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Resources Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3739), is modified 
to direct the Secretary to credit, in accordance with section 221 
of the Flood Control Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 1962d–5b), toward 
the non-Federal share of the cost of the project the costs of relocating 
oyster beds in the Davis Pond project area. 
SEC. 3082. MISSISSIPPI RIVER-GULF OUTLET RELOCATION ASSIST-
ANCE, LOUISIANA. 
(a) PORT FACILITIES RELOCATION.— 
(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is author-
ized to be appropriated to the Assistant Secretary for Economic 
Development (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Assistant Sec-
retary’’) $75,000,000, to remain available until expended, to 
support the relocation of Port of New Orleans deep draft facili-
ties from the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet (referred to in this 
section as the ‘‘Outlet’’), the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, and 
the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal to the Mississippi River. 
(2) ADMINISTRATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Amounts appropriated pursuant to 
paragraph (1) shall be administered by the Assistant Sec-
retary pursuant to sections 209(c)(2) and 703 of the Public 
Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 
3149(c)(2), 3233). 
(B) REQUIREMENT.—The Assistant Secretary shall 
make amounts appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1) 
available to the Port of New Orleans to relocate to the 
Mississippi River within the State of Louisiana the port- 
owned facilities that are occupied by businesses in the 
vicinity that may be impacted due to the treatment of 
the Outlet under title VII of this Act. 
(b) REVOLVING LOAN FUND GRANTS.—There is authorized to 
be appropriated to the Assistant Secretary $85,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, to provide assistance pursuant to sections 
209(c)(2) and 703 of the Public Works and Economic Development 
Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3149(c)(2), 3233) to one or more eligible 
recipients under such Act to establish revolving loan funds to make 
loans for terms up to 20 years at or below market interest rates 
(including interest-free loans) to private businesses within the Port 
of New Orleans that may need to relocate to the Mississippi River 
within the State of Louisiana due to the treatment of the Outlet 
under title VII of this Act. 
(c) REQUIREMENTS.—In selecting one or more recipients under 
subsection (b), the Assistant Secretary shall ensure that each 
recipient has established procedures to target lending to businesses 
that will be directly and substantially impacted by the treatment 
of the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet under title VII of this Act. 
(d) COORDINATION WITH SECRETARY.—The Assistant Secretary 
shall ensure that the programs described in subsections (a) and 
(b) are coordinated with the Secretary to ensure that facilities 
are relocated in a manner that is consistent with the analysis 
and design of comprehensive hurricane protection authorized by 
title I of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 
2006 (119 Stat. 2247). 
(e) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—The Assistant Secretary may 
use up to 2 percent of the amounts made available under sub-
sections (a) and (b) for administrative expenses.
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SEC. 3083. VIOLET, LOUISIANA. 
(a) VIOLET DIVERSION PROJECT.—The Secretary shall design 
and implement a project for a diversion of freshwater at or near 
Violet, Louisiana, for the purposes of reducing salinity in the 
western Mississippi Sound, enhancing oyster production, and pro-
moting the sustainability of coastal wetlands. 
(b) SALINITY LEVELS.—The project shall be designed to meet, 
or maximize the ability to meet, the salinity levels identified in 
the feasibility study of the Corps of Engineers entitled ‘‘Mississippi 
and Louisiana Estuarine Areas: Freshwater Diversion to Lake Pont-
chartrain Basin and Mississippi Sound’’ and dated 1984. 
(c) ADDITIONAL MEASURES.— 
(1) RECOMMENDATIONS.—If the Secretary determines that 
the diversion of freshwater at or near Violet, Louisiana, will 
not restore salinity levels to meet the requirements of sub-
section (b), the Secretary shall recommend additional measures 
for freshwater diversions sufficient to meet those levels. 
(2) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary shall implement 
measures included in the recommendations developed under 
paragraph (1) beginning 60 days after the date on which a 
report containing the recommendations is provided to the Com-
mittee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 
House of Representatives. 
