58 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 2 D SESS.--H. 665-DEC. 22 , 1944 be construed to authorize the construction of a dam, other than a flood control type dam, on the main stream of the West River in the towns of Dummerston or Newfane in the State of Vermont: Provided further, That the Army Engineers are authorized and directed to construct eight reservoirs in the West River Basin in Vermont instead of the flood control reservoir authorized by existing law, known as the Williamsville Reservoir in the above mentioned towns, in accord- ance with an alternative plan submitted by the Vermont State Water Conservation Board as the same may be modified by agreement between the said Board and the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers, provided that the Secretary of War determines that the total costs of the alternate plan shall not exceed the sum of $11,000,000 and that the amount of flood control secured by them at the entrance of the waters of the West River into the Connecticut River shall not be less than seventy-five per centum of the flood control which may be secured from the single so-called Williamsville Reservoir now authorized to be constructed by the Army Engineers. Plans, pro- posals, or reports heretofore authorized for construction at Cambridge- port, Ludlow, South Tunbridge, and Gaysville, in the Connecticut River Basin, or any modification hereafter made of the comprehensive plan for the Connecticut River Basin in Vermont under authority of the Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938, or of section 3 of the Flood Control Act approved August 18, 1941, shall not be carried out until after compliance with the provisions of paragraph (a) of section 1 of this Act: Provided further, That neither this authorization nor any previous authorization shall be construed to authorize the con- struction of a dam or reservoir at the Sugar Hill site on the Ammo- noosuc River. THAMEs RIVE BAsnE In addition to previous authorizations, there is hereby authorized the completion of the plan approved in the Act of August 18, 1941, for the Thames River Basin at an estimated cost of $7,200,000. HOUSATONIc Rirvi BASIN The project for the Thomaston Reservoir on the Naugatuck River, for flood control in the Housatonic River Basin, Connecticut, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommenda- tions of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 338, Seventy-seventh Congress, first session, at an estimated cost of $5,151,000. SUSQUEHANNA RIViE BASIN The project authorized by the Act of June 22, 1936, to provide for local protection works on the Susquehanna River at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, is hereby modified substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 702, Seventy-seventh Congress, second session, at an esti- mated cost of $2,227,000. The project for flood protection at Tyrone, Pennsylvania, on the Little Juniata River, Pennsylvania, is hereby authorized substan- tially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engi- neers in House Document Numbered 702, Seventy-seventh Congress, second session, at an estimated cost of $1,392,000. The plan for flood control in southern New York and eastern Penn- sylvania authorized by the Act of June 22, 1936, as modified by the Act of August 18, 1941, is hereby further modified to include the South Plymouth and Genegantslet Reservoirs on tributaries of the Chenango River substantially in accordance with the recommenda- 893 52 Stat. 1216; 55 Stat. 639. Sugar Hill site, re- striction. 55 Stat. 639. Thomaston Rer- voir. Harrisburg, Pa. 49 Stat. 1573. Tyrone, Pa. South Plymouth and Oeneantet Rs- avois. 49 Stat. IS; 5 Stat.MO.
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