Pub. L. 86-645, tit. II, sec. 203

Sec. 203. The following works of improvement for the benefit of navigation and the control of destructive floodwaters and other purposes are hereby adopted and authorized to be prosecuted under the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers in accordance with the plans in the respective reports hereinafter designated and subject to the conditions set forth therein: Provided, That the necessary plans, specifications, and preliminary work may be prosecuted on any project authorized in this title with funds from appropriations heretofore or hereafter made for flood control so as to be ready for rapid inauguration of a construction program: Provided further, That the projects authorized herein shall be initiated as expeditiously and prosecuted as vigorously as may be consistent with budgetary requirements: And provided further, That penstocks and other similar facilities adapted to possible future use in the development of hydroelectric power shall be installed in any dam authorized in this Act for construction by the Department of the Army when approved by the Secretary of the Army on the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers and the Federal Power Commission. blackstone river basin The project for flood protection on Blackstone, Mill, and Peters Rivers, in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in Senate Document Numbered 87, Eighty-fifth Congress, at an estimated cost of $2,970,000. 74 Stat. 489 thames river basin The project for the West Thompson Reservoir on the Quinebaug River, Connecticut, is hereby authorized substantially as recommended by the Chief of Engineers in Senate Document Numbered 41, Eighty-sixth Congress, at an estimated cost of $4,010,000. connecticut river basin The plan for flood protection on the Chicopee River, Massachusetts, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 434, Eighty-sixth Congress, at an estimated cost of $5,180,000. No obligation shall be incurred for the cost of this project where the flood control benefits are exclusively for local flood control, as determined by the Secretary of the Army (except costs of planning, design, and acquisition of water rights), unless the State or one or more other non-Federal entities shall have entered into an agreement in advance to assume at least 20 per centum of the cost (except costs of planning, design, and acquisition of water rights) of the completed project allocated to the production of local flood control benefits, payable either as construction proceeds or pursuant to a contract providing for repayment with interest within 50 years. The actual cost, or fair market value of lands, easements, rights-of-way, and work performed or services rendered prior to completion of construction of the project, which are furnished by a non-Federal entity, shall be included in the share of the cost to be borne by the non-Federal entity. The project for flood protection on the Westfield River, Massachusetts, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in Senate Document Numbered 109, Eighty-sixth Congress, at an estimated cost of $3,240,000. No obligation shall be incurred for the cost of this project where the flood control benefits are exclusively for local flood control, as determined by the Secretary of the Army (except costs of planning, design, and acquisition of water rights), unless the State or one or more other non-Federal entities shall have entered into an agreement in advance to assume at least 20 per centum of the cost (except costs of planning, design, and acquisition of water rights) of the completed project allocated to the production of local flood control benefits, payable either as construction proceeds or pursuant to a contract providing for repayment with interest within 50 years. The actual cost, or fair market value of lands, easements, rights-of-way, and work performed or services rendered prior to completion of construction of the project, which are furnished by a non-Federal entity, shall be included in the share of the cost to be borne by the non-Federal entity. The plan for flood control and related purposes on the Farmington River, Connecticut and Massachusetts, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 443, Eighty-sixth Congress, at an estimated cost of $12,052,000. No obligation shall be incurred for the cost of this project where the flood control benefits are exclusively for local flood control, as determined by the Secretary of the Army (except costs of planning, design, and acquisition of water rights), unless the State or one or more other non-Federal entities shall have entered into an agreement in advance to assume at least 20 per centum of the cost (except costs of planning, design, and acquisition of water rights) of the completed project allocated to the production of local flood control benefits, payable either as construction proceeds or pursuant to a contract providing for repayment with inter-74 Stat. 490est within 50 years. The actual cost, or fair market value of lands, easements, rights-of-way, and work performed or services rendered prior to completion of construction of the project, which are furnished by a non-Federal entity, shall be included in the share of the cost to be borne by the non-Federal entity. pawcatuck, connecticut The project for hurricane-flood protection at Pawcatuck, Connecticut, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 212, Eighty-sixth Congress, at an estimated Federal cost of $409,000. housatonic river basin The project for flood control dams and reservoirs on the Naugatuck River, Connecticut, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 