(d) NON-FEDERAL FINANCING REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) ESTIMATES.—Before October 1 of each fiscal year, the 
Secretary shall notify the States of Louisiana and Mississippi 
of each State’s respective estimated costs for that fiscal year 
for the activities authorized under this section. 
(2) ESCROW.—The States of Louisiana and Mississippi shall 
provide the funds described in paragraph (1) by making a 
deposit into an escrow account, or such other account, of the 
Treasury as the Secretary determines to be acceptable within 
30 days after the date of receipt of the notification from the 
Secretary under paragraph (1). 
(3) DEPOSITS BY LOUISIANA.— 
(A) USE OF CERTAIN FUNDS.—The State of Louisiana 
may use funds available to the State under the coastal 
impact assistance program authorized under section 31 
of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1356a) 
in meeting its cost-sharing responsibilities under this sec-
tion. 
(B) FAILURE TO PROVIDE FUNDS.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—If the State of Louisiana does 
not provide the funds under paragraph (2), the Sec-
retary of the Interior, using funds to be disbursed 
to the State under the program referred to in subpara-
graph (A) or under the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security 
Act of 2006 (title I of Division C of Public Law 109– 
432; (43 U.S.C. 1331 note; 120 Stat. 3000)), shall 
deposit such funds as are necessary to meet the 
requirements for the State under paragraph (2). 
(ii) DEADLINE FOR DEPOSIT.—Any deposit required 
under clause (i) shall be made prior to any other 
disbursements made to the State of Louisiana under 
the programs referred to in clause (i).
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(C) EXCEPTION.—The State of Louisiana shall not be 
required to make a deposit of its share in any fiscal year 
in which the State of Mississippi does not make its deposit 
following a notification under paragraph (1) or the State 
of Mississippi notifies the Secretary that it does not intend 
to make a deposit in that fiscal year. 
(4) CREDIT.—The Secretary shall credit, in accordance with 
section 221 of the Flood Control Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 1962d– 
5b), toward the non-Federal share of the cost of the project 
for the costs of design work carried out by the non-Federal 
interest for the project before the date of the partnership agree-
ment for the project. 
(5) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost of the 
project authorized by subsection (a) shall be 75 percent. 
(e) SCHEDULE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of appropria-
tions, the Secretary shall complete the design of the project 
not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this 
Act and shall complete the construction of the project by not 
later than September 30, 2012. 
(2) MISSED DEADLINE.—If the Secretary does not complete 
the design or construction of the project in accordance with 
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall complete the design or 
construction as expeditiously as possible. 
SEC. 3084. WEST BANK OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER (EAST OF HARVEY 
CANAL), LOUISIANA. 
Section 328 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 
(113 Stat. 304–305) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘operation and maintenance’’ and 
inserting ‘‘operation, maintenance, rehabilitation, repair, 
and replacement’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Algiers Channel’’ and inserting ‘‘Algiers 
Canal Levees’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) COST SHARING.—The non-Federal share of the cost of the 
project shall be 35 percent.’’. 
SEC. 3085. CAMP ELLIS, SACO, MAINE. 
The maximum amount of Federal funds that may be expended 
for the project being carried out under section 111 of the River 
and Harbor Act of 1968 (33 U.S.C. 426i) for the mitigation of 
shore damages attributable to the project for navigation, Camp 
Ellis, Saco, Maine, shall be $26,900,000. 
SEC. 3086. CUMBERLAND, MARYLAND. 
Section 580(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 
1999 (113 Stat. 375) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘$15,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$25,750,000’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘$9,750,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$16,738,000’’; 
and 
(3) by striking ‘‘$5,250,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$9,012,000’’. 
SEC. 3087. POPLAR ISLAND, MARYLAND. 
