PUBLIC LAW 94-587—OCT. 22, 1976
90 STAT. 2925
by section 203 of the Flood Control Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 306) is hereby modified to authorize and direct the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, in connection with the construction of the Cowansque Dam to relocate the town of Nelson, Pennsylvania, to a new townsite. (b) As part of such relocation, the Secretary of the Army, acting New town through the Chief of Engineers, shall (1) cooperate in the planning planning, of a new town with other Federal agencies and appropriate non-Fed- cooperation. eral interests, including Nelson, (2) acquire lands necessary for the new town and to convey title to said lands to individuals, business or other entities, and to the town as appropriate, and (3) construct necessary municipal facilities. (c) The compensation paid to any individual or entity for the tak- Compensation. ing of property under this section shall be the amount due such individual or entity under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 less the fair market value 42 USC 4601 of the real property conveyed to such individual or entity in the new note. town. Municipal facilities provided under the authority of this section shall be substitute facilities which serve reasonably as well as those in the existing town of Nelson, except that such facilities shall be constructed to such higher standards as may be necessary to comply with applicable Federal and State laws. Additional facilities may be constructed, only at the expense of appropriate non-Federal interests. (d) Before the Secretary of the Army acquires any real property for the new townsite appropriate non-Federal interests shall furnish binding contractual commitments that all lots in the new townsite will be either occupied when available, will be replacements for open space and vacant lots in the existing town, or will be purchased by nonFederal interests at the fair market value. SEC. 122. (a) The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief Local of Engineers, is authorized and directed to review the requirement of cooperation. local cooperation with respect to providing a spoil disposal area for the project at Deep Creek, Warwick County (now within the city of Newport News), Vipginia, authorized by the Act of August 26, 1937 (commonly referre<^ to as the River and Harbor Act of 1937, 50 Stat. 846), to determine if (1) such requirement should be eliminated, and (2) Craney Island disposal area should he used as the spoil disposal area for dredged material from such project. Such review shall be completed Report to and submitted in a report to Congress within two years after the date of Congress. enactment of this section. (b) Beginning on the date of enactment of this section, (1) the requirement of local cooperation described in subsection (a) shall be suspended, and (2) Craney Island disposal area shall be used as the spoil disposal area for dredged material from such project, until Congress, by a statute enacted after the date on which the report required by subsection (a) is submitted, removes such suspension. SEC. 123. The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Los Angeles-Long Engineers, is authorized to operate and maintain the Los Angeles- Beach harbor Long Beach harbor model in Vicksburg, Mississippi, for the purpose of model, testing proposals for the improvement of navigation in, and the envi- Vicksburg, Miss,, ronmental quality of, the harbor waters of the ports of Los Angeles maintenance. and Long Beach to determine optimum plans for future expansion of both ports. Such testing shall include, but not be limited to, investigation of oscillations, tidal flushing characteristics, water quality, improvements for navigation, dredging, harbor fills, and physical structures.
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