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 PUBLIC LAW 100-676—NOV. 17, 1988

102 STAT. 4017

out the project under section 205 of the Flood Control Act of 1948 (33 U.S.C.701S).". (m) ROSEAU RTVER, MINNESOTA.—The project for flood control, Roseau River, Minnesota, authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1965, is modified to authorize and direct the Secretary to construct as authorized, or to construct under section 205 of the Flood Control Act of 1948 (33 U.S.C. 701s), the 6-mile flood control levee in the vicinity of Duxby, Minnesota, beginning at a point approximately 2 miles upstream, substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers contained in House Document Numbered 282, 89th Congress, at an estimated total cost of $360,000, and with an estimated first Federal cost of $270,000 and an estimated first non-Federal cost of $90,000. In analyzing costs and benefits of such project, the Secretary shall consider the costs and benefits produced by any work which is carried out under such section 205 and which the Secretary determines is compatible with such project. (n) GuLPPORT HARBOR, MISSISSIPPI.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The project for navigation, Gulfport Harbor, Mississippi, authorized by section 202(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 4094-4095) is modified to authorize the Secretary to dispose, in accordance with all provisions of Federal law, of dredged material— (A) from construction, operation, and maintenance of such project in open waters of the Gulf of Mexico; (B) from construction of such project by thin layer disposal in the Mississippi Sound under the demonstration program carried out under paragraph (2); (C) fix>m operation and maintenance of such project by disposal in the Mississippi Sound under a plan developed by the Secretary and approved by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency if the Secretary, after consultation with the study team established under paragraph (3), determines that the report submitted under paragraph (2)(H) indicates that there will be no unacceptable adverse environmental impacts from such disposal; and (D) from construction, operation, and maintenance of such project as fill in connection with a pier extension project for such Harbor carried out under a permit issued before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act under section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. (2) DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.—

(A) PURPOSES.—During construction of the Gulfport Harbor navigation project, the Secretary shall carry out a demonstration program for the purpose of evaluating the costs and benefits of thin layer disposal in the Mississippi Sound of dredged material fi:t>m construction of harbor improvements, including any operation and maintenance materials that may be removed during construction, and for determining whether or not there are unacceptable adverse effects from such disposal— (i) on human h ^ t h or welfare, including but not limited to plankton, fish, shellfish, wildlife, shorelines, and beaches; (ii) on marine life (including the transfer, concentration, and dispersal of pollutants or their byproducts

Waste disposal.

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