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 PUBLIC LAW 100-202—DEC. 22, 1987

101 STAT. 1329-110

measures shall complement similar works planned and constructed by the Soil Conservation Service and be limited to the areas of responsibility mutually agreeable to the District Engineer and the State Conservationist. In furtherance of the development of the Atchafalaya Basin Floodway System, Louisiana, in accordance with Public Laws 99-88 and 99-662, the Secretary of the Army is directed to acquire necessary interests in real estate for all features of the project, flood control, developmental control, environmental, and public access, beginning at the North end of the basin and proceeding southerly. With the funds herein provided, the Secretary is further directed to begin to concurrently acquire all real estate interests approved for the project as the acquisition process proceeds in the manner described in the preceding sentence: Provided further. That the Secretary is directed to expedite the acquisition, in fee simple, of lands, excluding minerals, for public access in the Atchafalaya Basin Floodway System, Louisiana, as authorized by Public Laws 99-88 and 99-662, and to expend up to 50 per centum of the funds herein provided for this purpose. Funds provided to the Corps of Engineers are to be used in carrying out advanced engineering and design work on the Helena Harbor, Phillips County, Arkansas, project. The Corps will complete the advanced engineering and design work and be prepared to let a contract for the first phase of the construction not later than October 1, 1988. The Secretary of the Army shall allocate $180,000 to the Mississippi River East Bank, Warren to Wilkerson Counties, Mississippi, Natchez Area project to complete by May 1988 a reevaluation of alternative plans, submission of a draft reevaluation report/ Environmental Impact Statement supplement, coordination of report findings with public and other agencies, and completion and submission of the final report by December 1988.

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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, GENERAL

For expenses necessary for the preservation, operation, maintenance, and care of existing river and harbor, flood control, and related works, including such sums as may be necessary for the maintenance of harbor channels provided by a State, municipality or other public agency, outside of harbor lines, and serving essential needs of general commerce and navigation; surveys and charting of northern and northwestern lakes and connecting waters; clearing and straightening channels; and removal of obstructions to navigation, $1,400,000,000 to remain available until expended, of which such sums as become available in the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99-662, may be derived from that fund, and of which $12,000,000 shall be for construction, operation, and maintenance of outdoor recreation facilities, to be derived from the special account established by the Land and Water Conservation Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 4601): Provided, That not to exceed $8,000,000 shall be available for obligation for national emergency preparedness programs: Provided further. That none of the funds made available under "Operation and Maintenance, General" shall be used to pay the expenses of the Department of the Army regulatory activities. The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to undertake the following projects in fiscal year 1988: Sauk Lake, Minnesota; and Yaquina North Jetty, Oregon.



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