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Code · BILL · 118th Congress · S. 4367 (EAH) — 118 S4367 EAH: Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024 · Sec. 1203

Sec. 1203. Expedited completion

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The Secretary shall expedite the completion of a feasibility study or general reevaluation report (as applicable) 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 food risk management, Upper Guyandotte River Basin, West Virginia. Project for flood risk management, Kanawha River Basin, West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina.
Project for flood risk management, Cave Buttes Dam, Phoenix, Arizona. Project for flood risk management, McMicken Dam and Trilby Wash, Maricopa County, Arizona. Project for ecosystem restoration, Rio Salado Oeste, Phoenix, Arizona. Modifications to the portion of the project for flood control, water conservation, and related purposes, Russian River Basin, California, consisting of the Coyote Valley Dam, authorized by section 204 of the Flood Control Act of 1950 (64 Stat. 177; 130 Stat. 1682), to add environmental restoration as a project purpose and to increase water supply and improve reservoir operations.
Project for flood risk management and ecosystem restoration, Lower San Joaquin River, Lathrop and Manteca, California, as described in section 1322(b)(2)(F) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (130 Stat. 1707). Project for flood risk management, Lower San Joaquin River, San Joaquin Valley, California. Beneficial use opportunities at the Petaluma River Marsh Restoration project, California. Modifications to Pine Flat Dam, California, authorized pursuant to a 1964 Congressional Resolution of the House Committee on Public Works, and constructed pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 1944.
Project for flood risk management, Stratford, Connecticut. Modifications to the Broward County Water Preserve Areas Project, Broward County, Florida, to address costs that exceed the maximum project cost pursuant to section 902 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 4183). Modifications to Central and Southern Florida, Canal 111 (C-111) South Dade Project, Florida, authorized by section 401(7) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2741).
Project for hurricane and storm damage risk reduction and coastal storm risk management, Volusia County, Florida, authorized by the resolution of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, dated February 16, 2000. Project for flood risk management, Waimea River, County of Kaua‘i, Hawaii. Modifications to the project for flood risk management, Cedar River, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, authorized by section 8201(b)(6) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3750).
Project for ecosystem restoration, flood risk management, and recreation, Newport, Kentucky, authorized by section 8201(a)(32) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3746). Project for navigation, Bayou Sorrel Lock, Louisiana, authorized by the resolution of the United States Senate Committee on Public Works on September 29, 1972, and the resolution of the House of Representatives Committee on Public Works on October 12, 1972. Project for flood risk management, Mississippi River and Tributaries, Morgan City, Lower Atchafalaya Basin, Louisiana.
Project for hurricane and storm damage risk reduction and ecosystem restoration, Southwest Coastal Louisiana, authorized by section 1401(8) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (130 Stat. 1715). Project for flood risk management and ecosystem restoration, Charles River, Massachusetts, authorized by section 8201(a)(35) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3746). General reevaluation report for the project for flood risk management, Lower Saddle River Flood Protection, New Jersey, authorized by section 401(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 4119).
Project for flood risk management, Rahway River, Rahway, New Jersey. Project for flood risk management along the Peckman River Basin in the townships of Verona (and surrounding area), Cedar Grove, and West Caldwell, New Jersey, authorized by section 8201(a)(58) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3747). Project for flood risk management, Morris County, New Jersey, authorized by section 8201(a)(59) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3747).
Northeast Levee System portion of the project for flood control and other purposes, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, authorized by section 5 of the Act of June 22, 1936 (chapter 688, 49 Stat. 1573). Project for navigation, Menominee River, Menominee, Wisconsin. General reevaluation report for the project for flood risk management and other purposes, East St. Louis and Vicinity, Illinois. General reevaluation report for project for flood risk management, Green Brook, New Jersey. Project for ecosystem restoration, Imperial Streams Salton Sea, California.
