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Code · BILL · 115th Congress · H.R. 8 (Reported in House) — To provide for improvements to the rivers and harbors of the United States, to provide for the conservation and devel... · Sec. 203

Sec. 203. Expedited completion of reports for certain projects

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The Secretary shall expedite the completion of a feasibility study for each of the following projects, and if the Secretary determines that the project is justified in a completed report, may proceed directly to preconstruction planning, engineering, and design of the project: Project for riverbank stabilization, Selma, Alabama. Project for ecosystem restoration, Three Mile Creek, Alabama. Project for navigation, Nome, Alaska. Project for flood diversion, Seward, Alaska. Project for navigation, Three Rivers, Arkansas.
Project for flood control, water conservation, and related purposes, Coyote Valley Dam, California. Project for flood risk management, Lower Cache Creek, California. Project for flood risk management, Lower San Joaquin River, California, as described in section 1322(b)(2)(F) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (130 Stat. 1707) (second phase of feasibility study). Project for flood risk management, South San Francisco, California. Project for flood risk management and ecosystem restoration, Tijuana River, California.
Project for flood risk management in East Hartford, Connecticut. Project for flood risk management in Hartford, Connecticut. Projects under the Comprehensive Flood Mitigation Study for the Delaware River Basin. Project for ecosystem restoration, Lake Apopka, Florida. Project for ecosystem restoration, Kansas River Weir, Kansas. Project for water resource improvements, Willamette River Basin, Fern Ridge, Oregon. Project for ecosystem restoration, Resacas at Brownsville, Texas.
Project for navigation, Norfolk Harbor, Virginia. Project for coastal storm risk management, Norfolk, Virginia. Project for navigation, Tacoma Harbor, Washington. In expediting completion of the second phase of the Lower San Joaquin River feasibility study under subsection (a)(8), the Secretary shall review and give priority to any plans and designs requested by non-Federal interests and incorporate such plans and designs into the Federal study if the Secretary determines that such plans and designs are consistent with Federal standards.
The Secretary shall expedite completion of a post-authorization change report for the following projects: Project for flood risk management, San Luis Rey River Flood Control Protection Project, California. Project for flood risk management, Success Reservoir Enlargement Project, California. Everglades Agricultural Area Reservoir, Central Everglades Planning Project, Florida. Project for navigation, Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan. Section 2010 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (128 Stat. 1270) is amended by adding at the end the following:
In carrying out a disposition study with respect to the Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam, including a disposition study under section 216 of the Flood Control Act of 1970 ( 33 U.S.C. 549a ), the Secretary may not complete such study until the Secretary considers, and issues a report to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate on— the feasibility of carrying out modifications to the Upper St.
Anthony Falls Lock and Dam to— preserve and enhance recreational opportunities and the health of the ecosystem; and maintain the benefits to the natural ecosystem and human environment; and the preservation of any portion of the Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam necessary to maintain flood control. .
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