Sec. 1315. NEW SAVANNAH BLUFF LOCK AND DAM, GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA

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## SEC. 1315 NEW SAVANNAH BLUFF LOCK AND DAM, GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA Section 1319(c) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (130 Stat. 1703; 136 Stat. 3792) is amended— ####

(1)by amending paragraph

(1)to read as follows: > > #### “(1) In general > > Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Project is modified to include— > > > ##### “(A) > > full repair of the New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam structure; > > > ##### “(B) > > modification of the structure such that the structure is able to maintain a stable pool with the same daily average elevation as is achieved by the existing structure, as measured at both the United States Geological Survey Gage 02196999, located at the New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam, and the United States Geological Survey Gage 02196670, located in the vicinity of the Fifth Street Bridge, Augusta, Georgia, which at the New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam is between 114.5 and 115 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD29); > > > ##### “(C) > > construction of a fish passage structure as recommended in the report of the Chief of Engineers for the Project, dated August 17, 2012, or such other Project feature that appropriately mitigates impacts to fish habitat caused by the Project without removing the dam; and > > > ##### “(D) > > conveyance by the Secretary to Augusta-Richmond County, Georgia, of the park and recreation area adjacent to the New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam, without consideration.” > ; ####

(2)in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following: > > ##### “(C) Ceiling > > The costs of construction to be paid by the Georgia Ports Authority as a non-Federal interest for the Project for the modifications authorized under paragraph

(1)shall not exceed the costs that would be paid by such non-Federal interest for construction of the fish passage structure recommended in the report of the Chief of Engineers for the Project, dated August 17, 2012.” > ; and ####

(3)in paragraph (3), by striking “the cost sharing of the Project as provided by law” and inserting “the cost sharing of the fish passage structure as recommended in the report of the Chief of Engineers for the Project, dated August 17, 2012”.

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Sec. 1315

NEW SAVANNAH BLUFF LOCK AND DAM, GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA

Stat.130 Stat. 1703

Stat.136 Stat. 3792

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