PUBLIC LAW 106-541—DEC. 11, 2000 114 STAT. 2613 and Virginia if the reefs are preserved as permanent sanctuaries by the non-Federal interests, consistent with the recommendations of the scientific consensus document on Chesapeake Bay oyster restoration dated June 1999."; and (3) by inserting sifter "25 percent." the following: "In earring out paragraph (4), the Chief of Engineers may solicit participation by and the services of commercial watermen in the construction of the reefs.". SEC. 343. GREAT LAKES DREDGING LEVELS ADJUSTMENT. 33 USC 426o-l. (a) DEFINITION OF GREAT LAKE. — In this section, the term "Great Lake" means Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron (including Lake St. Clair), Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario (including the St. Lawrence River to the 45th parallel of latitude). (b) DREDGING LEVELS.— In operating and maintaining Federal channels and harbors of, and the connecting channels between, the Great Lakes, the Secretary shall conduct such dredging as is necessary to ensure minimal operation depths consistent with the original authorized depths of the channels and harbors when water levels in the Great Lakes are, or are forecast to be, below the International Great Lakes Datum of 1985. SEC. 344. GREAT LAKES REMEDLVL ACTION PLANS AND SEDIMENT REMEDIATION. Section 401 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 1268 note; 104 Stat. 4644; 110 Stat. 3763; 113 Stat. 338) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(2)(A) by striking "50 percent" and inserting "35 percent"; (2) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking paragraph (3); (B) in the first sentence of paragraph (4) by striking "50 percent" and inserting "35 percent"; and (C) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3); and (3) in subsection (c) by striking "$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1998 through 2000. " and inserting "$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 through 2006.". SEC. 345. TREATMENT OF DREDGED MATERIAL FROM LONG ISLAND SOUND. (a) IN GENERAL. —Not later than December 31, 2002, the Sec- Deadline, retary shall carry out a demonstration program for the use of innovative sediment treatment technologies for the treatment of dredged material from Long Island Sound. (b) PROJECT CONSIDERATIONS.—In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable— (1) encourage partnerships between the public and private sectors; (2) build on treatment technologies that have been used successfully in demonstration or full-scale projects (including projects carried out in the States of New York, New Jersey, and Illinois), such as technologies described in— (A) section 405 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (33 U.S.C. 2239 note; 106 Stat. 4863); and (B) section 503 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (33 U.S.C. 2314 note; 113 Stat. 337);
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