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PUBLIC LAW 91.^11-DEC. 31, 1970

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B E A C H EROSION

Lido Key, Florida: House Document l^umbered 91-320, at an estimated cost of $240,000; the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is authorized to reimburse or credit local interests for work performed by them subsequent to July 1, 1968, and in accordance with the recommended plan of improvement. SEC. 102. The Secretary of the Army is hereby authorized and ^^^^"'^^^^^}°'^ '=^""' directed to cause an immediate study to be made under the direction n e l, study. of the Chief of Engineers of a navigation channel, having a depth of seventeen feet at mean low water, and a width of one hundred feet, extending a distance of approximately two and one-half miles from deep water in Saint Georges Creek, Maryland, to the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship at Piney Point, Maryland, and terminating in a turning basin at that location. Such project because of its immedi- Appropriation. ate and long-range value to the United States Merchant Marine and to national defense, is hereby authorized, at an estimated cost of $475,000, as determined to be feasible and justified by the Chief of Engineers and Secretary of the Army wath the approval of the President, unless within the first period of ninety calendar days of continuous session of the Congress after the date on which the report is Report to con.. submitted to it, such report is disapproved by the Congress. The s""^^^' requirements for cooperation shall include provisions that local interests shall furnish all lands, easements, and rights-of-way for construction and future maintenance of the project; hold and save the United States free from damages, and bear the cost of all spoil disposal areas. SEC. 103. The costs of operation and maintenance of the general navigation features of small boat harbor projects authorized between January 1, 1970, and December 31, 1970, under the authority of this Act, section 201 of the Flood Control Act of 1965, or section 107 of the 79 Stat. 1073. River and Harbor Act of 1960, shall be borne by the United States. 7^ "^^^^ Zff'^' SEC. 104. The proviso in section 6 of the Act of July 3, 1930, as 33 USC 577.' amended (48 Stat. 948; 33 U.S.C. 569a), is amended to read as follows: ^^ Stat. les. "Provided, That individuals so engaged may be paid at rates not to exceed the daily equivalent of the rate for GS-18 for each day of their ^"'^' P- i^s-i^services,*' SEC. 105. The civilian members of the Board on Coastal Engineering ^o^^d on coastai Research authorized by the Act of November 7, 1963 (33 U.S.C. 426-2) '^earch^'^ZX's^ may be paid at rates not to exceed the daily equivalent of the rate for tion. GS-18 for each day of attendance at Board meetings, not to exceed ^ ^^^^' ^°5* thirty days per year, in addition to the traveling and other necessary expenses connected with their duties on the Board in accordance with the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 5703 (b), (d), and 5707. so Stat. 499; SEC. 106. The Secretary of the Army is hereby authorized and ^ ^survey s!°* 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: ^^ Stat. les. Shooters Island, New York, possible removal and utilization for fill and widening of Arthur Kill. Elk River, Maryland. Stillpond Creek, Kent County, Maryland. Patapsco River, Brooklyn, Maryland. Kanawha and James Rivers, with a view to determining the advisability of providing a waterway connecting the Kanawha River, West Virginia, and James River, Virginia, by canals and appurtenant facilities. Ventura Marina to Ventura Keys, Ventura County, California. Harbors and rivers in American Samoa and the territory of Guam, in the interests of navigation, flood control, and related water resources purposes.

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