Sec. 201. Authorization of proposed feasibility studies

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The Secretary is authorized to conduct a feasibility study for the following projects for water resources development and conservation and other purposes, as identified in the reports titled Report to Congress on Future Water Resources Development submitted to Congress pursuant to section 7001 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 ( 33 U.S.C. 2282d ) or otherwise reviewed by Congress: Project for flood risk management, Town of Millport and vicinity, Alabama.

Project for flood risk management, Yavapai County, in the vicinity of the City of Cottonwood, Arizona. Project for flood risk management and ecosystem restoration, Clear Lake, Lake County, California. Project for flood risk management, ecosystem restoration, water supply, and related purposes, Cosumnes River watershed, California. Project for flood risk management, city of Hesperia, California. Project for flood risk management and storm damage risk reduction, Pillar Point Harbor, California.

Project for flood risk management , Rialto Channel, city of Rialto and vicinity, California. Project for flood risk management and ecosystem restoration, Salinas River, California. Project for flood risk management, city of San Bernardino, California. Project for flood risk management, San Diego Bay, California. Project for flood and coastal storm risk management and ecosystem restoration, San Diego and Orange Counties, California. Project for flood risk management, San Felipe Lake and Pajaro River, San Benito County, California.

Project for flood risk management, including stormwater runoff reduction, City of San Mateo, California. Project for flood risk management, water supply, and recreation, Santa Ana River, Anaheim, California. Project for ecosystem restoration and recreation, Santa Ana River, Jurupa Valley, California. Project for ecosystem restoration and water supply, Sweetwater Reservoir, California. Project for flood risk management and ecosystem restoration, Fountain Creek, Colorado Springs and Pueblo, Colorado.

Project for flood risk management, City of Norwalk, Connecticut, in the vicinity of the Norwalk wastewater treatment plant. Project for hurricane and storm damage risk reduction, Connecticut shoreline, Connecticut. Project for flood risk management, including stormwater management, City of Hartford, Connecticut and vicinity. Project for hurricane and storm damage risk reduction and ecosystem restoration, Westport, Connecticut. Project for flood risk management, hurricane and storm risk reduction, and ecosystem restoration, including shoreline stabilization, Delaware Inland Bays watershed, Delaware.

Project for flood risk management, Town of Milton, Delaware. Project for flood risk management and hurricane and storm risk reduction, City of Wilmington, Delaware. Project for navigation, ecosystem restoration, and recreation, including dredging and sediment management, Anacostia River bank and seawalls, Washington, District of Columbia and Prince George’s County, Maryland. Project for recreation, including dredging, Fletchers Cove, District of Columbia. Project for flood risk management and ecosystem restoration, including sediment and debris management, East Lake Tohopekaliga, Florida.

Project for navigation, Florida Spaceport System Marine Intermodal Transportation Wharf, in the vicinity of Cape Canaveral, Florida. Project for coastal storm risk management, including shoreline damage prevention and mitigation, Fort George Inlet, city of Jacksonville, Florida. Project for flood risk management, navigation, and ecosystem restoration, including sediment and debris management, Lake Conway, Florida. Project for hurricane and storm damage risk reduction and ecosystem restoration in the vicinity of MacDill Air Force Base, City of Tampa, Florida.

Project for navigation, Palatka Barge Port, Putnam County, Florida. Project for flood risk management and ecosystem restoration, including stream restoration, along the Camp Creek Tributary in Fulton County, Georgia. Project for flood risk management, City of College Park, Georgia. Project for flood risk management, Proctor Creek, Smyrna, Georgia, including Jonquil Driver Stormwater Park. Project for ecosystem restoration and hurricane and storm damage risk reduction, Tybee Island, Georgia, including by incorporating other Federal studies conducted on the effect of the construction of Savannah Harbor Channel on the shoreline of Tybee Island.

Project for flood risk management and coastal storm risk management , Guam. Project for flood and coastal storm risk management, County of Kaua‘i, Hawaii. Project for flood risk management, Kaiaka-Waialua watershed, O‘ahu, Hawaii. Project for comprehensive flood risk management, City of Berwyn, Illinois. Project for flood risk management and ecosystem restoration, Butterfield Creek, Illinois. Project for flood risk management, ecosystem restoration, and water supply, Village of Franklin Park, Illinois.

