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(A) the development and implementation of 
a program for sediment removal technology, sedi-
ment characterization, sediment transport, and 
beneficial uses of sediment; 
(B) the development and implementation of 
a program for the planning, conservation, eval-
uation, and construction of measures for fish and 
wildlife habitat conservation and rehabilitation, 
and stabilization and enhancement of land and 
water resources in the basin; 
(C) the development and implementation of 
a long-term resource monitoring program; 
(D) the development and implementation of 
a computerized inventory and analysis system; 
and 
(E) the development and implementation of 
a systemic plan to reduce flood impacts by 
means of ecosystem restoration projects. 
(4) CONSULTATION.—The comprehensive plan 
shall be developed by the Secretary in consultation 
with appropriate Federal agencies, the State of Illi-
nois, and the Kaskaskia River Coordinating Council. 
(5) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 2 
years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
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retary shall transmit to Congress a report containing 
the comprehensive plan. 
(6) ADDITIONAL STUDIES AND ANALYSES.—After 
transmission of a report under paragraph (5), the 
Secretary shall conduct studies and analyses of 
projects related to the comprehensive plan that are 
appropriate and consistent with this subsection. 
(c) GENERAL PROVISIONS.—
(1) WATER QUALITY.—In carrying out activities 
under this section, the Secretary’s recommendations 
shall be consistent with applicable State water quality 
standards. 
(2) PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.—In developing the 
comprehensive plan under subsection (b), the Sec-
retary shall implement procedures to facilitate public 
participation, including providing advance notice of 
meetings, providing adequate opportunity for public 
input 
and 
comment, 
maintaining 
appropriate 
records, and making a record of the proceedings of 
meetings available for public inspection. 
(d) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall integrate ac-
tivities carried out under this section with ongoing Federal 
and State programs, projects, and activities, including the 
following:
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(1) Farm programs of the Department of Agri-
culture. 
(2) Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program 
(State of Illinois) and Conservation 2000 Ecosystem 
Program of the Illinois Department of Natural Re-
sources. 
(3) Conservation 2000 Conservation Practices 
Program and the Livestock Management Facilities 
Act administered by the Illinois Department of Agri-
culture. 
(4) National Buffer Initiative of the Natural Re-
sources Conservation Service. 
(5) Nonpoint source grant program administered 
by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. 
(e) COST SHARING.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The non-Federal share of the 
cost of activities carried out under this section shall 
be 35 percent. 
(2) IN-KIND
SERVICES.—The Secretary may 
credit the cost of in-kind services provided by the non-
Federal interest for an activity carried out under this 
section toward not more than 80 percent of the non-
Federal share of the cost of the activity. In-kind serv-
ices shall include all State funds expended on pro-
grams that accomplish the goals of this section, as de-
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termined by the Secretary. The programs may include 
the Kaskaskia River Conservation Reserve Program, 
the Illinois Conservation 2000 Program, the Open 
Lands Trust Fund, and other appropriate programs 
carried out in the Kaskaskia River Basin. 
SEC. 5062. FLOODPLAIN MAPPING, LITTLE CALUMET RIVER, 
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide assist-
ance for a project to develop maps identifying 100- and 
500-year flood inundation areas along the Little Calumet 
River, Chicago, Illinois. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—Maps developed under the 
project shall include hydrologic and hydraulic information 
and shall accurately show the flood inundation of each 
property by flood risk in the floodplain. The maps shall 
be produced in a high resolution format and shall be made 
available to all flood prone areas along the Little Calumet 
River, Chicago, Illinois, in an electronic format. 
(c) PARTICIPATION OF FEMA.—The Secretary and the 
non-Federal interests for the project shall work with the Di-
rector of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to en-
sure the validity of the maps developed under the project 
for flood insurance purposes. 
(d) FORMS
OF ASSISTANCE.—In carrying out the 
project, the Secretary may enter into contracts or coopera-