16 84 Stat. 1822.
San F r a n c i s c o Bay-Delta Model, Calif., operation.
42 USC 1962d15.
McClellan-Kerr A r k a n s a s River navigation system,
Surveys.
84 Stat. 1830.
64 Stat. 168.
Project review. L i s t, submittal to C o n g r e s s. 33 USC 579.
PUBLIC LAW 93-251-MAR. 7, 1974
[88 STAT.
(c) Section 116(b) of the River and Harbor Act of 1970 (Public Law 91-611) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "Non-Federal interests shall pay 25 per centum of the cost of maintaining the channel free of trees, roots, debris, and objects." SEC. 8. The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is authorized to operate and maintain the San Francisco Bay-Delta Model in Sausalito, California, for the purpose of testing proposals affecting the environmental quality of the region, including, but not limited to, salinity intrusion, dispersion of pollutants, water quality, improvements for navigation, dredging, bay fill, physical structures, and other shoreline changes which might affect the regimen of the bay-delta waters. SEC. 9. The requirement in any water resources development project under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Army, that non-Federal interests hold and save the United States free from damages due to the construction, operation, and maintenance of the project, does not include damages due to the fault or negligence of the United States or its contractors. SEC. 10. The McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River navigation system, authorized by the Act entitled "An Act authorizing the construction of certain public works on rivers and harbors for flood control, and for other purposes", approved June 28, 1938 (52 Stat. 1215), as amended and supplemented, is hereby further modified to include alteration at Federal expense of the municipal water supply facilities of the city of Conway, Arkansas, by the construction of water supply impoundment facilities at a location outside the flat flood plain of Cadron Creek, together with interconnecting pipeline and other appurtenant work, so that the water supply capacity of the resultant municipal facilities is approximately equivalent to that existing prior to constiuction of the navigation system. SEC. 11. (a) The Secretary of the Army is hereby authorized and directed to cause surveys to be made at the following locations for flood control and allied purposes, and subject to all applicable provisions of section 217 of the Flood Control Act of 1970 (Public Law 91-611): San Luis Obispo County, California. Buffalo River Basin, New York (wastewater management study). Palo Blanco Creek and Cibolo Creek, at and in the vicinity of Falfurrias, Texas. (b) The Secretary of the Army is hereby authorized and directed to cause surveys to be made at the following locations and subject to all applicable provisions of section 110 of the River and Harbor Act of 1950: Miami River, Florida, with a view to determining the feasibility and advisability of dredging the river in the interest of water quality. Port Las Mareas. Puerto Rico, with a view to determining the feasibility and advisability of assumption of maintenance of the project by the United States. Saint Marys River at, and in the vicinity of, Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, with a view to determining the advisability of developing a deep draft navigation harbor and international port. East Two Rivers between Tower, Minnesota, and Vermilion Lake. SEC. 12. (a) As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this section and at least once each year thereafter, the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, shall review and submit to Congress a list of those authorized projects for works of
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