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Public Law 89-789 .' 89th Congress. H. R. 18233

November 7. 1966

Authorizing the construction, repair. and pres~f'ratlon ot certain public worka on rivers and harbors tur navigation, llood cOlltrol, Ilno tor other llUrposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and lluulle of Representatwe8 of the United State8 of Am.erica in CO'fI.gre&8lUJIJembled,

TITLE I-RIVERS AND HARBORS

SEC. 101. The following works of improvement of rivers and ha.rbors and other waterwa.ys for navigation, H()()d control, lind ot.her purposes are hereby I\dopted Rnd authorized to be proS('"cuted under the diroo­tion of the Secretary of the Army and supervision of the Chief of Engineers, in Rccordanee with the plans and subject to the conditions recommended by the Chief of En~ineers in the respective reports hereinafter designated. The proviSIOns of section 1 of the River and Hl\rbor Act approved March 2, 1945 (Public Law Numbered 14, Seventy-ninth Con~l'ess, first session), sha.ll govern with respect to projects authorized in this title; a.na the procedures therein set forth with rt'.sped to plllns, proposals, or reports for works of improvement for navigntiol1 or f\()oll ('ontl"Ol a.ml for irrigl~t.ion and purposes in~i­dent.al thereto, shnllllpply ~~s if hCl'('in set fmill in full.

NAVIOA'r:rON

,I' Newark Bay, Hackensack and Pllssaic Rivers, New Jersey: House Document Numbered 494, Eighty-ninth Congress, at an estimated cost of $12,899,000 j

",. Carolinl\ Beach Harbor, North Carolina: House Document Num­bered 515, Eighty-ninth Congress, maintenance;

.,; 8011thpOl1. Harbor, North Carolina: House Document Numbered ::'14, Eighty-ninth Contrress, ml~inten:mee j

.,' Gillf County Cllnnf, Florida.: House Document Numbered 481, I';ighty-nillth Congress, at. an est.imated cost of $477,000;

,/: Suint LU('ie Inlet. Florida: House Do(!ument Numbered 508, Eighty­nint.h C:>lH!J'es,,;,nlllintenance;

y" PeMl Riv(\r .. Mississippi nnd Louisiana: House Document Num­bl'l'nd 4H~, Eighty-nilll h Congress, at all estimated cost of $630,000;

;- Biloxi Harho)', Mississippi: House Document Numbered 513, I<:i~hty-ninth ('ongl'l's.", at. nn estimated cost of $753,000;

,/ Elk Cl'l~l~k HarbOl', PenJlsylvnnia.: House Document Numbered 512, Eil!hty-nint h COIl,!!l'l'SS. lit ltn estimated cost of $020,000;

.,.- ('ullneullt. Hm'htll', Ohio: House Docnment Numbered 484, Eighty­nint.h COIlj!l'e,,;S, nt nil l'stimlHe<i (~ost of $4S);1,OOO;

." Cross Vill11~e Harhor, Michigan: House Document Numbered 490, Ei:.rhty-ninth Conf!l'e.~s, at. an est.imated cost of $723,000;

lfississippi Rivl·r·}i'ort ~Indison Hn.rhor, 10wl\: House Document Numbered 507, Eighty-ninth Congress, at an estimated cost of $lli5,OOO;

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\.' Oel'lwoke Inlet to Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina: House Document XIlIlli>t'l'ed r,O!), Eighty·ninth Congl'css, nt 1m est.imated cost of $:i,ROO,OOO ;

• Mullet Key, I!'lorida: HOllso Do('ument. Numbored 516, Eighty-ninth CClIIj!l'l",<;:;;, nt. lUI estimnted cost of $286,000; , r'. PJJH~lIns County, Florida: House Document. Numbered 519, Eighty­III1lI h ('ongl'CSl'I, nt all est imatcd cost of $116,000;

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80 STAT. 1405

River and Hal'­bor Aot of 1966.

59 Stat. 10.

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bercb, _ authorized·· 'and ~i :~;;:{~ . following namoo loca1ities",~J4~h'';, f ~~~' '110 f 1 'U' . " •.. f.L "PJP"'C.alU.;Pfl~vJ81Cl~ o ,,_lon , .. 0 tie ulver-.:,;!'$.

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Srld4., K1m.~ . '. from, the, DhnoJ8 RIver to Mmneapolts, MIlIIH!St)~l\, t\uthom'.ed , ~y the ;,; ",,:,~ apoUs. Hinn.,.:, Act of July 30' 1930, as ext.ellded and amended, IS horeby mOlhhed to 46 Stat. 9~7~:~':~~ Iluthori~e the ~retlll'Y of the Ann1 to reimburse any common <.."tlrrier ·k.

< ': ,-,,~::~~ by railroad ~QF th~'e~ ofJ>er~n~nt ~COJl,.tMlction a.nd reI>air 01· -">,~ " the Stone ArcJi Bndge at 1rfmneapohs, Mmnesota, perfonned by such ,::'

~ . .',~~r-;-~ canier,-to repair the. damage to such br.idge caused by floods during' .: '.> :, ", -. April and May 19~5t except that such reImbursement shan not exceed, . ,< f' , !. $100

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Illinol- &D<i. ,'" :' 'f : SEC~ l~. ~.h! SeCretAry of tlls ·Ariny· is author:ized .and directed.to. ,}r;~~ Hbh1pn c~. ~.~ i.'A.u~ ~ 1JlUIl~&te study. to be. Dl8.de,und~r the dl~tJon of the Chlet··/.,i;~

., :'" of. Engmeers; In eooperah~n wlth approprulte ag6IlCle9 and repreeent+,'{,. ::;:';~, . . i" r~.H'l;:' atlves of'the,Stafe'of Dlinois, o! tl,le nhno~ a.nd l{jchi~ Ct~naI7'i~:"';;-"'" .