Project for flood risk management, Town of Rocky Ripple, Indiana. Project for navigation, Bayou Rigaud to Caminada Pass, Louisiana. Project for navigation, including widening, Hagaman Chute, Lake Providence, Louisiana. Project for hurricane and storm damage risk reduction, Lake Pontchartrain, Orleans, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Livingston, St. James, St. John, St. Charles, Jefferson, and St. Bernard Parishes, Louisiana. Project for flood risk management, City of Natchitoches, Louisiana.

Project for ecosystem restoration and water supply, including mitigation of saltwater wedges, for the City of New Orleans and metro area, Louisiana. Project for navigation and flood risk management, including dredging, in the vicinity of Pilottown, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. Project for inland flood risk management, City of Baltimore and Baltimore County, Maryland. Project for flood risk management, Beaverdam Creek, Prince George’s County, Maryland, in the vicinity of United States Route 50 and railroads.

Project for hurricane and storm damage risk reduction and flood risk management in the vicinity of United States Route 1, Maryland. Project for recreation, Cape Cod Canal, in the vicinity of Tidal Flats Recreation Area, Massachusetts. Project for flood risk management, City of Leominster, Massachusetts. Project for flood risk management, Lower Cobb Brook, City of Taunton, Massachusetts. Project for navigation, flood risk management, recreation, and ecosystem restoration, including dredging, in the vicinity of Sunset Bay, Charles River, cities of Boston, Watertown, and Newton, Massachusetts.

Project for flood and coastal storm risk management, Squantum, in the vicinity of East Squantum Street and Dorchester Street Causeway, Quincy, Massachusetts. Project for flood risk management and coastal storm risk management, including shoreline damage prevention and mitigation, Town Neck Beach, town of Sandwich, Massachusetts. Project for flood risk management, hurricane and storm damage risk reduction, and navigation, including improvements to the breakwater at Westport Harbor, Town of Westport, Massachusetts.

Project for water supply, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Project for flood risk management and ecosystem restoration, Kalamazoo River Watershed and tributaries, Michigan. Project for flood risk management, city of McComb, Mississippi. Project for flood risk management, Miles City, Montana. Project for flood risk management, Township of Berkeley Heights, Borough of New Providence, and City of Summit, New Jersey. Project for flood risk management, Berry’s Creek, New Jersey. Project for flood risk management, Fleischer Brook, New Jersey.

Project for flood risk management, Guttenberg, New Jersey, in the vicinity of John F. Kennedy Boulevard East. Project for flood risk management and ecosystem restoration, Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Morris, and Passaic Counties, New Jersey. Project for navigation and flood risk management, Passaic River, Paterson, New Jersey. Project for flood risk management and hydropower, Paterson, New Jersey. Project for navigation, Borough of Paulsboro, New Jersey. Project for flood risk management along the Ho-Ho-Kus Brook and Saddle River, Village of Ridgewood, New Jersey.

Project for flood risk management, Wolf Creek, Ridgefield, New Jersey. Project for water supply, Doña Ana County, New Mexico. Project for flood risk management, including the Hatch Dam Project, Village of Hatch, New Mexico. Project for flood risk management and ecosystem restoration, including sediment and debris management, Nambe River Watershed, New Mexico. Project for flood risk management, Otero County, New Mexico. Project for flood risk management, hurricane and storm damage risk reduction, navigation, and ecosystem restoration, Town of Babylon, New York.

Project for flood risk management and hurricane and storm damage risk reduction, Bronxville, Tuckahoe, and Yonkers, New York. Project for flood risk management, hurricane and storm damage risk reduction, and ecosystem restoration, Town of Brookhaven, New York. Project for flood risk management and ecosystem restoration, Highland Brook (also known as Buttermilk Falls Brook ) and tributaries, Town of Highlands, Orange County, New York. Project for ecosystem restoration, Inwood Hill Park, Spuyten Duyvil Creek, Manhattan, New York.

Project for flood risk management, Town of Islip, New York. Project for coastal storm risk management and flood risk management in the vicinity of Tobay Beach, Town of Oyster Bay, New York. Project for flood risk management, Pascack Brook, Rockland County, New York, including the Village of Spring Valley. Project for flood risk management and erosion, Sparkill Creek, Orangetown, New York. Project for ecosystem restoration, Pelham Bay Park, Eastchester Bay, in the vicinity of Turtle Cove, Bronx, New York.

Project for ecosystem restoration and water supply, Town of Somers, New York. Project for flood risk management, in the vicinity of Northeast Cape Fear River and Black River, North Carolina. Project for flood risk management, navigation, ecosystem restoration, and recreation, including bank stabilization, for Jackeys Creek in the Town of Leland, North Carolina. Project for flood risk management, including riverbank stabilization, along the Catawba River, City of Marion, North Carolina.