372, Eighty-sixth Congress, at an estimated cost of $10,230,000. stamford, connecticut The project for hurricane-flood protection at Stamford, Connecticut, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 210, Eighty-sixth Congress, at an estimated Federal cost of $3,030,000 for construction, and at an estimated Federal cost of maintenance and operation of $31,000 annually. central and southern florida In addition to previous authorizations, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $23,000,000 for the prosecution of the central and southern Florida comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes approved in the Flood Control Act of 1948, and subsequent Acts of Congress, and such comprehensive plan is hereby modified to include the following: The project for canals, levees, and water control and drainage structures in the Nicodemus Slough area, Glades County, Florida, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers contained in Senate Document Numbered 53, Eighty-sixth Congress, at an estimated cost of $318,000. That the levees around Lake Okeechobee, Florida, authorized by the Rivers and Harbors Act approved July 3, 1930, and modified by the Flood Control Act approved June 30, 1948, and subsequent Acts, shall be known and designated as the Herbert Hoover Dike, and any law, regulation, document, or record of the United States in which such levees are referred to under any other name or designation shall be held to refer to such levees as the Herbert Hoover Dike. pearl river, mississippi The project for flood protection on the Pearl River at Jackson, Mississippi, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 441, Eighty-sixth Congress, at an estimated cost of $3,609,000. 74 Stat. 491 lower mississippi river The project for flood control and improvement of the lower Mississippi River, adopted by the Act of May 15, 1928 (45 Stat. 534), as amended and modified, is hereby further modified and expanded to include the following items of work and the authorization for said project is increased accordingly: (a) In addition to previous authorizations, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $50,000,000 to provide for the continued prosecution of the channel improvement feature of the project. trinity river basin The comprehensive plan for improvement of the Trinity River and tributaries, Texas, as authorized by the River and Harbor Act of 1945, is hereby modified to include the following projects: (a) The project for flood protection on Big Fossil Creek in the Richland Hills area, Texas, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 407, Eighty-sixth Congress, at an estimated cost of $1,861,400. (b) Modification and extension of the Fort Worth Floodway on the West Fork of the Trinity River and tributaries, at Fort Worth, Texas, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 402, Eighty-sixth Congress, at an estimated cost of $2,241,000. guadalupe river basin The project for flood control on Blieders Creek, Texas, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 180, Eighty-sixth Congress, at an estimated cost of $1,060,000. brazos river basin, texas In addition to previous authorizations, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $21,000,000, for the prosecution of the comprehensive plan for the Brazos River Basin authorized by the Flood Control Act of September 3, 1954. red-ouachita river basin The general plan for flood control and other purposes on Red River, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana, below Denison Dam, Texas and Oklahoma, as authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1946, and amended and supplemented by subsequent Acts of Congress, is hereby further modified to provide for additional improvements for flood control, drainage, and other purposes, substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers as follows: (a) McKinney Bayou, Arkansas and Texas: House Document Numbered 220, Eighty-sixth Congress, at an estimated cost of $346,400. (b) Maniece Bayou, Arkansas: House Document Numbered 288, Eighty-sixth Congress, at an estimated cost of $668,400. (c) East Point, Louisiana: House Document Numbered 406, Eighty-sixth Congress, at an estimated cost of $273,000. No obligation shall be incurred for the cost of this project where the flood control benefits are exclusively for local flood control, as determined by the Secretary of the Army (except costs of planning, design, and 74 Stat. 492acquisition of water rights), unless the State or one or more other non-Federal entities shall have entered into an agreement in advance to assume at least 20 per centum of the cost (except costs of planning, design, and acquisition of water rights) of the completed project allocated to the production of local flood control benefits, payable either as construction proceeds or pursuant to a contract providing for repayment with interest within 50 years. The actual cost, or fair market value of lands, easements, rights-of-way, and work performed or services rendered prior to completion of construction of the project, which are furnished by a non-Federal entity, shall be included in the share of the cost to be borne by the non-Federal entity. (d) Garland City, Arkansas: The Secretary of the Army is hereby authorized and directed to cause an immediate study to be made under the direction of the Chief of Engineers of emergency bank protection at Garland City, Arkansas, and the project is hereby authorized as determined to be justified by the Secretary of the Army with the approval of the President, unless within the first period of 60 