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PUBLIC LAW 104-303—OCT. 12, 1996 110 STAT. 3711 the Passaic River Main Stem project and shall be completed in the initial phase of the Passaic River Main Stem project. (11) ARTHUR KILL, NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY. —The project for navigation, Arthur Kill, New York and New Jersey, authorized by section 202(b) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 4098), is modified to authorize the Secretary to carry out the project to a depth of not to exceed 45 feet, at a total cost of $83,000,000. (12) KILL VAN KULL, NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY. — (A) COST INCREASE. —The project for navigation. Kill Van Kull, New York and New Jersey, authorized by section 202(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 4095), is modified to authorize the Secretary to carry out the project at a total cost of $750,000,000. (B) CONTINUATION OF ENGINEERING AND DESIGN. — The Secretary shall continue engineering and design in order to complete the navigation project at Kill Van Kull and Newark Bay Channels, New York and New Jersey, authorized by chapter IV of title I of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1985 (99 Stat. 313) and section 202(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 4095). SEC. 302. MOBILE HARBOR, ALABAMA. The undesignated paragraph under the heading "MOBILE HAR- BOR, ALABAMA" in section 201(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 4090) is amended by striking the 1st semicolon and all that follows and inserting a period and the following: "In disposing of dredged material from such project, the Secretary, after compliance with applicable laws and after opportunity for public review and comment, may consider alternatives to disposal of such material in the Gulf of Mexico, including environmentally acceptable alternatives for beneficial uses of dredged material and environmental restoration.". SEC. 303. NOGALES WASH AND TRIBUTARIES, ARIZONA. The project for flood control, Nogales Wash and tributaries, Arizona, authorized by section 101(a)(4) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1990 (104 Stat. 4606), is modified to direct the Secretary to permit the non-Federal contribution for the project to be determined in accordance with subsections (k) and (m) of section 103 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2213) and to direct the Secretary to enter into negotiations with non-Federal interests pursuant to section 103(1) of such Act concerning the timing of the initial payment of the non-Federal contribution. SEC. 304. WHITE RIVER BASIN, ARKANSAS AND MISSOURI. The project for flood control and power generation at White River Basin, Arkansas and Missouri, authorized by section 4 of the Act entitled "An Act authorizing the construction of certain public works on rivers and harbors for flood control, and for other purposes", approved June 28, 1938 (52 Stat. 1218), shall include recreation and fish and wildlife mitigation as purposes of the project, to the extent that the additional purposes do not adversely affect flood control, power generation, or other authorized purposes of the project.