, after coordination with the ap4 propriate State and local government officials having juris5 diction over an area in which a project under this section

6 will be carried out, may allow a nonprofit entity to serve

7 as the non-Federal interest for the project.

8 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is

9 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section

10 $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2000 through 2005.

11 SEC. 507. MAINTENANCE OF NAVIGATION CHANNELS.

12 Section 509(a) of the Water Resources Development

13 Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3759) is amended by adding at the

14 end the following:

15 ‘‘(12) Acadiana Navigation Channel, Louisiana.

16 ‘‘(13) Contraband Bayou, Louisiana, as part of

17 the Calcasieu River and Pass Ship Channel.

18 ‘‘(14) Lake Wallula Navigation Channel, Wash19 ington.

20 ‘‘(15) Wadley Pass (also known as McGriff

21 Pass), Suwanee River, Florida.’’.

22 SEC. 508. MEASUREMENT OF LAKE MICHIGAN DIVERSIONS.

23 Section 1142(b) of the Water Resources Development

24 Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. 1962d–20 note; 100 Stat. 4253) is
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1 amended by striking ‘‘$250,000’’ and inserting

2 ‘‘$1,250,000’’.

3 SEC. 509. UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER ENVIRONMENTAL

4 MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.

5 (a) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—Section 1103(e)(1) of

6 the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C.

7 652(e)(1)) is amended—

8 (1) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara9 graph (A);

10 (2) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘long-term

11 resource monitoring program; and’’ and inserting

12 ‘‘long-term resource monitoring, computerized data

13 inventory and analysis, and applied research pro14 gram.’’; and

15 (3) by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting

16 the following:

17 ‘‘In carrying out subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall es18 tablish an independent technical advisory committee to re19 view projects, monitoring plans, and habitat and natural

20 resource needs assessments.’’.

21 (b) REPORTS.—Section 1103(e)(2) of such Act (33

22 U.S.C. 652(e)(2)) is amended to read as follows:

23 ‘‘(2) REPORTS.—Not later than December 31,

24 2004, and not later than December 31st of every sixth

25 year thereafter, the Secretary, in consultation with
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1 the Secretary of the Interior and the States of Illinois,

2 Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin, shall

3 transmit to Congress a report that—

4 ‘‘(A) contains an evaluation of the pro5 grams described in paragraph (1);

6 ‘‘(B) describes the accomplishments of each

7 of such programs;

8 ‘‘(C) provides updates of a systemic habitat

9 needs assessment; and

10 ‘‘(D) identifies any needed adjustments in

11 the authorization.’’.

12 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section

13 1103(e) of such Act (33 U.S.C. 652(e)) is amended—

14 (1) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘not to exceed’’

15 and all that follows before the period at the end and

16 inserting ‘‘$22,750,000 for fiscal year 1999 and each

17 fiscal year thereafter’’;

18 (2) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘not to exceed’’

19 and all that follows before the period at the end and

20 inserting ‘‘$10,420,000 for fiscal year 1999 and each

21 fiscal year thereafter’’; and

22 (3) by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the

23 following:

24 ‘‘(5) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

25 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out
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1 paragraph (1)(A) $350,000 for each of fiscal years

2 1999 through 2009.’’.

3 (d) TRANSFER OF AMOUNTS.—Section 1103(e)(6) of

4 such Act is amended to read as follows:

5 ‘‘(6) TRANSFER OF AMOUNTS.—For fiscal year

6 1999, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary,

7 in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior and

8 the States of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, and

9 Wisconsin, may transfer not to exceed 20 percent of

10 the amounts appropriated to carry out subparagraph

11 (A) or (B) of paragraph (1) to the amounts appro12 priated to carry out the other of such subpara13 graphs.’’.

14 (e) HABITAT NEEDS ASSESSMENT.—Section

15 1103(h)(2) of such Act (33 U.S.C. 652(h)(2)) is amended

16 by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The Secretary shall

17 complete the on-going habitat needs assessment conducted

18 under this paragraph not later than September 30, 2000,

19 and shall include in each report required by subsection

20 (e)(2) the most recent habitat needs assessment conducted

21 under this paragraph.’’.

22 (f) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 1103 of such

23 Act (33 U.S.C. 652) is amended—
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1 (1) in subsection (e)(7) by striking ‘‘paragraphs

2 (1)(B) and (1)(C)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph

3 (1)(B)’’; and

4 (2) in subsection (f)(2)—

5 (A) by striking ‘‘(2)(A)’’ and inserting

6 ‘‘(2)’’; and

7 (B) by striking subparagraph (B).

8 SEC. 510. ATLANTIC COAST OF NEW YORK MONITORING.

9 Section 404(c) of the Water Resources Development Act

10 of 1992 (106 Stat. 4863) is amended by striking ‘‘1993,

11 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997’’ and inserting ‘‘1993 through

12 2003’’.

13 SEC. 511. WATER CONTROL MANAGEMENT.

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—In evaluating potential improve15 ments for water control management activities and consoli16 dation of water control management centers, the Secretary

17 may consider a regionalized water control management

18 plan but may not implement such a plan until the date

19 on which a report is transmitted under subsection (b).

20 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date

21 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit

22 to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and

23 the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep24 resentatives and the Committee on Environment and Public
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1 Works and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate

2 a report containing the following:

3 (1) A description of the primary objectives of

4 streamlining water control management activities.

5 (2) A description of the benefits provided by

6 streamlining water control management activities

7 through consolidation of centers for such activities.

8 (3) A determination of whether or not benefits to

9 users of regional water control management centers

10 will be retained in each district office of the Corps of

11 Engineers that does not have a regional center.

12 (4) A determination of whether or not users of

13 such regional centers will receive a higher level of ben14 efits from streamlining water management control

15 management activities.

16 (5) A list of the Members of Congress who rep17 resent a district that currently includes a water con18 trol management center that is to be eliminated under

19 a proposed regionalized plan.

20 SEC. 512. BENEFICIAL USE OF DREDGED MATERIAL.

21 The Secretary is authorized to carry out the following

22 projects under section 204 of the Water Resources Develop23 ment Act of 1992 (33 U.S.C. 2326):
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1 (1) BODEGA BAY, CALIFORNIA.—A project to

2 make beneficial use of dredged materials from a Fed3 eral navigation project in Bodega Bay, California.

4 (2) SABINE REFUGE, LOUISIANA.—A project to

5 make beneficial use of dredged materials from Federal

6 navigation projects in the vicinity of Sabine Refuge,

7 Louisiana.

8 (3) HANCOCK, HARRISON, AND JACKSON COUN9 TIES, MISSISSIPPI.—A project to make beneficial use

10 of dredged material from a Federal navigation project

11 in Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson Counties, Mis12 sissippi.

13 (4) ROSE CITY MARSH, ORANGE COUNTY,

14 TEXAS.—A project to make beneficial use of dredged

15 material from a Federal navigation project in Rose

16 City Marsh, Orange County, Texas.

17 (5) BESSIE HEIGHTS MARSH, ORANGE COUNTY,

18 TEXAS.—A project to make beneficial use of dredged

19 material from a Federal navigation project in Bessie

20 Heights Marsh, Orange County, Texas.

21 SEC. 513. DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION ASSISTANCE.

22 Section 507(2) of the Water Resources Development

23 Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3758) is amended to read as follows:

24 ‘‘(2) Expansion and improvement of Long Pine

25 Run Dam and associated water infrastructure in ac-
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1 cordance with the requirements of subsections (b)

2 through (e) of section 313 of the Water Resources De3 velopment Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4845) at a total cost

4 of $20,000,000.’’.

5 SEC. 514. LOWER MISSOURI RIVER AQUATIC RESTORATION

6 PROJECTS.

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after funds

8 are made available for such purposes, the Secretary shall

9 complete a comprehensive report—

10 (1) identifying a general implementation strat11 egy and overall plan for environmental restoration

12 and protection along the Lower Missouri River be13 tween Gavins Point Dam and the confluence of the

14 Missouri and Mississippi Rivers; and

15 (2) recommending individual environmental res16 toration projects that can be considered by the Sec17 retary for implementation under section 206 of the

18 Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (33 U.S.C.

19 2330; 110 Stat. 3679–3680).

20 (b) SCOPE OF PROJECTS.—Any environmental res21 toration projects recommended under subsection (a) shall

22 provide for such activities and measures as the Secretary

23 determines to be necessary to protect and restore fish and

24 wildlife habitat without adversely affecting private property

25 rights or water related needs of the region surrounding the
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1 Missouri River, including flood control, navigation, and en2 hancement of water supply, and shall include some or all

3 of the following components:

4 (1) Modification and improvement of navigation

5 training structures to protect and restore fish and

6 wildlife habitat.

7 (2) Modification and creation of side channels to

8 protect and restore fish and wildlife habitat.

9 (3) Restoration and creation of fish and wildlife

10 habitat.

11 (4) Physical and biological monitoring for evalu12 ating the success of the projects.

13 (c) COORDINATION.—To the maximum extent prac14 ticable, the Secretary shall integrate projects carried out in

15 accordance with this section with other Federal, tribal, and

16 State restoration activities.

17 (d) COST SHARING.—The report under subsection (a)

18 shall be undertaken at full Federal expense.

19 SEC. 515. AQUATIC RESOURCES RESTORATION IN THE

20 NORTHWEST.

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—In cooperation with other Federal

22 agencies, the Secretary is authorized to develop and imple23 ment projects for fish screens, fish passage devices, and other

24 similar measures agreed to by non-Federal interests and

25 relevant Federal agencies to mitigate adverse impacts asso-
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1 ciated with irrigation system water diversions by local gov2 ernmental entities in the States of Oregon, Washington,

3 Montana, and Idaho.

4 (b) PROCEDURE AND PARTICIPATION.—

5 (1) CONSULTATION REQUIREMENT; USE OF EX6 ISTING DATA.—In providing assistance under sub7 section (a), the Secretary shall consult with other Fed8 eral, State, and local agencies and make maximum

9 use of data and studies in existence on the date of the

10 enactment of this Act.

11 (2) PARTICIPATION BY NON-FEDERAL INTER12 ESTS.—Participation by non-Federal interests in

13 projects under this section shall be voluntary. The

14 Secretary shall not take any action under this section

15 that will result in a non-Federal interest being held

16 financially responsible for an action under a project

17 unless the non-Federal interest has voluntarily agreed

18 to participate in the project.

19 (c) COST SHARING.—Projects carried out under this

20 section on lands owned by the United States shall be carried

21 out at full Federal expense. The non-Federal share of the

22 cost of any such project undertaken on lands not in Federal

23 ownership shall be 35 percent.

24 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is

25 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
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1 $10,000,000 for fiscal years beginning after September 30,

2 1999.

3 SEC. 516. INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR WATERSHED

4 RESTORATION.

5 The Secretary shall use, and encourage the use of, in6 novative treatment technologies, including membrane tech7 nologies, for watershed and environmental restoration and

8 protection projects involving water quality.

9 SEC. 517. ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION.

10 (a) ATLANTA, GEORGIA.—Section 219(c)(2) of the

11 Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835)

12 is amended by inserting before the period ‘‘and watershed

13 restoration and development in the regional Atlanta water14 shed, including Big Creek and Rock Creek’’.

15 (b) PATERSON AND PASSAIC VALLEY, NEW JERSEY.—

16 Section 219(c)(9) of such Act (106 Stat. 4836) is amended

17 to read as follows:

18 ‘‘(9) PATERSON, PASSAIC COUNTY, AND PASSAIC

19 VALLEY, NEW JERSEY.—Drainage facilities to allevi20 ate flooding problems on Getty Avenue in the vicinity

21 of St. Joseph’s Hospital for the City of Paterson, New

22 Jersey, and Passaic County, New Jersey, and innova23 tive facilities to manage and treat additional flows in

24 the Passaic Valley, Passaic River basin, New Jer25 sey.’’.
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1 (c) NASHUA, NEW HAMPSHIRE.—Section 219(c) of

2 such Act is amended by adding at the end the following:

3 ‘‘(19) NASHUA, NEW HAMPSHIRE.—A sewer and

4 drainage system separation and rehabiliation pro5 gram for Nashua, New Hampshire.’’.

