90 STAT. 2924
PUBLIC LAW 94-587—OCT. 22, 1976
"There are authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $28,725,000 to carry out such project.". River system SEC. 117. The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of management Engineers, is authorized to investigate and study, in cooperation with plan, study. interested States and Federal agencies, through the U p p e r Mississippi River Basin Commission the development of a river system management plan in the format of the "Great River S t u d y " for the Mississippi River from the mouth of the Ohio River to the head of navigation at Minneapolis, incorporating total river resource requirements including, but not limited to, navigation, the effects of increased barge traffic, fish and wildlife, recreation, watershed management, and water quality at an estimated cost of $9,100,000. Land conveyance. SEC. 118. (a) Whenever the Secretary of the Army finds that— (1) the Intracoastal W a t e r w a y is no longer routed along a part of the segment of the Louisiana-Texas Intracoastal Waterway right-of-way described in subsection (b) of this section; (2) maintenance of such part of the right-of-way has been abandoned by the Corps of E n g i n e e r s; and (3) such part of the right-of-way is no longer navigable by watercraf t; he shall convey, without monetary consideration, any easements or other rights or interests in real property which the United States acquired for the construction, operation, or maintenance of such part of the right-of-way to each owner of record of the real property which is subject to such easements, rights, or interests of the United States. (b) The segment of the Louisiana-Texas Intracoastal W a t e r w a y right-of-way referred to in subsection (a) of this section is that segment of the right-of-way for the Louisiana-Texas Intracoastal Waterway, Calcasieu-Sabine section, which (1) is within the portion of the right-of-way for the old Intracoastal W a t e r w a y channel (known locally as the "East-West Canal") extending from the east bank of the Calcasieu River at a point approximately twenty miles south of Lake Charles, Louisiana, to the Choupique Cutoff in the Intracoastal Waterway, and (2) is located on the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 25, township 11 south, range 10 west, and in the west half of the southwest quarter of section 30, township 11 south, range 9 west, Calcasieu P a r i s h, Louisiana. SEC. 119. Section 4 of the Act of June 21, 1940, as amended (54 Stat. 498; 33 U.S.C. 514), is amended in the first sentence by striking out " I t shall be the duty of the bridge OAvner to prepare and submit to the Secretary, within ninety days after service of his order" and inserting in lieu thereof "After the service of an order under this Act, it shall be the duty of the bridge owner to prepare and submit to the Secretary of Transportation, within a reasonable time as prescribed by the Secretary". Law enforcement SEC. 120. (a) The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief services, of Engineers, is authorized to contract with States and their political contracts. subdivisions for the purpose of obtaining increased law enforcement 42 USC services at water resources development projects under the jurisdiction 1962d-5d. of the Secretary of the Army to meet needs during peak visitation periods. Appropriation (b) There is authorized to be appropriated $6,000,000 per fiscal year authorization. for the fiscal years ending September 30, 1978, and September 30, 1979, to carry out this section. Nelson, Pa., SEC. 121. (a) The prqject for flood protection on the North B r a n c h relocation. of the Susquehanna River, New Y o r k and Pennsylvania, authorized
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