Project for flood risk management in the vicinity of North Carolina Highway 53, Pender County, North Carolina. Project for flood risk management, Pigeon River, in the vicinity of the towns of Clyde and Canton, Haywood County, North Carolina. Project for flood risk management, water supply, and recreation, Union County, South Carolina. Project for water supply, including aquifer recharge, for the Ogallala Aquifer, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Project for flood risk management, Coe Creek, City of Fairview Park, Ohio.

Project for flood risk management, ecosystem restoration, and recreation, including incorporation of existing levee systems, for the Great Miami River, Ohio. Project for water supply, including increased needs in southern Oklahoma, Lake Texoma, Oklahoma and Texas. Project for water supply, Sardis Lake, Oklahoma. Project for flood risk management and streambank erosion, Siuslaw River, Florence, Oregon. Project for flood risk management and ecosystem restoration, Willamette River, Lane County, Oregon.

Project for navigation and ecosystem restoration, Allegheny River, Pennsylvania. Project for alternate water supply, Borough of Pottstown, Pennsylvania. Project for flood risk management, including dredging along the Schuylkill River, in the Borough of Norristown and vicinity, Pennsylvania. Project for flood risk management and streambank erosion, Stony Creek, in the vicinity of Whitehall Road, West Norriton Township, Pennsylvania. Project for flood risk management, Río Guamaní, Guayama, Puerto Rico.

Project for flood risk management, Río Guadiana, Naranjito, Puerto Rico. Project for flood risk management, Río Orocovis, Orocovis, Puerto Rico. Project for flood risk management, Río Inabón, Ponce, Puerto Rico. Project for flood risk management, Río Descalabrado, Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico. Project for flood risk management, Río Yauco, Yauco, Puerto Rico. Project for water supply, including evaluation of Nolichucky River capabilities, Greene County, Tennessee. Project for flood risk management, City of Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee.

Project for flood risk management, Guadalupe County, including City of Santa Clara, Texas. Project for flood risk management and ecosystem restoration, Winooski River basin, Vermont. Project for navigation, Cedarbush Creek, Gloucester County, Virginia. Project for flood and coastal storm risk management, Chickahominy River, James City County, Virginia. Project for flood risk management and navigation, James City County, Virginia. Project for navigation, Timberneck Creek, Gloucester County, Virginia.

Project for flood risk management and coastal storm risk management, York River, York County, Virginia. Project for flood risk management and sediment management, Grays River, in the vicinity of Rosburg, Wahkiakum County, Washington. Project for flood risk management, city of Arcadia, Wisconsin. Project for flood risk management, City of La Crosse, Wisconsin. Project for ecosystem restoration, city of River Falls, Wisconsin. The Secretary is authorized to conduct a feasibility study for the following project modifications:

Modifications to the project for navigation, Coffeeville Lock and Dam, authorized pursuant to section 4 of the Act of July 5, 1884 (chapter 229, 23 Stat. 148; 35 Stat. 818), and portion of the project for navigation, Warrior and Tombigbee Rivers, Alabama and Mississippi, consisting of the Demopolis Lock and Dam on the Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway, Alabama, authorized by section 2 of the Act of March 2, 1945 (59 Stat. 17), for construction of new locks to maintain navigability. Modifications to the project for navigation, Osceola Harbor, Arkansas, constructed pursuant to section 107 of the River and Harbor Act of 1960 ( 33 U.S.C. 577 ) and modified by section 3010 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1108), to evaluate expansion of the harbor.

Modifications to the project for flood control and other purposes, the Calaveras River and Littlejohn Creek and tributaries, California, authorized by section 10 of the Act of December 22, 1944 (chapter 665, 58 Stat. 902), for improved flood risk management and to support water supply recharge and storage. Modifications to the project for navigation, Humboldt Harbor and Bay, California, authorized by the first section of the Act of July 3, 1930 (chapter 847, 46 Stat. 932; 82 Stat. 732; 110 Stat. 3663), for additional deepening.

Modifications to the project for flood control, Sacramento-San Joaquin Basin Streams, California, authorized pursuant to the resolution of the Committee on Public Works of the House of Representatives adopted on May 8, 1964 (docket number 1371), for improved flood risk management, including dredging. Modifications to the project for flood risk management, water supply, and ecosystem restoration, Chowchilla River, Ash Slough, and Berenda Slough, Madera County, California, authorized pursuant to section 6 of the Act of June 22, 1936 (chapter 688, 49 Stat. 1595; 52 Stat. 1225).

