Sec. 567. UPPER SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN, PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW YORK
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## SEC. 567 UPPER SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN, PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW YORK ###
(a)Study and Strategy Development The Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of Agriculture, the State of Pennsylvania, and the State of New York, shall conduct a study, and develop and carry out a strategy, for using wetland restoration, soil and water conservation practices, and nonstructural measures to reduce flood damage, improve water quality, and create wildlife habitat in the following portions of the Upper Susquehanna River basin: ####
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(2)The Susquehanna River watershed upstream of the Chemung River, New York, at an estimated Federal cost of $20,000,000, of which the Secretary may utilize not more than $5,000,000 to design and construct feasible pilot projects during the development of the strategy to demonstrate alternative approaches for the strategy. The total cost for any single pilot project may not exceed $500,000. The Secretary shall evaluate the results of the pilot projects and consider the results in the development of the strategy. * * * * * * * ###
(c)Parnership Agreements In conducting the study and developing and carrying out the strategy under this section, the Secretary shall enter into cost-sharing and partnership agreements to provide financial assistance to appropriate Federal, State, and local government agencies and appropriate nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations with expertise in wetland restoration, with the consent of the affected local government. Financial assistance provided may include activities for the implementation of wetlands restoration projects and soil and water conservation measures. ###
(d)Implementation of Strategy ####
(1)In general The Secretary shall undertake development and implementation of the strategy under this section in cooperation with local landowners and local government officials. Projects to carry out the strategy shall be designed to take advantage of ongoing or planned actions by other agencies, local municipalities, or nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations with expertise in wetlands restoration that would increase the effectiveness or decrease the overall cost of carrying out recommended projects and may include the acquisition of wetlands, from willing sellers, that contribute to the Upper Susquehanna River basin ecosystem. ####
(2)Priority project In carrying out projects to implement the strategy, the Secretary shall give priority to the project for ecosystem restoration, Cooperstown, New York, described in the Upper Susquehanna River Basin—Cooperstown Area Ecosystem Restoration Feasibility Study, dated December 2004, prepared by the Corps of Engineers and the New York State department of environmental conservation. ###
(e)Credit The Secretary shall credit toward the non-Federal share of the cost of a project under this section— ####
(1)in accordance with section 221 of the Flood Control Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 1962d–5b), the cost of design and construction work carried out by the non-Federal interest for the project before the date of the partnership agreement for the project; and ####
(2)the cost of in-kind services and materials provided for the project by the non-Federal interest. * * * * * * * **[**Section 575 was repealed by section 341 of division AA of Public Law 116–260.**]**
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Sec. 567
UPPER SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN, PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW YORK
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