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(B) any other necessary survey or survey
monumentation;
(C) compliance with the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et
seq.); and
(D) any coordination necessary with respect
to requirements relating to endangered species,
cultural resources, and clean air (including the
costs of agency consultation and public hear-
ings).
(3) LAND SURVEYS.—The exact acreage and de-
scription of the parcel to be conveyed under para-
graph (1) shall be determined by such surveys as the
Secretary considers necessary, which shall be carried
out to the satisfaction of the Secretary.
(4) ENVIRONMENTAL BASELINE SURVEY.—Prior
to making the conveyance under paragraph (1), the
Secretary shall conduct an environmental baseline
survey to determine the levels of any contamination
(as of the date of the survey) for which the United
States would be responsible under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil-
ity Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) and any
other applicable law.
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(5) CONDITIONS CONCERNING RIGHTS AND EASE-
MENT.—The conveyance under paragraph (1) shall be
subject to existing rights and to retention by the
United States of a flowage easement over all portions
of the parcel that lie at or below the flowage easement
contour for the Eufaula Lake project.
(6) OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The con-
veyance under paragraph (1) shall be subject to such
other terms and conditions as the Secretary considers
necessary and appropriate to protect the interests of
the United States.
(d) BOARDMAN, OREGON.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall convey to
the city of Boardman, Oregon, all right, title, and in-
terest of the United States in and to a parcel of land
consisting of approximately 141 acres acquired as
part of the John Day Lock and Dam project in the
vicinity of such city currently under lease to the
Boardman Park and Recreation District.
(2) CONSIDERATION.—
(A) PARK AND RECREATION PROPERTIES.—
Properties to be conveyed under this subsection
that will be retained in public ownership and
used for public park and recreation purposes
shall be conveyed without consideration. If any
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such property is no longer used for public park
and recreation purposes, then title to such prop-
erty shall revert to the Secretary.
(B) OTHER PROPERTIES.—Properties to be
conveyed under this subsection and not described
in subparagraph (A) shall be conveyed at fair
market value.
(3) CONDITIONS CONCERNING RIGHTS AND EASE-
MENT.—The conveyance of properties under this sub-
section shall be subject to existing first rights of re-
fusal regarding acquisition of such properties and to
retention of a flowage easement over portions of the
properties that the Secretary determines to be nec-
essary for operation of the project.
(4) OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The con-
veyance of properties under this subsection shall be
subject to such other terms and conditions as the Sec-
retary considers necessary and appropriate to protect
the interests of the United States.
(e) TRI-CITIES AREA, WASHINGTON.—
(1) GENERAL
AUTHORITY.—As soon as prac-
ticable after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Secretary shall make the conveyances to the local gov-
ernments referred to in paragraph (2) of all right,
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title, and interest of the United States in and to the
property described in paragraph (2).
(2) PROPERTY DESCRIPTIONS.—
(A) BENTON COUNTY.—The property to be
conveyed pursuant to paragraph (1) to Benton
County, Washington, is the property in such
county which is designated ‘‘Area D’’ on Exhibit
A to Army Lease No. DACW–68–1–81–43.
(B) FRANKLIN COUNTY, WASHINGTON.—The
property to be conveyed pursuant to paragraph
(1) to Franklin County, Washington, is—
(i) the 105.01 acres of property leased
pursuant to Army Lease No. DACW–68–1–
77–20 as executed by Franklin County,
Washington, on April 7, 1977;
(ii) the 35 acres of property leased
pursuant to Supplemental Agreement No. 1
to Army Lease No. DACW–68–1–77–20;
(iii) the 20 acres of property commonly
known as ‘‘Richland Bend’’ which is des-
ignated by the shaded portion of Lot 1, Sec-
tion 11, and the shaded portion of Lot 1,
Section 12, Township 9 North, Range 28
East, W.M. on Exhibit D to Supplemental
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Agreement No. 2 to Army Lease No.
