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 PUBLIC LAW 110–114—NOV. 8, 2007

121 STAT. 1271

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(c) CONSISTENCY WITH COMPREHENSIVE COASTAL PROTECTION MASTER PLAN.—In developing the comprehensive plan, the Secretary shall ensure that the plan is not inconsistent with the goals, analysis, and design of the comprehensive coastal protection master plan authorized and defined pursuant to Act 8 of the First Extraordinary Session of the Louisiana State Legislature, 2005. (d) INCLUSIONS.—The comprehensive plan shall include a description of— (1) the framework of a long-term program integrated with hurricane and storm damage reduction, flood damage reduction, and navigation activities that provide for the comprehensive protection, conservation, and restoration of the wetlands, estuaries, barrier islands, shorelines, and related land and features of the coastal Louisiana ecosystem, including protection of critical resources, habitat, and infrastructure from the effects of a coastal storm, a hurricane, erosion, or subsidence; (2) the means by which a new technology, or an improved technique, can be integrated into the program referred to in paragraph (1); (3) the role of other Federal and State agencies and programs in carrying out such program; (4) specific, measurable success criteria (including ecological criteria) by which success of the plan will be measured; (5) proposed projects in order of priority as determined by their respective potential to contribute to— (A) creation of coastal wetlands; and (B) flood protection of communities ranked by population density and level of protection; and (6) efforts by Federal, State, and local interests to address sociological, economic, and related fields of law. (e) CONSIDERATIONS.—In developing the comprehensive plan, the Secretary shall consider the advisability of integrating into the program referred to in subsection (d)(1)— (1) an investigation and study of the maximum effective use of the water and sediment of the Mississippi and Atchafalaya Rivers for coastal restoration purposes consistent with flood control and navigation; (2) a schedule for the design and implementation of largescale water and sediment reintroduction projects and an assessment of funding needs from any source; (3) an investigation and assessment of alterations in the operation of the Old River Control Structure, consistent with flood control and navigation purposes; (4) any related Federal or State project being carried out on the date on which the plan is developed; (5) any activity in the restoration plan; and (6) any other project or activity identified in one or more of— (A) the Mississippi River and Tributaries program; (B) the Louisiana Coastal Wetlands Conservation Plan; (C) the Louisiana Coastal Zone Management Plan; (D) the plan of the State of Louisiana entitled ‘‘Integrated Ecosystem Restoration and Hurricane Protection—Louisiana’s Comprehensive Master Plan for a Sustainable Coast’’; and

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