Pub. L. 86-645, tit. II, sec. 208

Pub. L. 86-645, tit. II, sec. 208

EnactedYear: 1960Length: 302 wordsOfficial source
Sec. 208. 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 physical 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: Ogunquit, York, Wells, Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, Biddeford, Saco, Old Orchard, Cape Elizabeth, Portland, and Phippsburg, and adjacent coastal areas, Maine. Patuxent River, Maryland. Pithlachascotee River, Masaryktown, Anclote River, Lake Tarpon Brooksville, and adjacent areas, Florida. Phillippi Creek, Florida. Indian River and other streams draining into Indian Lake and Lake Michigan in the vicinity of Manistique, Michigan. Atherton Creek, San Mateo County, California. Wildcat and San Pablo Creeks, Contra Costa County, California. Streams in Marin County, California, flowing into Richardson Bay, an arm of San Francisco Bay, including Coyote Creek and Arroyo Corte Madera del Presidio Creek. Island of Hawaii, State of Hawaii, construction of dikes, barriers, or walls, to protect lives and property from lava flows resulting from volcanic eruption. Kahoma Stream, Island of Maui, Hawaii.
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