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PUBLIC LAW 91-611-DEC. 31, 1970

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SEC. 207. Paragraph (2) under the heading "Lower Mississippi River Basin'* in section 203 of the Flood Control Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-789) is amended by striking out "Baton Rouge, Louisiana," 8° Stat. 1420. and inserting in lieu thereof "Cairo, Illinois,". SEC. 208. Subsection (b) of the first section of the Act entitled "An Act authorizing Federal participation in the cost of protecting the shores of publicly owned property.", approved August 13, 1946 (33 U.S.C. 426e(b)), is amended by inserting " (1) " after "except that", ^/^tftfIm.' by striking out "and, further, that" and inserting " (2) " in lieu thereof, and by inserting before the period at the end thereof a comma and the following: "and (3) Federal participation in the cost of a project providing hurricane protection may be, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, not more than 70 per centum of the total cost exclusive of land costs." SEC. 209. It is the intent of Congress that the objectives of enhancing regional economic development, the quality of the total enviroimient, including its protection and improA'ement, the well-being of the people of the United States, and the national economic development are the objectives to be included in federally financed water resource projects, and in the evaluation of benefits and cost attributable thereto, giving due consideration to the most feasible alternative means of accomplishing these objectives. bEC. 210. The project for the western Kentucky tributaries (Obion obion creek,Ky. Creek), Kentucky, authorized as part of the comprehensive plan for the lower Mississippi Basin in the Flood Control Act of 1965, is hereby ^9 Stat. io76. modified to provide that the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, shall, after the date of enactment of this Act, relocate at Federal expense all transmission lines (both ^as and electric) in western Kentucky required to be relocated by this project or, at his discretion, reimburse or credit local interests for such relocations made by them. SEC. 211. (a) Section 3013 of title 10, United States Code, is amended si Stat. 523. by striking out "four Assistant Secretaries" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "five Assistant Secretaries", and by adding at the end thereof the following: "One of the Assistant Secretaries shall be the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works. He shall have as his principal duty the overall supervision of the functions of the Department of the Army relating to programs for conservation and development of the national water resources including flood control, navigation, shore protection, and related purposes." (b) Paragraph (15) of section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, is 82 Stat. 1312. amended by striking o u t " (4) " and inserting in lieu thereof " (5)". SEC. 212. The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Guadalupe River, Engineers, is authorized, in the interests of flood control and related '^^''" purposes, to remove logjams in the lower Guadalupe River, Texas. Prior to the undertaking of the work authorized by this section, appropriate non-Federal interests shall agree to furnish without cost to the United States lands, easements, and rights-of-way necessary for the work, to hold and save the United States free from damages due to the work and to perform all such work thereafter. SEC. 213. The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Niobrara, Nebr. Engineers, is authorized to resolve the seepage and drainage problem in the vicinity of the town of Niobrara, Nebraska, that may be related to operation of Gavins Point Dam and Lewis and Clark Lake project, Nebraska and South Dakota, subject to a determination by the Chief of Engineers with the approval of the Secretary of the Army, of the most feasible solution thereto. There is authorized to be appropriated Appropriation. to the Secretary not to exceed $7,800,000, to carry out this section.

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