Pub. L. 83-780, tit. I, sec. 101

Sec. 101. That the following works of improvement of rivers and harbors and other waterways for navigation, flood control, and other purposes are hereby adopted and authorized to be prosecuted under the direction of the Secretary of the Army and supervision of the Chief of Engineers, in accordance with the plans and subject to the conditions recommended by the Chief of Engineers in the respective reports hereinafter designated: Provided, That the provisions of section 1 of the River and Harbor Act approved March 2, 1945 (Public, Numbered 14, Seventy-ninth Congress, first session), shall govern with respect to projects authorized in this title; and the procedures therein set forth with respect to plans, proposals, or reports for works of improvement for navigation or flood control and for irrigation and purposes incidental thereto, shall apply as if herein set forth in full: 68 Stat. 1249 Lubec Channel, Maine: Senate Document Numbered 243, Eighty-first Congress, at an estimated cost of $74,000; Portsmouth Harbor and Piscataqua River, Maine and New Hampshire: House Document Numbered 556, Eighty-second Congress, at an estimated cost of $952,000; Lynn Harbor, Massachusetts: House Document Numbered 568, Eighty-first Congress, at an estimated cost of $65,000: Provided, That local interests contribute in cash the cost of dredging the easterly three hundred feet of the Municipal Channel to a depth of twenty-two feet, presently estimated to cost $4,700, before the work is undertaken; Weymouth Fore River, Massachusetts: House Document Numbered 555, Eighty-second Congress, at an estimated cost of $4,400,000; Town River, Quincy, Massachusetts: House Document Numbered 108, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $525,000; Scituate Harbor, Massachusetts: House Document Numbered 241, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $375,000; Fall River Harbor, Massachusetts: House Document Numbered 405, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $694,000; Bullocks Point Cove, Rhode Island: House Document Numbered 242, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $166,400; Sakonnet Harbor, Rhode Island: House Document Numbered 436, Eighty-second Congress, at an estimated cost of $555,400: Provided, That local interests contribute in cash, 4 per centum of the cost of the project, presently estimated as $23,000; Patchogue River, Connecticut: House Document Numbered 164, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $135,000; Westport Harbor and Saugatuck River, Connecticut; House Document Numbered 488, Eighty-first Congress, at an estimated cost of $112,500; Westchester Creek, New York: House Document Numbered 92, Eighty-second Congress, at an estimated cost of $32,200; Hudson River, New York: House Document Numbered 228, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $31,928,000; Shoal Harbor and Compton Creek, New Jersey: House Document Numbered 89, Eighty-second Congress, at an estimated cost of $138,000; Hackensack River, New Jersey: House Document Numbered 252, Eighty-second Congress, at an estimated cost of $1,973,900; Delaware River, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware: In accordance with the recommendations of the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors in House Document Numbered 358, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $91,389,000; Mispillion River, Delaware: Senate Document Numbered 229, Eighty-first Congress, at an estimated cost of $469,400; Inland Waterway from Delaware River to Chesapeake Bay, Delaware and Maryland: Senate Document Numbered 123, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $101,000,000; Provided, That the standard of local contribution for the construction of all bridges, including approaches thereto, required by the project shall be the same standard heretofore applied to the construction of St. Georges Bridge; Queenstown Harbor, Maryland: House Document Numbered 718, Eighty-first Congress, at an estimated cost of $31,900; Little Creek, Kent Island, Queen Anne County, Maryland: House Document Numbered 715, Eighty-first Congress, at an estimated cost of $23,000; Anchorage at Lowes Wharf, Talbot County, Maryland: House Document Numbered 90, Eighty-second Congress, at an estimated cost of $29,000; 68 Stat. 1250 Nanticoke River, Bivalve, Wicomico County, Maryland: House Document Numbered 91, Eighty-second Congress, at an estimated cost, of $192,600; Webster Cove, Somerset County, Maryland: House Document Numbered 619, Eighty-first Congress, at an estimated cost of $20,300; Crisfield Harbor, Maryland: House Document Numbered 435, Eighty-first Congress, at an estimated cost of $101,750: Provided, That the cash contribution required of local interests shall be the difference in Federal costs between plans 1 and 2 at the time the project is undertaken; Rhodes Point to Tylerton, Somerset County, Maryland: House Document Numbered 51, Eighty-second Congress, at an estimated cost of $45,100; Pocomoke River, Maryland: House Document Numbered 486, Eighty-first Congress, at an estimated cost of $678,300; Ocean City Harbor and Inlet and Sinepuxent Bay, Maryland: House Document Numbered 444, Eighty-second Congress, at an