PUBLIC LAW 106-53—AUG. 17, 1999 113 STAT. 353 (b) GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM. —In conducting the study, the Secretary shall use a geographic information system. (c) PLANS. —The study shall formulate plans for comprehensive floodplain management and environmental restoration. (d) CREDIT TOWARD NON-FEDERAL SHARE.— Non-Federal interests may receive credit towsird the non-Federal share for inkind services and materials that contribute to the study. The Secretary may credit non-Corps Federal assistance provided to the non-Federal interest toward the non-Federal share of the costs of the study to the maximum extent authorized by law. SEC. 554. AGUADILLA HARBOR, PUERTO RICO. The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine whether erosion and additional storm damage risks that exist in the vicinity of Aguadilla Harbor, Puerto Rico, are the result of a Federal navigation project. If the Secretary determines that such erosion and additional storm damage risks are the result of the project, the Secretary shall take appropriate measures to mitigate the erosion and storm damage. SEC. 555. OAHE DAM TO LAKE SHARPE, SOUTH DAKOTA, STUDY. Section 441 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3747) is amended— (1) by inserting "(a) INVESTIGATION. — " before "The Secretary"; and (2) by adding at the end the following: "(b) REPORT.— Not later than September 30, 1999, the Secretary Deadline, shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the investigation under this section. The report shall include the examination of financing options for regular maintenance and preservation of the lake. The report shall be prepared in coordination and cooperation with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, other Federal agencies, and State and local officials.". SEC. 556. NORTH PADRE ISLAND STORM DAMAGE REDUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION PROJECT. The Secretary is directed to carry out a project for ecosystem restoration and storm damage reduction at North Padre Island, Corpus Christi Bay, Texas, at a total estimated cost of $30,000,000, with an estimated FedersJ cost of $19,500,000 and an estimated non-Federal cost of $10,500,000, if the Secretary determines that the work is technically sound and environmentally acceptable. The Secretary shall make such a determination not later than 270 days after the date of enactment of this Act. SEC. 557. NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. The projects described in the following reports are authorized to be carried out by the Secretary substantially in accordance with the plans, 2ind subject to the conditions, recommended in the reports, and subject to a favorable report of the Chief of Engineers: (1) PARKERSBURG, WEST VIRGINL\. —Report of the Corps of Engineers entitled "ParkersburgA^ienna Riverfront Park FeasibiHty Study", dated June 1998, at a total cost of $8,400,000, with an estimated Federal cost of $4,200,000, and an estimated non-Federal cost of $4,200,000. (2) WEIRTON, WEST VIRGINIA. —Report of the Corps of Engineers entitled "Feasibility Master Plan for Weirton Port and Industrial Center, West Virginia Public Port Authority", dated
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