PUBLIC LAW 104-206—SEPT. 30, 1996 110 STAT. 2987 Red River navigation project: Provided further, That using $500,000 of the funds appropriated for the Passaic River Mainstem, New Jersey, project under the heading "General Investigations" in Public Law 103-126, the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to begin implementation of the Passaic River Preservation of Natural Storage Areas separable element of the Passaic River Flood Reduction Project, New Jersey: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is authorized and directed to initiate construction on the following projects in the amounts specified: Humboldt Harbor, California, $2,500,000; San Lorenzo River, California, $200,000; Faulkner's Island, Connecticut, $1,500,000; Chicago Shoreline, Illinois, $8,000,000; Pond Creek, Jefferson City, Kentucky, $1,500,000; Natchez Bluff, Mississippi, $4,500,000; Wood River, Grand Isle, Nebraska, $1,000,000; New York City Watershed, New York, $1,000,000; Duck Creek, Cincinnati, Ohio, $466,000; Saw Mill Run, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, $500,000; West Virginia and Pennsylvania Flooding, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, $1,000,000; Upper Jordan River, Utah, $500,000; San Juan Harbor, Puerto Rico, $800,000; and Allendale Dam, Rhode Island, $195,000: Provided further. That no fully allocated funding policy shall apply to construction of the projects listed above, and the Secretary of the Army is directed to undertake these projects using continuing contracts where sufficient funds to complete the projects are not available from funds provided herein or in prior years. FLOOD CONTROL, MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES, ARKANSAS, ILLINOIS, KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, MISSOURI, AND TENNESSEE For expenses necessary for prosecuting work of flood control, and rescue work, repair, restoration, or maintenance of flood control projects threatened or destroyed by flood, as authorized by law (33 U.S.C. 702a, 702g-l), $310,374,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the President of the Mississippi River Commission is directed henceforth to use the variable cost recovery rate set forth in OMB Circular A-126 for use of the Commission aircraft authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1946, Public Law 526: Provided further. That notwithstanding the funding limitations set forth in Public Law 104-6 (109 Stat. 85), the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is authorized and directed to use additional funds appropriated herein or previously appropriated to complete remedial measures to prevent slope instability at Hickman Bluff, Kentucky. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, GENERAL For expenses necessary for the preservation, operation, maintenance, and care of existing river and harbor, flood control, and related works, including such sums as may be necessary for the maintenance of harbor channels provided by a State, municipality or other public agency, outside of harbor lines, and serving essential.
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