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114 STAT. 2642 PUBLIC LAW 106-541—DEC. 11, 2000 SEC. 451. CLIFF WALK IN NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND. The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the project deficiencies and identify the necessary measures to restore the project for Cliff Walk in Newport, Rhode Island, to meet its authorized purpose. SEC. 452. QUONSET POINT CHANNEL, RHODE ISLAND. The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the Federal interest in dredging the Quonset Point navigation channel in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, SEC. 453. DREDGED MATERIAL DISPOSAL SITE, RHODE ISLAND. In consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of designating a permanent site in the State of Rhode Island for the disposal of dredged material. SEC. 454. REEDY RIVER, GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA. The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of carrying out a project for aquatic ecosystem restoration, flood damage reduction, and streambank stabilization on the Reedy River, Cleveland Park West, Greenville, South Carolina. SEC. 455. CHICKAMAUGA LOCK AND DAM, TENNESSEE. (a) IN GENERAL. —The Secretary shall use $200,000, from funds transferred from the Tennessee Valley Authority, to prepare a report of the Chief of Engineers for a replacement lock at Chickamauga Lock and Dam, Tennessee. (b) FUNDING.— As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Tennessee Valley Authority shall transfer to the Secretary the funds necessary to carry out subsection (a). SEC. 456. GERMANTOWN, TENNESSEE. (a) IN GENERAL. —The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of carrying out a project for flood control and related purposes along Miller Farms Ditch, Howard Road Drainage, and Wolf River Lateral D, Germantown, Tennessee. (b) JUSTIFICATION ANALYSIS.— The Secretary shall include environmental and water quality benefits in the justification analysis for the project. (c) CREDIT. —The Secretary— (1) shall credit toward the non-Federal share of the cost of the feasibility study the value of the in-kind services provided by the non-Federal interests relating to the planning, engineering, and design of the project, whether carried out before, on, or after the date of execution of the feasibility study cost-sharing agreement; and (2) shall consider, for the purposes of paragraph (1), the feasibility study to be conducted as part of the Memphis Metro Tennessee and Mississippi study authorized by resolution of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, dated March 7, 1996. (d) LIMITATION. — The Secretary may not reject the project under the feasibility study based solely on a minimum amount of stream runoff.