6 (d) FALL RIVER AND NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHU7 SETTS.—Section 219(c) of such Act is further amended by

8 adding at the end the following:

9 ‘‘(20) FALL RIVER AND NEW BEDFORD, MASSA10 CHUSETTS.—Elimination or control of combined

11 sewer overflows in the cities of Fall River and New

12 Bedford, Massachusetts.’’.

13 (e) ADDITIONAL PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS.—Section

14 219(c) of such Act is further amended by adding at the end

15 the following:

16 ‘‘(21) FINDLAY TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA.—

17 Water and sewer lines in Findlay Township, Alle18 gheny County, Pennsylvania.

19 ‘‘(22) DILLSBURG BOROUGH AUTHORITY, PENN20 SYLVANIA.—Water and sewer systems in Franklin

21 Township, York County, Pennsylvania.

22 ‘‘(23) HAMPTON TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA.—

23 Water, sewer, and stormsewer improvements in

24 Hampton Township, Cumberland County, Pennsyl25 vania.
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1 ‘‘(24) TOWAMENCIN TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA.—

2 Sanitary sewer and water lines in Towamencin

3 Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

4 ‘‘(25) DAUPHIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.—Com5 bined sewer and water system rehabilitation for the

6 City of Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.

7 ‘‘(26) LEE, NORTON, WISE, AND SCOTT COUN8 TIES, VIRGINIA.—Water supply and wastewater treat9 ment in Lee, Norton, Wise, and Scott Counties, Vir10 ginia.

11 ‘‘(27) NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.—Water-re12 lated infrastructure in Lackawanna, Lycoming, Sus13 quehanna, Wyoming, Pike, and Monroe Counties,

14 Pennsylvania, including assistance for the

15 Montoursville Regional Sewer Authority, Lycoming

16 County.

17 ‘‘(28) CALUMET REGION, INDIANA.—Water-re18 lated infrastructure in Lake and Porter Counties, In19 diana.

20 ‘‘(29) CLINTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.—Water21 related infrastructure in Clinton County, Pennsyl22 vania.’’.
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1 SEC. 518. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN

2 PROJECTS.

3 The Secretary shall expedite completion of the reports

4 for the following projects and proceed directly to project

5 planning, engineering, and design:

6 (1) Arroyo Pasajero, San Joaquin River basin,

7 California, project for flood control.

8 (2) Success Dam, Tule River, California, project

9 for flood control and water supply.

10 (3) Alafia Channel, Tampa Harbor, Florida,

11 project for navigation.

12 (4) Columbia Slough, Portland, Oregon, project

13 for ecosystem restoration.

14 (5) Ohio River Greenway, Indiana, project for

15 environmental restoration and recreation.

16 SEC. 519. DOG RIVER, ALABAMA.

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to es18 tablish, in cooperation with non-Federal interests, a pilot

19 project to restore natural water depths in the Dog River,

20 Alabama, between its mouth and the Interstate Route 10

21 crossing, and in the downstream portion of its principal

22 tributaries.

23 (b) FORM OF ASSISTANCE.—Assistance provided under

24 subsection (a) shall be in the form of design and construc25 tion of water-related resource protection and development
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1 projects affecting the Dog River, including environmental

2 restoration and recreational navigation.

3 (c) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non-Federal share of

4 the cost of the project carried out with assistance under this

5 section shall be 90 percent.

6 (d) LANDS, EASEMENTS, AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY.—The

7 non-Federal sponsor provide all lands, easements, rights of

8 way, relocations, and dredged material disposal areas in9 cluding retaining dikes required for the project.

10 (e) OPERATION MAINTENANCE.—The non-Federal

11 share of the cost of operation, maintenance, repair, replace12 ment, or rehabilitation of the project carried out with assist13 ance under this section shall be 100 percent.

14 (f) CREDIT TOWARD NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The

15 value of the lands, easements, rights of way, relocations, and

16 dredged material disposal areas, including retaining dikes,

17 provided by the non-Federal sponsor shall be credited to18 ward the non-Federal share.

19 SEC. 520. ELBA, ALABAMA.

20 The Secretary is authorized to repair and rehabilitate

21 a levee in the City of Elba, Alabama at a total cost of

22 $12,900,000.
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1 SEC. 521. GENEVA, ALABAMA.

2 The Secretary is authorized to repair and rehabilitate

3 a levee in the City of Geneva, Alabama at a total cost of

4 $16,600,000.

5 SEC. 522. NAVAJO RESERVATION, ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO,

6 AND UTAH.

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—In cooperation with other appro8 priate Federal and local agencies, the Secretary shall under9 take a survey of, and provide technical, planning, and de10 sign assistance for, watershed management, restoration, and

11 development on the Navajo Indian Reservation, Arizona,

12 New Mexico, and Utah.

13 (b) COST SHARING.—The Federal share of the cost of

14 activities carried out under this section shall be 75 percent.

15 Funds made available under the Indian Self-Determination

16 and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) may

17 be used by the Navajo Nation in meeting the non-Federal

18 share of the cost of such activities.

19 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is

20 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section

21 $12,000,000 for fiscal years beginning after September 30,

22 1999.

23 SEC. 523. AUGUSTA AND DEVALLS BLUFF, ARKANSAS.

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to per25 form operations, maintenance, and rehabilitation on 37
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1 miles of levees in and around Augusta and Devalls Bluff,

2 Arkansas.

3 (b) REIMBURSEMENT.—After performing the oper4 ations, maintenance, and rehabilitation under subsection

5 (a), the Secretary may seek reimbursement from the Sec6 retary of the Interior of an amount equal to the costs allo7 cated to benefits to a Federal wildlife refuge of such oper8 ations, maintenance, and rehabilitation.

9 SEC. 524. BEAVER LAKE, ARKANSAS.

10 (a) WATER SUPPLY STORAGE REALLOCATION.—The

11 Secretary shall reallocate approximately 31,000 additional

12 acre-feet at Beaver Lake, Arkansas, to water supply storage

13 at no additional cost to the Beaver Water District or the

14 Carroll-Boone Water District above the amount that has al15 ready been contracted for. At no time may the bottom of

16 the conservation pool be at an elevation that is less than

17 1,076 feet NGVD.

18 (b) CONTRACT PRICING.—The contract price for addi19 tional storage for the Carroll-Boone Water District beyond

20 that which is provided for in subsection (a) shall be based

21 on the original construction cost of Beaver Lake and ad22 justed to the 1998 price level net of inflation between the

23 date of initiation of construction and the date of the enact24 ment of this Act.
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1 SEC. 525. BEAVER LAKE TROUT PRODUCTION FACILITY, AR2 KANSAS.

3 (a) EXPEDITED CONSTRUCTION.—The Secretary shall

4 construct, under the authority of section 105 of the Water

5 Resources Development Act of 1976 (90 Stat. 2921) and sec6 tion 1135 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986

7 (100 Stat. 4251–4252), the Beaver Lake trout hatchery as

8 expeditiously as possible, but in no event later than Sep9 tember 30, 2002.

10 (b) MITIGATION PLAN.—Not later than 2 years after

11 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in con12 junction with the State of Arkansas, shall prepare a plan

13 for the mitigation of effects of the Beaver Dam project on

14 Beaver Lake. Such plan shall provide for construction of

15 the Beaver Lake trout production facility and related facili16 ties.

17 SEC. 526. CHINO DAIRY PRESERVE, CALIFORNIA.

18 (a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary, in co19 ordination with the heads of other Federal agencies, shall

20 provide technical assistance to State and local agencies in

21 the study, design, and implementation of measures for flood

22 damage reduction and environmental restoration and pro23 tection in the Santa Ana River watershed, California, with

24 particular emphasis on structural and nonstructural meas25 ures in the vicinity of the Chino Dairy Preserve.
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1 (b) COMPREHENSIVE STUDY.—The Secretary shall

2 conduct a feasibility study to determine the most cost-effec3 tive plan for flood damage reduction and environmental

4 restoration and protection in the vicinity of the Chino

5 Dairy Preserve, Santa Ana River watershed, Orange Coun6 ty and San Bernardino County, California.

7 SEC. 527. NOVATO, CALIFORNIA.

8 The Secretary shall carry out a project for flood control

9 under section 205 of the Flood Control Act of 1948 (33

10 U.S.C. 701s) at Rush Creek, Novato, California.

11 SEC. 528. ORANGE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA.

12 The Secretary, in cooperation with local governments,

13 may prepare special area management plans in Orange

14 and San Diego Counties, California, to demonstrate the ef15 fectiveness of using such plans to provide information re16 garding aquatic resources. The Secretary may use such

17 plans in making regulatory decisions and issue permits

18 consistent with such plans.

19 SEC. 529. SALTON SEA, CALIFORNIA.

20 (a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary, in co21 ordination with other Federal agencies, shall provide tech22 nical assistance to Federal, State, and local agencies in the

23 study, design, and implementation of measures for the envi24 ronmental restoration and protection of the Salton Sea,

25 California.
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1 (b) STUDY.—The Secretary, in coordination with other

2 Federal, State, and local agencies, shall conduct a study

3 to determine the most effective plan for the Corps of Engi4 neers to assist in the environmental restoration and protec5 tion of the Salton Sea, California.

6 SEC. 530. SANTA CRUZ HARBOR, CALIFORNIA.

7 The Secretary is authorized to modify the cooperative

8 agreement with the Santa Cruz Port District, California,

9 to reflect unanticipated additional dredging effort and to

10 extend such agreement for 10 years.

11 SEC. 531. POINT BEACH, MILFORD, CONNECTICUT.

12 (a) MAXIMUM FEDERAL EXPENDITURE.—The max13 imum amount of Federal funds that may be expended for

14 the project for hurricane and storm damage reduction,

15 Point Beach, Milford, Connecticut, shall be $3,000,000.

16 (b) REVISION OF PROJECT COOPERATION AGREE17 MENT.—The Secretary shall revise the project cooperation

18 agreement for the project referred to in subsection (a) to

19 take into account the change in the Federal participation

20 in such project.

21 (c) COST SHARING.—Nothing in this section shall be

22 construed to affect any cost-sharing requirement applicable

23 to the project referred to in subsection (a) under section 101

24 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (31 U.S.C.

25 2211).
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1 SEC. 532. LOWER ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN, FLORIDA.

2 (a) COMPUTER MODEL.—

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may apply the

4 computer model developed under the St. Johns River

5 basin feasibility study to assist non-Federal interests

6 in developing strategies for improving water quality

7 in the Lower St. Johns River basin, Florida.

8 (2) COST SHARING.—The non-Federal share of

9 the cost of assistance provided under this subsection

10 shall be 50 percent.

11 (b) TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEY.—The Secretary is author12 ized to provide 1-foot contour topographic survey maps of

13 the Lower St. Johns River basin, Florida, to non-Federal

14 interests for analyzing environmental data and establishing

15 benchmarks for subbasins.

16 SEC. 533. SHORELINE PROTECTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL

17 RESTORATION, LAKE ALLATOONA, GEORGIA.

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in cooperation with

19 the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency,

20 is authorized to carry out the following water-related envi21 ronmental restoration and resource protection activities to

22 restore Lake Allatoona and the Etowah River in Georgia:

23 (1) LAKE ALLATOONA/ETOWAH RIVER SHORE24 LINE RESTORATION DESIGN.—Develop pre-construc25 tion design measures to alleviate shoreline erosion

26 and sedimentation problems.
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1 (2) LITTLE RIVER ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORA2 TION.—Conduct a feasibility study to evaluate envi3 ronmental problems and recommend environmental

4 infrastructure restoration measures for the Little

5 River within Lake Allatoona, Georgia.

6 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is

7 authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years beginning

8 after September 30, 1999—

9 (1) $850,000 to carry out subsection (a)(1); and

10 (2) $250,000 to carry out subsection (a)(2).

11 SEC. 534. MAYO’S BAR LOCK AND DAM, COOSA RIVER, ROME,

12 GEORGIA.

13 The Secretary is authorized to provide technical assist14 ance, including planning, engineering, and design assist15 ance, for the reconstruction of the Mayo’s Bar Lock and

16 Dam, Coosa River, Rome, Georgia. The non-Federal share

17 of assistance under this section shall be 50 percent.

18 SEC. 535. COMPREHENSIVE FLOOD IMPACT RESPONSE

19 MODELING SYSTEM, CORALVILLE RESERVOIR

20 AND IOWA RIVER WATERSHED, IOWA.

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in cooperation with

22 the University of Iowa, shall conduct a study and develop

23 a Comprehensive Flood Impact Response Modeling System

24 for Coralville Reservoir and the Iowa River watershed,

25 Iowa.
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1 (b) CONTENTS OF STUDY.—The study shall include—

2 (1) an evaluation of the combined hydrologic,

3 geomorphic, environmental, economic, social, and rec4 reational impacts of operating strategies within the

5 Iowa River watershed;

6 (2) development of an integrated, dynamic flood

7 impact model; and

8 (3) development of a rapid response system to be

9 used during flood and other emergency situations.

10 (c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 5 years

11 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary

12 shall transmit to Congress a report containing the results

13 of the study and modeling system together with such rec14 ommendations as the Secretary determines to be appro15 priate.

16 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is

17 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section

18 $900,000 for each of fiscal years 2000 through 2004.

