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110 STAT. 3784 PUBLIC LAW 104-303—OCT. 12, 1996 acquire from willing sellers such real property interests in any lands identified in the study as the Secretary determines are necessary to reduce the adverse impacts identified in the study conducted under subsection (a). (c) IMPLEMENTATION REPORTS.— The Secretary shall transmit to Congress reports on the operation of Pensacola Dam, including data on and a description of releases in anticipation of flooding (referred to as "preoccupancy releases"), and the implementation of this section. The first of such reports shall be transmitted not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— (1) IN GENERAL.— There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $25,000,000. (2) MAXIMUM FUNDING FOR STUDY. —Of amounts appropriated to carry out this section, not to exceed $1,500,000 shall be available for carrying out the study under subsection (a). SEC. 561. BROAD TOP REGION OF PENNSYLVANIA. Section 304 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4840) is amended— (1) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following: "(b) COST SHARING.— "(1) FEDERAL SHARE. —The Federal share of the cost of the activities conducted under the cooperative agreement entered into under subsection (a)— "(A) shall be 75 percent; and "(B) may be in the form of grants or reimbursements of project costs. "(2) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.— The non-Federal share of project costs may be provided in the form of design and construction services and other in-kind work provided by the non-Federal interests, whether occurring subsequent to, or within 6 years prior to, entering into an agreement with the Secretary. Non-Federal interests shall receive credit for grants and the value of work performed on behalf of such interests by State and local agencies, as determined by the Secretary."; and (2) in subsection (c) by striking "$5,500,000" and inserting " $11,000,000 ". SEC. 562. CURWENSVILLE LAKE, PENNSYLVANIA. The Secretary shall modify the allocation of costs for the water reallocation project at Curwensville Lake, Pennsylvania, to the extent that the Secretary determines that such modification will provide environmental restoration benefits in meeting instream flow needs in the Susquehanna River basin. SEC. 563. HOPPER DREDGE MCFARLAND. (a) PROJECT AUTHORIZATION. — (1) DETERMINATION.—The Secretary shall determine the advisability and necessity of making modernization and efficiency improvements to the hopper dredge McFarland. In making such determination, the Secretary shall— (A) assess the need for returning the dredge to active service;