DACW–68–1–77–20;
(iv) the 7.05 acres of property com-
monly known as ‘‘Taylor Flat’’ which is
designated by the shaded portion of Lot 1,
Section 13, Township 11 North, Range 28
East, W.M. on Exhibit D to Supplemental
Agreement No. 2 to Army Lease No.
DACW–68–1–77–20;
(v) the 14.69 acres of property com-
monly known as ‘‘Byers Landing’’ which is
designated by the shaded portion of Lots 2
and 3, Section 2, Township 10 North,
Range 28 East, W.M. on Exhibit D to Sup-
plemental Agreement No. 2 to Army Lease
No. DACW–68–1–77–20; and
(vi) all levees within Franklin County,
Washington, as of the date of the enactment
of this Act, and the property upon which
the levees are situated.
(C) CITY OF KENNEWICK, WASHINGTON.—
The property to be conveyed pursuant to para-
graph (1) to the city of Kennewick, Washington,
is the property within the city which is subject
to the Municipal Sublease Agreement entered
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into on April 6, 1989, between Benton County,
Washington, and the cities of Kennewick and
Richland, Washington.
(D) CITY OF RICHLAND, WASHINGTON.—The
property to be conveyed pursuant to paragraph
(1), to the city of Richland, Washington, is the
property within the city which is subject to the
Municipal Sublease Agreement entered into on
April 6, 1989, between Benton County, Washing-
ton, and the Cities of Kennewick and Richland,
Washington.
(E) CITY
OF
PASCO, WASHINGTON.—The
property to be conveyed pursuant to paragraph
(1), to the city of Pasco, Washington, is—
(i) the property within the city of
Pasco, Washington, which is leased pursu-
ant to Army Lease No. DACW–68–1–77–10;
and
(ii) all levees within such city, as of
the date of the enactment of this Act, and
the property upon which the levees are situ-
ated.
(F) PORT
OF
PASCO, WASHINGTON.—The
property to be conveyed pursuant to paragraph
(1) to the Port of Pasco, Washington, is—
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(i) the property owned by the United
States which is south of the Burlington
Northern Railroad tracks in Lots 1 and 2,
Section 20, Township 9 North, Range 31
East, W.M.; and
(ii) the property owned by the United
States which is south of the Burlington
Northern Railroad tracks in Lots 1, 2, 3,
and 4, in each of Sections 21, 22, and 23,
Township 9 North, Range 31 East, W.M.
(G) ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES.—In addition
to properties described in subparagraphs (A)
through (F), the Secretary may convey to a local
government referred to in subparagraphs (A)
through (F) such properties under the jurisdic-
tion of the Secretary in the Tri-Cities area as the
Secretary and the local government agree are ap-
propriate for conveyance.
(3) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The conveyances under
paragraph (1) shall be subject to such terms and
conditions as the Secretary considers necessary
and appropriate to protect the interests of the
United States.
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(B) SPECIAL RULES FOR FRANKLIN COUN-
TY.—The property described in paragraph
(2)(B)(vi) shall be conveyed only after Franklin
County, Washington, has entered into a written
agreement with the Secretary which provides
that the United States shall continue to operate
and maintain the flood control drainage areas
and pump stations on the property conveyed and
that the United States shall be provided all ease-
ments and rights necessary to carry out that
agreement.
(C) SPECIAL RULE FOR CITY OF PASCO.—
The property described in paragraph (2)(E)(ii)
shall be conveyed only after the city of Pasco,
Washington, has entered into a written agree-
ment with the Secretary which provides that the
United States shall continue to operate and
maintain the flood control drainage areas and
pump stations on the property conveyed and
that the United States shall be provided all ease-
ments and rights necessary to carry out that
agreement.
(D) CONSIDERATION.—
(i) PARK
AND
RECREATION
PROP-
ERTIES.—Properties to be conveyed under
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this subsection that will be retained in pub-
lic ownership and used for public park and
recreation purposes shall be conveyed with-
out consideration. If any such property is
no longer used for public park and recre-
ation purposes, then title to such property
shall revert to the Secretary.