19 SEC. 536. ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION ASSISTANCE IN IL20 LINOIS.

21 The Secretary may carry out the project for George22 town, Illinois, and the project for Olney, Illinois, referred

23 to in House Report Number 104–741, accompanying Public

24 Law 104–182.
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1 SEC. 537. KANOPOLIS LAKE, KANSAS.

2 (a) WATER STORAGE.—The Secretary shall offer to the

3 State of Kansas the right to purchase water storage in

4 Kanopolis Lake, Kansas, at a price calculated in accord5 ance with and in a manner consistent with the terms of

6 the memorandum of understanding entitled ‘‘Memorandum

7 of Understanding Between the State of Kansas and the U.S.

8 Department of the Army Concerning the Purchase of Mu9 nicipal and Industrial Water Supply Storage’’, dated De10 cember 11, 1985.

11 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—For the purposes of this sec12 tion, the effective date of that memorandum of under13 standing shall be deemed to be the date of the enactment

14 of this Act.

15 SEC. 538. SOUTHERN AND EASTERN KENTUCKY.

16 Section 531(h) of the Water Resources Development

17 Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3774) is amended by striking

18 ‘‘$10,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$25,000,000’’.

19 SEC. 539. SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA.

20 Section 533(c) of the Water Resources Development Act

21 of 1996 (110 Stat. 3775) is amended by striking

22 ‘‘$100,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$200,000,000’’.

23 SEC. 540. SNUG HARBOR, MARYLAND.

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in coordination

25 with the Director of the Federal Emergency Management

26 Agency, is authorized—
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1 (1) to provide technical assistance to the resi2 dents of Snug Harbor, in the vicinity of Berlin,

3 Maryland, for purposes of flood damage reduction;

4 (2) to conduct a study of a project for non5 structural measures for flood damage reduction in the

6 vicinity of Snug Harbor, Maryland, taking into ac7 count the relationship of both the Ocean City Inlet

8 and Assateague Island to the flooding; and

9 (3) after completion of the study, to carry out the

10 project under the authority of section 205 of the Flood

11 Control Act of 1948 (33 U.S.C. 701s).

12 (b) FEMA ASSISTANCE.—The Director, in coordina13 tion with the Secretary and under the authorities of the

14 Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist15 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 note), may provide technical as16 sistance and nonstructural measures for flood damage miti17 gation in the vicinity of Snug Harbor, Maryland.

18 (c) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost

19 of assistance under this section shall not exceed $3,000,000.

20 The non-Federal share of such cost shall be determined in

21 accordance with the Water Resources Development Act of

22 1986 or the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer23 gency Assistance Act, as appropriate.
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1 SEC. 541. WELCH POINT, ELK RIVER, CECIL COUNTY, AND

2 CHESAPEAKE CITY, MARYLAND.

3 (a) SPILLAGE OF DREDGED MATERIALS.—The Sec4 retary shall carry out a study to determine if the spillage

5 of dredged materials that were removed as part of the

6 project for navigation, Inland Waterway from Delaware

7 River to Chesapeake Bay, Delaware and Maryland, author8 ized by the first section of the Act of August 30, 1935 (49

9 Stat. 1030), is a significant impediment to vessels

10 transiting the Elk River near Welch Point, Maryland. If

11 the Secretary determines that the spillage is an impediment

12 to navigation, the Secretary may conduct such dredging as

13 may be required to permit navigation on the river.

14 (b) DAMAGE TO WATER SUPPLY.—The Secretary shall

15 carry out a study to determine if additional compensation

16 is required to fully compensate the City of Chesapeake,

17 Maryland, for damage to the city’s water supply resulting

18 from dredging of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal

19 project. If the Secretary determines that such additional

20 compensation is required, the Secretary may provide the

21 compensation to the City of Chesapeake.

22 SEC. 542. WEST VIEW SHORES, CECIL COUNTY, MARYLAND.

23 Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment

24 of this Act, the Secretary shall carry out an investigation

25 of the contamination of the well system in West View

26 Shores, Cecil County, Maryland. If the Secretary deter-
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1 mines that the disposal site from any Federal navigation

2 project has contributed to the contamination of the wells,

3 the Secretary may provide alternative water supplies, in4 cluding replacement of wells, at full Federal expense.

5 SEC. 543. RESTORATION PROJECTS FOR MARYLAND, PENN6 SYLVANIA, AND WEST VIRGINIA.

7 Section 539 of the Water Resources Development Act

8 of 1996 (110 Stat. 3776–3777) is amended—

9 (1) in subsection (a)(1) by striking ‘‘technical’’;

10 (2) in subsection (a)(1) by inserting ‘‘(or in the

11 case of projects located on lands owned by the United

12 States, to Federal interests)’’ after ‘‘interests’’;

13 (3) in subsection (a)(3) by inserting ‘‘or in con14 junction’’ after ‘‘consultation’’; and

15 (4) by inserting at the end of subsection (d) the

16 following: ‘‘Funds authorized to be appropriated to

17 carry out section 340 of the Water Resources Develop18 ment Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4856) are authorized for

19 projects undertaken under subsection (a)(1)(B).’’.

20 SEC. 544. CAPE COD CANAL RAILROAD BRIDGE, BUZZARDS

21 BAY, MASSACHUSETTS.

22 (a) ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION.—The Secretary

23 is authorized to provide up to $300,000 for alternative

24 transportation that may arise as a result of the operation,
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1 maintenance, repair, and rehabilitation of the Cape Cod

2 Canal Railroad Bridge.

3 (b) OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE CONTRACT RE4 NEGOTIATION.—Not later than 60 days after the date of the

5 enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall enter into negotia6 tion with the owner of the railroad right-of-way for the

7 Cape Cod Canal Railroad Bridge for the purpose of estab8 lishing the rights and responsibities for the operation and

9 maintenance of the Bridge. The Secretary is authorized to

10 include in any new contract the termination of the prior

11 contract numbered ER–W175–ENG–1.

12 SEC. 545. ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

13 (a) DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.—The Secretary, in

14 consultation with local officials, shall conduct a demonstra15 tion project to improve water quality in the vicinity of St.

16 Louis, Missouri.

17 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is

18 authorized to be appropriated $1,700,000 to carry out this

19 section.

20 SEC. 546. BEAVER BRANCH OF BIG TIMBER CREEK, NEW

21 JERSEY.

22 Upon request of the State of New Jersey or a political

23 subdivision thereof, the Secretary may compile and dissemi24 nate information on floods and flood damages, including

25 identification of areas subject to inundation by floods, and
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1 provide technical assistance regarding floodplain manage2 ment for Beaver Branch of Big Timber Creek, New Jersey.

3 SEC. 547. LAKE ONTARIO AND ST. LAWRENCE RIVER WATER

4 LEVELS, NEW YORK.

5 Upon request, the Secretary shall provide technical as6 sistance to the International Joint Commission and the St.

7 Lawrence River Board of Control in undertaking studies

8 on the effects of fluctuating water levels on the natural envi9 ronment, recreational boating, property flooding, and ero10 sion along the shorelines of Lake Ontario and the St. Law11 rence River in New York. The Commission and Board are

12 encouraged to conduct such studies in a comprehensive and

13 thorough manner before implementing any change to water

14 regulation Plan 1958–D.

15 SEC. 548. NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY HARBOR, NEW YORK AND

16 NEW JERSEY.

17 The Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements

18 with non-Federal interests to investigate, develop, and sup19 port measures for sediment management and reduction of

20 contaminant sources which affect navigation in the Port of

21 New York-New Jersey and the environmental conditions of

22 the New York-New Jersey Harbor estuary. Such investiga23 tion shall include an analysis of the economic and environ24 mental benefits and costs of potential sediment management

25 and contaminant reduction measures.
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1 SEC. 549. SEA GATE REACH, CONEY ISLAND, NEW YORK,

2 NEW YORK.

3 The Secretary is authorized to construct a project for

4 shoreline protection which includes a beachfill with revet5 ment and T-groin for the Sea Gate Reach on Coney Island,

6 New York, as identified in the March 1998 report prepared

7 for the Corps of Engineers, New York District, entitled

8 ‘‘Field Data Gathering, Project Performance Analysis and

9 Design Alternative Solutions to Improve Sandfill Reten10 tion’’, at a total cost of $9,000,000, with an estimated Fed11 eral cost of $5,850,000 and an estimated non-Federal cost

12 of $3,150,000.

13 SEC. 550. WOODLAWN, NEW YORK.

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide plan15 ning, design, and other technical assistance to non-Federal

16 interests for identifying and mitigating sources of contami17 nation at Woodlawn Beach in Woodlawn, New York.

18 (b) COST SHARING.—The non-Federal share of the cost

19 of assistance provided under this section shall be 50 percent.

20 SEC. 551. FLOODPLAIN MAPPING, NEW YORK.

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide assist22 ance for a project to develop maps identifying 100- and

23 500-year flood inundation areas in the State of New York.

24 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—Maps developed under the

25 project shall include hydrologic and hydraulic information

26 and shall accurately show the flood inundation of each
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1 property by flood risk in the floodplain. The maps shall

2 be produced in a high resolution format and shall be made

3 available to all flood prone areas in the State of New York

4 in an electronic format.

5 (c) PARTICIPATION OF FEMA.—The Secretary and the

6 non-Federal sponsor of the project shall work with the Di7 rector of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to en8 sure the validity of the maps developed under the project

9 for flood insurance purposes.

10 (d) FORMS OF ASSISTANCE.—In carrying out the

11 project, the Secretary may enter into contracts or coopera12 tive agreements with the non-Federal sponsor or provide re13 imbursements of project costs.

14 (e) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost

15 of the project shall be 75 percent.

16 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is

17 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section

18 $12,000,000 for fiscal years beginning after September 30,

19 1998.

20 SEC. 552. WHITE OAK RIVER, NORTH CAROLINA.

21 The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine if

22 water quality deterioration and sedimentation of the White

23 Oak River, North Carolina, are the result of the Atlantic

24 Intracoastal Waterway navigation project. If the Secretary

25 determines that the water quality deterioration and sedi-
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1 mentation are the result of the project, the Secretary shall

2 take appropriate measures to mitigate the deterioration and

3 sedimentation.

4 SEC. 553. TOUSSAINT RIVER, CARROLL TOWNSHIP, OTTAWA

5 COUNTY, OHIO.

6 The Secretary is authorized to provide technical assist7 ance for the removal of military ordnance from the Tous8 saint River, Carroll Township, Ottawa County, Ohio.

9 SEC. 554. SARDIS RESERVOIR, OKLAHOMA.

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall accept from the

11 State of Oklahoma or an agent of the State an amount,

12 as determined under subsection (b), as prepayment of 100

13 percent of the water supply cost obligation of the State

14 under Contract No. DACW56–74–JC–0314 for water sup15 ply storage at Sardis Reservoir, Oklahoma.

16 (b) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT.—The amount to be

17 paid by the State of Oklahoma under subsection (a) shall

18 be subject to adjustment in accordance with accepted dis19 count purchase methods for Federal Government properties

20 as determined by an independent accounting firm des21 ignated by the Director of the Office of Management and

22 Budget. The cost of such determination shall be paid for

23 by the State of Oklahoma or an agent of the State.
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1 (c) EFFECT.—Nothing in this section affects any of the

2 rights or obligations of the parties to the contract referred

3 to in subsection (a).

4 SEC. 555. WAURIKA LAKE, OKLAHOMA, WATER CONVEYANCE

5 FACILITIES.

6 For the project for construction of the water convey7 ances authorized by the first section of Public Law 88–253

8 (77 Stat. 841), the requirement for the Waurika Project

9 Master Conservancy District to repay the $2,900,000 in

10 costs (including interest) resulting from the October 1991

11 settlement of the claim before the United States Claims

12 Court, and the payment of $1,190,451 of the final cost rep13 resenting the difference between the 1978 estimate of cost

14 and the actual cost determined after completion of such

15 project in 1991, are waived.

16 SEC. 556. SKINNER BUTTE PARK, EUGENE, OREGON.

17 (a) STUDY.—The Secretary shall conduct a study of

18 the south bank of the Willamette River, in the area of Skin19 ner Butte Park from Ferry Street Bridge to the Valley

20 River footbridge, to determine the feasibility of carrying out

21 a project to stabilize the river bank, and to restore and en22 hance riverine habitat, using a combination of structural

23 and bioengineering techniques.

24 (b) CONSTRUCTION.—If, upon completion of the study,

25 the Secretary determines that the project is feasible, the Sec-
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1 retary shall participate with non-Federal interests in the

2 construction of the project.

3 (c) COST SHARE.—The non-Federal share of the cost

4 of the project shall be 35 percent.

