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PUBLIC LAW 99-000—MMMM. DD, 1986

100 STAT. 4160 33 USC 2264.

PUBLIC LAW 99-662—NOV. 17, 1986

SEC. 710. DEAUTHORIZATION OF STUDIES.

(a) Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a list of incomplete water resources studies which have been authorized, but for which no funds have been appropriated during the 5 full fiscal years preceding the submission of such list. For each such study the Secretary shall include the following information: (1) the date of authorization and the manner in which the study was authorized; (2) a description of the purposes of the study; (3) a description of funding that has been made available for the study; (4) a description of any work that has been performed in carrying out the study and the results and conclusions, if any, of such work; and (5) a description of any work that remains to be done in carrying out the study and the time necessary for and estimated cost of completing such work. (b) Each study included in a list under subsection (a) is not authorized on and after the 90th day following the submission to Congress of such list if no funds have been appropriated for such study after the list is submitted and before such 90th day. SEC. 711. SAGINAW BAY, MICHIGAN.

The Secretary is authorized and directed to undertake a study of the feasibility of navigation improvements at Saginaw Bay and Saginaw River, Michigan, including channel widening and deepening. The Secretary shall submit the feasibility report on such study to the Congress not later than December 31, 1989. SEC. 712. RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA.

The Secretary is authorized to study the feasibility of constructing shoreline erosion mitigation measures along the Rancho Palos Verdes coastline and in the city of Rolling Hills, California, for the purpose of providing additional stabilization for the Portuguese Bend landslide area and adjacent landslide areas. The Secretary shall submit the feasibility report on such study to the Congress not later than two years after the date of enactment of this Act. SEC. 713. LOUISIANA SHORELINE EROSION STUDY.

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In order to determine the feasibility of specific measures to diminish shoreline erosion, marsh deterioration, salt water intrusion, hurricane vulnerability, and barrier island destruction and to carry out reasonable planning efforts that require suitable sediment for nourishment, the Secretary is authorized to conduct a nearshore sediment inventory to determine availability of suitable sediment in the offshore waters of Louisiana between Southwest Pass and Sabine Pass and in Lake Pontchartrain and in Lake Borgne, at a cost not to exceed $2,000,000. SEC. 714. LAND ACQUISITION POLICY STUDY.

Minerals and mining. Texas.

The Secretary shall study land acquisition policies applicable to Water resources projects carried out by the Secretary, including, among other things, an analysis of the acquisition policies of mineral rights in connection with such projects. Such study shall also include a complete detailed report on (1) the acquisition policies and procedures utilized by the Secretary in the acquisition of mineral