,- lands and a.ppurtenances extendmg from Clucag!> t? tho IJIinolS Rive~ .... at ~ ,Salle as ('.o~ruded by tllO State of I1IinOls,pUrsll/Ult to the· .

. ;.. prOVISions, as apphcable, of the Acts of Marc.h 30) 1822 (3 Stat. 659),.;': . }farch 2, 1827 (4 Stat. 2.'l4) , and March 2,1833 \4- Stat. 662) with &;;' . vie,! to~vard determiniI!g. (I) those I>?rti,?l'!s no IOJlger. required for ~i");,;,;i";;: l~l\V)gatlon-i (2) the fea.slbd,lty and advlsalnhty of decJa.rmg such pc;»r-:_~,I;j!;~l~::<

i . hons fl-bandoned:as ~ n,ll.vigable w~terway, Il.n,d ~3) proCedur:es. :for, ./,~, ~]t>.asmg and qUl~launmg tl? the St.ate of Ilhnol,s the reve~Ioll,!,ry: :, ~;;', J~

.. mterests of the Umted State.."1 In such la.nds not l"equll"ed for naVIgation ./ .::. H,;~~ Report to Con- purposes.. The Secretary sha.ll report to the t'!ongress tlle results of,·'.: ':'~,'::

such st.udy together with his recommendations tlleroon not later Ulan :";";';~':;:; one year a fter the date of. ellactmen t of this Act. .: . : ... ; '., "<:~iii~\

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Ea.at S1:, Louu .lld Cheater, Ill., bric!&ea. 60 St.t~ 847. 33 USC 525 note~ 'X :Ct.at. 891.

'. SEC. 105. Notw~thsttlnding a.ny prov~ion in the Genera.l B~dge A~, l\;~:~f!:~Jl of 1946 or any ~ther Act of Qon~, III !,he. case of the brl.~ ~.o~-::~'/;-~~ strueted by the CIty of East Samt Louis, Illnwl.~ across the MlSSI881ppr-';:;_.;r~, RJver, pursunnt to Public ,Ln.w Numbered 639~ (,Jla.cted by the Seve~ty~.:: ';""'~(.~.' nmth Con~ of the Umted States of ~~et:lca. ,a.t. ~he second se;C!8J0Il1'::"".,,·rtJ and the brl~ge .constructed across t~le MlSSlSSIPPi Rlver by t.he CIty 01 ~.:~:-:t:;~:; Chester, 11lmolS, pursuant to Pubhc I.a.w Numbered 11>1, enacted bY'>;".'1\1ili:.

S3 Stat. 1058. the SeveJlty-sixt~ Congress of the United St.ates of Aml'll'ica,' ·as'--:::·':!h~ amended by Pl.lbh(Law Numben'<i 75~, enacted by!he Seventy-sIxth. ,::;:~

S4 Stat. 765.

72 Stat. 355.

C',oogress of the Umted Stntl!~ of Amcrt('a, and PllblJC TAlW Numhetp.d' !',

85 .... M2, ennett-.d by fha Eighty-fifth Congress of the United State., of .America a.t the ~.ond session, if th6appJico.ble law of the StAte of· Illinois T)rovides or permits the estR.blishm~nt of reasonable tolls 8Uf~. ncient for the reasona.ble <:ost, of maintaining, operating, and repairing SR.id bridges and the npproachM thereto under ooonomical ma.nAge­ment, and provide a sinking ,fund to amortiy.e the co.qt of. a.ny bonds '. or other obli~tions issued to finn-nee sllch cost" including reasonllblo . interest and firtan~in~ costs u.s lWOn a.<t J>OSSlbJe under reasonable chArges amI within rhe. I,crimi of thirfv venrs from ('.mnpJetion, recon­struct.ion; rel'4'ir, nod imlJNvem~nt, of :,,\ich hriuJ!e or extensions there- . ~f, and permi~ or prov-i<ics the transfer to ~ld city ot any surplus.> Income to ,the CIty to bo Ilsed for IL proper pubhc purpose, and ench of .