(ii) OTHER
PROPERTIES.—Properties
to be conveyed under this subsection and not
described in clause (i) shall be conveyed at
fair market value.
(4) LAKE WALLULA LEVEES.—
(A) DETERMINATION
OF
MINIMUM
SAFE
HEIGHT.—
(i) CONTRACT.—Within 30 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Secretary shall contract with a private en-
tity agreed to under clause (ii) to deter-
mine, within 6 months after such date of
enactment, the minimum safe height for the
levees of the project for flood control, Lake
Wallula, Washington. The Secretary shall
have final approval of the minimum safe
height.
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(ii) AGREEMENT
OF
LOCAL
OFFI-
CIALS.—A contract shall be entered into
under clause (i) only with a private entity
agreed to by the Secretary, appropriate rep-
resentatives of Franklin County, Washing-
ton, and appropriate representatives of the
city of Pasco, Washington.
(B) AUTHORITY.—A local government may
reduce, at its cost, the height of any levee of the
project for flood control, Lake Wallula, Washing-
ton, within the boundaries of such local govern-
ment to a height not lower than the minimum
safe height determined pursuant to subparagraph
(A).
SEC. 505. NAMINGS.
(a) MILT BRANDT VISITORS CENTER, CALIFORNIA.—
(1) DESIGNATION.—The visitors center at Warm
Springs Dam, California, authorized by section 203
of the Flood Control Act of 1962 (76 Stat. 1192), shall
be known and designated as the ‘‘Milt Brandt Visitors
Center’’.
(2) LEGAL REFERENCES.—Any reference in a
law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other
record of the United States to the visitors center re-
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ferred to in paragraph (1) shall be deemed to be a ref-
erence to the ‘‘Milt Brandt Visitors Center’’.
(b) CARR CREEK LAKE, KENTUCKY.—
(1) DESIGNATION.—Carr Fork Lake in Knott
County, Kentucky, authorized by section 203 of the
Flood Control Act of 1962 (76 Stat. 1188), shall be
known and designated as the ‘‘Carr Creek Lake’’.
(2) LEGAL REFERENCES.—Any reference in a
law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other
record of the United States to the lake referred to in
paragraph (1) shall be deemed to be a reference to the
‘‘Carr Creek Lake’’.
(c) WILLIAM H. NATCHER BRIDGE, MACEO, KEN-
TUCKY, AND ROCKPORT, INDIANA.—
(1) DESIGNATION.—The bridge on United States
Route 231 which crosses the Ohio River between
Maceo, Kentucky, and Rockport, Indiana, shall be
known and designated as the ‘‘William H. Natcher
Bridge’’.
(2) LEGAL REFERENCES.—Any reference in a
law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other
record of the United States to the bridge referred to
in paragraph (1) shall be deemed to be a reference to
the ‘‘William H. Natcher Bridge’’.
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(d) JOHN T. MYERS LOCK AND DAM, INDIANA AND
KENTUCKY.—
(1) DESIGNATION.—Uniontown Lock and Dam,
on the Ohio River, Indiana and Kentucky, shall be
known and designated as the ‘‘John T. Myers Lock
and Dam’’.
(2) LEGAL REFERENCES.—Any reference in a
law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other
record of the United States to the lock and dam re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) shall be deemed to be a ref-
erence to the ‘‘John T. Myers Lock and Dam’’.
(e) J. EDWARD ROUSH LAKE, INDIANA.—
(1) REDESIGNATION.—The lake on the Wabash
River in Huntington and Wells Counties, Indiana,
authorized by section 203 of the Flood Control Act of
1958 (72 Stat. 312), and known as Huntington Lake,
shall be known and designated as the ‘‘J. Edward
Roush Lake’’.
(2) LEGAL REFERENCES.—Any reference in a
law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other
record of the United States to the lake referred to in
paragraph (1) shall be deemed to be a reference to the
‘‘J. Edward Roush Lake’’.
