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Corpus C h r i s t i, T e x., ship channel. Report to Congress.
E a s t Rockaway Inlet, N. Y., project modification.
42 USC 4321 note. Flood protection p r o j e c t s, nonstructural a l t e r natives. 33 USC 7 0 1 b - l l.
33 USC 7 0 1 c.
Arkansas-Red River B a s i n, project modification. 80 Stat. 1420. 84 Stat. 1825.
Visitor protection services, study. 42 USC 1962d-5 note.
PUBLIC LAW 93-251-MAR. 7, 1974
[88 STAT.
SEC. 70. Section 107(b) of the River and Harbor Act of 1970 (84 Stat. 1818, 1820) is hereby amended by deleting "July 30, 1974" and inserting in lieu thereof "December 31, 1976", and deleting "$6,500,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$9,500,000". SEC. 71. The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, shall submit to the Congress not later than June 30, 1974, the survey report authorized by resolution of the Committee on Public Works, House of Representatives, dated October 12, 1972, concerning a modification of the Corpus Christi ship channel, Texas, project to provide increased depths and widths in the entrance channels from the Gulf of Mexico to a deeper draft inshore port in the vicinity of Harbor Island, Texas, and shall complete the advanced engineering and design for such modification by June 30, 1975. Such advanced engineering and design may be accomplished prior to authorization of the modification. The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is authorized to accept funds made available by non-Federal interests and to expend such funds for the preparation of the survey report and accomplishment of the advanced engineering and design authorized and directed by this section. Such funds shall be repaid to such non-Federal interests out of moneys appropriated for construction of the modification. SEC. 72. The project for hurricane-flood protection and beach erosion control at East Rockaway Inlet to Rockaway Inlet and Jamaica Bay, New York, authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1965 (79 Stat. 1073), is hereby modified to authorize the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to commence work on the beach erosion control aspect of the project, independently of the hurricaneflood protection aspect of the project. Construction of the beach erosion control aspect of the project may commence following the completion of environmental studies regarding that aspect, conducted pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. Nothing herein shall increase or reduce the percentage of total costs of the entire project to be contributed by the affected non-Federal interests. SEC. 73. (a) I n the survey, planning, or design by any Federal agency of any project involving flood protection, consideration shall be given to nonstructural alternatives to prevent or reduce flood damages including, but not limited to, floodproofing of structures; flood plain regulation; acquisition of flood plain lands for recreational, fish and wildlife, and other public purposes; and relocation with a view toward formulating the most economically, socially, and environmentally acceptable means of reducing or preventing flood damages. (b) Where a nonstructural alternative is reconimended, non-Federal participation shall be comparable to the value of lands, easements, and rights-of-way which would have been required of non-Federal interests under section 3 of the Act of June 27, 1936 (Public LawNumbered 738, Seventy-fourth Congress), for structural protection measures, but in no event shall exceed 20 per centum of the project costs. SEC. 74. The project for water quality control in the Arkansas-Red River Basin, Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas, authorized by the Flood Control Acts of 1966 and 1970, is hereby modified to authorize the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers to initiate construction of the area VIII feature of the project, consisting of a low-flow dam, pumping station and pipeline, and a brine dam, prior to the approval required by section 201 of the Flood Control Act of 1970. SEC. 75. The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is authorized and directed to study the need for and means of providing visitor protection services at water resources develop-
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