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 PUBLIC LAW 97-128—DEC. 29, 1981

95 STAT. 1681

Public Law 97-128 97th Congress

An Act To deauthorize several projects within the jurisdiction of the Army Corps of Engineers.

Dec. 29, 1981 [S. 1493]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) section 204Army Corps of of the Flood Control Act of 1965 (Public Law 89-298) is amended as Engineers projects, follows: "The Dickey-Lincoln School Lakes project, Saint John River, deauthorization. Maine, is hereby modified to deauthorize that component of the 79 Stat. 1074. project known and referred to as the Dickey Dam and its associated transmission facilities.". (b) No Federal agency or department shall consider any license application relating to hydropower projects above the site of the Lincoln School Dam on the Saint John River and its tributaries, Maine, for a period of two years after the enactment of this Act. SEC. 2. (a) llie authorization for the Meramec Park Lake (herein- Authorization, after in this section referred to as the "project") contained in that termination. portion of the general comprehensive plan forfloodcontrol and other purposes in the Upper Mississippi River Basin, which plan was authorized by section 4 of the Act entitled "An Act authorizing the construction of certain public works on rivers and harbors for flood control, and for other purposes", approved June 28, 1938 (52 Stat. 1218), as modified by section 203 of the Flood Control Act of 1966 80 Stat. 1419. (Public Law 89-789), is hereby terminated. (b) The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers (hereinafter in this section referred to as the "Secretary"), shall immediately undertake interim management and maintenance of works, structures, and interests in lands related to the project pending the implementation of the subsequent provisions of this section. (c) The Secretary shall dispose of works, structures, and interests in Project disposal. lands related to the project as follows: (1) To the State of Missouri, all right, title, and interest in and to not less than three thousand three hundred and eighty-two acres nor more than five thousand one hundred and twenty-two acres, as determined by the Governor of the State of Missouri. (2) A perpetual easement sufficient to safeguard for the river user the natural, cultural, and visual resources of the Meramec River and Huzzah and Courtois Creeks shall be conveyed to the State of Missouri. The Secretary is hereby directed to establish such easements in conjunction with the State of Missouri. Said easements shall be not less than one hundred feet nor more than one-quarter mile as measured from the normal highwater mark of said river and creeks, taking into consideration the varying terrain of such lands and the best public interest. Said easement shall be available for the development of the Ozark Trail, which will be constructed and maintained by the State of Missouri. The Secretary shall submit to the State of Missouri before January 6, Land 1982, an offer to convey the lands authorized by this section. If the conveyance.

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