110 STAT. 3776 PUBLIC LAW 104-303—OCT. 12, 1996 to the William Jennings Randolph Lake in Garrett County, Mary- land. SEC. 537. POPLAR ISLAND, MARYLAND. The Secretary shall carry out a project for the beneficial use of dredged material at Poplar Island, Maryland, substantially in accordance with, and subject to the conditions described in, the report of the Secretary dated September 3, 1996, at a total cost of $307,000,000, with an estimated Federal cost of $230,000,000 and an estimated non-Federal cost of $77,000,000. The project shall be carried out under the policies and cooperative agreement requirements of section 204 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (33 U.S.C. 2326), except that subsection (e) of such section shall not apply to the project authorized by this section. SEC. 538. EROSION CONTROL MEASURES, SMITH ISLAND, MARYLAND. (a) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary shall implement erosion control measures in the vicinity of Rhodes Point, Smith Island, Maryland, at an estimated total Federal cost of $450,000. (b) IMPLEMENTATION ON EMERGENCY BASIS.— The project under subsection (a) shall be carried out on an emergency basis in view of the national, historic, and cultural value of the island and in order to protect the Federal investment in infrastructure facilities. (c) CfosT SHARING.— Cost sharing applicable to hurricane and storm damage reduction shall be applicable to the project to be carried out under subsection (a). SEC. 539. RESTORATION PROJECTS FOR MARYLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, AND WEST VIRGINIA. (a) IN GENERAL. — (1) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. —The Secretary may provide technical assistance to non-Federal interests, in cooperation with Federal and State agencies, for reclamation and water quality protection projects for the purpose of abating and mitigating surface water quality degradation caused by abandoned mines along— (A) the North Branch of the Potomac River, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia; and (B) the New River, West Virginia, watershed. (2) ADDITIONAL MEASURES.— Projects under paragraph (1) may also include measures for the abatement and mitigation of surface water quality degradation caused by the lack of sanitary wastewater treatment facilities or the need to enhance such facilities. (3) CONSULTATION WITH FEDERAL ENTITIES.— Any project under paragraph (1) that is located on lands owned by the United States shall be undertaken in consultation with the Federal entity with administrative jurisdiction over such lands. (b) FEDERAL SHARE.— The Federal share of the cost of the activities conducted under subsection (a)(1) shall be 50 percent; except that, with respect to projects located on lands owned by the United States, the Federal share shall be 100 percent. (c) EFFECT ON AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.— Nothing in this section is intended to affect the authority of the Secretary of the Interior under title IV of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1231 et seq.). (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—T here are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $1,500,000 for projects
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