Pub. L. 90-483, 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 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. The necessary plans, specifications, and preliminary work may be prosecuted on any project, authorized in this title with funds from appropriations hereafter made for flood control so as to be ready for rapid inauguration of a construction program. The projects authorized in this title shall be initiated as expeditiously and prosecuted as vigorously as may be consistent with budgetary requirements. 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. lower charles river, massachusetts The project for flood control on the Lower Charles River, Massachusetts, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 370, Ninetieth Congress, at an estimated cost of $18,620,000. connecticut river basin The project for the Beaver Brook Dam and Reservoir, Beaver Brook, New Hampshire, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in Senate Document Numbered 68, Ninetieth Congress, at an estimated cost of $1,185,000. The project for flood protection on Park River, Connecticut, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in Senate Document Numbered 43, Ninetieth Congress, at an estimated cost of $30,300,000. 82 Stat. 740 long island sound The project for flood protection on Norwalk River, Connecticut and New York, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in Senate Document Numbered 51, Ninetieth Congress, at an estimated cost of $2,700,000. delaware-atlantic coastal area The project for hurricane-flood protection and beach erosion control along the Delaware Coast from Cape Henlopen to Fenwick Island, at the Delaware-Maryland State Line is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers, in Senate Document Numbered 90, Ninetieth Congress, at an estimated cost of $5,584,000. rappahannock river basin The project for the Salem Church Dam and Reservoir Rappahannock River, Virginia, is hereby modified substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in Senate Document Numbered 37, Ninetieth Congress, at an estimated cost of $79,500,000. cape fear river basin The project for the Randleman Dam and Reservoir, Deep River, North Carolina, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 343, Ninetieth Congress, at an estimated cost of $19,463,000. The project for the Howards Mill Dam and Reservoir, Deep River, North Carolina, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 343, Ninetieth Congress, at an estimated cost of $12,460,000. south atlantic coastal area The project for beach erosion control and hurricane flood protection of Dade County, Florida, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 335, Ninetieth Congress, at an estimated cost of $11,805,000. hillsborough bay, florida The project for hurricane-flood control protection on Hillsborough Bay, Florida, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 313, Ninetieth Congress, at an estimated cost of $9,909,000, except that construction of the barrier across Hillsborough Bay shall not be undertaken until the Chief of Engineers completes further detailed studies covering related water resource problems, including a comprehensive model study of the entire Tampa Bay area, and until sixty days after the date of submission of a report on such studies to the Committees on Public Works of the Senate and House of Representatives. central and southern florida The project for Central and Southern Florida, authorized by the Flood Control Act of June 30, 1948, is further modified in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in Senate Docu-82 Stat. 741ment Numbered 101, Ninetieth Congress, at an estimated cost, of $8,072,000, and in accordance with House Document Numbered 369, Ninetieth Congress, at an estimated cost of $58,182,000. pascagoula river basin The project for the Tallahala Creek Dam and Reservoir, Tallahala Creek, Mississippi, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 143, Ninetieth Congress, at an estimated cost of $16,360,000. lower mississippi river basin 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: (1) The project for the St. Francis River Basin, Arkansas and Missouri, authorized by the Flood Control Act, approved June 15, 1936 (Public Law 74–678), as modified by subsequent Acts of Congress, including the Flood Control Act of 1965. Public Law 89–298 is hereby further modified to provide that the requirements of local cooperation for the improvements authorized in the Flood Control Act of 1965, shall conform to those requirements for local cooperation in the Saint Francis River Basin authorized in previous Acts of Congress, substantially as recommended by the Chief of Engineers in Senate Document Numbered 11, Ninetieth Congress. (2) Improvements in the Boeuf and Tensas Rivers and Bayou Macon Basin to divert flows that would otherwise enter Lake Chicot, Arkansas, substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 168, Ninetieth Congress, at an estimated cost of $15,240,000, except that prior to initiation of construction of the project, local interests shall agree that no fees shall be charged for admission to Lake Chicot and to public recreation areas adjoining Lake Chicot and that user fees at such lake and areas filial I be devoted to recreation purposes. (3) Improvements in the Belle Fountain ditch and tributaries, Missouri, and Drainage District Number 17, Arkansas, substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 339, Ninetieth Congress, at an estimated cost of $4,638,000. white river basin The project for flood protection on Crooked Creek at and in the vicinity of Harrison, Arkansas, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in Senate Document Numbered 28, Ninetieth Congress, at an estimated cost of $2,840,000. brazos river basin The project for the Aquilla Dam and Reservoir, Aquilla Creek, Texas, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in Senate Document Numbered 52, Ninetieth Congress, at an estimated cost of $23,612,000. navasota river basin The project for the Navasota River, Texas, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 341, Ninetieth Congress, at an estimated cost of $119,707,000. 