(f) RUSSELL B. LONG LOCK AND DAM, RED RIVER
WATERWAY, LOUISIANA.—
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(1) DESIGNATION.—Lock and Dam 4 of the Red
River Waterway, Louisiana, shall be known and des-
ignated as the ‘‘Russell B. Long Lock and Dam’’.
(2) LEGAL REFERENCES.—A reference in any
law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other
record of the United States to the lock and dam re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) shall be deemed to be a ref-
erence to the ‘‘Russell B. Long Lock and Dam’’.
(g) 
ABERDEEN
LOCK
AND
DAM, 
TENNESSEE-
TOMBIGBEE WATERWAY.—
(1) DESIGNATION.—The lock and dam at Mile
358 of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway is des-
ignated as the ‘‘Aberdeen Lock and Dam’’.
(2) LEGAL
REFERENCE.—Any reference in a
law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other
record of the United States to the lock and dam re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) is deemed to be a reference
to the ‘‘Aberdeen Lock and Dam’’.
(h) AMORY LOCK, TENNESSEE-TOMBIGBEE WATER-
WAY.—
(1) DESIGNATION.—Lock A at Mile 371 of the
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway is designated as the
‘‘Amory Lock’’.
(2) LEGAL
REFERENCE.—Any reference in a
law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other
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record of the United States to the lock referred to in
paragraph (1) is deemed to be a reference to the
‘‘Amory Lock’’.
(i) FULTON LOCK, TENNESSEE-TOMBIGBEE WATER-
WAY.—
(1) DESIGNATION.—Lock C at Mile 391 of the
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway is designated as the
‘‘Fulton Lock’’.
(2) LEGAL
REFERENCE.—Any reference in a
law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other
record of the United States to the lock referred to in
paragraph (1) is deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Ful-
ton Lock’’.
(j) HOWELL HEFLIN LOCK AND DAM, TENNESSEE-
TOMBIGBEE WATERWAY.—
(1) REDESIGNATION.—The lock and dam at Mile
266 of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, known as
the Gainesville Lock and Dam, is redesignated as the
‘‘Howell Heflin Lock and Dam’’.
(2) LEGAL
REFERENCE.—Any reference in a
law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other
record of the United States to the lock and dam re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) is deemed to be a reference
to the ‘‘Howell Heflin Lock and Dam’’.
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(k) G.V. ‘‘SONNY’’ MONTGOMERY LOCK, TENNESSEE-
TOMBIGBEE WATERWAY.—
(1) DESIGNATION.—Lock E at Mile 407 of the
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway is designated as the
‘‘G.V. ‘Sonny’ Montgomery Lock’’.
(2) LEGAL
REFERENCE.—Any reference in a
law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other
record of the United States to the lock referred to in
paragraph (1) is deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘G.V.
‘Sonny’ Montgomery Lock’’.
(l) JOHN RANKIN LOCK, TENNESSEE-TOMBIGBEE WA-
TERWAY.—
(1) DESIGNATION.—Lock D at Mile 398 of the
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway is designated as the
‘‘John Rankin Lock’’.
(2) LEGAL
REFERENCE.—Any reference in a
law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other
record of the United States to the lock referred to in
paragraph (1) is deemed to be a reference to the
‘‘John Rankin Lock’’.
(m) JOHN C. STENNIS LOCK AND DAM, TENNESSEE-
TOMBIGBEE WATERWAY.—
(1) REDESIGNATION.—The lock and dam at Mile
335 of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, known as
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the Columbus Lock and Dam, is redesignated as the
‘‘John C. Stennis Lock and Dam’’.
(2) LEGAL
REFERENCE.—Any reference in a
law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other
record of the United States to the lock and dam re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) is deemed to be a reference
to the ‘‘John C. Stennis Lock and Dam’’.
(n) JAMIE WHITTEN LOCK AND DAM, TENNESSEE-
TOMBIGBEE WATERWAY.—
(1) REDESIGNATION.—The lock and dam at Mile
412 of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, known as
the Bay Springs Lock and Dam, is redesignated as
the ‘‘Jamie Whitten Lock and Dam’’.
