PUBLIC LAW 104-303—OCT. 12, 1996 110 STAT. 3783 SEC. 557. JAMESTOWN DAM AND PIPESTEM DAM, NORTH DAKOTA. (a) REVISIONS TO WATER CONTROL MANUALS.— In consultation with the States of North Dakota and South Dakota and the James River Water Development District, the Secretary shall review and consider revisions to the water control manuals for the Jamestown Dam and Pipestem Dam, North Dakota, to modify operation of the dams so as to reduce the magnitude and duration of flooding and inundation of land located within the 10-year floodplain along the James River in North Dakota and South Dakota. (b) FEASIBILITY STUDY.— (1) IN GENERAL.— Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall— (A) complete a study to determine the feasibility of providing flood protection for the land referred to in subsection (a); and (B) submit a report on the study to Congress. (2) CONSIDERATIONS.— In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consider all reasonable project-related and other options. SEC. 558. NORTHEASTERN OHIO. The Secretary may provide technical assistance to local interests for establishment of a regional water authority in northeastern Ohio to address the water problems of the region. The Federal share of the costs of such planning shall not exceed 50 percent. SEC. 559. OHIO RIVER GREENWAY. (a) EXPEDITED COMPLETION OF STUDY.— The Secretary shall expedite the completion of the study for a project for the Ohio River Greenway, Jeffersonville, Clarksville, and New Albany, Indiana. (b) CONSTRUCTION.—Upon completion of the study, if the Secretary determines that the project is feasible, the Secretary shall participate with the non-Federal interests in the construction of the project. (c) COST SHARING.— Total project costs under this section shall be shared at 50 percent Federal and 50 percent non-Federal. (d) LANDS, EASEMENTS, AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY. —Non-Federal interests shall be responsible for providing all lands, easements, rights-of-way, relocations, and dredged material disposal areas necessary for the project. (e) CREDIT. — The non-Federal interests shall receive credit for those costs incurred by the non-Federal interests that the Secretary determines are compatible with the study, design, and implementation of the project. SEC. 560. GRAND LAKE, OKLAHOMA. (a) STUDY.— Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall carry out and complete a study of flooding in Grand/Neosho Basin and tributaries in the vicinity of Pensacola Dam in northeastern Oklahoma to determine the scope of the backwater effects of operation of the dam and to identify any lands that the Secretary determines have been adversely impacted by such operation or should have been originally purchased as flowage easement for the project. (b) ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY. —Upon completion of the study and subject to advance appropriations, the Secretary may Reports. Indiana.
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