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, sa.id cities have adopted instnhnentsalithonzing construction of said bridges and by such instruments provided for the financing of the same under tile applicable State statutes, including' the transfer of surpluses to said cIties for a proper public pu~, then each such city may, prior to January 1, 1969, charge tolls In the manner and to ' the extent provided in I!'1ch instnunents, and all. col!~ons from suc:h brid~ heretofore retamed or transferred to SlUd' CIties shall be valid collections, and may be retained by said cities and used and' applied for a proper purpose.' 'An a.cenrate record of the cost of each such bridge and the approaches thereto, the expenditures for maintaining, openLting1 and repairing the same, including amounts transferred to the cities In accoroance with the tenns of any instrument adopted by sa.id cities for financing the cost of the bridm; and the daily tolls col-lected, s!laH be kept and shall be ava.ila.ble ,for the information of all l)6rsons mterested. ' :' , , ,

SKa. 106. (n.) The consent and approval of Congress is given to the COm}lact between the States of Missouri and Dlinois creating a. Missourl-Illinois-.1efferson-Monroe Bridge Commission which reads as follows: ' ";", '

"COMPACT nETWEEN. ILLINOIS: AND MISSOURI' CRE­. ATING A, lUSSOURI-ILLINOIS-JEFFERSON-MONROE :" BRIDGE G01UIISSION, :~;;,,!'~,!,'.I ,,,t:'; .. ', "

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"Thel'6 is hereby creat.ed a Missouri-Illinois-Jefferson-Monroe Bridge Commis..'Iion (hereinafter referred to as the commission) which ~ha.ll be a. body cOI1)orate and politic and which shall ha.ve the follow- ' 1ll{f powers l\ltd duties; ',' " .' , ' , . ,

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'1. To plan, construct, maintain and operate a bridge and ugproaches thel'eto across the Mississippi River at or near Crystal Vlty, Missouri, at a point deemed by the commission as most suita.ble t.o the int.erests of the citizens of the States of Illinois and Missouri in accordttnce with the provisions of an act of the Seventy-ninth Con­gl'ass, Second Session, of t.he United States entitled 'The General Brid~ Act of 1946'; .' .' 60 Stat. 847.

"2. To purchase ml1illtai~ and, in, its discretion, to operate all or 33 USC 525 note. l~ny ferries across tile Mississippi River within twenty-five miles of the site selected for the bridge; " , , '. '

"3. To contract, to sue and be sued in its own name; to purchase or ?t.herwise ncquire, hold and dispose of real and personal property;

"4. To ncqllit'6 by proper condemnation proceedings such real prop­el'ty as llll\y be necE'.ssn.ry for the construction and operation of the bridge n.nd the approoohes thereto; : ' , ,

"Ii. '1'0 i~tl6 bonds 011 the security of the revenue derived from the opnrnt.ion (If the bridge and fE',rrit's for the plIYJnent of the cost of the bridge, its approaches, ferry or f~rrjes, ILnd t.he necessary la.nds, ease­ments nnd nppurtennn("~.s t.heret.o including interest during construc­~ion Ilnd all necessary engineering, IE'gal, architectural, traffic survey­mg Rnd other n8Ccs .. "llry expenses, Su<.'h bonds shall be the negotiable bonds of the rommission. the income of which shan be tax free. The prinripnl and int('n'st. of the hflnds, IlJul an~ premiums to be paid for «JII·i" ('l·t i r('IIH'IIt. h,·fllre IlIIl'ul"i. \". "hall he pmd :-;olp.ly f!'Om the revenues dl'riv('lllrolll tIlt! hrid;..."C and fer:l'j".-; ;

"~. ~o lllitnhlish Im(~ ('hnrge tol~:i. lor trnn~it over such bridge and ferrl('s In a('cordR.nce WIth the provl:,nons of f,h]s compact; , , , "1. To }X'r/onn n1l other nOC't'!S.Sllry and incidental functions.

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,.. 1- "The'rates of tolls to be charged for tn\usit· over snell Lriuge IUld .. . ferries shl\ll be so adjusted as to provide a fund sufficient to pay lor the

.:: c , ';," ,. :l-easonable cost of maintenance, repairs and operation (including the -.' . .approa.ehes to the bridge) under economical management, and also

~. ,-, " ;to provide a sinking fund sufficient to pay the principal and interest { of the outstanding bouds. •. AU tons and other revenues deri~'ed from

.' . ,facilities of the commission are hereby pledged to such nses.. .'.

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.. :" "TIle commissionshl\ll keep nn aocurll.te record of the cost. of the .bric4,re IUld of other expenses'I111d of the daily revenues collected and

shall report aunually to the governor of eltch state setting forth in ._ , ':'~ .detail tbe operations and transactions conducted by it pursuant to

,'.. ":' this agreement and any legislation thereunder.

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;'When t.be bonds luwe been retil'ed, the putt of the bridl,re within the state of Illinois sh~LJJ be conveled to the state of Illiuois, alld thllt palt within the sta.te of :M:issoun to the stat.e of Missouri, and the high contracting parties to this c.ompact do hereby Ilgree t.hl\t tllere­Iliter the bridge shall be free of tolls alld sluLH be properly main­tained, operated and repaired by the two states as may be Ilgreed upon.

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"The commission sball consist of ten members, five of whom shan he qualified electors of the state of Illinois and shall reside in Monroe Count,y, or counties adjacent thereto, Illinois, Ilnd five of whom shall be quahfied electors of the state of Missouri ang shall reside in Jeffer­son Count.y, or counties adjacent thereto, Missouri. The Illinois mem­bers are to be chosen by the state of Il1inois, and the Missouri members by the state of Missouri in the mallner and for the terms fixed by the legislature of each state, except as herein provided. ' .. '::

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"1. The commission shall elect from its number a chairman and a vice-chairman, and may appoint such officers and employees as it may l'equire for the performlLnce of its duties and shall fix and determine their qualifications And duties.