(2) LEGAL
REFERENCE.—Any reference in a
law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other
record of the United States to the lock and dam re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) is deemed to be a reference
to the ‘‘Jamie Whitten Lock and Dam’’.
(o) GLOVER WILKINS LOCK, TENNESSEE-TOMBIGBEE
WATERWAY.—
(1) DESIGNATION.—Lock B at Mile 376 of the
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway is designated as the
‘‘Glover Wilkins Lock’’.
(2) LEGAL
REFERENCE.—Any reference in a
law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other
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record to the lock referred to in paragraph (1) is
deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Glover Wilkins Lock’’.
SEC. 506. WATERSHED MANAGEMENT, RESTORATION, AND
DEVELOPMENT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to pro-
vide technical, planning, and design assistance to non-Fed-
eral interests for carrying out watershed management, res-
toration, and development projects at the locations described
in subsection (d).
(b) SPECIFIC MEASURES.—Assistance provided pursu-
ant to subsection (a) may be in support of non-Federal
projects for the following purposes:
(1) Management and restoration of water qual-
ity.
(2) Control and remediation of toxic sediments.
(3) Restoration of degraded streams, rivers, wet-
lands, and other waterbodies to their natural condi-
tion as a means to control flooding, excessive erosion,
and sedimentation.
(4) Protection and restoration of watersheds, in-
cluding urban watersheds.
(5) Demonstration of technologies for non-
structural measures to reduce destructive impact of
flooding.
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(c) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non-Federal share of
the cost of assistance provided under this section shall be
50 percent.
(d) PROJECT LOCATIONS.—The Secretary may provide
assistance under subsection (a) for projects at the following
locations:
(1) Gila River and Tributaries, Santa Cruz
River, Arizona.
(2) Rio Salado, Salt River, Phoenix and Tempe,
Arizona.
(3) Colusa basin, California.
(4) Los Angeles River watershed, California.
(5) Russian River watershed, California.
(6) Sacramento River watershed, California.
(7) Nancy Creek, Utoy Creek, and North Peach-
tree Creek and South Peachtree Creek basin, Georgia.
(8) Lower Platte River watershed, Nebraska.
(9) Juniata River watershed, Pennsylvania, in-
cluding Raystown Lake.
(10) Upper Potomac River watershed, Grant and
Mineral Counties, West Virginia.
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
$25,000,000 for fiscal years beginning after September 30,
1996.
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SEC. 507. LAKES PROGRAM.
Section 602(a) of the Water Resources Development
Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 4148–4149) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(10);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (11) and inserting a semicolon; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(12) Goodyear Lake, Otsego County, New York,
removal of silt and aquatic growth;
‘‘(13) Otsego Lake, Otsego County, New York, re-
moval of silt and aquatic growth and measures to ad-
dress high nutrient concentration;
‘‘(14) Oneida Lake, Oneida County, New York,
removal of silt and aquatic growth;
‘‘(15) Skaneateles and Owasco Lakes, New York,
removal of silt and aquatic growth and prevention of
sediment deposit; and
‘‘(16) Twin Lakes, Paris, Illinois, removal of silt
and excess aquatic vegetation, including measures to
address excessive sedimentation, high nutrient con-
centration, and shoreline erosion.’’.
SEC. 508. MAINTENANCE OF NAVIGATION CHANNELS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Upon request of the non-Federal in-
terest, the Secretary shall be responsible for maintenance
of the following navigation channels constructed or im-
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proved by non-Federal interests if the Secretary determines
that such maintenance is economically justified and envi-
ronmentally acceptable and that the channel was con-
structed in accordance with applicable permits and appro-
priate engineering and design standards:
(1) Humboldt Harbor and Bay, Fields Landing
Channel, California.
(2) Mare Island Strait, California; except that,
for purposes of this section, the navigation channel
shall be deemed to have been constructed or improved
by non-Federal interests.
