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[74 Stat. 501]
PUBLIC LAW 86-000—MMMM. DD, 1960
[74 Stat. 501]

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PUBLIC LAW 86-645-JULY 14, 1960

(2) That, at the completion of construction, the Chief of Engineers will, if necessary, restore the road to at least as good condition as prior to the beginning of utilization for access during construction, and (3) That, at the completion of construction, the responsibility of the Chief of Engineers for improvement, reconstruction and maintenance shall cease. (h) That, for such water resources projects, under construction or to oe constructed, when the taking by the Federal Government of an existing public road necessitates replacement, the substitute provided will as nearly as practicable serve in the same manner and reasonably as well as the existing road. The Chief of Engineers is authorized to construct such substitute roads to design standards comparable to those of the State in which the road is located, for roads oi the same classification as the road being replaced. The traffic existing at the time of the taking shall be used m the determination of the classification. SEC. 208. The Secretary of the Army is hereby authorized and directed to cause surveys for flood control and allied purposes, including channel and major drainage improvements, and flooas aggravated by or due to wind or tidal effects, to be made under the direction of the Chief of Engineers, in drainage areas of the United States and its territorial possessions, which include the following-named localities: Provided, That after the regular or formal reports made, on any survey are submitted to Congress, no supplemental or additional report or estimate shall be made unless authorized by law except that the Secretary of the Army may cause a review of any examination or survey to be made and a report thereon submitted to Congress if such review is required by the national defense or by changed physical or economic conditions: Provided further, That the Government shall not be deemed to have entered upon any project for the improvement of any waterway or harbor mentioned in this title until the project for the proposed work shall have been adopted by law: Ogunquit, York, Wells, Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, Biddeford, Saco, Old Orchard, Cape Elizabeth, Portland, and Phippsburg, and adjacent coastal areas, Maine. Patuxent River, Maryland. Pithlachascotee River, Masaryktown, Anclote River, Lake Tarponj Brooksville, and adjacent areas, Florida. Phillippi Creek, Florida. Indian Kiver and other streams draining into Indian Lake and Lake Michigan in the vicinity of Manistique, Michigan. Atherton Creek, San Mateo County, California. Wildcat and San Pablo Creeks, Contra Costa County, California. Streams in Marin County, California, flowing into Richardson Bay, an arm of San Francisco Bay, including Coyote Creek and Arroyo Corte Madera del Presidio Creek. Island of Hawaii, State of Hawaii, construction of dikes, barriers, or walls, to protect lives and property from lava flows resulting from volcanic eruption. Kahoma Stream, Island of Maui, Hawaii. SEC. 209. The Chief of Engineers, under the direction of the Secretary of the Army, is authorized and directed to cause an investigation and study to be made, in cooperation with appropriate agencies of the State of Texas, with a view to devising effective means of accomplishing the recharge and replenishment of the Edwards Underground

Flood surveys.

control,

Edward* Underground Reservoir.