Pub. L. 91-611, tit. II, sec. 202

Sec. 202. (a) The plan for flood protection in the Big Sandy River Basin, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia, included in the comprehensive plan for flood control in the Ohio River Basin, authorized by the Flood Control Act, approved June 22, 1936 (49 Stat. 1570), as amended and modified, is hereby further modified to authorize the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to relocate Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River at Pikeville, Kentucky, and to construct related drainage facilities, in connection with the city of Pikeville’s model city program. Such channel relocation shall be accomplished by excavation of an open cut to connect the points of the horseshoe bend in Levisa Fork at Pikeville, and the open cut shall be designed and constructed to such dimensions and grades as will permit 84 Stat. 1828relocation of the river with the Chesapeake anti Ohio Railway on the left descending bank and the United States Highway Numbered 23 on the right descending bank of such open cut. Spoil material from the open cut shall be utilized for filled areas included in the model city plan. (b) The work authorized by this section shall not he commenced until an agreement satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, has been entered into with the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the State Highway Department of Kentucky, the Federal Highway Administration, the Appalachian Regional Commission, the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, the city of Pikeville, and other participating agencies, relative to the financial responsibility of each participant in the model city project; and appropriate non-Federal interests have furnished the cooperation required by section 3 of the Flood Control Act, approved June 22, 1936 (49 Stat. 1570), as amended. Financial participation of the Department of the Army shall be based upon an equitable distribution of costs among the participants.