5 (d) LANDS, EASEMENTS, AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY.—The

6 non-Federal interest shall provide lands, easements, rights7 of-way, relocations, and dredged material disposal areas

8 necessary for construction of the project. The value of such

9 items shall be credited toward the non-Federal share of the

10 cost of the project.

11 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is

12 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section

13 $1,000,000 for fiscal years beginning after September 30,

14 1999.

15 SEC. 557. WILLAMETTE RIVER BASIN, OREGON.

16 The Secretary, Director of the Federal Emergency

17 Management Agency, Administrator of the Environmental

18 Protection Agency, and heads of other appropriate Federal

19 agencies shall, using existing authorities, assist the State

20 of Oregon in developing and implementing a comprehensive

21 basin-wide strategy in the Willamette River basin of Oregon

22 for coordinated and integrated management of land and

23 water resources to improve water quality, reduce flood haz24 ards, ensure sustainable economic activity, and restore

25 habitat for native fish and wildlife. The heads of such Fed-
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1 eral agencies may provide technical assistance, staff and fi2 nancial support for development of the basin-wide manage3 ment strategy. The heads of Federal agencies shall seek to

4 exercise flexibility in administrative actions and allocation

5 of funding to reduce barriers to efficient and effective imple6 menting of the strategy.

7 SEC. 558. BRADFORD AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES, PENNSYL8 VANIA.

9 The Secretary is authorized to provide assistance for

10 water-related environmental infrastructure and resource

11 protection and development projects in Bradford and Sul12 livan Counties, Pennsylvania, using the funds and authori13 ties provided in title I of the Energy and Water Develop14 ment Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–245)

15 under the heading ‘‘CONSTRUCTION, GENERAL’’ (112 Stat.

16 1840) for similar projects in Lackawanna, Lycoming, Sus17 quehanna, Wyoming, Pike, and Monroe Counties, Pennsyl18 vania.

19 SEC. 559. ERIE HARBOR, PENNSYLVANIA.

20 The Secretary may reimburse the appropriate non21 Federal interest not more than $78,366 for architect and

22 engineering costs incurred in connection with the Erie Har23 bor basin navigation project, Pennsylvania.
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1 SEC. 560. POINT MARION LOCK AND DAM, PENNSYLVANIA.

2 The project for navigation, Point Marion Lock and

3 Dam, Borough of Point Marion, Pennsylvania, as author4 ized by section 301(a) of the Water Resources Development

5 Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 4110), is modified to direct the Sec6 retary, in the operation and maintenance of the project, to

7 mitigate damages to the shoreline, at a total cost of

8 $2,000,000. The cost of the mitigation shall be allocated as

9 an operation and maintenance cost of a Federal navigation

10 project.

11 SEC. 561. SEVEN POINTS’ HARBOR, PENNSYLVANIA.

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized, at full

13 Federal expense, to construct a breakwater-dock combina14 tion at the entrance to Seven Points’ Harbor, Pennsylvania.

15 (b) OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE COSTS.—All oper16 ation and maintenance costs associated with the facility

17 constructed under this section shall be the responsibility of

18 the lessee of the marina complex at Seven Points’ Harbor.

19 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is

20 authorized to be appropriated $850,000 to carry out this

21 section.

22 SEC. 562. SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

23 Section 566(b) of the Water Resources Development Act

24 of 1996 (110 Stat. 3786) is amended by inserting ‘‘environ25 mental restoration,’’ after ‘‘water supply and related facili26 ties,’’.
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1 SEC. 563. UPPER SUSQUEHANNA-LACKAWANNA WATERSHED

2 RESTORATION INITIATIVE.

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in cooperation with

4 appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies and non5 governmental institutions, is authorized to prepare a water6 shed plan for the Upper Susquehanna-Lackawanna Water7 shed (USGS Cataloguing Unit 02050107). The plan shall

8 utilize geographic information system and shall include a

9 comprehensive environmental assessment of the watershed’s

10 ecosystem, a comprehensive flood plain management plan,

11 a flood plain protection plan, water resource and environ12 mental restoration projects, water quality improvement,

13 and other appropriate infrastructure and measures.

14 (b) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non-Federal share of

15 the cost of preparation of the plan under this section shall

16 be 50 percent. Services and materials instead of cash may

17 be credited toward the non-Federal share of the cost of the

18 plan.

19 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is

20 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section

21 $5,000,000 for fiscal years beginning after September 30,

22 1999.

23 SEC. 564. AGUADILLA HARBOR, PUERTO RICO.

24 The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine if

25 erosion and additional storm damage risks that exist in the

26 vicinity of Aguadilla Harbor, Puerto Rico, are the result
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1 of a Federal navigation project. If the Secretary determines

2 that such erosion and additional storm damage risks are

3 the result of the project, the Secretary shall take appropriate

4 measures to mitigate the erosion and storm damage.

5 SEC. 565. OAHE DAM TO LAKE SHARPE, SOUTH DAKOTA,

6 STUDY.

7 Section 441 of the Water Resources Development Act

8 of 1996 (110 Stat. 3747) is amended—

9 (1) by inserting ‘‘(a) INVESTIGATION.—’’ before

10 ‘‘The Secretary’’; and

11 (2) by adding at the end the following:

12 ‘‘(b) REPORT.—Not later than September 30, 1999, the

13 Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report on the results

14 of the investigation under this section. The report shall in15 clude the examination of financing options for regular

16 maintenance and preservation of the lake. The report shall

17 be prepared in coordination and cooperation with the Nat18 ural Resources Conservation Service, other Federal agen19 cies, and State and local officials.’’.

20 SEC. 566. INTEGRATED WATER MANAGEMENT PLANNING,

21 TEXAS.

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in cooperation with

23 other Federal agencies and the State of Texas, shall provide

24 technical, planning, and design assistance to non-Federal

25 interests in developing integrated water management plans
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1 and projects that will serve the cities, counties, water agen2 cies, and participating planning regions under the jurisdic3 tion of the State of Texas.

4 (b) PURPOSES OF ASSISTANCE.—Assistance provided

5 under subsection (a) shall be in support of non-Federal

6 planning and projects for the following purposes:

7 (1) Plan and develop integrated, near- and long8 term water management plans that address the plan9 ning region’s water supply, water conservation, and

10 water quality needs.

11 (2) Study and develop strategies and plans that

12 restore, preserve, and protect the State’s and planning

13 region’s natural ecosystems.

14 (3) Facilitate public communication and par15 ticipation.

16 (4) Integrate such activities with other ongoing

17 Federal and State projects and activities associated

18 with the State of Texas water plan and the State of

19 Texas legislation.

20 (c) COST SHARING.—The non-Federal share of the cost

21 of assistance provided under subsection (a) shall be 50 percent, of which up to 1 22 ⁄2 of the non-Federal share may be

23 provided as in kind services.

24 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is

25 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section,
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1 $10,000,000 for the fiscal years beginning after September

2 30, 1999.

3 SEC. 567. BOLIVAR PENINSULA, JEFFERSON, CHAMBERS,

4 AND GALVESTON COUNTIES, TEXAS.

5 (a) SHORE PROTECTION PROJECT.—The Secretary is

6 authorized to design and construct a shore protection

7 project between the south jetty of the Sabine Pass Channel

8 and the north jetty of the Galveston Harbor Entrance Chan9 nel in Jefferson, Chambers, and Galveston Counties, Texas,

10 including beneficial use of dredged material from Federal

11 navigation projects.

12 (b) APPLICABILITY OF BENEFIT-COST RATIO WAIVER

13 AUTHORITY.—In evaluating and implementing the project,

14 the Secretary shall allow the non-Federal interest to partici15 pate in the financing of the project in accordance with sec16 tion 903(c) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986

17 (100 Stat. 4184), notwithstanding any limitation on the

18 purpose of projects to which such section applies, to the ex19 tent that the Secretary’s evaluation indicates that applying

20 such section is necessary to implement the project.

21 SEC. 568. GALVESTON BEACH, GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS.

22 The Secretary is authorized to design and construct

23 a shore protection project between the Galveston South Jetty

24 and San Luis Pass, Galveston County, Texas, using inno-
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1 vative nourishment techniques, including beneficial use of

2 dredged material from Federal navigation projects.

3 SEC. 569. PACKERY CHANNEL, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS.

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall construct a

5 navigation and storm protection project at Packery Chan6 nel, Mustang Island, Texas, consisting of construction of a

7 channel and a channel jetty and placement of sand along

8 the length of the seawall.

9 (b) ECOLOGICAL AND RECREATIONAL BENEFITS.—In

10 evaluating the project, the Secretary shall include the eco11 logical and recreational benefits of reopening the Packery

12 Channel.

13 (c) APPLICABILITY OF BENEFIT-COST RATIO WAIVER

14 AUTHORITY.—In evaluating and implementing the project,

15 the Secretary shall allow the non-Federal interest to partici16 pate in the financing of the project in accordance with sec17 tion 903(c) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986

18 (100 Stat. 4184), notwithstanding any limitation on the

19 purpose of projects to which such section applies, to the ex20 tent that the Secretary’s evaluation indicates that applying

21 such section is necessary to implement the project.

22 SEC. 570. NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.

23 The projects described in the following reports are au24 thorized to be carried out by the Secretary substantially in
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1 accordance with the plans, and subject to the conditions,

2 recommended in such reports:

3 (1) PARKERSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA.—Report of

4 the Corps of Engineers entitled ‘‘Parkersburg/Vienna

5 Riverfront Park Feasibility Study’’, dated June 1998,

6 at a total cost of $8,400,000, with an estimated Fed7 eral cost of $4,200,000, and an estimated non-Federal

8 cost of $4,200,000.

9 (2) WEIRTON, WEST VIRGINIA.—Report of the

10 Corps of Engineers entitled ‘‘Feasibility Master Plan

11 for Weirton Port and Industrial Center, West Vir12 ginia Public Port Authority’’, dated December 1997,

13 at a total cost of $18,000,000, with an estimated Fed14 eral cost of $9,000,000, and an estimated non-Federal

15 cost of $9,000,000.

16 (3) ERICKSON/WOOD COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA.—

17 Report of the Corps of Engineers entitled ‘‘Feasibility

18 Master Plan for Erickson/Wood County Port District,

19 West Virginia Public Port Authority’’, dated July 7,

20 1997, at a total cost of $28,000,000, with an esti21 mated Federal cost of $14,000,000, and an estimated

22 non-Federal cost of $14,000,000.

23 (4) MONONGAHELA RIVER, WEST VIRGINIA.—

24 Monongahela River, West Virginia, Comprehensive
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1 Study Reconnaissance Report, dated September 1995,

2 consisting of the following elements:

3 (A) Morgantown Riverfront Park, Morgan4 town, West Virginia, at a total cost of

5 $1,600,000, with an estimated Federal cost of

6 $800,000 and an estimated non-Federal cost of

7 $800,000.

8 (B) Caperton Rail to Trail, Monongahela

9 County, West Virginia, at a total cost of

10 $4,425,000, with an estimated Federal cost of

11 $2,212,500 and an estimated non-Federal cost of

12 $2,212,500.

13 (C) Palatine Park, Fairmont, West Vir14 ginia, at a total cost of $1,750,000, with an esti15 mated Federal cost of $875,000 and an estimated

16 non-Federal cost of $875,000.

17 SEC. 571. URBANIZED PEAK FLOOD MANAGEMENT RE18 SEARCH.

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall develop and

20 implement a research program to evaluate opportunities to

21 manage peak flood flows in urbanized watersheds located

22 in the State of New Jersey.

23 (b) SCOPE OF RESEARCH.—The research program au24 thorized by subsection (a) shall be accomplished through the
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1 New York District. The research shall specifically include

2 the following:

3 (1) Identification of key factors in urbanized wa4 tersheds that are under development and impact peak

5 flows in the watersheds and downsteam of the water6 sheds.

7 (2) Development of peak flow management mod8 els for 4 to 6 watersheds in urbanized areas located

9 with widely differing geology, areas, shapes, and soil

10 types that can be used to determine optimal flow re11 duction factors for individual watersheds.

12 (3) Utilization of such management models to

13 determine relationships between flow and reduction

14 factors and change in imperviousness, soil types,

15 shape of the drainage basin, and other pertinent pa16 rameters from existing to ultimate conditions in wa17 tersheds under consideration for development.

18 (4) Development and validation of an inexpen19 sive accurate model to establish flood reduction factors

20 based on runoff curve numbers, change in impervious21 ness, the shape of the basin, and other pertinent fac22 tors.

23 (c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary shall

24 evaluate policy changes in the planning process for flood

25 control projects based on the results of the research author-
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1 ized by this section and transmit to Congress a report not

2 later than 3 years after the date of the enactment of this

3 Act.

4 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is

5 authorized to be appropriated to carryout this section

6 $3,000,000 for fiscal years beginning after September 30,

7 1999.