"2. Until otherwise determined by the legislatures of the two states no action of the commission shall be binding unless taken at a meet­ing at which at least three members from each state are present and unless a majority of the members from each state present at such meeting shall vote in favor thereof. Each state reserves the right hereafter to provide by law for the exercise of the veto power by the governor thereof over any action of any commissioner appointed . therefrom. '.

"3. The two stutes shaH provide pennJtit',s for violations of any order, rule or reguJlltion of the commission, and for the manner of enforcing SlIme.

:. "The commiRSion is nuthorized and directt'!o to pl'oceecl with the planning llnd ('omllructioll of the hridge and the IIppl'Ollches theret.o RII l'IIJ>idl,Y 116 nlily b,' eevanmiiaHy prnctiC'/l.hle alid II: Ilere",)' \'(!st(lU

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. P",I. .. t, si,...,.ed by t.he eompat't rapresentK.t.ivea lor tbe St~'t~ of ~IUlSl\S paot. and Okl"homa on the 31st day of March 196.') I\t, Wlclutn, Knnsns, Consent of llnd thereafter J'Rtified by the legislature of ellcoh of the Stalee llfore·.Conere ... !laid, whi('h oompllct is ttl! follows:,. ( ,,~ ,:", <:; .;:ni.' " . :; ~':;" .. ~ .. ", :! •. '::.,1

,'. .'.\J{K.\:XH.\·~ I{IV}~R BASi~ itOMP~~(~l'si·K~.nIS.\S~',:; " .' ,;".,' 'OIn ... :\HOMA ~'i:"'i ,'i, , .:

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~;The rirattt~ (If Kansas Ilud the state .)1 Oklahouilt:' ading through their dilly lluthorized eompu.ct representatives, Robel·t I~. Smith and Warden 1... Noe. for the state' of KAnsas, and Geo. R. l3enz l1.ud Frank Raab, foJ' the stat.e of OklahomA; after negotiat.ious participated in by Trigg Twichell, appointed by the llresident as. the J'6presentative of the ilnited States of America, and m ar.o.cordance with t,he consent to such neJ,rotilttiolls Io.,"l'lulted by an act of con~ of t·he United' Stntes of America, approved August 11, 1965 (P'ublic lAW 340, 84th· (~ongress, 1st ~ion), haye I\~ !,S folloW81"eSpecting the \\"aters: 69 Stat., 631. :; uHhe Arkl\llSllS fl,rer Rnd Jts tdbutarles: ,;,' ',' " ".; ..

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"The mujor 1llll1)oses of this compact are: A. To prOll\llte intersta.te (.omity between the states of KUlIS3.s and Oklahoma;

"~no To divide and t\PpoftioIl equit.ably bot.woon the states of Kansas Ilnd Oklahomll, the waters of the Arkansas liver basin and to promote I he orderly development t.hereof; , '

·'C. To provide an agency for a.dministering tile wat.er apportion-ment agrooo to herein' , ,., ,

"D. 'ro cm·oumge the maintenance of all &etive pollution-abatement

l,rogrnm in each of the two statM and to seek ille furt.her reduction of, )()th natuJ'ltl Ilnd n1Stn-nlilde }>ollUt.ioll in t.he waters of the .\rkansas

river basin. ' '. . "'A'RTICLZ 11

., As used in this ('otnl}ltct: A. The term 'state' shall Dloun either state signa.t.ory hereto :lnd S lAll. be eonstl-ued to include a.ny person or per·' l>ons. entity or a.gen<.'y of 6Jther st.ate who, by reason of official respon­l'tibiHty or by d£-.slJ,.'DIl.t.ion of the govenlOr of t.hat sta.te, is acting as an' offidal ropl't'.sentative. of that stat.e;·' . . . .

'"H. The. term 'KllnAAs-Okla.homa Arkansas river commission' or the' term 'commission' means the agency cr6ltted by this c:mnpact for the administration t.hereof; .

"C. The term 'Arkn.nsn..<; river' mel~ns that ~rt.ion of the Arkansas' 1 iver {rom a point immediMely below the corifiuencc of t.he .Arkansas I\n~l LitHe Arkllllsas rhrers in t.ho vic.illityof Wichita., Kansas, to a pomt. immediately below t.he confluence of tbe ArKansas river with the Orand·Neosho river .near l:[uskogee, Oklahoma.;

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"ri:·'The term 'Arkansas river basin' means all of the drainage basin '.' '. of the· Arkansas river as delimited above, including all tributaries ., which empty into it between the 'upstream and downstream limits·,

. ','" "Eo The tenn 'waters of the ArkaD88S river and its tributari;: ,':. ,~~ means the waters originating in the Arkansas river basin; .'

. . "F. The term"COh8eI'Y&tion storage ca~9' means that portion of .. i . the active stOrage ca~ of reservoirs, including multipurpose ree­

.-voUs, with a conservation storage ca~ty in excess of 100 acre-feet, available for the storage of _tar for subsequent usa, but it acludea any ~rtion of the storap ca~ity allocated to 8.oOd and aediment

........ • ,-1'; '::' t:;'~' control and inaetivestorageea.pacity allocated to other uses; .. ~., "G. The term. 'new conservation storap ca~ty' means consern.­

~ ~ ", " ,~" tion storage capacity for which construction JS initiated after J u1.r 1, . ,." ..... ;;' 1963, and !lol'!'-ge capacity not presently allocated for. conservation

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storage which 18 convertecf to conservation storage capacIty after July ~ 1, 196;3, in excess of .the quantities of declared conservation storage . cap8.C1ty as set forth m the storage table a.ttached to and made a f.art

of the minutes of the twenty-fourth meeting of the compact commIttee dated September 1, 1964, and as filed and identified to this compact in the oftices of the secretaries of state of the ~ve states: ", .'