calendar days of continuous session of the Congress after the date on which the report is submitted to it such report is disapproved by Congress. white river basin In addition to previous authorizations, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $50,000,000, for the prosecution of the comprehensive plan for the White River Basin authorized by the Flood Control Act of June 28, 1938, as amended and supplemented by subsequent Acts of Congress. Modification of the existing flood protection project for Village Creek, White River, and Mayberry Levee Districts, White River, Arkansas, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with plan 1 as contained in House Document Numbered 225, Eighty-sixth Congress, at an estimated cost of $294,000: Provided, That the Secretary of the Army is hereby authorized and directed to cause a restudy to be made under the direction of the Chief of Engineers of plan III as contained in the House Document Numbered 225, Eighty-sixth Congress, and to report to Congress his findings thereon. arkansas river basin The general comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes for the Arkansas River Basin, approved by the Act of June 28, 1938, as amended, and the multiple-purpose plan for the Arkansas River and tributaries, Arkansas and Oklahoma, approved by the River and Harbor Act of July 24, 1946, as amended, are hereby further amended to provide for the incorporation of the two plans into a single plan of development: Provided, That authorizations heretofore, herein and hereafter made available for the Arkansas River Basin shall be applicable to the combined plan of development. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $179,000,000 for prosecution of the combined plan of development for the Arkansas River Basin as herein authorized. rio grande basin The project for improvement of the Rio Grande Basin is hereby authorized substantially as recommended by the Chief of Engineers in Senate Document Numbered 94, Eighty-sixth Congress, at an estimated cost of $58,300,000. 74 Stat. 493 The approval granted above shall be subject to the following conditions and limitations: Cochiti Reservoir, Galisteo Reservoir, and all other reservoirs constructed by the Corps of Engineers as a part of the Middle Rio Grande project will be operated solely for flood control and sediment control, as described below: (a) the outflow from Cochiti Reservoir during each spring flood and thereafter will be at the maximum rate of flow that can be carried at the time in the channel of Rio Grande through the middle valley without causing flooding of areas protected by levees or unreasonable damage to channel protective works: Provided, That whenever during the months of July, August, September, and October, there is more than two hundred twelve thousand acre-feet of storage available for regulation of summer floods and the inflow to Cochiti Reservoir (exclusive of that portion of the inflow derived from upstream flood-control storage) is less than one thousand five hundred cubic feet per second, no water will be withdrawn from storage in Cochiti Reservoir and the inflow derived from upstream flood-control storage will be retained in Cochiti Reservoir. (b) Releases of water from Galisteo Reservoir and Jemez Canyon Reservoir during the months of July, August, September, and October, will be limited to the amounts necessary to provide adequate capacity for control of subsequent summer floods; and such releases when made in these months, or thereafter, will be at the maximum rate practicable under the conditions at the time. (c) Subject to the foregoing, the storage of water in and the release of water from all reservoirs constructed by the Corps of Engineers as part of the Middle Rio Grande project will be done as the interests of flood and sediment control may dictate: Provided, That the Corps of Engineers will endeavor to avoid encroachment on the upper two hundred and twelve th6usand acre-feet of capacity in Cochiti Reservoir, and all reservoirs will be evacuated completely on or before March 31 of each year: And provided further, That when estimates of anticipated streamflow made by appropriate agencies of the Federal Government indicate that the operation of reservoirs constructed as a part of the Middle Rio Grande project may affect the benefits accruing to New Mexico or Colorado, under the provisions of the eighth unnumbered paragraph of article VI of the Rio Grande compact, releases from such reservoirs shall be regulated to produce a flow or ten thousand cubic feet per second at Albuquerque, or such greater or lesser rate as may be determined by the Chief of Engineers at the time to be the maximum safe flow, whenever such operation shall be requested by the Rio Grande compact commissioner for New Mexico or the commissioner for Colorado, or both, in writing prior to commencement of such operation. (d) All reservoirs of the Middle Rio Grande project will be operated at all times in the manner described above in conformity with the Rio Grande compact, and no departure from the foregoing operation schedule will be made except with the advice and consent of the Rio Grande compact, and no departure from the foregoing operation schedule will be made except with the advice and consent of the Rio Grande Compact Commission: Provided, That whenever the Corps of Engineers determines that an emergency exists affecting the safety of major structures or endangering life and shall so advise the Rio Grande Compact Commission in writing these rules of operation may be suspended during the period of and to the extent required by such emergency. (e) The