110 STAT. 3744 PUBLIC LAW 104-303—OCT. 12, 1996 (b) REPORT. —Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report on the results of the study conducted under subsection (a). SEC. 420. INDIANA HARBOR CANAL, EAST CfflCAGO, LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA. The Secretary shall conduct a study of the feasibility of including environmental and recreational features, including a vegetation buffer, as part of the project for navigation, Indiana Harbor Canal, East Chicago, Lake County, Indiana, authorized by the 1st section of the Act entitled "An Act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes", approved June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 657). SEC. 421. KOONTZ LAKE, INDIANA. The Secretary shall conduct a study of the feasibility of implementing measures to restore Koontz Lake, Indiana, including measures to remove silt, sediment, nutrients, aquatic growth, and other noxious materials from Koontz Lake, measures to improve public access facilities to Koontz Lake, and measures to prevent or abate the deposit of sediments and nutrients in Koontz Lake. SEC. 422. LITTLE CALUMET RIVER, INDIANA. (a) STUDY. —The Secretary shall conduct a study of the impacts of the project for flood control. Little Calumet River, Indiana, authorized by section 401(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 4115), on flooding and water quality in the vicinity of the Black Oak area of Gary, Indiana. (b) REPORT. —Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report on the results of the study conducted under subsection (a), together with recommendations for cost-effective remediation of impacts described in subsection (a). (c) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost of the study to be conducted under subsection (a) shall be 100 percent. SEC. 423. TIPPECANOE RIVER WATERSHED, INDIANA. (a) STUDY. —The Secretary shall conduct a study of water quality and environmental restoration needs in the Tippecanoe River watershed, Indiana, including measures necessary to reduce siltation in Lake Shafer and Lake Freeman. (b) ASSISTANCE. — The Secretary shall provide technical, planning, and design assistance to the Shafer and Freeman Lakes Environmental Conservation Corporation in addressing potential environmental restoration activities determined appropriate as a result of the study conducted under subsection (a). SEC. 424. CALCASIEU RIVER, HACKBERRY, LOUISIANA. The Secretary shall incorporate the portion of the Calcasieu River in the vicinity of Hackberry, Louisiana, as part of the overall study of the Lake Charles ship channel, bypass channel, and general anchorage area in Louisiana, to explore the possibility of constructing additional anchorage areas. SEC. 425. MORGANZA, LOUISIANA, TO GULF OF MEXICO. (a) STUDY.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct a study of the environmental, flood control, and navigational impacts asso-
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