I "K The term 'pol1ution~1neans contaminatIon or other alterations­of the p~cal, cliemical, biological or radiological properties of water' or the di8cha.rge of 'any :li~uid, gaseous, or eolid substances into any: waters which creates or is likely to result in a nuisance, or which ren-' ~. ders or is likely to·render the waters into which it is discharged harm·, fu~ detrimental or injurious to public health, safety, or welfare or· which. is harmful, detrimental or injurious to .beneficial uses of the:

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"The phY.m~'andother co~diti~nS· peculiar to the Arkansas river basin constitute. the basis for this compact, and neither of the states he~nor the congress of the United States by its conaent here~. con ~ that this compact. establishes. any general principle with ~

·respect.toany·otherinterstateatrea.m. .. i ,';, .' ,.'~ .., ; .. .'. :,', 'f 'd .•

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ata~ the ArkanaBIJ river basin is hereby divided into major topo-,:.

mpliiC,SUb¥1¥' 8:0! follows: (1) .The Grand-Neosho ~ver sub~;' ",' 2) the V~rdigrlB rlyer subb~; (3) the Salt For~ nver 8Ubbaain;~:: . 4) the Clmarron rlver subbasin; and· (6) the mainstem Arkansa8 .:< ,

river subbasin which shall consist of the Arkansas river basin, acept.- I .'

in~ the G~nd-NeoshC? riv~r, .yerdigris river, Salt Fork river, md :.~:." Cimarronnversubbasma. . , . . ~ , ';'/', i," ~: . ' . "~. 'l1le two states recognize that portions of other state8not, '. ': . ~ a!gnatory to this compact lie within the draiBage area of the Arkansas . river basin as herein defined. The water apportionment. provided for in this compact are not intended to •• ect nor do the, aUrect the '. rig~ts ~f such ~.statea in and to the use of the waters of the basin.;' ~

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proviaicma of this compact and to the limitations set forth below: "A. New conservation storage cap.:w in the Grand-Neosho river su~ within the state of Kansu not aceed UO,QOO ac~feet

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plus an additional capacity equal to the new conservation storage in said drainage basin in Oklahoma excepting storage on SpaVInaw reek·' .

C "B: New conservation StO~ge ~t&citY in tbe Verdigris river su~ basin within the $tate of KansaS not exceed 800,000 acre-feet plus an additional capacity equal to the new conservation storage in said drainage basin in Oklahoma, excepting navigation capacity a.1located

in,~ITe! =!iion stora~' ca~ity in 'th~ mainstem A~ river subbasin within the state of K&iuJas Shall not exceed 600,000 acre­feet plus a~ additio~a! ca"'p~ity equal to the new conservation storage in sald dnunage basm m Oklahoma; .. '.... .. .

"D. New conServation storage capacity ui the Salt Fork river sub­basin within the state of Kansassh.ll not exceed 300,000 acre-feet plUA an additional capacitl equal to'the· new. conservation storage in said draina~ basin in Oklahoma; , ' . . .. :

"E. New conservation storage C8.}}!Cltj iD.'tbe Cimarron river sub­basin within tbestate of Kansas .shall not exceed 5,000 acre-feet, pro­vided th"t new conservation stora$9 capollcity in excess of that amount DJay be constructed if specific proJect, plans have first been submitted to and have received the approval of tbe commission.

"The state of Oklab~masball hAve free .md unrestl'icteci use of the waters of the Arkansas river basin within Oklahoma subject to the provisions of this compact and to the limitat.ions set forth below: .

"New conservation storage ca~ty in the Cimarron river subbaam within the state of Oklahoma shall not exceed 5,000 acre-feet provided that new conservation storage capacity in excess of that amount may be constructed. if specific project plans have ~~ '?een submitted to I and have receiVed the approval of the. eommU18l0n. . . ", .

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"A. The commission shall detennine the conditions under which one state may construct and operate· for its needs new conservation storage capacity in the other state.· The construction or utilization of ne\V consel'Vl\tion storage capacity by one state in the other state shall entit.1e the stnte whose storage potential is reduced bl such con~c­don to const.ruct an equal amount of new conservation storage m a subbasin agreeable to the commission. . '

"B. New conservation storage capacity constructed by the United Stlltes or any of its agencies, instrumentalities or wards, or by !L state, , pali.tiCl\1 subdivi~ion t~ereof, or 8.!'y pe~ot persons shall be charged, apmst, the st"te 11\ whIch the use 18 made. . ,: . . . . ' :

"C. El\ch state has the unrestricted right to replace within the same . subbasin, "ny conserv~tion storage capacity made unusable by any' ~~ .' . ~

"D. In the event reallocation of storage capacity in the Arkansas -river basin in Oklahoma should result in the ieduction of that state', . new conservation storage capacity, such reallocation shall not reduce the total new conservation storage l'.apacities available to J{anlills under Art.icle V; provided that a sUDsequent reinstatement of such storage. capacity slla1l not be charged as an inereaadn Oklahoma's new con.:

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- subbasin within the same state, the state making the importation shull .. have exclusive use of such imported waters. .