(3) Mississippi River Ship Channel, Chalmette
Slip, Louisiana.
(4) Greenville Inner Harbor Channel, Mis-
sissippi.
(5) Providence Harbor Shipping Channel, Rhode
Island.
(6) Matagorda Ship Channel, Point Comfort
Turning Basin, Texas.
(7) Corpus Christi Ship Channel, Rincon Canal,
Texas.
(8) Brazos Island Harbor, Texas, connecting
channel to Mexico.
(9) Blair Waterway, Tacoma Harbor, Washing-
ton.
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(b) COMPLETION OF ASSESSMENT.—Within 6 months
of receipt of a request from the non-Federal interest for Fed-
eral assumption of maintenance of a channel listed in sub-
section (a), the Secretary shall make a determination as
provided in subsection (a) and advise the non-Federal inter-
est of the Secretary’s determination.
SEC. 509. GREAT LAKES REMEDIAL ACTION PLANS AND
SEDIMENT REMEDIATION.
Section 401 of the Water Resources Development Act
of 1990 (104 Stat. 4644) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 401. GREAT LAKES REMEDIAL ACTION PLANS AND
SEDIMENT REMEDIATION.
‘‘(a) GREAT LAKES REMEDIAL ACTION PLANS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized
to provide technical, planning, and engineering as-
sistance to State and local governments and non-
governmental entities designated by the State or local
government in the development and implementation
of remedial action plans for areas of concern in the
Great Lakes identified under the Great Lakes Water
Quality Agreement of 1978.
‘‘(2) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—Non-Federal inter-
ests shall contribute, in cash or by providing in-kind
contributions, 50 percent of costs of activities for
which assistance is provided under paragraph (1).
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‘‘(b) 
SEDIMENT
REMEDIATION
DEMONSTRATION
PROJECTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta-
tion with the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency (acting through the Great Lakes
National Program Office), may conduct pilot- and
full-scale demonstration projects of promising tech-
niques to remediate contaminated sediments in fresh-
water coastal regions in the Great Lakes basin. The
Secretary must conduct no fewer than 3 full-scale
demonstration projects under this subsection.
‘‘(2) SITE
SELECTION
FOR
DEMONSTRATION
PROJECTS.—In selecting the sites for the technology
demonstration projects, the Secretary shall give prior-
ity consideration to Saginaw Bay, Michigan, Sheboy-
gan Harbor, Wisconsin, Grand Calumet River, Indi-
ana, Ashtabula River, Ohio, Buffalo River, New York,
and Duluth/Superior Harbor, Minnesota.
‘‘(3) DEADLINE FOR IDENTIFICATIONS.—Within
18 months after the date of the enactment of this sub-
section, the Secretary shall identify the sites and tech-
nologies to be demonstrated and complete each such
full-scale demonstration project within 3 years after
such date of enactment.
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‘‘(4) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—Non-Federal inter-
ests shall contribute 50 percent of costs of projects
under this subsection. Such costs may be paid in cash
or by providing in-kind contributions.
‘‘(5) AUTHORIZATIONS.—There is authorized to
be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this sec-
tion $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1997 through
2000.’’.
SEC. 510. GREAT LAKES DREDGED MATERIAL TESTING AND
EVALUATION MANUAL.
The Secretary, in cooperation with the Administrator
of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall provide tech-
nical assistance to non-Federal interests on testing proce-
dures contained in the Great Lakes Dredged Material Test-
ing and Evaluation Manual developed pursuant to section
230.2(c) of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations.
SEC. 511. GREAT LAKES SEDIMENT REDUCTION.
(a) GREAT LAKES TRIBUTARY SEDIMENT TRANSPORT
MODEL.—For each major river system or set of major river
systems depositing sediment into a Great Lakes federally
authorized commercial harbor, channel maintenance project
site, or Area of Concern identified under the Great Lakes
Water Quality Agreement of 1978, the Secretary, in con-
sultation and coordination with the Great Lakes States,
shall develop a tributary sediment transport model.