foregoing regulations shall not apply to storage capacity which may be allocated to permanent pools for recreation and fish and 74 Stat. 494wildlife propagation: Provided, That the water required to fill and maintain such pools’ is obtained from sources entirely outside the drainage basin of the Rio Grande. upper mississippi river basin In addition to previous authorizations, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $12,000,000 for the prosecution of the comprehensive plan for the Upper Mississippi River Basin, approved in the Act of June 28, 1938, as amended and supplemented by subsequent Acts of Congress. The flood protection project on Redwood River at Marshall, Minnesota, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 417, Eighty-sixth Congress, at an estimated cost of $2,252,000. The project for the Coralville Reservoir on Iowa River in Iowa, as authorized by the Act of June 28, 1938 (52 Stat. 1215), is hereby modified in order to provide for a highway bridge across Coralville Reservoir at or near the Mehaffy site, such site to be mutually satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army, the chief engineer, Iowa State Highway Commission, and the Board of Supervisors of Johnson County, Iowa, to replace the previously existing bridge crossing of Johnson County on County Road Y. Such bridge shall be constructed under the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers in accordance with such plans as may be approved by the Chief of Engineers and the chief engineer, Iowa State Highway Commission: Provided, That prior to the award of any contract for the construction of the bridge or the approach roads authorized by this paragraph, local interests, acting through the Board of Supervisors of Johnson County, Iowa, shall contribute toward the cost of the construction of such bridge and approach roads such amounts as the Secretary of the Army shall determine to be equitable, and the United States shall pay all other costs of such bridge and approach roads. missouri river basin In addition to previous authorizations, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $207,000,000 for the prosecution of the comprehensive plan for the Missouri River Basin approved in the Act of June 28, 1938, as amended, and supplemented by subsequent Acts of Congress. The report of the Chief of Engineers on Wilson Dam and Reservoir, Saline River, Kansas, submitted in compliance with Public Law 505, Eighty-fourth Congress, published as Senate Document Numbered 96, Eighty-sixth Congress, is hereby approved, and construction of the project as a unit of the comprehensive plan of improvement for the Missouri River Basin authorized by the Flood Control Act approved December 22, 1944, is hereby authorized at an estimated cost of $18,081,000. The project for flood protection in the Gering and Mitchell Valleys, Nebraska, authorized by the Flood Control Act of July 3, 1958 (Public Law 500, Eighty-fifth Congress), in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in Senate Document Numbered 139, 84th Congress, is hereby modified to provide for such revisions in project scope and purposes due to changed conditions as may be found necessary by the Chief of Engineers, to provide needed protection in Gering Valley: Provided, That construction shall not be initiated until the Chief of Engineers shall submit a feasibility report, which shall be coordinated with the Soil Conservation Service, for the ap-74 Stat. 495proval of the President which shall set forth the plan of improvement, its economic justification, and his recommendations for local cooperation except that construction shall not be initiated until the expiration of the first period of 60 calendar days of continuous session of the Congress following the date on which such report is transmitted to it but only if between the date of transmittal and the expiration of such 60-day period such report is not disapproved by Congress. The Secretary of the Army is hereby authorized and directed to cause an immediate study to be made under the direction of the Chief of Engineers of the project for flood protection at Sioux Falls, South Dakota, authorized by the Flood Control Act approved September 3, 1954, Public Law 780, Eighty-third Congress, in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 133, Eighty-fourth Congress, to determine whether extension of the authorized project to include flood protection in the reach between Western Avenue and Cherry Rock Dam, is justified, and such modification is hereby authorized as determined to be justified by the Secretary of the Army with the approval of the President, unless within the first period of 60 calendar days of continuous session of the Congress after the date on which the report is submitted to it such report is disapproved by Congress. The project for flood protection on Vermillion River, South Dakota, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 426, Eighty-sixth Congress, at an estimated cost of $6,010,000. No obligation shall be incurred for the cost of this project where the flood control benefits are exclusively for local flood control, as determined by the Secretary of the Army (except costs of planning, design, and acquisition of water rights), unless the State or one or more other non-Federal entities shall have entered into an agreement in advance to assume at least 20 per centum of the cost (except costs of planning, design, and acquisition of water rights) of the completed project allocated to the production of local flood control benefits, payable either as construction proceeds or pursuant to a contract providing for repayment