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PUBLIC LAW 96-000—MMMM. DD, 1980

PUBLIC LAW 96-367—OCT. 1, 1980

94 STAT. 1337

Nebraska plan of flood control improvements authorized by Public Law 94-83, the Flood Control Act of 1968: Provided further. That 42 USC 4332. within available funds, $1,500,000 shall be for emergency beach ^^ Stat. 739. nourishment at Mt. Baldy at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore and shall remain available until expended: Provided further. That funds appropriated for the Siuslaw River and Bar, Oregon navigation project, authorized by the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1910, as 36 Stat. 630. amended and modified, shall be used to design and construct further modifications to that project in accordance with the Report of the Division Engineer, North Pacific Division, dated 16 June 1976: Provided further. That the Chief of Engineers is directed to spend not more than $3,000,000 to provide beach nourishment to replenish the authorized project for beach erosion control at Oceanside, San Diego County, California, to its previous configuration from any materials that he may reeisonably obtain for that purpose. FLOOD CONTROL, MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES

For expenses necessary for prosecuting work of flood control, and rescue work, repair, restoration, or maintenance of flood control projects threatened or destroyed by flood, as authorized by law (33 U.S.C. 702a, 702g-l), $232,519,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That not less than $250,000 shall be available for bank stabilization measures as determined by the Chief of Engineers to be advisable for the control of bank erosion of streams in the Yazoo Basin, including the foothill area, and where necessary such measures shall complement similar works planned and constructed by the Soil Conservation Service and be limited to the areas of responsibility mutually agreeable to the District Engineer and the State Conservationist: Provided further. That none of the funds available to the Corps of Engineers' civil works program shall be available, except on a voluntary basis, for the acquisition of land or easements for the impoundment of floodwaters, or for the purpose of enlarging the four Yazoo Basin reservoirs, as determined by the Corps to be necessary because records of recent years show a more frequent incidence of high lake levels than originally calculated for the four lake projects in the Yazoo Basin, Mississippi, but this provision shall not apply to the acquisition of rights-of-way for a plan for flood protection for the town of Coffeeville which has the concurrence of community officials: Provided further. That funds in this Act for the Tensas Basin Red River Backwater Area, Louisiana project are to be used to construct features for flood control and allied purposes for Sicily Island and Below Red River including pumping stations and such other modifications of these or existing features in this area as the Chief of Engineers determines advisable, subject to non-Federal cooperation for each separable feature of such work at the time of construction as is required for work pursuant to the August 18, 1941, authorization. 55 Stat. 638. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, GENERAL

For expenses necessary for the preservation, operation, maintenance, and care of existing river and harbor, flood control, and related works, including such sums as may be necessary for the maintenance of harbor channels provided by a State, municipality or other public agency, outside of harbor lines, and serving essential needs of general commerce and navigation; administration of laws pertaining to preservation of navigable waters; surveys and charting of northern and northwestern lakes and connecting waters; clearing