"B. In the event of exportation of water from a major subbasin for use in another major subbasin or for use outside the Arkansas river basin within the same state, the limitations of Articles V and

.' VI on new conservation capacity shall apply against the subbasin .... from which the. exportation is made in the amount of the sto~

.. I capacity actually used for that pu~ within the exporting subbasm '. or, in the event of direct diversion of water without storage, on the '. basis of five acre-feet of conservation storage capacity for each acre-. . ' . foot of water on the ayerage so diverted annually.

. . "0.- Any resemor ~ capacity which is ~red for the eon:" trol and ,!-tilization of ,imported waters shall not he accounted as new

, , conservation. storage. ".:" . I.,. '"D. Should a tnnsbaSiU diversion of water of the Arkansas nver

basin be made in one state for the use and benefit of the other state :. . or both states, the commission shall detennine a proper accounting

of new conservationsto~ capacities in each state m accordance with ~e above principles .and with the project uses to be ~ade in that state.

, "AnTxcu IX .

"The states of Kansas and Oklahoma mutually ~ to: A. The principle of individualst&te effort to abate man-made pollution within each state's respec~ive borde~' and the continuing support of both states in an active J?Ollution-abatemen~ program; .•

; , . "B. The coo~hon of the appropnate state agencies In Kansas. and Oklahoma to investigate and abii.te sources of alleated interstate pollution within the Arkansas river basin whenever suen matters are called t.o their attention by the commission; . . "C. Enter into joint programs for the identification and control of sources of natural pollution within the Arkansas river basin which the commission finds are of interstate significance; .' . "D. The principle that neither state may require the other to pro.

vide water for the· purpose of'water-quality control as a substitute for adequate W&l$te treatment; '. :

"E. Utilize the provisions of the federal water pollution control act . in the resolution of any p~llution problems whicJi cannot be resolved' within ~e provisions of ~s compact. . . '. :., " .

"A. There is hereby created an interstate administrative apiCY_to' be known as the 'KanSas-Oklahoma Arkansas river commission! The. commission shall be coniposed of t.hree commissioners represent~ each of the states of Kansas and Oklahoma who shall be appointed b;y 'f he governors of the respective states and, if designated by the ~resJ • . dent, ol1e commissioner representing the United States. The pl'e8ldent is hereby request.ed to designate a commissioner and an alternate repre­senting the United St&tes. The federal commissioner, if one be desig. nated, shall be the presiding officer of the commission, but shaD not have t.he riJrht to Vote in any of the deliberations of the commission. ' . "B. One Kansas commissioner shaU be the state official' who now or .

hereafter shall be res~nsible for administering water Jaw in the state; the other t.wo commissioners shall reside in the Arbnsas river basin. in Kansas and shall be appoint.ed to four-year S!Jaggered terms. ." .

"C. One Oklahoma. commissioner shall be the state official who' DOW' or hereafter·wIlIX'! responsible for administering water Jaw in the state; the other two commissioners shall reside in the Arbnsu river

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basin in Oklahoma and sbaIl be appointed to four-year stAgJ"rered .termS. '. '. . : . '. .'

"D. A majority of the commissioners of each state and the c0mmis­sioner or his alternate representing the United States, if 80 designated, must be present tocanstitute a quorum. In taking any commission · acti~ each sipatory state shall have a single vote representing the . majont~ opinIon of the commissioners of that state.

"E. The salaries and personal expenses of each commissiener shall be paid by the government which Jie represents. All other expenses whIch are incurred by the commission incident to the administration of tbis compact shan be borne fqually by the two states and shall be paid by tbe commission out of the 'Kansas-Oklahoma ArkanS1\8 river commission fund.' Such fund shan be initiated and maintained by equal payments of each state into the fund. Disbursements shall be made from said fund in such manner as may be authorized by the commission: Such fund shan not be subject to the audit and account­ing procedures of the states; however, aU receipts and ,disbursements of funds handled by the commission shall be audited by a qualified inde~dent public accountant at regular intervals, and tho report of such audit shall be included in and become It part of tile annual report of the commission. ';, '.~ .. , ; .'

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"(2) Enter into contracts with appropriate state or federal agencies " ", '.'~' for the collection, correlation, and presentation of factual data, for . . ;,' flle maintenance of records, and for the prepal'lLtion of reports;·,!:; ... ~, . _,_ · "'(3) Establish and maintain an office for the conduct of ita aflail'S;

"(4) Adopt rules and regulations governing its operationsj "( 5) Coo~rate with federal ~ncles in developing principles, con­

sistent with the provisions of thIS compact and with fedel'lL} policy, . for the stora~ and release of water from all-federal capacities of

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lederal reservoirs, both ~ and future within the Arkansas river basin, for the purpose of assurmg their operation in the best interests· '" , of the states and tlie United States; , . . . , . ~ . ': '. . "(6) Permit either state, with t.he consent of the proper operating :""'~i'" ',,~.~ a~~llcy, to impound water, for sucb periods of time deemed necessary' ",.,w'·t". :;;~. or I ~cJesi~bJe bYd ~e COIDm

d ission, in av~ilable reservoir sto~ capacity , .. ,.' ~). '." . .. i~,~~,:

