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 90 STAT. 2930 Waurika Dam and Reservoir, Okla., project modification.

33 USC 547a.

Susquehanna River, Pa., flood protection study; report to Congress. San Francisco Bay, investigation.

Study.

Hilo Bay Area and Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, study.

PUBLIC LAW 94-587—OCT. 22, 1976 SEC. 139. The project for Waurika Dam and Reservoir on Beaver Creek, Oklahoma, authorized by the Act of December 30, 1963 (P.L. 88-253), is hereby modified to provide that the interest rate applicable to the repayment by non-Federal interests of the cost of the water conveyance facilities shall be the same as the interest rate established for repayment of the cost of municipal and industrial water supply storage in the reservoir. SEC. 140. In the case of any authorized navigation project which has been partially constructed, or is to be constructed, which is located in one or more States, and which serves regional needs, the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, may include in any economic analysis which is under preparation at the time of enactment of this Act such regional economic development benefits as he determines to be appropriate for purposes of computing the economic justification of the project. SEC. 141. The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is hereby authorized and directed to make a study and report which shall include his conclusions and recommendations to the Congress on the advisability and feasibility of providing flood protection by dredging the Susquehanna River in the Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania, and the surrounding region. SEC. 142. The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is authorized and directed to investigate the flood and related problems to those lands lying below the plane of mean higher high water along the San Francisco Bay shoreline of San Mateo, Santa Clara, Alameda, Napa, Sonoma and Solano Counties to the confluence of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers with a view toward determining the feasibility of and the Federal interest in providing protection against tidal and fluvial flooding. The investigation shall evaluate the effects of any proposed improvements on wildlife preservation, agriculture, municipal and urban interests in coordination with Federal, State, regional, and local agencies with particular reference to preservation of existing marshland in the San Francisco Bay region. SEC. 143. The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is hereby authorized and directed to make a study in cooperation with the government of the Territory of American Samoa with particular reference to providing a plan for the development, utilization, and conservation of water and related land resources. Such study shall include appropriate consideration of the needs for flood protection, wise use of flood plain lands, navigation facilities, hydroelectric power generation, regional water supply and waste water management facilities systems, general recreation facilities, enhancement and control of water quality, enhancement and conservation of fish and wildlife, and other measures for environmental enhancement, economic and human resources development, and shall be compatible with comprehensive development plans formulated by local planning agencies and other interested Federal agencies. SEC. 144. The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, in cooperation with the State of Hawaii and appropriate units of local government, shall make a study of methods to develop, utilize, and conserve water and land resources in the Hilo Bay Area, Hawaii, and Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. Such study shall include, but not be limited to, consideration of the need for flood protection, appropriate use of flood plain lands, navigation facilities, hydroelectric power generation, regional water supply and waste water manage-

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