8 (e) FLOW REDUCTION FACTORS DEFINED.—In this

9 section, the term ‘‘flow reduction factors’’ means the ratio

10 of estimated allowable peak flows of stormwater after pro11 jected development when compared to pre-existing condi12 tions.

13 SEC. 572. MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION.

14 Section 8 of the Flood Control Act of May 15, 1928

15 (Public Law 391, 70th Congress), is amended by striking

16 ‘‘$7,500’’ and inserting ‘‘$21,500’’.

17 SEC. 573. COASTAL AQUATIC HABITAT MANAGEMENT.

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may cooperate with

19 the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior, the Adminis20 trators of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Na21 tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, other ap22 propriate Federal, State, and local agencies, and affected

23 private entities, in the development of a management strat24 egy to address problems associated with toxic microorga25 nisms and the resulting degradation of ecosystems in the
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1 tidal and nontidal wetlands and waters of the United States

2 for the States along the Atlantic Ocean. As part of such

3 management strategy, the Secretary may provide planning,

4 design, and other technical assistance to each participating

5 State in the development and implementation of nonregula6 tory measures to mitigate environmental problems and re7 store aquatic resources.

8 (b) COST SHARING.—The Federal share of the cost of

9 measures undertaken under this section shall not exceed 65

10 percent.

11 (c) OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.—The non-Federal

12 share of operation and maintenance costs for projects con13 structed with assistance provided under this section shall

14 be 100 percent.

15 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION.—There is

16 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section

17 $7,000,000 for fiscal years beginning after September 30,

18 1999.

19 SEC. 574. WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH, LOUISIANA.

20 The Secretary shall expedite completion of the report

21 for the West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, project for wa22 terfront and riverine preservation, restoration, and en23 hancement modifications along the Mississippi River.
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1 SEC. 575. ABANDONED AND INACTIVE NONCOAL MINE RES2 TORATION.

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to pro4 vide technical, planning, and design assistance to Federal

5 and non-Federal interests for carrying out projects to ad6 dress water quality problems caused by drainage and re7 lated activities from abandoned and inactive noncoal

8 mines.

9 (b) SPECIFIC MEASURES.—Assistance provided under

10 subsection (a) may be in support of projects for the fol11 lowing purposes:

12 (1) Management of drainage from abandoned

13 and inactive noncoal mines.

14 (2) Restoration and protection of streams, rivers,

15 wetlands, other waterbodies, and riparian areas de16 graded by drainage from abandoned and inactive

17 noncoal mines.

18 (3) Demonstration of management practices and

19 innovative and alternative treatment technologies to

20 minimize or eliminate adverse environmental effects

21 associated with drainage from abandoned and inac22 tive noncoal mines.

23 (c) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non-Federal share of

24 the cost of assistance under subsection (a) shall be 50 per25 cent; except that the Federal share with respect to projects
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1 located on lands owned by the United States shall be 100

2 percent.

3 (d) EFFECT ON AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF

4 THE INTERIOR.—Nothing in this section shall be construed

5 as affecting the authority of the Secretary of the Interior

6 under title IV of the Surface Mining Control and Reclama7 tion Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1231 et seq.).

8 (e) TECHNOLOGY DATABASE FOR RECLAMATION OF

9 ABANDONED MINES.—The Secretary is authorized to pro10 vide assistance to non-Federal and non-profit entities to de11 velop, manage, and maintain a database of conventional

12 and innovative, cost-effective technologies for reclamation of

13 abandoned and inactive noncoal mine sites. Such assistance

14 shall be provided through the rehabilitation of abandoned

15 mine sites program, managed by the Sacramento District

16 Office of the Corps of Engineers.

17 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is

18 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section

19 $5,000,000.

20 SEC. 576. BENEFICIAL USE OF WASTE TIRE RUBBER.

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to con22 duct pilot projects to encourage the beneficial use of waste

23 tire rubber, including crumb rubber, recycled from tires.

24 Such beneficial use may include marine pilings, under25 water framing, floating docks with built-in flotation, utility
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1 poles, and other uses associated with transportation and in2 frastructure projects receiving Federal funds. The Secretary

3 shall, when appropriate, encourage the use of waste tire rub4 ber, including crumb rubber, in such federally funded

5 projects.

6 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is

7 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section

8 $5,000,000 for fiscal years beginning after September 30,

9 1998.

10 SEC. 577. SITE DESIGNATION.

11 Section 102(c)(4) of the Marine Protection, Research,

12 and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1412(c)(4)) is

13 amended by striking ‘‘January 1, 2000’’ and inserting

14 ‘‘January 1, 2005’’.

15 SEC. 578. LAND CONVEYANCES.

16 (a) EXCHANGE OF LAND IN PIKE COUNTY, MIS17 SOURI.—

18 (1) EXCHANGE OF LAND.—Subject to paragraphs

19 (3) and (4), at such time as Holnam Inc. conveys all

20 right, title, and interest in and to the land described

21 in paragraph (2)(A) to the United States, the Sec22 retary shall convey all right, title, and interest in the

23 land described in paragraph (2)(B) to Holnam Inc.

24 (2) DESCRIPTION OF LANDS.—The lands referred

25 to in paragraph (1) are the following:
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1 (A) NON-FEDERAL LAND.—152.45 acres

2 with existing flowage easements situated in Pike

3 County, Missouri, described a portion of Govern4 ment Tract Number FM–9 and all of Govern5 ment Tract Numbers FM–11, FM–10, FM–12,

6 FM–13, and FM–16, owned and administered by

7 the Holnam Inc.

8 (B) FEDERAL LAND.—152.61 acres situated

9 in Pike County, Missouri, known as Government

10 Tract Numbers FM–17 and a portion of FM–18,

11 administered by the Corps of Engineers.

12 (3) CONDITIONS OF EXCHANGE.—The exchange

13 of land authorized by paragraph (1) shall be subject

14 to the following conditions:

15 (A) DEEDS.—

16 (i) FEDERAL LAND.—The instrument

17 of conveyance used to convey the land de18 scribed in paragraph (2)(B) to Holnam Inc.

19 shall contain such reservations, terms, and

20 conditions as the Secretary considers nec21 essary to allow the United States to operate

22 and maintain the Mississippi River 9-Foot

23 Navigation Project.

24 (ii) NON-FEDERAL LAND.—The convey25 ance of the land described in paragraph
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1 (2)(A) to the Secretary shall be by a war2 ranty deed acceptable to the Secretary.

3 (B) REMOVAL OF IMPROVEMENTS.—Holnam

4 Inc. may remove any improvements on the land

5 described in paragraph (2)(A). The Secretary

6 may require Holnam Inc. to remove any im7 provements on the land described in paragraph

8 (2)(A). In either case, Holnam Inc. shall hold the

9 United States harmless from liability, and the

10 United States shall not incur cost associated

11 with the removal or relocation of any such im12 provements.

13 (C) TIME LIMIT FOR EXCHANGE.—The land

14 exchange authorized by paragraph (1) shall be

15 completed not later than 2 years after the date

16 of the enactment of this Act.

17 (D) LEGAL DESCRIPTION.—The Secretary

18 shall provide the legal description of the land de19 scribed in paragraph (2). The legal description

20 shall be used in the instruments of conveyance of

21 the land.

22 (E) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—The Sec23 retary shall require Holnam Inc. to pay reason24 able administrative costs associated with the ex25 change.
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1 (4) VALUE OF PROPERTIES.—If the appraised

2 fair market value, as determined by the Secretary, of

3 the land conveyed to Holnam Inc. by the Secretary

4 under paragraph (1) exceeds the appraised fair mar5 ket value, as determined by the Secretary, of the land

6 conveyed to the United States by Holnam Inc. under

7 paragraph (1), Holnam Inc. shall make a payment

8 equal to the excess in cash or a cash equivalent to the

9 United States.

10 (b) CANDY LAKE PROJECT, OSAGE COUNTY, OKLA11 HOMA.—

12 (1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the fol13 lowing definitions apply:

14 (A) FAIR MARKET VALUE.—The term ‘‘fair

15 market value’’ means the amount for which a

16 willing buyer would purchase and a willing sell17 er would sell a parcel of land, as determined by

18 a qualified, independent land appraiser.

19 (B) PREVIOUS OWNER OF LAND.—The term

20 ‘‘previous owner of land’’ means a person (in21 cluding a corporation) that conveyed, or a de22 scendant of a deceased individual who conveyed,

23 land to the Corps of Engineers for use in the

24 Candy Lake project in Osage County, Oklahoma.

25 (2) LAND CONVEYANCES.—
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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall con2 vey, in accordance with this subsection, all right,

3 title, and interest of the United States in and to

4 the land acquired by the United States for the

5 Candy Lake project in Osage County, Oklahoma.

6 (B) PREVIOUS OWNERS OF LAND.—

7 (i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall

8 give a previous owner of land the first op9 tion to purchase the land described in sub10 paragraph (A).

11 (ii) APPLICATION.—

12 (I) IN GENERAL.—A previous

13 owner of land that desires to purchase

14 the land described in subparagraph (A)

15 that was owned by the previous owner

16 of land, or by the individual from

17 whom the previous owner of land is de18 scended, shall file an application to

19 purchase the land with the Secretary

20 not later than 180 days after the offi21 cial date of notice to the previous

22 owner of land under paragraph (3).

23 (II) FIRST TO FILE HAS FIRST

24 OPTION.—If more than 1 application

25 is filed to purchase a parcel of land de-
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1 scribed in subparagraph (A), the first

2 option to purchase the parcel of land

3 shall be determined in the order in

4 which applications for the parcel of

5 land were filed.

6 (iii) IDENTIFICATION OF PREVIOUS

7 OWNERS OF LAND.—As soon as practicable

8 after the date of the enactment of this Act,

9 the Secretary shall, to the extent practicable,

10 identify each previous owner of land.

11 (iv) CONSIDERATION.—Consideration

12 for land conveyed under this paragraph

13 shall be the fair market value of the land.

14 (C) DISPOSAL.—Any land described in sub15 paragraph (A) for which an application to pur16 chase the land has not been filed under subpara17 graph (B)(ii) within the applicable time period

18 shall be disposed of in accordance with law.

19 (D) EXTINGUISHMENT OF EASEMENTS.—All

20 flowage easements acquired by the United States

21 for use in the Candy Lake project in Osage

22 County, Oklahoma, are extinguished.

23 (3) NOTICE.—

24 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall

25 notify—
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1 (i) each person identified as a previous

2 owner of land under paragraph (2)(B)(iii),

3 not later than 90 days after identification,

4 by United States mail; and

5 (ii) the general public, not later than

6 90 days after the date of the enactment of

7 this Act, by publication in the Federal Reg8 ister.

9 (B) CONTENTS OF NOTICE.—Notice under

10 this paragraph shall include—

11 (i) a copy of this subsection;

12 (ii) information sufficient to separately

13 identify each parcel of land subject to this

14 subsection; and

15 (iii) specification of the fair market

16 value of each parcel of land subject to this

17 subsection.

18 (C) OFFICIAL DATE OF NOTICE.—The offi19 cial date of notice under this paragraph shall be

20 the later of—

21 (i) the date on which actual notice is

22 mailed; or

23 (ii) the date of publication of the notice

24 in the Federal Register.
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1 (c) LAKE HUGO, OKLAHOMA, AREA LAND CONVEY2 ANCE.—

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after

4 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary

5 shall convey at fair market value to Choctaw County

6 Industrial Authority, Oklahoma, the property de7 scribed in paragraph (2).

8 (2) DESCRIPTION.—The property to be conveyed

9 under paragraph (1) is—

10 (A) that portion of land at Lake Hugo,

11 Oklahoma, above elevation 445.2 located in the

N1⁄2 of the NW1 12 ⁄4 of Section 24, R 18 E, T 6 S,

and the S1⁄2 of the SW1 13 ⁄4 of Section 13, R 18 E,

14 T 6 S bounded to the south by a line 50 north

15 on the centerline of Road B of Sawyer Bluff

Public Use Area and to the north by the 1 16 ⁄2 quar17 ter section line forming the south boundary of

18 Wilson Point Public Use Area; and

19 (B) a parcel of property at Lake Hugo,

20 Oklahoma, commencing at the NE corner of the

SE1⁄4 SW1 21 ⁄4 of Section 13, R 18 E, T 6 S, 100

feet north, then east approximately 1 22 ⁄2 mile to

23 the county line road between Section 13, R 18 E,

24 T 6 S, and Section 18, R 19 E, T 6 S.
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1 (3) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The conveyances

2 under this subsection shall be subject to such terms

3 and conditions, including payment of reasonable ad4 ministrative costs and compliance with applicable

5 Federal floodplain management and flood insurance

6 programs, as the Secretary considers necessary and

7 appropriate to protect the interests of the United

8 States.

9 (d) CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY IN MARSHALL COUN10 TY, OKLAHOMA.—

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall convey to

12 the State of Oklahoma all right, title, and interest of

13 the United States to real property located in Marshall

14 County, Oklahoma, and included in the Lake Texoma

15 (Denison Dam), Oklahoma and Texas, project con16 sisting of approximately 1,580 acres and leased to the

17 State of Oklahoma for public park and recreation

18 purposes.

