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PUBLIC LAW 99-000—MMMM. DD, 1986

PUBLIC LAW 99-662—NOV. 17, 1986

100 STAT. 4177

conduct a one-year comprehensive study of the Beaver Lake reservoir to identify measures which will optimize achievement of the project's purposes while preserving and enhancing the quality of the reservoir's water. Upon completion of the study the Secretary shall undertake a project at Beaver Lake to determine the effectiveness of measures identified in such study for preserving and enhancing the quality of the reservoir's water for current and future users, at a total cost of $5,100,000, with an estimated first Federal cost of $3,825,000 and an estimated first non-Federal cost of $1,275,000. The non-Federal share of the cost of the modification authorized by this section shall be 25 percent.

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SEC. 844. MISSISSIPPI RIVER-GULF OUTLET.

(a) Subject to section 903(a) of this Act, the Mississippi River-Gulf outlet feature of the project for Mississippi River, Baton Rouge to Gulf of Mexico, authorized by the Act of March 29, 1956 (Public Law 455 of the Eighty-fourth Congress, 70 Stat. 65), is modified to provide that the replacement and expansion of the existing industrial canal lock and connecting channels or the construction of an additional lock and connecting channels shall be in the area of the existing lock or at the Violet site, at a total cost of $714,300,000. Before selecting the site under the preceding sentence, the Secretary shall consult with affected local communities. The costs of such modification shall be allocated between general cargo navigation and inland s navigation, based on use patterns determined by the Secretary. Of the costs allocated to inland navigation, one-half of the Federal costs shall be paid from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund and one-half of the Federal costs shall be paid from the General Fund of the Treasury. With respect to the costs allocated to general cargo navigation, cost sharing provided in section 101 shall apply. (b) The Secretary is directed to make a maximum effort to assure Minorities. the full participation of members of minority groups, living in the affected areas, in the construction of the replacement or additional lock and connecting channels authorized by subsection (a) of this section, including actions to encourage the use, wherever possible, of minority-owned firms. The Secretary is directed to report on July 1 Reports. of each year to the Congress on the implementation of this section, together with recommendations for any legislation that may be needed to assure the fuller and more equitable participation of members of minority groups in this project or others under the - M.5 hh direction of the Secretary. SEC. 845. SAGINAW RIVER. MICHIGAN.

The project for flood protection on the Saginaw River, Michigan, authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1958 (Public Law 85-500), is 33 USC 701b-8a. modified (1) to provide that the Secretary shall first construct the Flint and Shiawassee Rivers portion of the Shiawassee Flats unit of such project and that such construction shall begin, with available funds, during fiscal year 1987 and (2) to authorize the Secretary to reconstruct or relocate, whichever the Secretary determines is necessary, the Curtis Road Bridge, at a total cost of $626,000, with an estimated first Federal cost of $313,000 and an estimated first non,,e vu Federal cost of $313,000. The non-Federal share of the cost of the work authorized by the preceding sentence shall be 50 percent. The Secretary is also authorized to carry out planning, engineering, and design of measures to alleviate project-induced flood damages to areas outside the project area and such channelization measures in