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[119 STAT. 2263]
PUBLIC LAW 109-000—MMMM. DD, 2005
[119 STAT. 2263]

PUBLIC LAW 109–103—NOV. 19, 2005

119 STAT. 2263

placement of dredge material in the new disposal easement area, paragraph (b)(1), including, site preparation costs, associated testing, permitting, mitigation and diking costs associated with such new disposal easement over the costs that would have been incurred in the placement of dredge material in the old disposal easement area, paragraph (b)(2) (comprising all of Corps of Engineers Dredge Material Placement Area O) up to the disposal capacity equivalent of the property described in paragraph (b)(2), shall be made available by the Owners. Owners shall make appropriated guarantees, as agreed to by the Secretary, that funds will be available as needed to cover such incremental costs. The Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District, as local sponsor for the Calcasieu Ship Channel Project, shall not be assessed or caused to incur any costs arising out of, associated with or as a consequence of the land exchange authorized under paragraph (a). (d) VALUE OF PROPERTIES.—If the appraised fair market value, as determined by the Secretary, of the real property conveyed to Pujo Heirs and Westland Corporation by the Secretary under paragraph (a) exceeds the appraised fair market value, as determined by the Secretary, of the real property conveyed to the United States by Pujo Heirs and Westland Corporation under paragraph (a), Pujo Heirs and Westland Corporation shall make a payment to the United States equal to the excess in cash or a cash equivalent that is satisfactory to the Secretary. SEC. 134. PROJECT MODIFICATION.—(a) IN GENERAL.—The project for flood damage reduction, environmental restoration, recreation, Johnson Creek, Arlington, Texas, authorized by section 101(b)(14) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 280–281) is modified— (1) to deauthorize the ecosystem restoration portion of the project that consists of approximately 90 acres of land located between Randol Mill and the Union Pacific East/West line; and (2) to authorize the Secretary of the Army to design and construct an ecosystem restoration project on lands identified in subsection (c) that will provide the same or greater level of national ecosystem restoration benefits as the portion of the project described in paragraph (1). (b) CREDIT TOWARD FEDERAL SHARE.—The Secretary of the Army shall credit toward the Federal share of the cost of the modified project the costs incurred by the Secretary to carry out the project as originally authorized under section 101(b)(14) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 280). The non-Federal interest shall not be responsible for reimbursing the Secretary for any amount credited under this subsection. (c) COMPARABLE PROPERTY.—Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the City of Arlington, Texas, shall identify lands, acceptable to the Secretary of the Army, amounting to not less than 90 acres within the City, where an ecosystem restoration project may be constructed to provide the same or greater level of National ecosystem restoration benefits as the land described in subsection (a)(1). SEC. 135. Funds made available in Public Law 105–62 and Public Law 105–245 for Hudson River, Athens, New York, shall be available for projects in the Catskill/Delaware watersheds in Delaware and Greene Counties, New York, under the authority

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