estimated cost of $704,000; Parrotts Creek, Virginia: House Document Numbered 46, Eighty-second Congress, at an estimated cost of $38,700; Norfolk Harbor and Thimble Shoal Channel, Virginia: Senate Document Numbered 122, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $6,138,700; Deep Creek, Accomack County, Virginia: House Document numbered 477, Eighty-first Congress, at an estimated cost of $95,000; Oyster Channel, Virginia: Senate Document Numbered 49, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $75,200; Wallace Channel, Pamlico Sound, North Carolina: House Document Numbered 453, Eighty-first Congress, at an estimated cost of $108,000; Smiths Creek, North Carolina: House Document Numbered 170, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $102,000; Channel from Hatteras Inlet to Hatteras, and Rollinson Channel, North Carolina: House Document Numbered 411, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $175,000; Peltier Creek, North Carolina, to Intracoastal Waterway: House Document Numbered 379, Eighty-first Congress, at an estimated cost of $43,200; The existing modified project for Wilmington Harbor, North Carolina, authorized by the River and Harbor Act approved May 17, 1950, in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 87, Eighty-first Congress, is hereby further modified to provide that the Secretary of the Army shall reimburse local interests for such work as they may have done upon widening of the transition channel at the lower end of the anchorage basin, subsequent to May 17, 1950, insofar as the same shall be approved by the Chief of Engineers and found to have been done in accordance with the project modification adopted in said Act, provided that such payment shall not exceed the sum of $65,000; Charleston Harbor, South Carolina: Senate Document Numbered 136, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $200,000; Channel Port Royal Sound to Beaufort, South Carolina: House Document Numbered 469, Eighty-first Congress, at an estimated cost of $765,000; Savannah Harbor, Georgia: House Document Numbered 110, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $414,900; Rice Creek, Putnam County, Florida: House Document Numbered 446, Eighty-second Congress, at an estimated cost of $82,200; 68 Stat. 1251 Hillsboro River, Florida: House Document Numbered 567, Eighty-first Congress, at an estimated cost of $16,600; Carrabelle Harbor, Florida: House Document Numbered 451, Eighty-third Congress (maintenance of existing channel); Apalachicola Bay, Florida: House Document Numbered 156, Eighty-second Congress, at an estimated cost of $98,000; Apalachicola Bay, Florida, channel across St. George Island: House Document Numbered 557, Eighty-second Congress, at an estimated cost of $635,700; St. Joseph Bay, Florida: House Document Numbered 595, Eighty-first Congress, at an estimated cost of $1,312,000; Mobile Harbor, Alabama: House Document Numbered 74, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $5,778,000; Dauphin Island Bay, Alabama: House Document Numbered 394, Eighty-second Congress, at an estimated cost of $70,000; Pascagoula Harbor, Mississippi: Modification of existing project in accordance with plans on file in the Office of the Chief of Engineers, at an estimated cost of $877,000; Bayou Segnette Waterway, Louisiana: House Document Numbered 413, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $520,000; SabineNeches Waterway, Texas: Senate Document Numbered 80, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $6,875,000; Guadalupe River at Seadrift, Texas: House Document Numbered 478, Eighty-first Congress, at an estimated cost of $74,300; Aransas Pass, Texas, in connection with the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway: House Document Numbered 376, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $30,700; Turtle Cove, Texas: House Document Numbered 654, Eighty-first Congress, at an estimated cost of $40,000; Port Aransas-Corpus Christi Waterway, Texas: House Document Numbered 89, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $829,100: Provided, That work already performed by local interests on this project, in accordance with recommended plan, may be credited to the cash contribution required of local interests; Port Aransas-Corpus Christi Waterway, Texas: House Document Numbered 487, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $180,000; Mississippi River at Louisiana, Missouri: House Document numbered 251, Eighty-second Congress, at an estimated cost of $82,600; Mississippi River at Chester, Illinois: House Document Numbered 230, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $65,000; Crooked Slough Harbor, Winona, Minnesota: House Document Numbered 347, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $142,000; Cumberland River, Kentucky and Tennessee: Senate Document Numbered 81, Eighty-third Congress; and a monetary’ authorization not to exceed the estimated cost of the Dover and Eureka dams as described in House Document Numbered 761, Seventy-ninth Congress, “Cumberland River and its tributaries, Tennessee and Kentucky”, authorized by the River and Harbor Act of July 24, 1946, is hereby authorized to be expended for partial accomplishment of the project