82 Stat. 742 clear creek, texas The project for flood protection on Clear Creek, Texas, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 351, Ninetieth Congress, at an estimated cost of $12,600,000. pecan bayou, texas The project for flood protection on Pecan Bayou, Texas, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 350, Ninetieth Congress, at an estimated cost of $24,861,000. gulf of mexico The project for hurricane-flood control at Texas City and vicinity, Texas, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 187, Ninetieth Congress, at an estimated cost of $10,900,000. upper mississippi river basin The project for flood protection on the Mississippi River from Cassville, Wisconsin, to mile 300, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 348, Ninetieth Congress, at an estimated cost of $21,300,000. The project for flood protection of State Road and Ebner Coulees, city of La Crosse and Shelby Township, ‘Wisconsin, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 360, Ninetieth Congress, at an estimated cost of $6,849,000. red river of the north The project for flood protection on the South Branch of the Wild Rice River and Felton Ditch, Minnesota, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 98, Ninetieth Congress, at an estimated cost of $1,230,000. ohio river basin The project for flood protection on the Ohio River in South western Jefferson County, Kentucky, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 340, Ninetieth Congress, at an estimated cost of $19,800,000. The project for the Utica Dam and Reservoir and flood protection at Newark, Licking River Basin, Ohio, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 337, Ninetieth Congress, at an estimated cost of $32,953,000. wabash river basin The project for flood control and related purposes in the Wabash River Basin, Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in Senate Document Numbered 96, Ninetieth Congress, and 82 Stat. 743the Big Walnut Dam and Reservoir is authorized substantially in accordance with the plan for such project set forth in the report of the Chief of Engineers in said document. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $50,000,000, for initiation and partial accomplishment of the project, except that construction of the Big Walnut Dam and Reservoir shall not be initiated until approved by the President. missouri river basin The project for the Bear Creek Dam and Reservoir, South Platte River, Colorado, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in Senate Document Numbered 87, Ninetieth Congress, at an estimated cost of $32,314,000. The project for flood protection on the Big Sioux River at and in the vicinity of Sioux City, Iowa and South Dakota, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in Senate Document Numbered 94, Ninetieth Congress, at an estimated cost of $2,750,000. With respect to that portion of the project above Sioux City, Iowa, approved in accordance with House Document Numbered 199, Eighty-eighth Congress, in the Flood Control Act of 1965 (Public Law 89–298), there shall be mutual agreement between the States of Iowa and South Dakota on a flood control plan and a plan for mitigation of fish and wildlife losses with respect to said portion within six months following completion of the reservoir study for the upper basin of the Big Sioux River and the Rock River now underway and receipt of copies of said report by the Governors of the States of Iowa and South Dakota. If said mutual agreement is not reached within said time, approval of said flood control plan and plan for mitigation of fish and wildlife losses shall be made by a committee consisting of one representative each appointed by the Chief of Engineers, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of Agriculture. The project for flood protection and other purposes in the Papillion Creek Basin, Nebraska, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 349, Ninetieth Congress, at an estimated cost of $26,800,000. The project for the Davids Creek Dam and Reservoir, Nishnabotna River, Iowa, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 142, Ninetieth Congress, at an estimated cost of $2.040,000. The project for flood control and other purposes on the Little Blue River in the vicinity of Kansas City, Missouri, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 169, Ninetieth Congress, at and estimated cost of $38,492,000. The second paragraph under the heading “Missouri River Basin” of the Act entitled “An Act authorizing additional appropriations for the prosecution of comprehensive plans for certain river basins”, approved December 30, 1963 (77 Stat. 840), is hereby amended to read as follows: “The comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes in the Missouri River Basin, authorized by the Flood Control Act of June 28, 1938, as amended and supplemented, is further modified to include such bank protection or rectification works at or below the Garrison Reservoir as in the discretion of the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of the Army may be found necessary, at an estimated cost of $7,040,000.” 82 Stat. 744 jordan river basin The project for the Little Dell Dam and Reservoir, Salt Lake City Streams, Utah, is hereby modified substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in Senate Document Numbered 53, Ninetieth Congress, at an estimated cost of $22,664,000. sacramento river basin The project for flood protection on the Feather River at Chester, California, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 314, Ninetieth Congress, at an estimated cost of $940,000. santa ana river basin The project for flood protection, and other purposes on Cucamonga Creek, California, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 323, Ninetieth Congress, at an estimated cost of $26,300,000. san francisco bay area The project for flood control on Alhambra Creek, California, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 336, Ninetieth Congress, at an estimated cost of $8,000,000. mad river, california Tile project for flood control on the Mad River, California, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 359, Ninetieth Congress, at an estimated cost of $38,600,000. sweetwater river basin The project for flood control on the Sweetwater River, California, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 148, Ninetieth Congress, at an estimated cost of $4,900,000. tanana river basin The project for flood control in the Tanana River Basin in the vicinity of Fairbanks, Alaska, is hereby modified substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in Senate Document Numbered 89, Ninetieth Congress, at an estimated cost of $111,700,000. iao stream, hawaii The project for flood protection and other purposes on Iao Stream, Hawaii, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 151, Ninetieth Congress, at an estimated cost of $1,660,000.