Sec. 7012. NEW ORLEANS AND VICINITY

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## SEC. 7012 NEW ORLEANS AND VICINITY ###

(a)In General The Secretary is authorized to— ####

(1)raise levee heights where necessary and otherwise enhance the Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity project and the West Bank and Vicinity project to provide the level of protection necessary to achieve the certification required for a 100-year level of flood protection in accordance with the national flood insurance program under the base flood elevations current at the time of construction of the levee; ####

(2)modify the 17th Street, Orleans Avenue, and London Avenue drainage canals in the city of New Orleans and install pumps and closure structures at or near the lakefront at Lake Pontchartrain; ####

(3)armor critical elements of the New Orleans hurricane and storm damage reduction system; ####

(4)modify the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal to increase the reliability of the flood protection system for the city of New Orleans; ####

(5)replace or modify certain non-Federal levees in Plaquemines Parish to incorporate the levees into the New Orleans to Venice Hurricane Protection project; ####

(6)reinforce or replace flood walls in the existing Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity project and the existing West Bank and Vicinity project to improve performance of the flood and storm damage reduction systems; ####

(7)perform one time stormproofing of interior pump stations to ensure the operability of the stations during hurricanes, storms, and high water events; ####

(8)repair, replace, modify and improve non-Federal levees and associated protection measures in Terrebonne Parish; and ####

(9)reduce the risk of storm damage to the greater New Orleans metropolitan area by restoring the surrounding wetlands through measures to begin to reverse wetland losses in areas affected by navigation, oil and gas, and other channels and through modification of the Caernarvon Freshwater Diversion structure or its operations. ###

(b)Cost Sharing Activities authorized by subsection

(a)and section 7013 shall be carried out in a manner that is consistent with the cost-sharing requirements specified in the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006 (Public Law 109–234). ###

(c)Conditions The Secretary shall notify the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate if estimates for the expenditure of funds on any single project or activity identified in subsection

(a)exceeds the amount specified for that project or activity in the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006. No appropriation in excess of 25 percent above the amount specified for a project or activity in such Act may be made until an increase in the level of expenditure has been approved by resolutions adopted by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate.

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Sec. 7012

NEW ORLEANS AND VICINITY

Pub. L.Pub. L. 109-234

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