The project for navigation and environmental restoration 
through the beneficial use of dredged material, Poplar Island, Mary-
land, authorized by section 537 of the Water Resources Development
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Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3776) and modified by section 318 of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2604), is 
modified to authorize the Secretary to construct the expansion 
of the project in accordance with the report of the Chief of Engineers 
dated March 31, 2006, at an additional total cost of $260,000,000, 
with an estimated Federal cost of $195,000,000 and an estimated 
non-Federal cost of $65,000,000. 
SEC. 3088. DETROIT RIVER SHORELINE, DETROIT, MICHIGAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The project for emergency streambank and 
shoreline protection, Detroit River Shoreline, Detroit, Michigan, 
being carried out under section 14 of the Flood Control Act of 
1946 (33 U.S.C. 701r), is modified to include measures to enhance 
public access. 
(b) MAXIMUM FEDERAL EXPENDITURE.—The maximum amount 
of Federal funds that may be expended for the project shall be 
$3,000,000. 
SEC. 3089. ST. CLAIR RIVER AND LAKE ST. CLAIR, MICHIGAN. 
Section 426 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 
(113 Stat. 326) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 426. ST. CLAIR RIVER AND LAKE ST. CLAIR, MICHIGAN. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following definitions 
apply: 
‘‘(1) MANAGEMENT
PLAN.—The term ‘management plan’ 
means the management plan for the St. Clair River and Lake 
St. Clair, Michigan, that is in effect as of the date of enactment 
of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007. 
‘‘(2) PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘Partnership’ means the part-
nership established by the Secretary under subsection (b)(1). 
‘‘(b) PARTNERSHIP.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish and lead 
a partnership of appropriate Federal agencies (including the 
Environmental Protection Agency) and the State of Michigan 
(including political subdivisions of the State)— 
‘‘(A) to promote cooperation among the Federal Govern-
ment, State and local governments, and other involved 
parties in the management of the St. Clair River and 
Lake St. Clair watersheds; and 
‘‘(B) to develop and implement projects consistent with 
the management plan. 
‘‘(2) COORDINATION WITH ACTIONS UNDER OTHER LAW.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Actions taken under this section 
by the Partnership shall be coordinated with actions to 
restore and conserve the St. Clair River and Lake St. 
Clair and watersheds taken under other provisions of Fed-
eral and State law. 
‘‘(B) NO EFFECT ON OTHER LAW.—Nothing in this sec-
tion alters, modifies, or affects any other provision of Fed-
eral or State law. 
‘‘(c) IMPLEMENTATION OF ST. CLAIR RIVER AND LAKE ST. CLAIR 
MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) develop a St. Clair River and Lake St. Clair stra-
tegic implementation plan in accordance with the manage-
ment plan;
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‘‘(B) provide technical, planning, and engineering 
assistance to non-Federal interests for developing and 
implementing activities consistent with the management 
plan; 
‘‘(C) plan, design, and implement projects consistent 
with the management plan; and 
‘‘(D) provide, in coordination with the Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency, financial and tech-
nical assistance, including grants, to the State of Michigan 
(including political subdivisions of the State) and interested 
nonprofit entities for the Federal share of the cost of plan-
ning, design, and implementation of projects to restore, 
conserve, manage, and sustain the St. Clair River, Lake 
St. Clair, and associated watersheds. 
‘‘(2) SPECIFIC MEASURES.—Financial and technical assist-
ance provided under subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph 
(1) may be used in support of non-Federal activities consistent 
with the management plan. 
‘‘(d) SUPPLEMENTS
TO MANAGEMENT PLAN
AND STRATEGIC 
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—In consultation with the Partnership and 
after providing an opportunity for public review and comment, 
the Secretary shall develop information to supplement— 
‘‘(1) the management plan; and 
‘‘(2) the strategic implementation plan developed under 
subsection (c)(1)(A). 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out this section $20,000,000.’’. 
SEC. 3090. ST. JOSEPH HARBOR, MICHIGAN. 
The Secretary shall expedite development of the dredged mate-
rial management plan for the project for navigation, St. Joseph 
Harbor, Michigan, authorized by section 101 of the River and 
Harbor Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 299). 