19 (2) CONSIDERATION.—Consideration for the con20 veyance under paragraph (1) shall be the fair market

21 value of the real property, as determined by the Sec22 retary. All costs associated with the conveyance under

23 paragraph (1) shall be paid by the State of Okla24 homa.
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1 (3) DESCRIPTION.—The exact acreage and legal

2 description of the real property to be conveyed under

3 paragraph (1) shall be determined by a survey satis4 factory to the Secretary. The cost of the survey shall

5 be paid by the State of Oklahoma.

6 (4) ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE.—Before mak7 ing the conveyance under paragraph (1), the Sec8 retary shall—

9 (A) conduct an environmental baseline sur10 vey to determine if there are levels of contamina11 tion for which the United States would be re12 sponsible under the Comprehensive Environ13 mental Response, Compensation, and Liability

14 Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.); and

15 (B) ensure that the conveyance complies

16 with the National Environmental Policy Act of

17 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).

18 (5) OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The con19 veyance under paragraph (1) shall be subject to such

20 other terms and conditions as the Secretary considers

21 necessary and appropriate to protect the interests of

22 the United States, including reservation by the

23 United States of a flowage easement over all portions

24 of the real property to be conveyed that are at or

25 below elevation 645.0 NGVD.
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1 (e) SUMMERFIELD CEMETERY ASSOCIATION, OKLA2 HOMA, LAND CONVEYANCE.—

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after

4 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary

5 shall transfer to the Summerfield Cemetery Associa6 tion, Oklahoma, all right, title, and interest of the

7 United State in and to the land described in para8 graph (3) for use as a cemetery.

9 (2) REVERSION.—If the land to be transferred

10 under this subsection ever cease to be used as a not11 for-profit cemetery or for other public purposes the

12 land shall revert to the United States.

13 (3) DESCRIPTION.—The land to be conveyed

14 under this subsection is the approximately 10 acres of

15 land located in Leflore County, Oklahoma, and de16 scribed as follows:

17 INDIAN BASIN MERIDIAN

18 Section 23, Township 5 North, Range 23 East

19 SW SE SW NW

20 NW NE NW SW

N1 21 ⁄2 SW SW NW.

22 (4) CONSIDERATION.—The conveyance under this

23 subsection shall be without consideration. All costs as24 sociated with the conveyance shall be paid by the

25 Summerfield Cemetery Association, Oklahoma.
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1 (5) OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The con2 veyance under this subsection shall be subject to such

3 other terms and conditions as the Secretary considers

4 necessary and appropriate to protect the interests of

5 the United States.

6 (f) DEXTER, OREGON.—

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall convey to

8 the Dexter Sanitary District all right, title, and in9 terest of the United States in and to a parcel of land

10 consisting of approximately 5 acres located at Dexter

11 Lake, Oregon, under lease to the Dexter Sanitary Dis12 trict.

13 (2) CONSIDERATION.—Land to be conveyed

14 under this section shall be conveyed without consider15 ation. If the land is no longer held in public owner16 ship or no longer used for wastewater treatment pur17 poses, title to the land shall revert to the Secretary.

18 (3) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The conveyance

19 by the United States shall be subject to such terms

20 and conditions as the Secretary considers appropriate

21 to protect the interests of the United States.

22 (4) DESCRIPTION.—The exact acreage and de23 scription of the land to be conveyed under paragraph

24 (1) shall be determined by such surveys as the Sec-
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1 retary considers necessary. The cost of the surveys

2 shall be borne by the Dexter Sanitary District.

3 (g) RICHARD B. RUSSELL DAM AND LAKE, SOUTH

4 CAROLINA.—

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Upon execution of an agree6 ment under paragraph (4) and subject to the require7 ments of this subsection, the Secretary shall convey,

8 without consideration, to the State of South Carolina

9 all right, title, and interest of the United States to the

10 lands described in paragraph (2) that are managed,

11 as of the date of the enactment of this Act, by the

12 South Carolina Department of Natural Resources for

13 fish and wildlife mitigation purposes in connection

14 with the Richard B. Russell Dam and Lake, South

15 Carolina, project.

16 (2) DESCRIPTION.—

17 (A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph

18 (B), the lands to be conveyed under paragraph

19 (1) are described in Exhibits A, F, and H of

20 Army Lease Number DACW21–1–93–0910 and

21 associated Supplemental Agreements or are des22 ignated in red in Exhibit A of Army License

23 Number DACW21–3–85–1904; except that all

24 designated lands in the license that are below ele25 vation 346 feet mean sea level or that are less
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1 than 300 feet measured horizontally from the top

2 of the power pool are excluded from the convey3 ance. Management of the excluded lands shall

4 continue in accordance with the terms of Army

5 License Number DACW21–3–85–1904 until the

6 Secretary and the State enter into an agreement

7 under paragraph (4).

8 (B) SURVEY.—The exact acreage and legal

9 description of the lands to be conveyed under

10 paragraph (1) shall be determined by a survey

11 satisfactory to the Secretary, with the cost of the

12 survey to be paid by the State. The State shall

13 be responsible for all other costs, including real

14 estate transaction and environmental compliance

15 costs, associated with the conveyance.

16 (3) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—

17 (A) MANAGEMENT OF LANDS.—All lands

18 that are conveyed under paragraph (1) shall be

19 retained in public ownership and shall be man20 aged in perpetuity for fish and wildlife mitiga21 tion purposes in accordance with a plan ap22 proved by the Secretary. If the lands are not

23 managed for such purposes in accordance with

24 the plan, title to the lands shall revert to the

25 United States. If the lands revert to the United
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1 States under this subparagraph, the Secretary

2 shall manage the lands for such purposes.

3 (B) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Sec4 retary may require such additional terms and

5 conditions in connection with the conveyance as

6 the Secretary considers appropriate to protect

7 the interests of the United States.

8 (4) PAYMENTS.—

9 (A) AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary is au10 thorized to pay to the State of South Carolina

11 not more than $4,850,000 if the Secretary and

12 the State enter into a binding agreement for the

13 State to manage for fish and wildlife mitigation

14 purposes, in perpetuity, the lands conveyed

15 under this subsection and the lands not covered

16 by the conveyance that are designated in red in

17 Exhibit A of Army License Number DACW21–3–

18 85–1904.

19 (B) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The agree20 ment shall specify the terms and conditions

21 under which the payment will be made and the

22 rights of, and remedies available to, the Federal

23 Government to recover all or a portion of the

24 payment in the event the State fails to manage
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1 the lands in a manner satisfactory to the Sec2 retary.

3 (h) CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA.—The Secretary

4 is authorized to convey the property of the Corps of Engi5 neers known as the ‘‘Equipment and Storage Yard’’, located

6 on Meeting Street in Charleston, South Carolina, in as-is

7 condition for fair-market value with all proceeds from the

8 conveyance to be applied by the Corps of Engineers,

9 Charleston District, to offset a portion of the costs of moving

10 or leasing (or both) an office facility in the City of Charles11 ton.

12 (i) CLARKSTON, WASHINGTON.—

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall convey to

14 the Port of Clarkston, Washington, all right, title, and

15 interest of the United States in and to a portion of

16 the land described in Army Lease Number DACW68–

17 1–97–22, consisting of approximately 31 acres, the

18 exact boundaries of which shall be determined by the

19 Secretary and the Port of Clarkston.

20 (2) ADDITIONAL LAND.—The Secretary may con21 vey to the Port of Clarkston, Washington, at fair mar22 ket value as determined by the Secretary, such addi23 tional land located in the vicinity of Clarkston, Wash24 ington, as the Secretary determines to be excess to the
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1 needs of the Columbia River Project and appropriate

2 for conveyance.

3 (3) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The conveyances

4 made under paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be subject

5 to such terms and conditions as the Secretary deter6 mines to be necessary to protect the interests of the

7 United States, including a requirement that the Port

8 of Clarkston pay all administrative costs associated

9 with the conveyances (including the cost of land sur10 veys and appraisals and costs associated with compli11 ance with applicable environmental laws, including

12 regulations).

13 (4) USE OF LAND.—The Port of Clarkston shall

14 be required to pay the fair market value, as deter15 mined by the Secretary, of any land conveyed pursu16 ant to paragraph (1) that is not retained in public

17 ownership or is used for other than public park or

18 recreation purposes, except that the Secretary shall

19 have a right of reverter to reclaim possession and title

20 to any such land.

21 (j) LAND CONVEYANCE TO MATEWAN, WEST VIR22 GINIA.—

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—The United States shall con24 vey by quit claim deed to the Town of Matewan, West

25 Virginia, all right, title, and interest of the United
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1 States in and to four parcels of land deemed excess

2 by the Secretary of the Army, acting through the

3 Chief of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, to the

4 structural project for flood control constructed by the

5 Corps of Engineers along the Tug Fork River pursu6 ant to section 202 of Public Law 96–367.

7 (2) PROPERTY DESCRIPTION.—The parcels of

8 land referred to in paragraph (1) are as follows:

9 (A) A certain parcel of land in the State of

10 West Virginia, Mingo County, Town of

11 Matewan, and being more particularly bounded

12 and described as follows:

13 Beginning at a point on the southerly

14 right-of-way line of a 40-foot-wide street

15 right-of-way (known as McCoy Alley), hav16 ing an approximate coordinate value of

17 N228,695, E1,662,397, in the line common

18 to the land designated as U.S.A. Tract No.

19 834, and the land designated as U.S.A.

20 Tract No. 837, said point being South

21 51°52′ East 81.8 feet from an iron pin and

22 cap marked M–12 on the boundary of the

23 Matewan Area Structural Project, on the

24 north right-of-way line of said street, at a

25 corner common to designated U.S.A. Tracts
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1 Nos. 834 and 836; thence, leaving the right2 of-way of said street, with the line common

3 to the land of said Tract No. 834, and the

4 land of said Tract No. 837.

5 South 14°37′ West 46 feet to the corner

6 common to the land of said Tract No. 834,

7 and the land of said Tract No. 837; thence,

8 leaving the land of said Tract No. 837, sev9 ering the lands of said Project.

10 South 14°37′ West 46 feet.

11 South 68°07′ East 239 feet.

12 North 26°05′ East 95 feet to a point on

13 the southerly right-of-way line of said street;

14 thence, with the right-of-way of said street,

15 continuing to sever the lands of said

16 Project.

17 South 63°55′ East 206 feet; thence,

18 leaving the right-of-way of said street, con19 tinuing to sever the lands of said Project.

20 South 26°16′ West 63 feet; thence, with

21 a curve to the left having a radius of 70

22 feet, a delta of 33°58′, an arc length of 41

23 feet, the chord bearing.
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1 South 09°17′ West 41 feet; thence, leav2 ing said curve, continuing to sever the lands

3 of said Project.

4 South 07°42′ East 31 feet to a point

5 on the right-of-way line of the floodwall;

6 thence, with the right-of-way of said

7 floodwall, continuing to sever the lands of

8 said Project.

9 South 77°04′ West 71 feet.

10 North 77°10′ West 46 feet.

11 North 67°07′ West 254 feet.

12 North 67°54′ West 507 feet.

13 North 57°49′ West 66 feet to the inter14 section of the right-of-way line of said

15 floodwall with the southerly right-of-way

16 line of said street; thence, leaving the right17 of-way of said floodwall and with the south18 erly right-of-way of said street, continuing

19 to sever the lands of said Project.

20 North 83°01′ East 171 feet.

21 North 89°42′ East 74 feet.

22 South 83°39′ East 168 feet.

23 South 83°38′ East 41 feet.

24 South 77°26′ East 28 feet to the point

25 of beginning, containing 2.59 acres, more or
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1 less. The bearings and coordinate used here2 in are referenced to the West Virginia State

3 Plane Coordinate System, South Zone.

4 (B) A certain parcel of land in the State of

5 West Virginia, Mingo County, Town of

6 Matewan, and being more particularly bounded

7 and described as follows:

8 Beginning at an iron pin and cap des9 ignated Corner No. M2–2 on the southerly

10 right-of-way line of the Norfolk and Western

11 Railroad, having an approximate coordi12 nate value of N228,755 E1,661,242, and

13 being at the intersection of the right-of-way

14 line of the floodwall with the boundary of

15 the Matewan Area Structural Project;

16 thence, leaving the right-of-way of said

17 floodwall and with said Project boundary,

18 and the southerly right-of-way of said Rail19 road.