hereby approved: Provided, That such authorization shall include the acquisition of lands necessary for wildlife purposes as outlined in said Senate Document Numbered 81; Green and Barren Rivers, Kentucky: Senate Document Numbered 82, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $3,434,000 for channel dredging and fender system work; Knife River Harbor, Minnesota: House Document Numbered 463, Eighty-third Congress, at an additional estimated cost of $219,900; 68 Stat. 1252 Cornucopia Harbor, Wisconsin: House Document Numbered 434, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $220,000; Sheboygan Harbor, Wisconsin: House Document Numbered 554, Eighty-second Congress, at an estimated cost of $217,200; Holland Harbor, Michigan: House Document Numbered 282, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $574,400: Provided, That local interests will contribute 25 per centum of the cost of dredging Section B, but not to exceed $45,500, in addition to the local cooperation required by the project document; Crooked and Indian Rivers, Michigan: House Document Numbered 142, Eighty-second Congress, at an estimated cost of $225,000: Saginaw River, Michigan: In accordance with the report of the Chief of Engineers, dated June 7, 1954, at an estimated cost of $4,496,800; Toledo Harbor, Ohio: House Document Numbered 620, Eighty-first Congress, at an estimated cost of $512,000; Ashtabula Harbor, Ohio: House Document Numbered 486, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $4,900,000; Erie Harbor, Pennsylvania: House Document Numbered 345, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $174,000; Black Rock Channel and Tonawanda Harbor, New York: House Document Numbered 423, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $270,000; Little River at Cayuga Island, Niagara Falls, New York: House Document Numbered 246, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $36,900; Oswego Harbor, New York: House Document Numbered 487, Eighty-first Congress, at an estimated cost of $2,459,000; Los Angeles and Long Beach Harbors, California: House Document Numbered 161. Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $896,500: Provided, That the Secretary of the Army is hereby authorized to reimburse local interests for such work as they may have done upon this project prior to July 1, 1953, at actual cost to local interests insofar as the same shall be approved by the Chief of Engineers and found to have been done in accordance with the project hereby adopted: Provided further, That such reimbursement shall be subject to appropriations applicable thereto or funds available. therefor and shall not take precedence over other pending projects of higher priority for harbor improvement: And provided further, That such payments shall not exceed the sum of $500,000; Playa del Rey Inlet and Harbor, Venice, California: House Document Numbered 389, Eighty-third Congress: Provided, That Federal participation in the provision of entrance jetties, entrance channel, interior channel and central basin recommended in the project report and presently estimated to cost $7,738,000 shall not exceed 50 per centum of the cost thereof; Port Hueneme, California: House Document Numbered 362, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $5,437,000; Richmond Harbor, California: House Document Numbered 395, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $2,086,000; Rogue River, Harbor at Gold Beach, Oregon: Senate Document Numbered 83, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $3,–758 700; Umpqua Harbor and River, Scholfield River at Reedsport, Oregon: Senate Document Numbered 133, Eighty-first Congress, at an estimated cost of $41,000; Tillamook Bay and Bar, Oregon: Senate Document Numbered 128, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $1,500,000; 68 Stat. 1253 Columbia River at the mouth, Oregon and Washington: House Document Numbered 249, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $8,555,000; Columbia River between Chinook. Washington, and the head of Sand Island: Senate Document Numbered 8. Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $227,100; Willapa River and Harbor and Naselle River, Washington: House Document Numbered 425, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $977,000; Grays Harbor and Chehalis River, Washington: House Document Numbered 412, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $421,800; Grays Harbor and Chehalis River (Westhaven Breakwater), Washington: In accordance with the report of the Chief of Engineers, dated May 27, 1954, at an estimated cost of $323,700; Anacortes Harbor, Washington: Senate Document Numbered 102, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $179,300; Neah Bay, Washington: House Document Numbered 404, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $139,250; Bellingham Harbor, Washington: House Document Numbered 558, Eighty-second Congress, at an estimated cost of $1,366,650; Blaine Harbor, Washington: House Document Numbered 240, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $436,000; Shilshole Bay, Seattle, Washington: House Document Numbered 536, Eighty-first Congress, at an estimated cost of $3,397,300; Tacoma Harbor, Washington: