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PUBLIC LAW 93-251-MAR. 7, 1974
Interior for repayment in accordance with Federal reclamation laws. The Applegate project shall not be operated for irrigation purposes until such time as the Secretary of the Interior makes the necessary arrangements with non-Federal interests to recover the costs, in accordance with Federal reclamation laws, which are allocated to the irrigation purpose. SEC. 90. The plan for flood protection in the Big Sandy Kiver Basin, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia included in the comprehensive plan for flood control in the Ohio River Basin, authorized by the Flood Control Act, approved June 22, 1936 (49 Stat. 1570), as amended and modified, is hereby further modified to authorize the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to provide all communities in the Tug Fork Valley of the Big Sandy River Basin, Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia, w4th comprehensive flood protection by a combination of local flood protection works and residential flood proofing similar to the measures described by the Chief of Engineers m the "Report on Tug Fork, July 1970", except that such authorization shall be limited to the phase I design memorandum stage of advanced engineering and design at an estimated cost of $1,290,000. SEC. 91. The New York Harbor collection and removal of drift project is hereby modified in accordance with the recommendations contained in "Survey Report on Review of Project, New York Harbor Collection and Removal of Drift," dated June 1968, revised March 1969, and April 1971, on file in the Office, Chief of Engineers. There is authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $14,000,000 to carry out the modification authorized by this section. SEC. 92. (a) The hurricane-flood protection project on Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, authorized by section 204 of the Flood Control Act of 1965 (Public Law 89-298) is hereby modified to provide that non-Federal public bodies may agree to pay the unpaid balance of the cash payment due, with interest, in yearly installments. The yearly installments will be initiated when the Secretary determines that the project is complete but in no case shall the initial installment be delayed more than ten years after the initiation of project construction. Each installment shall not be less than one twenty-fifth of the remaining unpaid balance plus interest on such balance, and the total of such installments shall be sufficient to achieve full payment, including interest, within twenty-five years of the initiation of project construction. (b) The rate of interest on the unpaid balance shall be that specified in section 301(b) of the Water Supply Act of 1958 (Public Law 85-500). (c) Any payment agreement pursuant to the provisions of this Act shall be in writing, and the provisions of subsections (b), (c), and (e) of section 221 of the Flood Control Act of 1970 (Public Law 91-611) shall be applicable to such written agreement. SEC. 93. Section 107 of the River and Harbor Act of 1948 (62 Stat. 1174) is amended by striking out "$22,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$45,000". SEC. 94. (a) The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is authorized and directed, in coordination with the State of Kentucky and appropriate local agencies, (1) to repair existing flood damage to River Road at Rabbit Hash, Boone County. Kentucky, or, as appropriate, to relocate River Road, (2) to repair existing flood damage to Huff Road (also known as Ryle Road) at Hamilton Landing, Boone County, Kentucky, or, as appropriate, to relocate Huff Road, and (3) to construct needed streambank protection works to prevent future erosion damage to public and private facilities at and near Boone County, Kentucky.
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Big Sandy River B a s i n, flood plan.
New York Harbor, project modification.
Appropriation.
Lake Pontchartrain, L a., project modification. 79 Stat. 1077.
72 Stat. 3 1 9.
42 USC 1962d5b. 22 USC 275a. Boone County, Ky., flood damage.
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