Modification of the project for navigation, Honolulu Deep Draft Harbor, Hawaii. Project for shoreline damage mitigation, Burns Waterway Harbor, Indiana. Project for hurricane and coastal storm risk management, Dare County Beaches, North Carolina. Modification of the project for flood protection and recreation, Surry Mountain Lake, New Hampshire, including for consideration of low flow augmentation. Project for coastal storm risk management, Virginia Beach and vicinity, Virginia.
Project for secondary water source identification, Washington Metropolitan Area, Washington, District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia. The Secretary shall expedite the completion of a Chief’s Report or Director’s Report (as applicable) for each of the following projects for the project to be considered for authorization: Modification of the project for navigation, Norfolk Harbors and Channels, Anchorage F segment, Norfolk, Virginia. Project for ecosystem restoration, Claiborne and Millers Ferry Locks and Dam Fish Passage, Lower Alabama River, Alabama.
Project for flood and storm damage reduction, Surf City, North Carolina. Project for flood and storm damage reduction, Nassau County Back Bays, New York. Project for flood and storm damage reduction, Ala Wai, Hawaii. Project for ecosystem restoration, Central and South Florida Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Program, Lake Okeechobee Watershed Restoration, Florida. Project for flood and storm damage reduction, Amite River and tributaries, Louisiana. Project for ecosystem restoration, Biscayne Bay and Southern Everglades, Florida, authorized by section 601 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2680).
Project for ecosystem restoration and recreation, Los Angeles River, California, authorized by section 1407(7) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (130 Stat. 1714). The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, expedite completion of the following: Project for flood control, Lower Mud River, Milton, West Virginia, authorized by section 580 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3790; 114 Stat. 2612; 121 Stat. 1154). Project for dam safety modifications, Bluestone Dam, West Virginia, authorized pursuant to section 5 of the Act of June 22, 1936 (chapter 688, 49 Stat. 1586).
Project for flood risk management, Tulsa and West–Tulsa Levee System, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, authorized by section 401(2) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2735). Project for flood risk management, Little Colorado River, Navajo County, Arizona. Project for flood risk management, Rio de Flag, Flagstaff, Arizona. Project for ecosystem restoration, Va Shly’Ay Akimel, Maricopa Indian Reservation, Arizona. Project for aquatic ecosystem restoration, Quincy Bay, Illinois, Upper Mississippi River Restoration Program.
Major maintenance on Laupāhoehoe Harbor, County of Hawai‘i, Hawaii. Project for flood risk management, Green Brook, New Jersey. Water control manual update for water supply and flood control, Theodore Roosevelt Dam, Globe, Arizona. Repairs to recontour and stabilize the slope at Lake Dardanelle Lock and Dam, Arkansas. Project for environmental restoration, Hamilton Airfield, California, authorized by section 101(b)(3) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 279; 121 Stat. 1110).
Water control manual update for Oroville Dam, Butte County, California. Water control manual update for New Bullards Dam, Yuba County, California. Project for flood and storm risk management and ecosystem restoration at the San Francisco International Airport, California, authorized by section 142 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1976 (90 Stat. 2930). San Francisco Bay Beneficial Use Pilot Project, California, being carried out under section 1122 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (130 Stat. 1645).
Project for flood risk management in Westminster, East Garden Grove, California, authorized by section 401(2) of Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2735). Comprehensive plan for the Chattahoochee River Basin Program, authorized by section 8144 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3724). Repairs to the project for flood risk management, federally authorized levee, Grand Tower and Degognia and Fountain Bluff Levee System, Illinois, in the vicinity of the community of Cora.
Repairs to the project for flood risk management, Covington levee system, Covington, Kentucky. Project for navigation, Kentucky Lock and Dam, Tennessee River, Kentucky, authorized by section 101(a)(13) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3664). Project for flood risk management, Morgan City, Louisiana. Project for hurricane and storm risk reduction, Upper Barataria Basin, Louisiana. Project for ecosystem restoration, Mid-Chesapeake Bay, Maryland. Maintenance dredging for the Back River Channel project, Weymouth, Massachusetts.