with interest within 50 years. The actual cost, or fair market value of lands, easements, rights-of-way, and work performed or services rendered prior to completion of construction of the project, which are furnished by a non-Federal entity, shall be included in the share of the cost to be borne by the non-Federal entity. That the Fort Randall Dam and Reservoir project, South Dakota, is modified to provide for construction of a free highway bridge over the Missouri River at an appropriate location west of Platte, South Dakota, under the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers, in accordance with such plans as may be approved by the Chief of Engineers, in order to provide adequate crossing facilities over such river for highway traffic in the area and in replacement of the closure of the Wheeler Bridge by reason of construction of said reservoir at a Federal cost not to exceed $4,500,000: Provided, That local interests shall construct all necessary approaches to the bridge site, and provide without cost to the United States all lands, easements, and rights-of-way necessary for construction of the bridge. The project for flood protection on Cheyenne River and tributaries, South Dakota and Wyoming, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 280, Eighty-sixth Congress, at an estimated cost of $272,000. 74 Stat. 496 ohio river basin The project for flood protection on Lynn Camp Creek at Corbin, Kentucky, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in the House Document Numbered 282, Eighty-sixth Congress, at an estimated cost of $645,000. The project for flood control and allied purposes on Laurel River, Kentucky, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 413, Eighty-sixth Congress, at an estimated cost of $21,900,000: Provided, That construction of the project shall not be commenced until the agency designated to market the power has entered into an agreement which would insure that the power would be sold at rates sufficient to repay with interest within 50 years all costs allocated to power. The project for flood control and allied purposes on Little Sandy River, Kentucky, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 440, Eighty-sixth Congress, at an estimated cost of $11,900,000. The project for flood protection on Connoquenessing Creek at Butler, Pennsylvania, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 110, Eighty-sixth Congress, at an estimated cost of $1,558,700. The project for flood protection on Loyalhanna Creek, at Latrobe, Pennsylvania, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 383, Eighty-sixth Congress, at an estimated cost of $2,568,300. No obligation shall be incurred for the cost of this project where the flood control benefits are exclusively for local flood control, as determined by the Secretary of the Army (except costs of planning, design, and acquisition of water rights), unless the State or one or more other non-Federal entities shall have entered into an agreement in advance to assume at least 20 per centum of the cost (except costs of planning, design, and acquisition of water rights) of the completed project allocated to the production of local flood control benefits, payable either as construction proceeds or pursuant to a contract providing for repayment with interest within 50 years. The actual cost, or fair market value of lands, easements, rights-of-way, and work performed or services rendered prior to completion of construction of the project, which are furnished by a non-Federal entity, shall be included in the share of the cost to be borne by the non-Federal entity. The project for the North Fork Reservoir on the North Fork of Pound River, Virginia, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 184, Eighty-sixth Congress, at an estimated cost of $3,681,000. The project for flood protection on the West Branch of the Mahoning River, Ohio, authorized in Public Law 85–500, in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document 191, Eighty-fifth Congress, is hereby modified to provide that the entire local share of cost for water for pollution abatement and for municipal and industrial water supply purposes is $5,200,000, of which $3,230,000 will be paid in cash during construction, and the unpaid balance at the time the project is placed in useful operation, $1,970,000, may be paid in cash at that time or repaid on an annual basis in accordance with the principles of title III of said Public Law 85–500. 74 Stat. 497 great lakes basin The project for flood protection on Cayuga Inlet at and in the vicinity of Ithaca, New York, is hereby authorized substantially as recommended by the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 204, Eighty-sixth Congress, at an estimated cost of $3,950,000. The project for flood protection on Smokes Creek at and in the vicinity of Lackawanna, New York, is hereby authorized substantially as recommended by the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 200, Eighty-sixth Congress, at an estimated cost of $1,974,000. gila river basin The plan of improvement for flood protection and allied purposes on the Gila and Salt Rivers, Gillespie Dam to McDowell Dam site, Arizona, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 279, Eighty-sixth Congress, at an estimated Federal cost of $3,300,000. No obligation shall be incurred for the cost of this project where the flood control benefits are exclusively for local flood control, as determined by the Secretary of the Army (except costs of planning, design, and acquisition of water rights), unless the State or one or more other non-Federal entities shall have