Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 110 Part 5.djvu/692

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110 STAT. 3766 PUBLIC LAW 104-303—OCT. 12, 1996 central United States by providing the necessary capability at an existing district office of the Corps of Engineers near the New Madrid fault. SEC. 522. JACKSON COUNTY, ALABAMA. (a) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary may provide technical, planning, and design assistance to non-Federal interests for wastewater treatment and related facilities, remediation of point and nonpoint sources of pollution and contaminated riverbed sediments, and related activities in Jackson County, Alabama, including the city of Stevenson. (b) COST SHARING.— The Federal cost of assistance provided under this section may not exceed $3,000,000. The non-Federal share of assistance provided under this section shall be 25 percent. SEC. 523. BENTON AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES, ARKANSAS. Section 220 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4836-4837) is amended by adding at the end the following: "(c) USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS. —The Secretary may make available to the non-Federal interests funds not to exceed an amount equal to the Federal share of the total project cost to be used by the non-Federal interests to undertake the work directly or by contract.". SEC. 524. HEBER SPRINGS, ARKANSAS. Contracts. (a) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary shall enter into an agreement with the city of Heber Springs, Arkansas, to provide 3,522 acrefeet of water supply storage in Greers Ferry Lake, Arkansas, for municipal and industrial purposes, at no cost to the city. (b) NECESSARY FACILITIES. —The city of Heber Springs shall be responsible for 100 percent of the costs of construction, operation, and maintenance of any intake, transmission, treatment, or distribution facility necessary for utilization of the water supply. (c) ADDITIONAL WATER SUPPLY STORAGE.—Any additional water supply storage required after the date of the enactment of this Act shall be contracted for and reimbursed by the city of Heber Springs, Arkansas. SEC. 525. MORGAN POINT, ARKANSAS. The Secretary shall accept as in-kind contributions for the project for creation of fish and wildlife habitat at Morgan Point, Arkansas— (1) the items described as fish and wildlife facilities and land in the Morgan Point Bendway Closure Structure modification report for the project, dated February 1994; and (2) fish stocking activities carried out by the non-Federal interests for the project; if the Secretary determines that the items and activities are compatible with the project. SEC. 526. CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. (a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. —The Secretary may provide technical assistance to non-Federal interests, in cooperation with Federal and State agencies, for reclamation and water quality protection projects for the purpose of abating and mitigating surface water quality degradation caused by abandoned mines in the watershed of the lower Mokelume River in Calaveras County, California.