20 North 59°45′ East 34 feet.

21 North 69°50′ East 44 feet.

22 North 58°11′ East 79 feet.

23 North 66°13′ East 102 feet.

24 North 69°43′ East 98 feet.

25 North 77°39′ East 18 feet.
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1 North 72°39′ East 13 feet to a point at

2 the intersection of said Project boundary,

3 and the southerly right-of-way of said Rail4 road, with the westerly right-of-way line of

5 State Route 49/10; thence, leaving said

6 Project boundary, and the southerly right7 of-way of said Railroad, and with the west8 erly right-of-way of said road.

9 South 03°21′ East 100 feet to a point

10 at the intersection of the westerly right-of11 way of said road with the right-of-way of

12 said floodwall; thence, leaving the right-of13 way of said road, and with the right-of-way

14 line of said floodwall.

15 South 79°30′ West 69 feet.

16 South 78°28′ West 222 feet.

17 South 80°11′ West 65 feet.

18 North 38°40′ West 14 feet to the point

19 of beginning, containing 0.53 acre, more or

20 less. The bearings and coordinate used here21 in are referenced to the West Virginia State

22 Plane Coordinate System, South Zone.

23 (C) A certain parcel of land in the State of

24 West Virginia, Mingo County, Town of
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1 Matewan, and being more particularly bounded

2 and described as follows:

3 Beginning at a point on the southerly

4 right-of-way line of the Norfolk and Western

5 Railroad, having an approximate coordi6 nate value of N228,936 E1,661,672, and

7 being at the intersection of the easterly

8 right-of-way line of State Route 49/10 with

9 the boundary of the Matewan Area Struc10 tural Project; thence, leaving the right-of11 way of said road, and with said Project

12 boundary, and the southerly right-of-way of

13 said Railroad.

14 North 77°49′ East 89 feet to an iron

15 pin and cap designated as U.S.A. Corner

16 No. M–4.

17 North 79°30′ East 74 feet to an iron

18 pin and cap designated as U.S.A. Corner

19 No. M–5–1; thence, leaving the southerly

20 right-of-way of said Railroad, and con21 tinuing with the boundary of said Project.

22 South 06°33′ East 102 to an iron pipe

23 and cap designated U.S.A. Corner No. M–

24 6–1 on the northerly right-of-way line of

25 State Route 49/28; thence, leaving the
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1 boundary of said Project, and with the

2 right-of-way of said road, severing the lands

3 of said Project.

4 North 80°59′ West 171 feet to a point

5 at the intersection of the Northerly right-of6 way line of said State Route 49/28 with the

7 easterly right-of-way line of said State

8 Route 49/10; thence, leaving the right-of9 way of said State Route 49/28 and with the

10 right-of-way of said State Route 49/10.

11 North 03°21′ West 42 feet to the point

12 of beginning, containing 0.27 acre, more or

13 less. The bearings and coordinate used here14 in are referenced to the West Virginia State

15 Plane Coordinate System, South Zone.

16 (D) A certain parcel of land in the State of

17 West Virginia, Mingo County, Town of

18 Matewan, and being more particularly bounded

19 and described as follows:

20 Beginning at a point at the intersec21 tion of the easterly right-of-way line of

22 State Route 49/10 with the right-of-way line

23 of the floodwall, having an approximate co24 ordinate value of N228,826 E1,661,679;

25 thence, leaving the right-of-way of said
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1 floodwall, and with the right-of-way of said

2 State Route 49/10.

3 North 03°21′ West 23 feet to a point at

4 the intersection of the easterly right-of-way

5 line of said State Route 49/10 with the

6 southerly right-of-way line of State Route

7 49/28; thence, leaving the right-of-way of

8 said State Route 49/10 and with the right9 of-way of said State Route 49/28.

10 South 80°59′ East 168 feet.

11 North 82°28′ East 45 feet to an iron

12 pin and cap designated as U.S.A. Corner

13 No. M–8–1 on the boundary of the Western

14 Area Structural Project; thence, leaving the

15 right-of-way of said State Route 49/28, and

16 with said Project boundary.

17 South 08°28′ East 88 feet to an iron

18 pin and cap designated as U.S.A. Corner

19 No. M–9–1 point on the northerly right-of20 way line of a street (known as McCoy

21 Alley); thence, leaving said Project bound22 ary and with the northerly right-of-way of

23 said street.

24 South 83°01′ West 38 feet to a point

25 on the right-of-way line of said floodwall;
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1 thence, leaving the right-of-way of said

2 street, and with the right-of-way of said

3 floodwall.

4 North 57°49′ West 180 feet.

5 South 79°30′ West 34 feet to a point of

6 beginning, containing 0.24 acre, more or

7 less. The bearings and coordinate used here8 in are referenced to the West Virginia State

9 Plane Coordinate System, South Zone.

10 (k) MERRISACH LAKE, ARKANSAS COUNTY, ARKAN11 SAS.—

12 (1) LAND CONVEYANCE.—Notwithstanding any

13 other provision of law, the Secretary shall convey to

14 eligible private property owners at fair market value,

15 as determined by the Secretary, all right, title, and

16 interest of the United States in and to certain lands

17 acquired for Navigation Pool No. 2, McClellan-Kerr

18 Arkansas River Navigation System, Merrisach Lake

19 Project, Arkansas County, Arkansas.

20 (2) PROPERTY DESCRIPTION.—The lands to be

21 conveyed under paragraph (1) include those lands

22 lying between elevation 163, National Geodetic

23 Vertical Datum of 1929, and the Federal Government

24 boundary line for Tract Numbers 102, 129, 132–1,

25 132–2, 132–3, 134, 135, 136–1, 136–2, 138, 139, 140,
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1 141, 142, 143, 144, and 145, located in sections 18,

2 19, 29, 30, 31, and 32, Township 7 South, Range 2

West, and the SE1 3 ⁄4 of Section 36, Township 7 South,

4 Range 3 West, Fifth Principal Meridian, with the ex5 ception of any land designated for public park pur6 poses.

7 (3) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Any lands con8 veyed under paragraph (1) shall be subject to—

9 (A) a perpetual flowage easement prohib10 iting human habitation and restricting construc11 tion activities;

12 (B) the reservation of timber rights by the

13 United States; and

14 (C) such additional terms and conditions as

15 the Secretary considers appropriate to protect

16 the interests of the United States.

17 (4) ELIGIBLE PROPERTY OWNER DEFINED.—In

18 this subsection, the term ‘‘eligible private property

19 owner’’ means the owner of record of land contiguous

20 to lands owned by the United States in connection

21 with the project referred to in paragraph (1).

22 SEC. 579. NAMINGS.

23 (a) FRANCIS BLAND FLOODWAY DITCH, ARKANSAS.—
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1 (1) DESIGNATION.—8-Mile Creek in Paragould,

2 Arkansas, shall be known and designated as the

3 ‘‘Francis Bland Floodway Ditch’’.

4 (2) LEGAL REFERENCE.—Any reference in a

5 law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other

6 record of the United States to the creek referred to in

7 paragraph (1) shall be deemed to be a reference to the

8 ‘‘Francis Bland Floodway Ditch’’.

9 (b) LAWRENCE BLACKWELL MEMORIAL BRIDGE, AR10 KANSAS.—

11 (1) DESIGNATION.—The bridge over lock and

12 dam numbered 4 on the Arkansas River, Arkansas,

13 constructed as part of the project for navigation on

14 the Arkansas River and tributaries, shall be known

15 and designated as the ‘‘Lawrence Blackwell Memorial

16 Bridge’’.

17 (2) LEGAL REFERENCE.—Any reference in a

18 law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other

19 record of the United States to the bridge referred to

20 in paragraph (1) shall be deemed to be a reference to

21 the ‘‘Lawrence Blackwell Memorial Bridge’’.

22 SEC. 580. FOLSOM DAM AND RESERVOIR ADDITIONAL STOR23 AGE AND ADDITIONAL FLOOD CONTROL

24 STUDIES.

25 (a) FOLSOM FLOOD CONTROL STUDIES.—
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation

2 with the State of California and local water resources

3 agencies, shall undertake a study of increasing sur4 charge flood control storage at the Folsom Dam and

5 Reservoir.

6 (2) LIMITATIONS.—The study of the Folsom Dam

7 and Reservoir undertaken under paragraph (1) shall

8 assume that there is to be no increase in conservation

9 storage at the Folsom Reservoir.

10 (3) REPORT.—Not later than March 1, 2000, the

11 Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report on the

12 results of the study under this subsection.

13 (b) AMERICAN AND SACRAMENTO RIVERS FLOOD CON14 TROL STUDY.—

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall undertake

16 a study of all levees on the American River and on

17 the Sacramento River downstream and immediately

18 upstream of the confluence of such Rivers to access op19 portunities to increase potential flood protection

20 through levee modifications.

21 (2) DEADLINE FOR COMPLETION.—Not later

22 than March 1, 2000, the Secretary shall transmit to

23 Congress a report on the results of the study under24 taken under this subsection.
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1 SEC. 581. WALLOPS ISLAND, VIRGINIA.

2 (a) EMERGENCY ACTION.—The Secretary shall take

3 emergency action to protect Wallops Island, Virginia, from

4 damaging coastal storms, by improving and extending the

5 existing seawall, replenishing and renourishing the beach,

6 and constructing protective dunes.

7 (b) REIMBURSEMENT.—The Secretary may seek reim8 bursement from other Federal agencies whose resources are

9 protected by the emergency action taken under subsection

10 (a).

11 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is

12 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section

13 $8,000,000.

14 SEC. 582. DETROIT RIVER, DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to re16 pair and rehabilitate the seawalls on the Detroit River in

17 Detroit, Michigan.

18 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is

19 authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years beginning

20 after September 30, 1999, $1,000,000 to carry out this sec21 tion.

22 SEC. 583. NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA.

23 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Secretary

24 may establish a pilot program for providing environmental

25 assistance to non-Federal interests in northeastern Min26 nesota.
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1 (b) FORM OF ASSISTANCE.—Assistance under this sec2 tion may be in the form of design and construction assist3 ance for water-related environmental infrastructure and re4 source protection and development projects in northeastern

5 Minnesota, including projects for wastewater treatment and

6 related facilities, water supply and related facilities, envi7 ronmental restoration, and surface water resource protec8 tion and development.

9 (c) PUBLIC OWNERSHIP REQUIREMENT.—The Sec10 retary may provide assistance for a project under this sec11 tion only if the project is publicly owned.

12 (d) LOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT.—

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Before providing assistance

14 under this section, the Secretary shall enter into a

15 local cooperation agreement with a non-Federal inter16 est to provide for design and construction of the

17 project to be carried out with the assistance.

18 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—Each local cooperation

19 agreement entered into under this subsection shall

20 provide for the following:

21 (A) PLAN.—Development by the Secretary,

22 in consultation with appropriate Federal and

23 State officials, of a facilities or resource protec24 tion and development plan, including appro25 priate engineering plans and specifications.
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1 (B) LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL STRUC2 TURES.—Establishment of such legal and insti3 tutional structures as are necessary to ensure the

4 effective long-term operation of the project by the

5 non-Federal interest.

6 (3) COST SHARING.—

7 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of

8 project costs under each local cooperation agree9 ment entered into under this subsection shall be

10 75 percent. The Federal share may be in the

11 form of grants or reimbursements of project costs.

12 (B) CREDIT FOR DESIGN WORK.—The non13 Federal interest shall receive credit for the rea14 sonable costs of design work completed by the

15 non-Federal interest prior to entering into a

16 local cooperation agreement with the Secretary

17 for a project. The credit for the design work shall

18 not exceed 6 percent of the total construction

19 costs of the project.

20 (C) CREDIT FOR INTEREST.—In the event of

21 a delay in the funding of the non-Federal share

22 of a project that is the subject of an agreement

23 under this section, the non-Federal interest shall

24 receive credit for reasonable interest incurred in
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1 providing the non-Federal share of a project’s

2 cost.

3 (D) LAND, EASEMENTS, AND RIGHTS-OF4 WAY CREDIT.—The non-Federal interest shall re5 ceive credit for land, easements, rights-of-way,

6 and relocations toward its share of project costs

7 (including all reasonable costs associated with

8 obtaining permits necessary for the construction,

9 operation, and maintenance of the project on

10 publicly owned or controlled land), but not to ex11 ceed 25 percent of total project costs.

12 (E) OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.—The

13 non-Federal share of operation and maintenance

14 costs for projects constructed with assistance pro15 vided under this section shall be 100 percent.

16 (e) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER FEDERAL AND STATE

17 LAWS.—Nothing in this section shall be construed as

18 waiving, limiting, or otherwise affecting the applicability

19 of any provision of Federal or State law that would other20 wise apply to a project to be carried out with assistance

21 provided under this section.

