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Participating agencies, agree« ment.

50 Stat. 877. 33 USC 701c.

43 USC 1501 note, Puerto Rico,

Reports to Congress.

East Grand Forks, Minn.

64 Stat. 170. 33 USC 701c

Wolf ereek Park rea, Tex.

PUBLIC LAW 91-611-DEC. 31, 1970

[84 STAT.

relocation of the river with the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway on the left descending bank and the United States Highway Numbered 23 on the right descending bank of such open cut. Spoil material from the open cut shall be utilized for filled areas included in the model city plan. (b) The work authorized by this section shall not be commenced until an agreement satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, has been entered into with the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the State Highway Department of Kentucky, the Federal Highw^ay Administration, the Appalachian Regional Commission, the Chesapeake and Ohio Railw^ay Company, the city of Pikeville, and other participating agencies, relative to the financial responsibility of each participant in the model city project; and appropriate non-Federal interests have furnished the cooperation required by section 3 of the Flood Control Act, approved June 22, 1936 (49 Stat. 1570), as amended. Financial participation of the Department of the Army shall be based upon an equitable distribution of costs among the participants. SEC. 203. The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is authorized to cooperate and participate with concerned Federal, State, and local agencies in preparing the general plan for the development of the water resources of the western United States authorized by the Colorado River Basin Project Act (82 Stat. 885). SEC. 204. (a) The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is authorized to cooperate with the Commonw^ealth of Puerto Rico, political subdivisions thereof, and appropriate agencies and instrumentalities thereof, in the preparation of plans for the development, utilization, and conservation of water and related land resources of drainage basins and coastal areas in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and to submit to Congress reports and recommendations with respect to appropriate participation by the Department of the Army in carrying out such plans. Such plans that may be recommended to the Congress shall be harmonious components of overall development plans being formulated by the Commonwealth and shall be fully coordinated with all interested Federal agencies. (b) The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, shall consider plans to meet the needs of the Commonwealth for protection against floods, wnse use of flood plain lands, improvement of navigation facilities, regional water supply and waste management systems, outdoor recreational facilities, the enhancement and control of water quality, enhancement and conservation of fish and wildlife, beach erosion control, and other measures for environmental enhancement. SEC. 205. Notwithstanding the first proviso in section 201 of the Acts entitled "An Act authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors for navigation, flood control, and for other purposes" approved June 30, 1948 (62 Stat. 1171), and May 17, 1950 (64 Stat. 63), the authorization in section 203 of the Act of June 30, 1948, and section 204 of the Act of May 17, 1950, of the project for local protection at East Grand Forks, Minnesota, shall expire on April 17, 1975, unless local interests shall before such date furnish assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that the required local cooperation in such project will be furnished. SEC. 206. The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is authorized and directed to elevate, relocate, or make such other changes as may be necessary to insure that the road located in the Wolf Creek Park area, running in an east-west direction and crossing Wolf Creek, Harris Branch, and Strain Branch in the Navarro Mills Reservoir, Texas, wall at all times be above elevation four hundred and forty-three feet above mean sea level.

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