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(b) REQUIREMENTS FOR MODELS.—In developing a
tributary sediment transport model under this section, the
Secretary shall—
(1) build upon data and monitoring information
generated in earlier studies and programs of the
Great Lakes and their tributaries; and
(2) complete models for 30 major river systems,
either individually or in combination as part of a set,
within the 5-year period beginning on the date of the
enactment of this Act.
SEC. 512. GREAT LAKES CONFINED DISPOSAL FACILITIES.
(a) ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary shall conduct an as-
sessment of the general conditions of confined disposal fa-
cilities in the Great Lakes.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit
to Congress a report on the results of the assessment con-
ducted under subsection (a), including the following:
(1) A description of the cumulative effects of con-
fined disposal facilities in the Great Lakes.
(2) Recommendations for specific remediation
actions for each confined disposal facility in the
Great Lakes.
(3) An evaluation of, and recommendations for,
confined disposal facility management practices and
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technologies to conserve capacity at such facilities and
to minimize adverse environmental effects at such fa-
cilities throughout the Great Lakes system.
SEC. 513. CHESAPEAKE BAY RESTORATION AND PROTEC-
TION PROGRAM.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish a
pilot program to provide to non-Federal interests in the
Chesapeake Bay watershed technical, planning, design, and
construction assistance for water-related environmental in-
frastructure and resource protection and development
projects affecting the Chesapeake Bay, including projects for
sediment and erosion control, protection of eroding shore-
lines, protection of essential public works, wastewater treat-
ment and related facilities, water supply and related facili-
ties, and beneficial uses of dredged material, and other re-
lated projects.
(b) PUBLIC OWNERSHIP REQUIREMENT.—The Sec-
retary may provide assistance for a project under this sec-
tion only if the project is publicly owned and will be pub-
licly operated and maintained.
(c) COOPERATION AGREEMENT.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Before providing assistance
under this section, the Secretary shall enter into a
project cooperation agreement pursuant to section 221
of the Flood Control Act of 1970 (84 Stat. 1818) with
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a non-Federal interest to provide for technical, plan-
ning, design, and construction assistance for the
project.
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—Each agreement entered
into pursuant to this subsection shall provide for the
following:
(A) PLAN.—Development by the Secretary,
in consultation with appropriate Federal, State,
and local officials, of a plan, including appro-
priate engineering plans and specifications and
an estimate of expected benefits.
(B) LEGAL
AND
INSTITUTIONAL
STRUC-
TURES.—Establishment of such legal and insti-
tutional structures as are necessary to ensure the
effective long-term operation and maintenance of
the project by the non-Federal interest.
(d) COST SHARING.—
(1) FEDERAL
SHARE.—Except as provided in
paragraph (2)(B), the Federal share of the total
project costs of each local cooperation agreement en-
tered into under this section shall be 75 percent.
(2) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—
(A) PROVISION
OF
LANDS, 
EASEMENTS,
RIGHTS-OF-WAY, AND RELOCATIONS.—The non-
Federal interests for a project to which this sec-
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tion applies shall provide the lands, easements,
rights-of-way, relocations, and dredged material
disposal areas necessary for the project.
(B) VALUE OF LANDS, EASEMENTS, RIGHTS-
OF-WAY, AND RELOCATIONS.—In determining the
non-Federal contribution toward carrying out a
local cooperation agreement entered into under
this section, the Secretary shall provide credit to
a non-Federal interest for the value of lands,
easements, 
rights-of-way, 
relocations, 
and
dredged material disposal areas provided by the
non-Federal interest, except that the amount of
credit provided for a project under this para-
graph may not exceed 25 percent of total project
costs.
(C) 
OPERATION
AND
MAINTENANCE
COSTS.—The non-Federal share of the costs of
operation and maintenance of carrying out the
agreement under this section shall be 100 per-
cent.
(e) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER FEDERAL AND STATE
LAWS AND AGREEMENTS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Nothing in this section
waives, limits, or otherwise affects the applicability of
any provision of Federal or State law that would oth-
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erwise apply to a project carried out with assistance
provided under this section.