entered into an agreement in advance to assume at least 20 per centum of the cost (except costs of planning, design, and acquisition of water rights) of the completed project allocated to the production of local flood control benefits, payable either as construction proceeds or pursuant to a contract providing for repayment with interest within 50 years. The actual cost, or fair market value of lands, easements, rights-of-way, and work performed or services rendered prior to completion of construction of the project, which are furnished by a non-Federal entity, shall be included in the share of the cost to be borne by the non-Federal entity. whitewater river basin, california The project for flood protection on Tahchevah Creek at and in the vicinity or Palm Springs, California, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 171, Eighty-sixth Congress, at an estimated Federal cost of $1,105,000: Provided, That non-Federal interests shall bear 50 percent of the cost of the project including the cost of lands, easements, rights-of-way, and relocations. mojave river basin The plan for flood control on the Mojave River, California, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers, in House Document Numbered 164, Eighty-sixth Congress, at an estimated cost of $3,070,000. los angeles river basin In addition to previous authorizations, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $32,000,000 for the prosecution of the comprehensive plan approved in the Act of August 18, 1941, as amended and supplemented by subsequent Acts of Congress. 74 Stat. 498 walnut creek basin The plan for flood protection on Walnut Creek, California, is hereby authorized substantially as recommended by the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 76, Eighty-sixth Congress, at an estimated cost of $17,980,000. sacramento river basin The project for flood protection on the Sacramento River, California, authorized by the Flood Control Act approved March 1, 1917, as amended and modified by subsequent Acts of Congress, is further modified substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in Senate Document Numbered 103, Eighty-sixth Congress, and there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $14,240,000 for the prosecution of the initial phase of bank erosion control works and setback levees on the Sacramento River. las vegas wash, nevada The project for flood protection on Las Vegas Wash and tributaries, Nevada, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 405, Eighty-sixth Congress, at an estimated cost of $13,410,000. gleason creek, nevada The project for flood protection on Gleason Creek, Nevada, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 388, Eighty-sixth Congress, at an estimated cost of $450,000. No obligation shall be incurred for the cost of this project where the flood control benefits are exclusively for local flood control, as determined by the Secretary of the Army (except costs of planning, design, and acquisition of water rights), unless the State or one or more other non-Federal entities shall have entered into an agreement in advance to assume at least 20 per centum of the cost (except costs of planning, design, and acquisition of water rights) of the completed project allocated to the production of local flood control benefits, payable either as construction proceeds or pursuant to a contract providing for repayment with interest within 50 years. The actual cost, or fair market value of lands, easements, rights-of-way, and work performed or services rendered prior to completion of construction of the project, which are furnished by a non-Federal entity, shall be included in the share of the cost to be borne by the non-Federal entity. great salt basin, utah The project for flood protection on the Salt Lake City Streams, Jordan River Basin, Utah, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 213, Eighty-sixth Congress, at an estimated cost of $6,060,000. No obligation shall be incurred for the cost of this project where the flood control benefits are exclusively for local flood control, as determined by the Secretary of the Army (except costs of planning, design, and acquisition of water rights), unless the State or one or more other non-Federal entities shall have entered into an agreement in advance to assume at least 20 per centum of the cost (except costs of planning, design, and acquisition of water rights) of the completed project allocated to the production of local flood control benefits, payable either as construction proceeds or pur-74 Stat. 499suant to a contract providing for repayment with interest within 50 years. The actual cost, or fair market value of lands, easements, rights-of-way, and work performed or services rendered prior to completion of construction of the project, which are furnished by a non-Federal entity, shall be included in the share of the cost to be borne by the non-Federal entity. columbia river basin In addition to previous authorizations, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $148,000,000 for the projects and plans for the Columbia River Basin, including the Willamette River Basin, authorized by the Flood Control Act of June 28, 1938, and subsequent Acts of Congress, including the Flood Control Acts of May 17, 1950, September 3, 1954, and July 3, 1958, and these projects and plans are hereby modified to include: The project for construction of the Foster Reservoir on the South Santiam River, Willamette River Basin, Oregon, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in Senate Document Numbered 104, Eighty-sixth Congress, at an estimated cost of $17,340,000.