Pub. L. 89-298, tit. III, sec. 304

Sec. 304. The Secretary of the Army is hereby authorized and directed to cause surveys to be made at the following locations and subject to all applicable provisions of section 110 of the River and Harbor Act of 1950: Jonesport Harbor, Maine. Blue Hill Harbor, Maine. Great and Little Bays and their tributaries, New Hampshire, and adjoining tributaries of the Piscataqua River. New Hampshire and Maine, with a. view to determining the advisability of providing improvements in the interest, of navigation and allied purposes. Popponesset Bay, Massachusetts. Niagara River, New York, with respect to nature and extent of measures necessary to preserve and enhance the scenic beauty of the American Falls. Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence Seaway: Investigation and study of means of extending the navigation season on the waterways at an estimated cost not to exceed $75,000. Report to include a full and complete investigation and study of waterway deicing systems, including a review of any previous pertinent reports by the Department of the Army, any available information from any of the other Departments of the Government, and waterway deicing methods in use by private concerns and foreign governments, for the purpose of determining the practicability, means, and economic justification for extending the navigation season on the Great Lakes (including connecting channels and harbors) and the Saint Lawrence Seaway by eliminating ice conditions to the extent possible. The Chief of Engineers may submit such interim reports as may be deemed advisable, and shall submit his final reports, together with his recommendations for such legislation and administrative actions as he may deem advisable, not later than two years after funds are made available for the study. Lake Dauterive and Chareton Floodgate, Louisiana. Dickinson Bayou, Texas. Manchester Harbor, Washington. Gulfport Harbor, Mississippi. Calumet River, Illinois. Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, from about mile 29 West of Harvey Lock to U.S. Highway No. 90 in vicinity of Boutte, Louisiana. Intracoastal Waterway from the Caloosahatehee River to the Withlacoochee River, Florida, with a view to determining the advisability of modifying the project, with particular reference to provision for a side channel or connecting channel improvement through Cross Bayou 79 Stat. 1094to Old Tampa Bay, in the vicinity of Howard Frankland Bridge, for navigation, flood control, and related purposes. San Francisco County, California (beach erosion). Lake Michigan Shoreline, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin (beach erosion). Indian River County, Florida (beach erosion). Marquette County, Michigan (comprehensive).