W 11 1 IS 110t eslgPate as conservation· or new conservation storage . capacity for subsequent release andus8 for any pu~ approved 6y ! ,.,; '. 't.;·:r."i'; : <if}. the commission; " " . 'L' ' ' .. ' .' .... ' .,. ;..~. ',,'> ; .. 1~; . ':;'(

" (7) Hold hearings and tAke testimony and receive evidence at such ,:.; L:;'~ :';'i ':l!' ." ..... <~~: times and places as it deems necessary; ' .• ~ "c'~';~',

"(8) SeCure from the bead of an~ department or agency of the",. ;';:'1

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jll~ and repol'ts. . . . ,. , . ,. . :.. B. The c.ommission shaH: (1) Cause to he established, maintained : ..•. ',~;~ ';;:.'5*;;.

and operated such stream, ~oir,!,r other g1aging stations as may be ,:':: ~~ ;::';. ~." . necessal",!, for the proper admmlstratJon of the compact; . ,;'" ' •. .r '";:' ;,~ :

"(2) eoJ1ect, analyze and report on data as to stream flows, water ',f(j ..... ,: .. ~< quality,oonservation storage, Rnd sll~h other information as is neoes-' " 81\1'1 for the l)roper administration of the (!Ompi\~t;

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do all ~ neces&al'Y, proper or collvenient ill the perfonnan(',c of its

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duties thereunder;: , • ,;' "(4) Prepare and submit an annual rep()rt to tho governor of such

, ~&tory state and to the president of the United States covering the , :' activities of the commission for the preceding fiscal year, together with " ' an accounting of all funds received and expended by it in the conduct

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"( 5) Prepare and submit to the govemor of each of the states of , ,..' Kansas and Oklaho~a. an annual bu~ covering the anticipated

, ~ of thecommlSSJon for the folloWIng &e.l y-.r; " (8) Make available to the govemor or &n)' state &g8Il~ of either , 'state or to an, author~ ~p~tatives o~ the United States, upon

" "request, any m~rmatiOD WIthin lta posse881OD. ' _ t·, . ':. ~:l

" ;;:~" A. ,Reco~izing'the p~nt 'limited uses of the availabie wa~r supplies of the Arkansas river basin in the two states and the uncer­tamties of their ultimate water net'.ds, the states of Kansas and Okla­

, homa deem it imprudent and in&dvisable to attempt at this time to make fina}al1oeat,lons of tlle new conservat.ion storage capacit.), which llllly ultimately be re:quired in either state, and, by tlle limitations

, on storage capacity imposed herein, have not attempted to do so. Accordingly, after, the expiration of 25 years following the eft'eetive date of this compact, the eonunission may review any provisions of the compact for the purpose of amending or supplementing the same, and shall meet for the consideration of such review on the ~uest' of the commissioners of either state;, providec:l, ,that the provisions hereof shall remain in fuU force and eft'ect until changed or amended by unanimous aetion of the states aeting throuJh their eolDlDiMiODe1'8 and until such changes are ratified by the 1eplatures of the ~ tive states and consented to by the congress in the same manner as this compact is required to be ratified to Oecome eft'ective.' ' .. ; "B. This compact may be terminated at any time by the appropriate 'action of the'legislatures of both signatory states. ',", , "0. In the event of amendment or termination of the' com~

, all rights established under the compact shall continue unimpaired.

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" "Notlli~; il~this'co~'pactshal1 he deemed: A. To impair or dect the pow-ers, right.s or obhgations of the United States, or thoee claiming " under its authority, jn, over and to the waters of the Arkansas River Basin;: ,,:' .. ; ", , .. ;,' ':, ' ,:. , ,:, ' ~:"';'

"ll. To interfere with or impair the right or power of either signa- I

tory state' to regulate :within its boundaries the appro})riation, WI8 and ' control of wnters within that state not inconsistent with its obligations:' ;,undertlliscompact""!"~I . .,;, ",;' ",', . '", .:,

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, "If any part, or application of. this compact should be declared.,;;:, invalid by a court of competent jurisdietion, all other provisions and :;';i,: ;applications of. this compact shall remain in full force and elect:"'"

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"This' comJ?act shall beCo~e binding and obligatO~ wbeD. it shall (, have been ra.tlfied by t,~e legislatures of each state and ~tecI to by:, the congress of the Uruted States, and when the congresnonal act eon- "

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senting to this compact includes the consent'of COIlp-eSS to name and join the United States as a party ill ally lit~tion in the United States supreme court. if the United States is an mdispent;;1.ble party, and if the litigation arises out of this compact or its applicabon, and if a signatory state is a party thereto. Notice of l";Ltificatioll by the l('.gista- • lure of each state sball be given by the governor of that state to the ~vernor of the other state and to the president of the United States ~d the president is hereby requested to give notice to the governor ~f each state of consent by the congress of the United States.

"IN WlTNE88 WJIEUOI";' The authorized representatives have uecuted three counterparts' hereof each of which shall be and con-: stitute 811 origiDal, one of which shall be deposited in the archives of the department of sta:e of tbe United Stat., and one of which sh.n be . forwarded to the gc>venlorofeach state. . , ' ~DoNB at tbe City of Wichita, Itate of Kansas, this 31st day of ,

:March, A.D.l965· , . . '- .-.:.""iL" ,'.\'" ' '. , "APPRoVED: ., ;' .. ' .~ .. ~ .~--.- ,':- .c ... ~.

