Pub. L. 85-500, tit. II, sec. 206

Pub. L. 85-500, tit. II, sec. 206

EnactedYear: 1958Length: 596 wordsOfficial source
Sec. 206. The Secretary of the Army is hereby authorized and directed to cause surveys for flood control and allied purposes, including channel and major drainage improvements, and floods aggravated by or due to wind or tidal effects, to be made under the direction of the Chief of Engineers, in drainage areas of the United States and its Territorial possessions, which include the following-named localities: Provided, That after the regular or formal reports made on any survey are submitted to Congress, no supplemental or additional report or estimate shall be made unless authorized by law except that the Secretary of the Army may cause a review of any examination or survey to be made and a report thereon submitted to Congress if such review is required by the national defense or by changed physical72 Stat. 318 or economic conditions: Provided further, That the Government shall not be deemed to have entered upon any project for the improvement of any waterway or harbor mentioned in this title until the project for the proposed work shall have been adopted by law: Short Sands section of York Beach, York Comity, Maine. Streams, river basins, and areas in New York and New Jersey for flood control, major drainage, navigation, channel improvement, and land reclamation, as follows: Hackensack River, Passaic River, Raritan River, Arthur Kill, and Kill Van Kull, including the portions of these river basins in Bergen, Hudson, Essex, Middlesex, Passaic, Union, and Monmouth Counties, New Jersey. Deep Creek, Saint Marys County, Maryland. Mills Creek, Florida. Streams in Seminole County, Florida, draining into the Saint Johns River. Streams in Brevard County, Florida, draining Indian River and adjacent coastal areas including Merritt Island, and the area of Turn-bull Hammock in Volusia County. Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, in the interest of protecting Salt Bayou Road. San Felipi Creek, Texas, at and in the vicinity of Del Rio, Texas. El Paso, El Paso County, Texas. Rio Grande and tributaries, at and in the vicinity of Fort Hancock, Hudspeth County, Texas. Streams at and in the vicinity of Alamogordo, New Mexico. Missouri River Basin, South Dakota, with reference to utilization of floodwaters stored in authorized reservoirs for purposes of municipal and industrial use and maintenance of natural lake levels. Stump Creek, tributary of North Fork of Mahoning Creek, at Sykesville, Pennsylvania. Little River and Cayuga Creek, at and in the vicinity of Cayuga Island, Niagara County, New York. Bird, Caney, and Verdigris Rivers, Oklahoma and Kansas. Watersheds of the Illinois River, at and in the vicinity of Chicago, Illinois, the Chicago River, Illinois, the Calumet River, Illinois and Indiana, and their tributaries, and any areas in northeast Illinois and northwest Indiana which drain directly into Lake Michigan with respect to flood control and major drainage problems. All streams flowing into Lake Saint Clair and Detroit River in Oakland, Macomb, and Wayne Counties, Michigan. Sacramento River Basin, California, with reference to cost allocation studies for Oroville Dam. Pescadero Creek. California. Soquel Creek, California. San Gregorio Creek and tributaries, California. Redwood Creek, San Mateo, California. Streams at and in the vicinity of San Mateo, California. Streams at and in the vicinity of South San Francisco, California. Streams at and in the vicinity of Burlingame, California. Kellogg and Marsh Creeks, Contra Costa County, California. Eastkoot Creek, Stinson Beach area, Marin County, California. Rodeo Creek, tributary of San Pablo Bay, Contra Costa County, California. Pinole Creek, tributary of San Pablo Bay, Contra Costa County, California. Rogue River, Oregon, in the interest of flood control, navigation, hydroelectric power, irrigation, and allied purposes. Kihei District, Island of Maui, Territory of Hawaii.
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