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PUBLIC LAW 89-298-OCT. 27, 1965

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in cooperation with other Federal and State agencies. Local interests shall agree to hold and save the United States free from claims that may occur from control operations and to participate to the extent of 30 per centum of the cost of such operations. Costs for research and planning undertaken pursuant to the authorities of this section shall be borne fully by the Federal Government. " (b) There are authorized to be appropriated such amounts, not Appropriation. in excess of $5,000,000 annually, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. Any such funds employed for control operations shall be allocated by the Chief of Engineers on a priority basis, based upon the urgency and need of each area, and the availability of local funds." Susquehanna SEC. 303. The consent of Congress is hereby granted for the pur- River dam. P a. poses of section 9 of the Act of March 3, 1899 (33 U.S.C. 401), to Construction th riza the State of Pennsylvania, to construct a dam on the Susquehanna a u30 oStat. t i o n. 1151. River, downstream from the Bainbridge Street Bridge at Sunbury, Pennsylvania. SEC. 304. The Secretary of the Army is hereby authorized and Surveys, authordirected to cause surveys to be made at the following locations and i z a t i o n. subject to all applicable provisions of section 110 of the River and 64 Stat. 168. Harbor Act of 1950: Jonesport Harbor, Maine. Blue Hill Harbor, Maine. Great and Little Bays and their tributaries, New Hampshire, and adjoining tributaries of the Piscataqua River, New Hampshire and Maine, with a view to determining the advisability of providing improvements in the interest of navigation and allied purposes. Popponesset Bay, Massachusetts. Niagara River, New York, with respect to nature and extent of measures necessary to preserve and enhance the scenic beanty of the American Falls. Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence Seaway: Investigation and study of means of extending the navigation season on the waterways at an estimated cost not to exceed $75,000. Report to include a full and C o n t e n t s of complete investigation and study of waterway deicing systems, includ- reports. ing a review of any previous pertinent reports by the Department of the Army, any available information from any of the other Departments of the Government, and waterw^ay deicing methods in use by private concerns and foreign governments, for the purpose of determining the practicability, means, and economic justification for extending the navigation season on the Great Lakes (including connecting channels and harbors) and the Saint Lawrence Seaway by eliminating ice conditions to the extent possible. The Chief of Engineers may submit such interim reports as may be deemed advisable, and shall submit his final reports, together with his recommendations for such legislation and administrative actions as he may deem advisable, not later than two years after funds are made available for the study. Lake Dauterive and Chareton Floodgate, Louisiana. Dickinson Bayou, Texas. Manchester Harbor, Washington. Gulfport Harbor, Mississippi. Calumet River, Illinois. Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, from about mile 29 West of Harvey Lock to U.S. Highway No. 90 in vicinity of Boutte, Louisiana. Intracoastal Waterway from the Caloosahatchee River to the Withlacoochee River, Florida, with a view to determining the advisability of modifying the project, with particular reference to provision for a side channel or connecting channel improvement through Cross Bayou

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