Modifications to the project for flood control, Sacramento River, California, authorized by section 2 of the Act of March 1, 1917 (chapter 144, 39 Stat. 949; 76 Stat. 1197), to enhance flood risk reduction, to incorporate natural and nature-based features, and to incorporate modifications to the portion of such project north of the Freemont Weir for the purposes of integrating management of such system with the adjacent floodplain. Modifications to the project for navigation, Thames River, Connecticut, authorized by the first section of the Act of March 2, 1945 (59 Stat. 13), to increase authorized depth.

Modifications to the project for local flood protection, Hanapēpē River, Island of Kaua‘i, Hawaii, authorized by section 10 of the Act of December 22, 1944 (chapter 665, 58 Stat. 903), to improve protection provided by levees and flood control features. Modifications to the project for navigation, Laupāhoehoe Harbor, Hawaii, authorized pursuant to section 107 of the River and Harbor Act of 1960 (74 Stat. 486), for seawall repair and mitigation. Modifications to the project for coastal storm risk management and ecosystem restoration, Waimea River, Kaua‘i, Hawaii, authorized pursuant to section 205 of the Flood Control Act of 1948 ( 33 U.S.C. 701s ), to improve protection provided by levees and flood control features.

Modifications to the project for Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal and Dispersal Barrier, Illinois, initiated under section 1135 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 ( 33 U.S.C. 2294 note; 100 Stat. 4251; 118 Stat. 1352), for the construction of an emergency access boat ramp in the vicinity of Romeoville, Illinois. Modifications to the project for ecosystem restoration and recreation, authorized by section 1001(18) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1052) to reevaluate levels of flood risk management and integrate the Spring Lake Project, as recommended in the report of the Chief of Engineers issued on December 22, 2004.

Modifications to the project for flood risk management, Louisville Metropolitan Flood Protection System Reconstruction, Jefferson and Bullitt Counties, Kentucky, authorized by section 401(2) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2735), to expand project scope and incorporate features identified in the document prepared for the non-Federal sponsor of the project, issued in June 2017, and titled 20-Year Comprehensive Facility Plan, Critical Repair and Reinvestment Plan, Volume 4:

Ohio River Flood Protection . Modifications to the project for navigation, Calcasieu River and Pass, Louisiana, authorized by section 101 of River and Harbor Act of 1960 (74 Stat. 481), to include channel deepening and jetty extension. Modifications to the project for flood control of the Mississippi River in it alluvial valley and for its improvement from the Head of Passes to Cape Girardeau, Missouri, authorized by the first section of the Act of May 15, 1928 (chapter 569, 45 Stat. 534), to include bank stabilization on the portion of the project consisting of the Ouachita River from Monroe to Caldwell Parishes, Louisiana.

Modifications to the project for flood control of the Mississippi River in it alluvial valley and for its improvement from the Head of Passes to Cape Girardeau, Missouri, authorized by the first section of the Act of May 15, 1928 (45 Stat. 534, chapter 569), to study the feasibility of adding 62 miles of the east bank of the Ouchita River Levee System at and below Monroe Parish to Caldwell Parish, Louisiana. Modifications to the project for flood risk management, Hodges Village Dam, Oxford, Massachusetts, authorized pursuant to section 205 of the Flood Control Act of 1948 ( 33 U.S.C. 701s ), to add recreation and ecosystem restoration as a project purpose, including in the vicinity of Greenbriar Park.

Modifications to the project for hurricane-flood protection at New Bedford, Fairhaven, and Acushnet, Massachusetts, authorized by section 201 of the Flood Control Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 305), for navigation improvements and evaluation of the current barrier function. Modifications to the portion of the project for navigation Holland (Black Lake), Michigan, authorized by the first section of the Act of June 14, 1880 (chapter 211, 21 Stat. 183; 30 Stat. 1130; 46 Stat. 929; 49 Stat. 1036; 68 Stat. 1252), consisting of the Federal Channel of Holland Harbor, for additional deepening.

Modifications to the project for navigation, Monroe Harbor, Michigan, authorized by the first section of the Act of July 3, 1930 (chapter 847, 46 Stat. 930), for additional deepening. Modifications to the project for navigation, Channels in Lake Saint Clair Michigan, authorized by the first section of the Act of August 30, 1935 (chapter 831, 49 Stat. 1036), for additional deepening at the mouth of the Black River, Port Huron, Michigan. Modifications to the portion of the project for navigation, Saint Joseph, Michigan, authorized by the first section of the Act of June 14, 1880 (chapter 211, 21 Stat. 183; 30 Stat. 1130; 49 Stat. 1036; 72 Stat. 299), consisting of the Federal Channel of Saint Joseph Harbor, for additional deepening.

