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 26 E a s t River, N.Y. 33 USC 59c-2.

42 USC 4321 note.

Reimbursement to Federal agencies. Cape F e a r, N. e., project modification.

42 USC 1962d5a. Grand River, Mo.-Iowa, project modification. 79 Stat. 1080.

Report to Congress. Shoreline E r o s i o n Control Act of 1974. 42 USC 1962d-5 note.

PUBLIC LAW 93-251-MAR. 7, 1974

[88 STAT.

SEC. 51. If the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, finds that the proposed project to be erected at the location to be declared non-navigable under this section is in the public interest, on the basis of engineering studies to determine the location and structural stability of the bulkheading and filling and permanent pile-supported structures in order to preserve and maintain the remaining navigable waterway and on the basis of environmental studies conducted pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, then those portions of the East River in New York County, State of New York, bounded and described as follows are hereby declared to be not navigable waters of the United States within the meaning of the laws of the United States, and the consent of Congress is hereby given to the filling in of all or any part thereof or the erection of permanent pile-supported structures thereon: That portion of the East River in New York County, State of New York, lying shoreward of a line with the United States pierhead line as it exists on the date of the enactment of this Act, bounded on the north by the south side of Rutgers Slip extended easterly, and bounded on the south by the southeasterly border of Battery Park at a point adjacent to the westerly end of South Street extended south by southwest, is hereby declared to be nonnavigable waters of the United States. This declaration shall apply only to portions of the above-described area which are bulkheaded and filled or occupied by permanent pile-supported structures. Plans for bulkheading and filling and permanent pile-supported structures shall be approved by the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers. Local interests shall reimburse the Federal Government for engineering and all other costs incurred under this section. SEC. 52. The project for hurricane-flood control protection from Cape Fear to the North Carolina-South Carolina State line. North Carolina, authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1966 (80 Stat. 1418, 1419) is hereby modified to provide that the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, may enter into an agreement with non-Federal public bodies to provide for reimbursement of installation costs incurred by such bodies, or an equivalent reduction in the contributions they are otherwise required to make, or a combination thereof, in an amount not to exceed $2,000,000 for work to be performed in the project, subject to the provisions of subsections (b) through (e) of section 215 of the Flood Control Act of 1968. SEC. 53. The project for flood protection on the Grand River and tributaries, Missouri and Iowa, authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1965 is hereby modified to authorize and direct the Chief of Engineers to proceed immediately with the engineering and design of the Pattonsburg Lake project as presently authorized subject to such modifications as are determined desirable by the Chief of Engineers on the basis of results of a review of the authorized Grand River Basin plan of development including consideration of the current justification and feasibility of advance Federal participation in construction of the 1-35 highway crossing of the river and of including power facilities during the project construction. Such inclusion of power facilities shall be subject to submission of a feasibility report to the Congress and subsequent congressional action thereon. SEC. 54. (a) This section may be cited as the "Shoreline Erosion Control Demonstration Act of 1974". (b) The Congress finds that because of the importance and increasing interest in the coastal and estuarine zone of the United States, the deterioration of the shoreline within this zone due to erosion, the harm to water quality and marine life from shoreline erosion, the loss of recreational potential due to such erosion, the financial loss to private

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