90 STAT. 2934 Nonnavigable waters. 33 USC 59m. Study.
Snake River, Oreg., Wash., Idaho, project modification.
42 USC 1962d-5b.
Appropriation authorization. Repeal. 40 USC 53. Demonstration program. 33 USC 426k.
controllable diversion rate.
PUBLIC LAW 94-587—OCT. 22, 1976
SEC. 162, For the purposes of section 10 of the Act of March 3, 1899 (30 Stat. 1151) (33 U.S.C. 401) the following bodies of water are declared nonnavigable: Lake Oswego, Oregon; Lake Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; and Lake George, New York. SEC. 163. The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is authorized and directed to study water and surface transportation needs resulting from the expansion and further development of the San Pedro Bay ports. Such study shall include, but not be limited to, the feasibility and advisability of enlarging the Dominguez Channel for flood control purposes. SEC. 164. The project for the Snake River, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, authorized in section 2 of the River and Harbor Act of 1945 (59 Stat. 21) is hereby modified to authorize and direct the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to construct at full Federal expense a four-lane, high-level highway bridge and approaches thereto connecting the cities of Lewiston, Idaho, and Clarkston, Washington, at or near river mile 141.3 of the Snake River, approximately two miles upstream of the present United States Highway 12 bridge. Before construction may be initiated the non-Federal interests shall agree pursuant to section 221 of the Flood Control Act of 1970 (P.L. 91-611) to (1) hold and save the United States free from damages resulting from construction of the bridge and its approaches, (2) provide without cost to the United States all lands, easements, and rights-of-way necessary for the construction of the bridge and its approaches, and (3) own, maintain, and operate the bridge and its approaches after construction is completed, free to the public. There is authorized to carry out this section not to exceed $21,000,000. SEC. 165. That portion of the first section of the Act of September 1, 1916 (39 Stat. 693) entitled "Washington Aqueduct" is hereby repealed. SEC. 166. (a) In order to alleviate water damage on the shoreline of Lake Michigan and others of the Great Lakes during periods of abnormally high water levels in the Great Lakes, and to improve the water quality of the Illinois Waterway, the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is authorized to carry out a five-year demonstration program to temporarily increase the diversion of water from Lake Michigan at Chicago, Illinois, for the purpose of testing the practicability of increasing the average annual diversion from the present limit of three thousand two hundred cubic feet per second to ten thousand cubic feet per second. The demonstration program will increase the controllable diversion by various amounts calculated to raise the average annual diversion above three thousand two hundred cubic feet per second up to ten thousand cubic feet per second. The increase in diversion rate will be accomplished incrementally and will take into consideration the effects of such increase on the Illinois Waterway. The program will be developed by the Chief of Engineers in cooperation with the State of Illinois and the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago. The program will be implemented by the State of Illinois and the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago under the supervision of the Chief of Engineers. (b) During the demonstration program a controllable diversion rate will be established for each month calculated to establish an annual average diversion from three thousand two hundred cubic feet per second to not more than ten thousand cubic feet per second. When the level of Lake Michigan is below its average level, the total
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