Modifications to the project for navigation Middle and West Neebish channels, Saint Marys River, Michigan, authorized by the first section of the Act of June 13, 1902 (chapter 1079; 32 Stat. 361; 70 Stat. 54), to bring the channels to a consistent depth. Modifications to the project for flood protection and recreation, Surry Mountain Lake dam, authorized pursuant to section 5 of the Act of June 22, 1936 (chapter 688, 49 Stat. 1572; 52 Stat. 1216; 58 Stat. 892) to add ecosystem restoration as a project purpose, and to install the proper gates and related equipment at Surry Mountain Lake to support stream flow augmentation releases.

Modifications to the project for navigation, Jersey Flats and Bayonne, New Jersey, authorized by the first section of the Act of September 22, 1922 (chapter 427; 42 Stat. 1038) for improvements to the navigation channel, including channel extension, widening and deepening, in the vicinity of Bayonne Dry Dock, New Jersey. Modifications to the project for storm damage reduction, Atlantic Coast of Long Island from Jones Inlet to East Rockaway Inlet, Long Beach Island, New York, authorized by section 101(a)(21) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3665), to include additional replacement of beach groins to offer storm protection, erosion prevention, and reduce the need for future renourishment.

Modifications to the project for hurricane-flood control protection, Cape Fear to the North Carolina-South Carolina State line, North Carolina, authorized by section 203 of the Flood Control Act of 1966 (80 Stat. 1419), to add coastal storm risk management and hurricane and storm damage risk reduction, including shoreline stabilization, as an authorized purpose of the project for the village of Bald Head Island, North Carolina. Modifications to the project for flood control, Reno Beach-Howard Farms, Ohio, authorized by section 203 of the Flood Control Act of 1948 (62 Stat. 1178), to improve project levees and to provide flood damage risk reduction to the portions of Jerusalem Township, Ohio, not currently benefitted by the project.

Modifications to the project for navigation, Delaware River Mainstem and Channel Deepening, Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, authorized by section 101(6) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4802; 113 Stat. 300; 114 Stat. 2602), to increase the authorized depth. Modifications to the project for navigation, Delaware River, Philadelphia to the sea, authorized by the first section of the Act of June 25, 1910 (chapter 382, 36 Stat. 637; 46 Stat. 921; 49 Stat. 1030; 52 Stat. 803; 59 Stat. 14; 68 Stat. 1249; 72 Stat. 297), to deepen the anchorage areas at Mantua Creek (Fort Mifflin) and Marcus Hook.

Modifications to the project for navigation, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, authorized by section 1401(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (130 Stat. 1708), including improvements to the portion of the project that serves the North Charleston Terminal. Modifications to the following projects for deepening and associated dredged material placement, disposal, and environmental mitigation navigation: The project for navigation, Galveston Bay Area, Texas City Channel, Texas, authorized by section 201 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 4090).

The project for navigation and environmental restoration, Houston-Galveston Navigation Channels, Texas, authorized by section 101(a)(30) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3666). The project for navigation, Galveston Harbor Channel Extension Project, Houston-Galveston Navigation Channels, Texas, authorized by section 1401(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2018 (132 Stat. 3836). The project for navigation, Houston Ship Channel Expansion Channel Improvement Project, Harris, Chambers, and Galveston Counties, Texas, authorized by section 401(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2734).

Modifications to the project for navigation, Galveston Harbor Channel Extension Project, Houston-Galveston Navigation Channels, Texas, authorized by section 1401(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2018 (132 Stat. 3836) to include further deepening and extension of the Federal channel and Turning Basin 2. Modifications to the project for navigation and flood control, Gathright Reservoir and Falling Spring dam, Virginia, authorized by section 10 of the Flood Control Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 645), to include recreation as an authorized project purpose.

Modifications to the project for sediment control and navigation, Mount St. Helens, Washington, authorized by chapter IV of title I of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1985 (99 Stat. 318; 114 Stat. 2612), to include dredging to address flood risk management and navigation for federally authorized channels on the Cowlitz River and at the confluence of the Cowlitz and Columbia Rivers. Each study authorized by subsection

(b)shall be considered a new phase investigation and afforded the same treatment as a general reevaluation.

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