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 PUBLIC LAW 106-541—DEC. 11, 2000 114 STAT. 2651 habitation that was constructed before January 1, 2000, and is located on fee land or in violation of the flowage easement. (3) FEE LAND.— The term "fee land" means the land acquired in fee title by the United States for the Lake. (4) FLOWAGE EASEMENT. — The term "flowage easement" means an interest in land that the United States acquired that provides the right to flood, to the elevation of 1,085 feet above mean sea level (among other rights), land surrounding the Lake. (5) LAKE.— The term "Lake" means the Lake Sidney Lanier, Georgia, project of the Corps of Engineers authorized by the first section of the Rivers and Harbors Act of July 24, 1946 (60 Stat. 635). (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM. — Not later than 120 days Deadline, after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish. Public notice, and provide public notice of, a program— (1) to convey to eligible property owners the right to maintain existing structures for human habitation on fee land; or (2) to release eligible property owners from the easement prohibition as it applies to existing structures for human habitation on the flowage easements (if the floor elevation of the human habitation area is above the elevation of 1,085 feet above mean sea level). (c) REGULATIONS.— To carry out subsection (b), the Secretary shall issue regulations that— (1) require the Corps of Engineers to suspend any activities to require eligible property owners to remove structures for human habitation that encroach on fee land or flowage easements; (2) provide that a person that owns a structure for human habitation on land adjacent to the Lake shall have a period of 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act— (A) to request that the Corps of Engineers resurvey the property of the person to determine if the person is an eligible property owner under this section; and (B) to pay the costs of the resurvey to the Secretary for deposit in the Corps of Engineers account in accordance with section 2695 of title 10, United States Code; (3) provide that when a determination is made, through a private survey or through a boundary line maintenance survey conducted by the Federal Government, that a structure for human habitation is located on the fee land or a flowage easement— (A) the Corps of Engineers shall immediately notify the property owner by certified mail; and (B) the property owner shall have a period of 90 days from receipt of the notice in which to establish that the structure was constructed before January 1, 2000, and that the property owner is an eligible property owner under this section; (4) provide that any private survey shall be subject to review and approval by the Corps of Engineers to ensure that the private survey conforms to the boundary line established by the Federal Government; (5) require the Corps of Engineers to offer to an eligible property owner a conveyance or release that—

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