Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 90 Part 2.djvu/1463

 PUBLIC LAW 94-587—OCT. 22, 1976

90 STAT. 2931

ment facilities systems, recreation facilities, enhancement and conservation of water quality, enhancement and conservation of fish and wildlife, other measures for environmental enhancement, and economic and human resources development. Based upon the findings of such study, the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, shall prepare a plan for the implementation of such findings which shall be compatible with other comprehensive development plans prepared by local planning agencies and other interested Federal agencies. SEC. 145. The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Beaches. Engineers, is authorized upon request of the State, to place on the 33 USC 426j. beaches of such State beach-quality sand which has been dredged in constructing and maintaining navigation inlets and channels adjacent to such beaches, if the Secretary deems such action to be in the public interest and upon payment of the increased cost thereof above the cost required for alternative methods of disposing of such sand. SEC. 146. The project for harbor improvement at Noyo, Mendocino Noyo, Calif., County, California, authorized by the River and Harbor Act of 1962 breakwaters. (76 Stat. 1173), is hereby modified to authorize the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to construct such breakwaters as may be needed to provide necessary protection, but not more than two, and to construct such additional channel improvements, including, but not limited to, deepening, widening, and extensions, as he deems necessary to meet applicable economic and environmental criteria. SEC. 147. The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Columbia River, P^ngineers, is authorized and directed to conduct hydrographic sur- Wash., veys of the Columbia River from Richland, Washington, to Grand hydrographic Coulee Dam for the purpose of identifying navigational hazards and surveys. preparing maps of the river channel at an estimated cost of $500,000, and providing information necessary for establishment of aids to navigation. SEC. 148. The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of 33 USC 419a. Engineers, shall utilize and encourage the utilization of such management practices as he determines appropriate to extend the capacity and useful life of dredged material disposal areas such that the need for new dredged material disposal areas is kept to a minimum. Management practices authorized by this section shall include, but not be limited to. the construction of dikes, consolidation and dewatering of dredged material, and construction of drainage and outflow facilities. SEC. 149. The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Shooters' Island, Engineers, is hereby authorized and directed to remove Shooters' N.Y., removal Island located north of Staten Island, New York, at the mouth of Arthur Kill and to utilize such removed material for fill and widening of Arthur Kill. SEC. 150. The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Wetland areas. Engineers, is authorized to plan and establish wetland areas as part 42 USC of an authorized water resources development project under his juris- 1962d-5e. diction. Establishment of any wetland area in connection with the dredging required for such a water resources development project may be undertaken in any case where the Chief of Engineers in his judgment finds that— (1) environmental, economic, and social benefits of the wetland area justifies the increased cost thereof above the cost required for alternative methods of disposing of dredged material for such project; and

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