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 121 STAT. 1150

PUBLIC LAW 110–114—NOV. 8, 2007

(b) CRITICAL RESTORATION PROJECTS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may participate in any critical restoration project in the Upper Connecticut River basin in accordance with the general management plan developed under subsection (a). (2) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—A critical restoration project shall be eligible for assistance under this section if the project— (A) meets the purposes described in the general management plan developed under subsection (a); and (B) with respect to the Upper Connecticut River and Upper Connecticut River watershed, consists of— (i) bank stabilization of the main stem, tributaries, and streams; (ii) wetland restoration and migratory bird habitat restoration; (iii) soil and water conservation; (iv) restoration of natural flows; (v) restoration of stream stability; (vi) implementation of an intergovernmental agreement for coordinating ecosystem restoration, fish passage installation, streambank stabilization, wetland restoration, habitat protection and restoration, or natural flow restoration; (vii) water quality improvement; (viii) aquatic nuisance species control; (ix) improvements in fish migration; and (x) conduct of any other project or activity determined to be appropriate by the Secretary. (c) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—In carrying out this section, the Secretary may enter into one or more cooperative agreements to provide financial assistance to appropriate Federal, State, or local governments or nonprofit agencies. Such assistance may include assistance for the implementation of projects to be carried out under subsection (b). (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $20,000,000. Such sums shall remain available until expended. SEC. 3160. LAKE CHAMPLAIN WATERSHED, VERMONT AND NEW YORK.

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Section 542 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2671) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)(2)— (A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph (D); (B) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (G); and (C) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following: ‘‘(E) river corridor assessment, protection, management, and restoration for the purposes of ecosystem restoration; ‘‘(F) geographic mapping conducted by the Secretary using existing technical capacity to produce a high-resolution, multispectral satellite imagery-based land use and cover data set; or’’; (2) in subsection (e)(2)(A)— (A) by striking ‘‘The non-Federal’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The non-Federal’’; and

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