Project for navigation, Big Bay Harbor of Refuge, Michigan. Project for George W. Kuhn Headwaters Outfall, Michigan. Improvements to the Red Run Inter-County Drain Restoration project, Macomb and Oakland Counties, Michigan. Updated hydrologic analysis for the town of Estancia, Torrance County, New Mexico. Environmental impact statement to accompany the feasibility study for the project for navigation, Wilmington Harbor, North Carolina, conducted pursuant to section 203 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 ( 33 U.S.C. 2231 ), and conditionally authorized by section 403(a)(5) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2743).
Maintenance dredging at the Rocky River Harbor, Ohio. The portion of the project for flood control and other purposes, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, authorized by section 5 of the Act of June 22, 1936 (chapter 688, 49 Stat. 1573), to bring the Northwest Levee System into compliance with current flood mitigation standards. Project for hurricane and storm damage risk reduction, San Juan Metropolitan Area Coastal Storm Risk Management, Puerto Rico, authorized by section 8401(3) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3842).
Sediment management plan along the Missouri River, Lewis and Clark Lake, South Dakota. Project for navigation, Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Brazos River Floodgates and Colorado River Locks, Texas, authorized by section 401(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2734). Project for hurricane and storm damage risk reduction and shoreline erosion protection, Bolongo Bay, St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands. Maintenance dredging of the federally authorized navigation channels, Parrotts Creek, Jackson Creek, and Horn Harbor, Virginia.
Project for navigation, Seattle Harbor Navigation Improvement Project, Washington, authorized by section 1401(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2018 (132 Stat. 3836), deepening the East Waterway at the Port of Seattle. Project for shoreline stabilization, Clarksville, Indiana. The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, expedite completion of the following projects: Projects for flood control under section 205 of the Flood Control Act of 1948 ( 33 U.S.C. 701s ) for the following areas:
Ak-Chin Levee, Pinal County, Arizona. McCormick Wash, Globe, Arizona. Rose and Palm Garden Washes, Douglas, Arizona. Lower Santa Cruz River, Arizona. North, South, and Middle Fork, Kentucky River, Kentucky, including the development of a flood warning emergency evacuation plan. Swannanoa River watershed, Buncombe County, North Carolina. Project for aquatic ecosystem restoration under section 206 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 ( 33 U.S.C. 2330 ) for the following areas:
Corazon de los Tres Rios del Norte, Pima County, Arizona. Lake Elsinore, California. Project for hurricane and storm damage reduction under section 3 of the Act of August 13, 1946 ( 33 U.S.C. 426g ), Stratford, Connecticut. Project modifications for improvements to the environment, under section 1135 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 ( 33 U.S.C. 2309a ), for the following areas: Hayward Creek and Eaton Pond watershed, Massachusetts. Smelt Brook Tributary to the Weymouth-Fore River, Massachusetts.
Surry Mountain Lake, New Hampshire. Project for emergency streambank erosion and shoreline protection under section 14 of the Flood Control Act of 1946 ( 33 U.S.C. 701r ) for Muddy Creek, Otoe County, Nebraska. The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, expedite completion of the following projects and studies in the following locations under the Tribal partnership program under section 203 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 ( 33 U.S.C. 2269 ): Maricopa (Ak-Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona.
Pima-Maricopa Irrigation Project, associated with the Gila River Indian Community, Arizona. Navajo Nation, Bird Springs, Arizona. The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, expedite the Great Lakes Coastal Resiliency Study authorized by section 1219 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2018 (132 Stat. 3811; 134 Stat. 2683; 136 Stat. 3752). The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, expedite completion of the watershed assessment for flood risk management, Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers, authorized by section 1206 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (130 Stat. 1686; 134 Stat. 2687).
The Secretary shall prioritize the completion of the prospectus for the United States Moorings Facility, Portland, Oregon, required for authorization of funding from the revolving fund established by the first section of the Civil Functions Appropriations Act, 1954 ( 33 U.S.C. 576 ). The Secretary shall expedite completion of the disposition study for the Lower St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam, Minnesota, pursuant to section 216 of the Flood Control Act of 1970 ( 33 U.S.C. 549a ).
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