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 PUBLIC LAW 106-541—DEC. 11, 2000 114 STAT. 2641 SEC. 445. BOGUE BANKS, CARTERET COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. The Secretary shall expedite completion of a study under section 145 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1976 (33 U.S.C. 426j) on the expedited renourishment, through sharing of the costs of deposition of sand and other material used for beach renourishment, of the beaches of Bogue Banks in Carteret County, North Carolina, including Atlantic Beach, Pine Knoll Shores Beach, Salter Path Beach, Indian Beach, and Emerald Isle Beach. SEC. 446. DUCK CREEK WATERSHED, OHIO. The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of carrying out flood control, environmental restoration, and aquatic ecosystem restoration measures in the Duck Creek watershed, Ohio. SEC. 447. FREMONT, OHIO. In consultation with appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies, the Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of carrying out projects for water supply and environmental restoration at the Ballville Dam on the Sandusky River at Fremont, Ohio. SEC. 448. STEUBENVILLE, OHIO. The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of developing a public port along the Ohio River in the vicinity of Steubenville, Ohio. SEC. 449. GRAND LAKE, OKLAHOMA. (a) EVALUATION. — The Secretary shall— (1) evaluate the backwater effects specifically due to flood control operations on land around Grand Lake, Oklahoma; and (2) transmit, not later than 180 days after the date of Deadline, enactment of this Act, to Congress a report on whether Federal Reports, actions have been a significant cause of the backwater effects. (b) FEASIBILITY STUDY. — (1) IN GENERAL. —The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of— (A) addressing the backwater effects of the operation of the Pensacola Dam, Grand/Neosho River basin, Oklahoma; and (B) purchasing easements for any land that has been adversely affected by backwater flooding in the Grand/ Neosho River basin. (2) COST SHARING. —If the Secretary determines under subsection (a)(2) that Federal actions have been a significant cause of the backwater effects, the Federal share of the costs of the feasibility study under paragraph (1) shall be 100 percent. SEC. 450. COLUMBIA SLOUGH, OREGON. Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Deadline. Act, the Secretary shall complete under section 1135 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2309a) a feasibility study for the ecosystem restoration project at Columbia Slough, Oregon, If the Secretary determines that the project is appropriate, the Secretary may carry out the project on an expedited basis under such section.

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