PUBLIC LAW 94-587—OCT. 22, 1976 of Engineers and notification to Congress of the approval of the Chief of Engineers. SEC. 173. The project for flood protection in the Bassett Creek Watershed, Minnesota, is hereby adopted and authorized to be prosecuted by the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, substantialy in accordance with the plans and subject to the conditions contained in the report of the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors dated July 26, 1976, at an estimated cost of $7,593,000. This shall take effect upon submittal to the Secretary of the Army by the Chief of Engineers and notification to Congress of the approval of the Chief of Engineers. SEC. 174. The project of Caddo Dam and Reservoir, Louisiana, authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1965 (79 Stat. 1077, P.L. 89-298) is hereby modified to provide that the operation and maintenance of the project shall be the responsibility of the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers. SEC. 175. The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is authorized to undertake the phase I design memorandum stage of advanced engineering and design of the project for harbor modification at Cleveland Harbor, Ohio, in accordance with the report of the District Engineer, dated June 1976, at an estimated cost of $500,000. This shall take effect upon submittal to the Secretary of the Army by the Chief of Engineers and notification to Congress of the approval of the Chief of Engineers. SEC. 176. The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is hereby authorized and directed to cause a survey to be made at the Navajo Indian Reservation, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah for flood control and allied purposes, and subject to all applicable provisions of section 217 of the Flood Control Act of 1970 (Public Law 91-611), at an estimated cost of $2,000,000; and to submit reports thereon to the Congress with the recommendations. SEC. 177. The authorization of the Gaysville Dam and Lake project, Stockbridge, Chittenden, and Rochester, Vermont, provided by section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1936, as modified by the Acts of Congress approved May 25, 1937, June 28, 1938, and August 18, 1941, is terminated upon the enactment of this Act. SEC. 178. (a) If the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, finds that the proposed project to be erected at the location to be declared nonnavigable under this section is in the public interest, on the basis of engineering studies to determine the location and structural stability of any bulkheading and filling and permanent pile-supported structure, in order to preserve and maintain the remaining navigable waterway and on the basis of environmental studies conducted pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, then that portion of the Hudson River in Hudson County, State of New Jersey, bounded and described as follows is hereby declared to be nonnavigable water of the United States within the meaning of the laws of the United States, and the consent of Congress is hereby given to the filling in of all or any part thereof and the erection of permanent pile-supported structures thereon: Such portion is in the township of North Bergen in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, and is more particularly described as follows: At a point in the easterly right-of-way of New Jersey Shore Line Railroad (formerly New Jersey Junction Railroad) said point being located northerly, measured along said easterly right-of-way, 81.93 feet from Station 54-f 42.4 as shown
90 STAT. 2937
Bassett Creek Watershed, Minn., project.
Notice to Congress. Caddo Dam and Reservoir, La., project modification. Cleveland Harbor, Ohio, project.
Notice to Congress. Navajo Indian Reservation, Ariz.-N. Mex.Utah, survey. Reports to Congress. 84 Stat. 1830. Gaysville Dam and Lake project, Vt., termination.
Hudson River, Hudson County, N.J. 33 USC 59n.
42 USC 4321 note.
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