Sec. 5002. WATERSHED MANAGEMENT

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## SEC. 5002 WATERSHED MANAGEMENT ###

(a)In General The Secretary may provide technical, planning, and design assistance to non-Federal interests for carrying out watershed management, restoration, and development projects at the locations described in subsection (d). ###

(b)Specific Measures Assistance provided under subsection

(a)may be in support of non-Federal projects for the following purposes: ####

(1)Management and restoration of water quality. ####

(2)Control and remediation of toxic sediments. ####

(3)Restoration of degraded streams, rivers, wetlands, and other water bodies to their natural condition as a means to control flooding, excessive erosion, and sedimentation. ####

(4)Protection and restoration of watersheds, including urban watersheds. ####

(5)Demonstration of technologies for nonstructural measures to reduce destructive impacts of flooding. ###

(c)Non-Federal Share The non-Federal share of the cost of assistance provided under subsection

(a)shall be 25 percent. ###

(d)Project Locations The locations referred to in subsection

(a)are the following: ####

(1)Charlotte Harbor watershed, Florida. ####

(2)Those portions of the watersheds of the Chattahoochee, Etowah, Flint, Ocmulgee, and Oconee Rivers lying within the counties of Bartow, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall, Henry, Paulding, Rockdale, and Walton, Georgia. ####

(3)Kinkaid Lake, Jackson County, Illinois. ####

(4)Amite River basin, Louisiana. ####

(5)East Atchafalaya River basin, Iberville Parish and Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana. ####

(6)Red River watershed, Louisiana. ####

(7)Taunton River basin, Massachusetts. ####

(8)Marlboro Township, New Jersey. ####

(9)Esopus, Plattekill, and Rondout Creeks, Greene, Sullivan, and Ulster Counties, New York. ####

(10)Greenwood Lake watershed, New York and New Jersey. ####

(11)Long Island Sound watershed, New York. ####

(12)Ramapo River watershed, New York. ####

(13)Tuscarawas River basin, Ohio. ####

(14)Western Lake Erie basin, Ohio. ####

(15)Those portions of the watersheds of the Beaver, Upper Ohio, Connoquenessing, Lower Allegheny, Kiskiminetas, Lower Monongahela, Youghiogheny, Shenango, and Mahoning Rivers lying within the counties of Beaver, Butler, Lawrence, and Mercer, Pennsylvania. ####

(16)Otter Creek watershed, Pennsylvania. ####

(17)Unami Creek watershed, Milford Township, Pennsylvania. ####

(18)Sauk River basin, Washington. ###

(e)Authorization of Appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $15,000,000.