22 (f) REPORT.—Not later than December 31, 2001, the

23 Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report on the results

24 of the pilot program carried out under this section, together
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1 with recommendations concerning whether or not such pro2 gram should be implemented on a national basis.

3 (g) NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA DEFINED.—In this

4 section, the term ‘‘northeastern Minnesota’’ means the coun5 ties of Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Koochiching, Itasca, Cass,

6 Crow Wing, Aitkin, Carlton, Pine, Kanabec, Mille Lacs,

7 Morrison, Benton, Sherburne, Isanti, and Chisago, Min8 nesota.

9 (h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is

10 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section

11 $40,000,000 for fiscal years beginning after September 30,

12 1999. Such sums shall remain available until expended.

13 SEC. 584. ALASKA.

14 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Secretary

15 may establish a pilot program for providing environmental

16 assistance to non-Federal interests in Alaska.

17 (b) FORM OF ASSISTANCE.—Assistance under this sec18 tion may be in the form of design and construction assist19 ance for water-related environmental infrastructure and re20 source protection and development projects in Alaska, in21 cluding projects for wastewater treatment and related facili22 ties, water supply and related facilities, and surface water

23 resource protection and development.

24 (c) OWNERSHIP REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary may

25 provide assistance for a project under this section only if
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1 the project is publicly owned or is owned by a native cor2 poration as defined by section 1602 of title 43, United

3 States Code.

4 (d) LOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENTS.—

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Before providing assistance

6 under this section, the Secretary shall enter into a

7 local cooperation agreement with a non-Federal inter8 est to provide for design and construction of the

9 project to be carried out with the assistance.

10 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—Each local cooperation

11 agreement entered into under this subsection shall

12 provide for the following:

13 (A) PLAN.—Development by the Secretary,

14 in consultation with appropriate Federal and

15 State officials, of a facilities or resource protec16 tion and development plan, including appro17 priate engineering plans and specifications.

18 (B) LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL STRUC19 TURES.—Establishment of such legal and insti20 tutional structures as are necessary to ensure the

21 effective long-term operation of the project by the

22 non-Federal interest.

23 (3) COST SHARING.—

24 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the

25 project costs under each local cooperation agree-
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1 ment entered into under this subsection shall be

2 75 percent. The Federal share may be in the

3 form of grants or reimbursements of project costs.

4 (B) CREDIT FOR DESIGN WORK.—The non5 Federal interest shall receive credit for the rea6 sonable costs of design work completed by the

7 non-Federal interest prior to entering into a

8 local cooperation agreement with the Secretary

9 for a project. The credit for the design work shall

10 not exceed 6 percent of the total construction

11 costs of the project.

12 (C) CREDIT FOR INTEREST.—In the event of

13 a delay in the funding of the non-Federal share

14 of a project that is the subject of an agreement

15 under this section, the non-Federal interest shall

16 receive credit for reasonable interest incurred in

17 providing the non-Federal share of a project’s

18 cost.

19 (D) LAND, EASEMENTS, AND RIGHTS-OF20 WAY CREDIT.—The non-Federal interest shall re21 ceive credit for land, easements, rights-of-way,

22 and relocations toward its share of project costs

23 (including all reasonable costs associated with

24 obtaining permits necessary for the construction,

25 operation, and maintenance of the project on
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1 publicly owned or controlled land), but not to ex2 ceed 25 percent of total project costs.

3 (E) OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.—The

4 non-Federal share of operation and maintenance

5 costs for projects constructed with assistance pro6 vided under this section shall be 100 percent.

7 (e) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER FEDERAL AND STATE

8 LAWS.—Nothing in this section shall be construed as

9 waiving, limiting, or otherwise affecting the applicability

10 of any provision of Federal or State law that would other11 wise apply to a project to be carried out with assistance

12 provided under this section.

13 (f) REPORT.—Not later than December 31, 2001, the

14 Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report on the results

15 of the pilot program carried out under this section, together

16 with recommendations concerning whether or not such pro17 gram should be implemented on a national basis.

18 (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is

19 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section

20 $25,000,000 for fiscal years beginning after September 30,

21 1999. Such sums shall remain available until expended.

22 SEC. 585. CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.

23 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Secretary

24 may establish a pilot program for providing environmental

25 assistance to non-Federal interests in central West Virginia.
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1 (b) FORM OF ASSISTANCE.—Assistance under this sec2 tion may be in the form of design and construction assist3 ance for water-related environmental infrastructure and re4 source protection and development projects in central West

5 Virginia, including projects for wastewater treatment and

6 related facilities, water supply and related facilities, and

7 surface water resource protection and development.

8 (c) PUBLIC OWNERSHIP REQUIREMENT.—The Sec9 retary may provide assistance for a project under this sec10 tion only if the project is publicly owned.

11 (d) LOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENTS.—

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Before providing assistance

13 under this section, the Secretary shall enter into a

14 local cooperation agreement with a non-Federal inter15 est to provide for design and construction of the

16 project to be carried out with the assistance.

17 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—Each local cooperation

18 agreement entered into under this subsection shall

19 provide for the following:

20 (A) PLAN.—Development by the Secretary,

21 in consultation with appropriate Federal and

22 State officials, of a facilities or resource protec23 tion and development plan, including appro24 priate engineering plans and specifications.
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1 (B) LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL STRUC2 TURES.—Establishment of such legal and insti3 tutional structures as are necessary to ensure the

4 effective long-term operation of the project by the

5 non-Federal interest.

6 (3) COST SHARING.—

7 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the

8 project costs under each local cooperation agree9 ment entered into under this subsection shall be

10 75 percent. The Federal share may be in the

11 form of grants or reimbursements of project costs.

12 (B) CREDIT FOR DESIGN WORK.—The non13 Federal interest shall receive credit for the rea14 sonable costs of design work completed by the

15 non-Federal interest prior to entering into a

16 local cooperation agreement with the Secretary

17 for a project. The credit for the design work shall

18 not exceed 6 percent of the total construction

19 costs of the project.

20 (C) CREDIT FOR INTEREST.—In the event of

21 a delay in the funding of the non-Federal share

22 of a project that is the subject of an agreement

23 under this section, the non-Federal interest shall

24 receive credit for reasonable interest incurred in
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1 providing the non-Federal share of a project’s

2 cost.

3 (D) LAND, EASEMENTS, AND RIGHTS-OF4 WAY CREDIT.—The non-Federal interest shall re5 ceive credit for land, easements, rights-of-way,

6 and relocations toward its share of project costs

7 (including all reasonable costs associated with

8 obtaining permits necessary for the construction,

9 operation, and maintenance of the project on

10 publicly owned or controlled land), but not to ex11 ceed 25 percent of total project costs.

12 (E) OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.—The

13 non-Federal share of operation and maintenance

14 costs for projects constructed with assistance pro15 vided under this section shall be 100 percent.

16 (e) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER FEDERAL AND STATE

17 LAWS.—Nothing in this section shall be construed as

18 waiving, limiting, or otherwise affecting the applicability

19 of any provision of Federal or State law that would other20 wise apply to a project to be carried out with assistance

21 provided under this section.

22 (f) REPORT.—Not later than December 31, 2001, the

23 Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report on the results

24 of the pilot program carried out under this section, together
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1 with recommendations concerning whether or not such pro2 gram should be implemented on a national basis.

3 (g) CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA DEFINED.—In this sec4 tion, the term ‘‘central West Virginia’’ means the counties

5 of Mason, Jackson, Putnam, Kanawha, Roane, Wirt, Cal6 houn, Clay, Nicholas, Braxton, Gilmer, Lewis, Upshur,

7 Randolph, Pendleton, Hardy, Hampshire, Morgan, Berke8 ley, and Jefferson, West Virginia.

9 (h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is

10 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section

11 $10,000,000 for fiscal years beginning after September 30,

12 1999. Such sums shall remain available until expended.

13 SEC. 586. SACRAMENTO METROPOLITAN AREA WATERSHED

14 RESTORATION, CALIFORNIA.

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to un16 dertake environmental restoration activities included in the

17 Sacramento Metropolitan Water Authority’s ‘‘Watershed

18 Management Plan’’. These activities shall be limited to

19 cleanup of contaminated groundwater resulting directly

20 from the acts of any Federal agency or Department of the

21 Federal Government at or in the vicinity of McClellan Air

22 Force Base, California; Mather Air Force Base, California;

23 Sacramento Army Depot, California; or any location with24 in the watershed where the Federal Government would be

25 a responsible party under any Federal environmental law.
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1 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is

2 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section

3 $5,000,000 for fiscal years beginning after September 30,

4 1999.

5 SEC. 587. ONONDAGA LAKE.

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to

7 plan, design, and construct projects for the environmental

8 restoration, conservation, and management of Onondaga

9 Lake, New York, and to provide, in coordination with the

10 Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, fi11 nancial assistance to the State of New York and political

12 subdivisions thereof for the development and implementa13 tion of projects to restore, conserve, and manage Onondaga

14 Lake.

15 (b) PARTNERSHIP.—In carrying out this section, the

16 Secretary shall establish a partnership with appropriate

17 Federal agencies (including the Environmental Protection

18 Agency) and the State of New York and political subdivi19 sions thereof for the purpose of project development and im20 plementation. Such partnership shall be dissolved not later

21 than 15 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.

22 (c) COST SHARING.—The non-Federal share of the cost

23 of a project constructed under subsection (a) shall be not

24 less than 30 percent of the total cost of the project and may

25 be provided through in-kind services.
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1 (d) EFFECT ON LIABILITY.—Financial assistance pro2 vided under this section shall not relieve from liability any

3 person who would otherwise be liable under Federal or State

4 law for damages, response costs, natural resource damages,

5 restitution, equitable relief, or any other relief.

6 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is

7 authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 to carry out the

8 purposes of this section.

9 (f) REPEAL.—Section 401 of the Great Lakes Critical

10 Programs Act of 1990 (104 Stat. 3010) and section 411 of

11 the Water Resources Development Act of 1990 (104 Stat.

12 4648) are repealed as of the date of the enactment of this

13 Act.

14 SEC. 588. EAST LYNN LAKE, WEST VIRGINIA.

15 The Secretary shall defer any decision relating to the

16 leasing of mineral resources underlying East Lynn Lake,

17 West Virginia, project lands to the Federal entity vested

18 with such leasing authority.

19 SEC. 589. EEL RIVER, CALIFORNIA.

20 The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine if

21 flooding in the City of Ferndale, California, is the result

22 of a Federal flood control project on the Eel River. If the

23 Secretary determines that the flooding is the result of the

24 project, the Secretary shall take appropriate measures (in25 cluding dredging of the Salt River and construction of sedi-
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1 ment ponds at the confluence of Francis, Reas, and Wil2 liams Creeks) to mitigate the flooding.

3 SEC. 590. NORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall review a report

5 prepared by the non-Federal interest concerning flood pro6 tection for the Dark Hollow area of North Little Rock, Ar7 kansas. If the Secretary determines that the report meets

8 the evaluation and design standards of the Corps of Engi9 neers and that the project is economically justified, tech10 nically sound, and environmentally acceptable, the Sec11 retary shall carry out the project.

12 (b) TREATMENT OF DESIGN AND PLAN PREPARATION

13 COSTS.—The costs of design and preparation of plans and

14 specifications shall be included as project costs and paid

15 during construction.

16 SEC. 591. UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER, MISSISSIPPI PLACE,

17 ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may enter into a co19 operative agreement to participate in a project for the plan20 ning, design, and construction of infrastructure and other

21 improvements at Mississippi Place, St. Paul, Minnesota.

22 (b) COST SHARING.—

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the cost

24 of the project shall be 50 percent. The Federal share
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1 may be provided in the form of grants or reimburse2 ments of project costs.

3 (2) CREDIT FOR NON-FEDERAL WORK.—The non4 Federal interest shall receive credit toward the non5 Federal share of the cost of the project for reasonable

6 costs incurred by the non-Federal interests as a result

7 of participation in the planning, design, and con8 struction of the project.

9 (3) LAND, EASEMENTS, AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY

10 CREDIT.—The non-Federal interest shall receive credit

11 toward the non-Federal share of the cost of the project

12 for land, easements, rights-of-way, and relocations

13 provided by the non-Federal interest with respect to

14 the project.

15 (4) OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.—The non16 Federal share of operation and maintenance costs for

17 the project shall be 100 percent.

18 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is

19 authorized to be appropriated $3,000,000 to carry out this

20 section.
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Amend the title so as to read ‘‘An Act to provide for

the conservation and development of water and related

resources, to authorize the United States Army Corps of

Engineers to construct various projects for improvements

to rivers and harbors of the United States, and for other

purposes.’’.

Attest:

Clerk.