Modification of existing project to provide for thirty-foot channel in Port Industrial (Wapato) Waterway, in accordance with plans on file in the office of the Chief of Engineers, at an estimated cost of $634,200; Port Angeles Harbor, Washington: House Document Numbered 155, Eighty-second Congress, at an estimated cost of $477,900; Everett Harbor and Snohomish River, Washington: House Document Numbered 569, Eighty-first Congress, at an estimated cost of $395,500; Quillayute River, Washington: House Document Numbered 579, Eighty-first Congress, at an estimated cost of $425,550; Sitka Harbor, Alaska: House Document Numbered 414, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $41,500; Dry Pass, Alaska: House Document Numbered 414, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $1,419,800; Neva Strait, Alaska: House Document Numbered 414, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $224,400; Petersburg Harbor, Alaska: In accordance with the report of the Chief of Engineers, dated April 8, 1954, at an estimated cost of $40,000; Pelican Harbor, Alaska: In accordance with the report of the Chief of Engineers, dated April 8, 1954, at an estimated cost, of $270,000; Ketchikan Harbor, Alaska: In accordance with the report of the Chief of Engineers, dated April 8, 1954, at an estimated cost of $2,947,900; Rocky Pass in Keku Strait, Alaska: In accordance with the report of the Chief of Engineers, dated April 8, 1954, at an estimated cost of $214,000; Seward Harbor, Alaska: House Document Numbered 182, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $81.200; Valdez Harbor, Alaska: House Document Numbered 182, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $116,600; Kodiak Harbor, Alaska: House Document Numbered 465, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $1,685,000; 68 Stat. 1254 Honolulu Harbor, Territory of Hawaii: House Document numbered 717, Eighty-first Congress, at an estimated cost of $3,022,000; Nawiliwili and Port Allen Harbors, Territory of Hawaii: House Document Numbered 453, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $1,166,400; beach erosion Hampton Beach, New Hampshire: House Document Numbered 325, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $140,000; Lynn-Nahant Beach, Massachusetts: House Document Numbered 134, Eighty-second Congress, at an estimated cost of $189,000; Revere Beach, Massachusetts: House Document Numbered 146, Eighty-second Congress, at an estimated cost of $402,900; Quincy Shore Beach, Massachusetts: House Document Numbered 145, Eighty-second Congress, at an estimated cost of $409,000; South Shore, State of Rhode Island: House Document Numbered 490, Eighty-first Congress, at an estimated cost of $166,550; Hammonassett River to East River (Area 2), Connecticut: House Document Numbered 474, Eighty-first Congress, at an estimated cost of $166,600 for Hammonassett Beach; $20,400 for Middle Beach; New Haven Harbor to Housatonic River (Area 3), Connecticut: House Document Numbered 203, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $84,600 for Prospect Beach; $42,400 for Woodmont Shore; $13,100 for Gulf Beach; and $18,300 for Silver Beach to Cedar Beach; Housatonic River to Ash Creek (Area 7), Connecticut: House Document Numbered 248, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $26,500 for Short Beach; and $119,000 for Seaside Park; Atlantic City, New Jersey: House Document Numbered 538, Eighty-first Congress, at an estimated cost of $2,044,000; Ocean City, New Jersey: House Document Numbered 184, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $105,000; Cold Spring Inlet (Cape May Harbor), New Jersey: House Document Numbered 206, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $260,000; Virginia Beach, Virginia: House Document Numbered 186, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $525,514; Pinellas County, Florida: House Document Numbered 380, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $34,300; Illinois Shore of Lake Michigan: House Document Numbered 28, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $1,180,400; Vermilion to Sheffield Lake Village, Ohio: House Document Numbered 229, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $185,000; Cleveland and Lakewood, Ohio: House Document Numbered 502, Eighty-first Congress, at an estimated cost of $1,275,000 for Edgewater Park; and $68,900 for White City Park; Presque Isle Peninsula, Erie, Pennsylvania: House Document Numbered 231, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $2,006,000; Selkirk Shores State Park, Lake Ontario, New York: House Document Numbered 343, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $136,500; Point Mugu to San Pedro Breakwater, California: House Document Numbered 277, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $3,874,000; Anaheim Bay Harbor, California: House Document Numbered 349, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $65,700 for Seal Beach; and $91,600 for Surfside; Carpentaria to Point Mugu, California: House Document numbered 29, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $73,700; 68 Stat. 1255 Waikiki Beach, Territory of Hawaii: House Document Numbered 227, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $283,700.