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Surveys.

64 Stat. 168.

Streambank erosion, etc.

Report to Congress.

Citation of title.

PUBLIC LAW 90-483-AUG. 13, 1968

[82 STAT.

in lieu thereof a comma and the following: "and, if the Commission determines it advisable to do so, to provide a construction fund specifically to pay the cost of dismantling one bridge and constructing a new bridge to replace it as authorized by subsection (b) of section 5 of this Act." (c) Section 6 of such Act of December 21, 1944, is further amended by adding immediately following the third sentence of such section the following new sentence: "If no bonds or notes are outstanding or if a sinking fund specifically for payment of all outstanding bonds and notes shall have been provided, the remainder of such tolls may, if the Commission determines it advisable to do so, be placed in a construction fund for use in accordance with subsection (b) of section 5 of this Act." (d) The first sentence of subsection (a) of section 8 of such Act of December 21, 1944, is amended by inserting immediately after "solely for that purpose," the following: "and after any bridge constructed under authority of section 5(b) of this Act shall have been paid for, or sufficient funds are available in the construction fund authorized by section 6 to pay for such bridge,". (e) The amendments made by this section shall be inapplicable insofar as they authorize the construction of a bridge or bridges unless actual construction thereof is commenced within five years from the date of enactment of this section and such construction is completed by January 1, 1980. SEC. 119. The Secretary of the Army is hereby authorized and directed to cause surveys to be made at the following locations and subject to all applicable provisions of section 110 of the River and Harbor Act of 1950: Back River, Maryland, from Chesapeake Bay to the city of Baltimore's waste water treatment plants. Savannah and Tennessee Rivers, with a view to determining the advisability of providing a waterway connecting the rivers by canals and appurtenant facilities and a waterway connecting Charleston and Port Royal, South Carolina, with the lower Savannah River. Lake Superior, with a view to determining the advisability of a waterway connecting the lake and the Mississippi River. SEC. 120. (a) The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is authorized and directed to make studies of: (1) The nature and scope of the damages which result from streambank erosion throughout the United States, with a view toward determining the need for, and the feasibility of, a coordinated program of streambank protection in the interests of reducing damages from the deposition of sediment in reservoirs and waterways, the destruction of channels and adjacent lands, and other adverse effects of streambank erosion. (2) The need for and the feasibility of a program for the removal and disposal of drift and other debris, including abandoned vessels, from public harbors and associated channels under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Army. (b) The Secretary shall report to Congress, not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the results of such studies together with his recommendations in connection therewith, including an appropriate division of responsibility between Federal and nonFederal interests. SEC. 121. Title I of this Act may be cited as the "River and Harbor Act of 1968".

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