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64 Stat. 170.
45 Stat. 535.
PUBLIC LAW 780-SEPT. 3, 1954
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following items of work and the authorization for said project is increased accordingly. (a) Control of Old and Atchafalaya Rivers and a lock for navigation substantially as set forth in section X III of the report of the Mississippi River Commission dated February 2, 1954, and the report of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 478, Eightythird Congress, with such modifications as the Chief of Engineers in his discretion may find advisable at an estimated additional cost (exclusive of the navigation lock) of $32,000,000, in addition to the $15,000,000 increase in authorization made by subparagraph (a) under the title "Lower Mississippi River" in section 204 of the Flood Control Act, approved May IT, 1950, which $15,000,000 shall be applied to the item described in this paragraph: Provided, That the United States shall acquire such lands, rights-of-way and spoildisposal areas as may be necessary for construction of the project except that local interests shall comply with the provisions of section 3 of ^he Flood Control Act approved May 15, 1928, as amended, with regard to the enlargement and extension of the main line Mississippi River levee below Shaw, Louisiana: Provided further, That no flowage rights are to be acquired by the United States in connection with this item: And provided further, That when the type and dimensions of the required navigation lock are approved by the Chief of Engineers, construction thereof may be initiated with funds herein authorized to be appropriated. (b) The plan for an adequate channel from the Mississippi River via Old and Atchafalaya Rivers to Morgan City, Louisiana, substantially in accordance with the report of the Chief of Engineers in Senate Document Numbered 53, Eighty-second Congress, at an estimated additional cost of $440,000. (c) Modification of the authorized project for the Vicksburg-Yazoo area substantially in accordance with the report of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 85, Eighty-third Congress. (d) Modification of the authorized project for the New Madrid Floodway substantially in accordance with the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 183, Eightythird Congress, at an estimated cost of $1,743,000. (e) The plan for flood control in the Reelfoot Lake Area, Tennessee and Kentucky, substantially in accordance with the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers in his report dated June 17, 1954, at an estimated cost of $748,100. TRINITY RIVER B A S I N, TEXAS
The project for the Navarro Mills Reservoir on Richland Creek, Texas, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in his report dated May 28, 1954, at an estimated cost of $4,969,000. BUFFALO BAYOU BASIN, TEXAS
53 Stat. 1414.
The project for Buffalo Bayou and tributaries, to provide flood protection for the city of Houston, Texas, as authorized by the Flood Coutrol Act approved August 11, 1939, and previous Acts, is hereby modified substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 250, Eighty-third Congress, at an additional estimated cost of $16,191,600.
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