(2) COOPERATION.—In carrying out this section,
the Secretary shall cooperate with the heads of appro-
priate Federal agencies.
(f) REPORT.—Not later than December 31, 1998, the
Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report on the results
of the program carried out under this section, together with
a recommendation concerning whether or not the program
should be implemented on a national basis.
(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
$15,000,000.
SEC. 514. EXTENSION OF JURISDICTION OF MISSISSIPPI
RIVER COMMISSION.
The jurisdiction of the Mississippi River Commission,
established by the first section of the Act of June 28, 1879
(33 U.S.C. 641; 21 Stat. 37), is extended to include—
(1) all of the area between the eastern side of the
Bayou Lafourche Ridge from Donaldsonville, Louisi-
ana, to the Gulf of Mexico and the west guide levee
of the Mississippi River from Donaldsonville, Louisi-
ana, to the Gulf of Mexico;
(2) Alexander County, Illinois; and
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(3) the area in the State of Illinois from the con-
fluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers northward
to the vicinity of Mississippi River mile 39.5, includ-
ing the Len Small Drainage and Levee District, inso-
far as such area is affected by the flood waters of the
Mississippi River.
SEC. 515. ALTERNATIVE TO ANNUAL PASSES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall evaluate the
feasibility of implementing an alternative to the $25 an-
nual pass that the Secretary currently offers to users of
recreation facilities at water resources projects of the Corps
of Engineers.
(b) ANNUAL PASS.—The evaluation under subsection
(a) shall include the establishment of an annual pass which
costs $10 or less for the use of recreation facilities at
Raystown Lake, Pennsylvania.
(c) REPORT.—Not later than December 31, 1998, the
Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report on the results
of the project carried out under this section, together with
recommendations concerning whether annual passes for in-
dividual projects should be offered on a nationwide basis.
SEC. 516. RECREATION PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall promote Fed-
eral, non-Federal, and private sector cooperation in creat-
ing public recreation opportunities and developing the nec-
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essary supporting infrastructure at water resources projects
of the Corps of Engineers.
(b) INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.—
(1) RECREATION
INFRASTRUCTURE
IMPROVE-
MENTS.—In demonstrating the feasibility of the pub-
lic-private cooperative, the Secretary shall provide, at
Federal expense, such infrastructure improvements as
are necessary to support a potential private rec-
reational development at the Raystown Lake Project,
Pennsylvania, generally in accordance with the Mas-
ter Plan Update (1994) for the project.
(2) AGREEMENT.—The Secretary shall enter into
an agreement with an appropriate non-Federal public
entity to ensure that the infrastructure improvements
constructed by the Secretary on non-project lands
pursuant to paragraph (1) are transferred to and op-
erated and maintained by the non-Federal public en-
tity.
(3) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out
this subsection $4,500,000 for fiscal years beginning
after September 30, 1996.
(c) REPORT.—Not later than December 31, 1998, the
Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report on the results
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of the cooperative efforts carried out under this section, in-
cluding the improvements required by subsection (b).
SEC. 517. ENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
Section 219 of the Water Resources Development Act
of 1992 (106 Stat. 4836–4837) is amended by adding at
the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
authorized to be appropriated for providing construction
assistance under this section—
‘‘(1) $10,000,000 for the project described in sub-
section (c)(5);
‘‘(2) $2,000,000 for the project described in sub-
section (c)(6);
‘‘(3) $10,000,000 for the project described in sub-
section (c)(7);
‘‘(4) $11,000,000 for the project described in sub-
section (c)(8);
‘‘(5) $20,000,000 for the project described in sub-
section (c)(16); and
‘‘(6) $20,000,000 for the project described in sub-
section (c)(17).’’.
SEC. 518. CORPS CAPABILITY TO CONSERVE FISH AND
WILDLIFE.
Section 704(b) of the Water Resources Development Act
of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2263(b); 100 Stat. 4157) is amended—