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 90 STAT. 2936

Plan, transmittal to congressional committees.

Appropriation authorization. Feasibility studies.

Appropriation authorization.

42 USC 1962d-16. Pine Mountain Lake on Lee Creek, Ark.Okla., project construction. 16 USC 460/-12 note. Little Dell Project, Salt Lake eity Streams, Utah, modification. Sowashee Creek, Meridian, Miss., project modification.

Mermentau River and the Gulf of Mexico Navigation Channel, La. Notice to Congress.

PUBLIC LAW 94-587—OCT. 22, 1976 (8) measures deemed necessary or desirable to insure that the potential contribution of hydroelectric resources to the overall electric energy supply are realized to the maximum extent possible; and (9) any other pertinent factors necessary to evaluate the development and operation of hydroelectric projects of the Corps of Engmeers. (b) Within three years after the date of the first appropriation of funds for the purpose of carrying out this section, the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, shall transmit the plan prepared pursuant to subsection (a) with supporting studies and documentation, together with the recommendations of the Secretary and the Chief of Engineers on such plan, to the Committee on Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Public Works and Transportation of the House of Representatives. (c) There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out subsections (a) and (b) of this section not to exceed $7,000,000. (d) The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is authorized with respect to previously authorized projects to undertake feasibility studies of specific hydroelectric power installations that are identified in the course of the study authorized by this section, as having high potential for contribution toward meeting regional power needs. There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection not to exceed $5,000,000 per fiscal year for each of the fiscal years 1978 and 1979. SEC. 168. Subsection 22(b) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-251) is amended by striking out "$2,000,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$4,000,000". SEC. 169. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the project for Pine Mountain Lake on Lee Creek, Arkansas and Oklahoma, authorized by section 204 of the Flood Control Act of 1965 (79 Stat. 1073), shall be constructed, operated, and maintained in accordance with the Federal Water Project Recreation Act (Public Law 89-72). SEC. 170. The Little Dell Project, Salt Lake City Streams, Utah, authorized in section 203 of the Flood Control Act of 1968 (P.L. 90-483; 82 Stat. 744) is hereby modified to authorize the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to decrease the amount of storage capacity so as to more adequately reflect existing needs. SEC. 171. The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is hereby authorized to undertake the phase I design memorandum stage of advanced engineering and design of the project elements involving the lowermost 10.1 mile-long segment of channel modification of Sowashee Creek at Meridian, Mississippi, substantially in accordance with the plan of development approved by the Administrator, Soil Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture, on October 15, 1974, at an estimated cost of $450,000. SEC. 172. The project for assumption of maintenance of the Mermentau River and the Gulf of Mexico Navigation Channel, Louisiana, is hereby adopted and authorized to be prosecuted by the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, substantially in accordance with the plans and subject to the conditions contained in the report of the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors dated January 16, 1976, at an estimated annual cost of $155,000. This shall take eftect upon submittal to the Secretary of the Army by the Chief

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