SEC. 3091. SAULT SAINTE MARIE, MICHIGAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The text of section 1149 of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 4254) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘The Secretary shall construct, at Federal expense, a second 
lock, of a width not less than 110 feet and a length not less 
than 1,200 feet, adjacent to the existing lock at Sault Sainte Marie, 
Michigan, generally in accordance with the report of the Board 
of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, dated May 19, 1986, and 
the limited reevaluation report dated February 2004 at a total 
cost of $341,714,000.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING
REPEALS.—The following provisions are 
repealed: 
(1) Section 107(a)(8) of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 1990 (104 Stat. 4620). 
(2) Section 330 of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 1996 (110 Stat. 3717). 
(3) Section 330 of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 1999 (113 Stat. 305). 
SEC. 3092. ADA, MINNESOTA. 
In carrying out the project for flood damage reduction, Wild 
Rice River, Ada, Minnesota, under section 205 of the Flood Control 
Act of 1948 (33 U.S.C. 701s), the Secretary shall allow the non-
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Federal interest to participate in the financing of the project in 
accordance with section 903(c) of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 4184) if the detailed project report evaluation 
indicates that applying such section is necessary to implement 
the project. 
SEC. 3093. DULUTH HARBOR, MCQUADE ROAD, MINNESOTA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The project for navigation, Duluth Harbor, 
McQuade Road, Minnesota, being carried out under section 107 
of the River and Harbor Act of 1960 (33 U.S.C. 577) and modified 
by section 321 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 
(114 Stat. 2605), is modified to direct the Secretary to provide 
public access and recreational facilities as generally described in 
the Detailed Project Report and Environmental Assessment, 
McQuade Road Harbor of Refuge, Duluth, Minnesota, dated August 
1999. 
(b) CREDIT.—The Secretary shall credit, in accordance with 
section 221 of the Flood Control Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 1962d– 
5b), toward the non-Federal share of the cost of the project for 
the costs of design work carried out by the non-Federal interest 
for the project before the date of the partnership agreement for 
the project. 
(c) MAXIMUM FEDERAL EXPENDITURE.—The maximum amount 
of Federal funds that may be expended for the project shall be 
$9,000,000. 
SEC. 3094. GRAND MARAIS, MINNESOTA. 
The project for navigation, Grand Marais, Minnesota, carried 
out under section 107 of the River and Harbor Act of 1960 (33 
U.S.C. 577) is modified to direct the Secretary to credit, in accord-
ance with section 221 of the Flood Control Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 
1962d–5b), toward the non-Federal share of the cost of the project 
the cost of design work carried out for the project before the date 
of the partnership agreement for the project. 
SEC. 3095. GRAND PORTAGE HARBOR, MINNESOTA. 
The Secretary shall provide credit in accordance with section 
221 of the Flood Control Act (42 U.S.C. 1962d–5b) toward the 
non-Federal share of the cost of the navigation project for Grand 
Portage Harbor, Minnesota, carried out under section 107 of the 
River and Harbor Act of 1960 (33 U.S.C. 577), for the costs of 
design work carried out for the project before the date of the 
partnership agreement for the project. 
SEC. 3096. GRANITE FALLS, MINNESOTA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is directed to implement the 
locally preferred plan for flood damage reduction, Granite Falls, 
Minnesota, at a total cost of $12,000,000, with an estimated Federal 
cost of $8,000,000 and an estimated non-Federal cost of $4,000,000. 
In carrying out the project, the Secretary shall utilize, to the extent 
practicable, the existing detailed project report dated 2002 for the 
project prepared under the authority of section 205 of the Flood 
Control Act of 1948 (33 U.S.C. 701s). 
(b) PROJECT FINANCING.—In evaluating and implementing the 
project under this section, the Secretary shall allow the non-Federal 
interests to participate in the financing of the project in accordance 
with section 903(c) of the Water Resources Development Act of 
1986 (100 Stat. 4184) if the detailed project report evaluation