',;. ~RoBEll'l' L. SJIlTJI, ,'::' ;.", '''' .", ":'." , .' "WARDEN L. Noll, '. " ,

, ' "G;"Co:~:epresellt,ativc:s fo~ the st~teof K~ "FRANK RA.\B, . " , ',' '

"Compact Representatives for the state of Oklahoma.. "TRIoo TWICHELL, , , ' ,

, "Representative of the United States." . (b) In order to carry out the purposes of this section, and tbe pur­~ of article XV o~ this compact consen~ to by Co~grcss by this Sectlon, tbe congressional consent to thIS compact mcludes and expressly gives tIte consent of Congress to have the United States of .\Jil.erica named and joined as a party litipnt in any litigation in the United States Supreme Court; if the UnIted States of America is an indispensable party to SUcll Iiti(lltion, and if the litigation arises out of thiS compact, or its ap~licatloni and if a signatory State to this compact is a party litigant, m the litIgation; .

(c) The rtght to aI~r, amend, or repeal this section is expressly reserved. ' . , " '

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SEC. 108. {a) Subsection (b) of t.he first section of the Act entitled "An Act authorizing the city of Rook Island Illinois, or its assi~ to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the MiSSissippi River at or near Rock Island, Dlinois, and to a plaee at or near .the city of Davenport, Iowa," apJ.>roved Much 18, 1938 (52 Stat.1l0), as 70 Sta't. 520.

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amended, is amended by striking out tbe comma after "foregoing" and jnse~ing in lieu t~ereof the followi,!g: "(1) the ,construction of an addItional span to merease the capaelt1 of the bn~ and (2)".

(b) Subsection (c) of the first sectIon of such ct of March 18,· 72 '5· "-~.·:-;5"'2"."'~""" 0 1938, as amended, is amended by inSerting before th~ period at the end _.. , thereof a comma and the following: ~exeept that t.he construction of ~ ~.' , . - . ;:' ~( ~ ... "'. an Ildditi:na\ sp~ a~~ited as part ru:l su~hl r:coI;htrucfon'l er1a1Wo:·· " '''! .. ~:::t/ ~ .i'"'' menl. an ex eJlSlon comme no a er an ;prl,,- :",.';0'.' and shall be completed within three years after sueb date • '

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~BO. 109. (a) The consent of Con~ is hereby wanted to Duke' Duke Pcnrl!' ·Cci.,' Power Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, • .,.'tI'lll"loa . and operate a dam with overflow spillway crest at elevation 4'15 mean ot -. , . ,,:. sea level ac1'088 Savannah Ri.,.er between ~derson County, South" .. ': . Carolina, and Elbert Couty, Georgia, nea.i' Middleton Shoals, and-,:·· ',; ;

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.' . river, for' the purpose of pJ'Ovidillg ~. pool for ('onden~r wnlt'l' for '. 11 steam-electric plnllt~ ('onst.nlctioll on 511('h dam shall not lw l'OIll­

, menced ul!til the pl~us thereto! hllv~ been submitled to "!ld I!Pl)J'O\'e(1 · by t.he Chief of Engmeers, t ·-mted ~hHes A.rmy, and by the ~~'I'etllyY

uf tlle .\l'mY.llnd wheu such plnns hllve heen approved hy the ('luef . of EUf!ineers und by the ~retlll'Y of the Army, there shuJl be 1I()

,levilltlon from such pJans either befol'e 01' nfter completion of said dam uuless the modifi('8tion of 81u'h plans hilS previously been sub-

'. . . mitted to and approved bf the Chief of Engineers And tile Set'l-etau'y · of the' Anny. In appl'Ovm~ tlle plans for said dam such conditions

- : lind stipulations mlly be imposed as the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of the Army mill' deem I\et.'essnry to {>rotect the present Ilnd future interest of the l~nited Htates. Not.1ung in this section

, Khall be cOustnled to authorize the use of sueh dam to de\'elop "'atel' l)Ower or Il"nerate hydroelectric energy. The grantee Imd its SUl'l'e8-ltOrs shall hold and save tbe United St.ates free from all claims IU'ising fro~ damah"8 whi('h mlly' be sush1.illed by the dam authorized, in this

· tec."hOIl, or damu~ sustalJJed by the appurtenances of the said dam, . hl r&lSOll of the future constru('tion and operation by the United ~hltes of Hltrtwell Hum ItIlel Reservoir or tht~ Trot.ters Shoals DIlIll

Post. p. 1420. lind Reser\·oil· Illuhorized in section 203 of this Act., or any othe1' --- Fedel'lll proje('t upstrealn or dowllstream froJll the dum autbori7.ed

by this sed ion. In order to make feasible the dam and steam-eleetric ~erating plant which Duke' Power Company intends to eonstruct, It is hereby expl'eSS1y provided that, should such dam and plant be ('onstructed, (1) no existing or future unit at Hartwell Resen'oir will he operated to pump water from below Hartwell Dam back to Hart-

, well Reservoir, and (2) a volume of water per week equal to at least.. an average flow of one thousand five hundred cubic feet per IeCOnd llhall be discharged from Hartwell Reservoir. The Secretary of the Army, upon his flnding that such discharges result in damages to Hartwell Reservoir, and after giving the company reasonable notice Ilnd opportunity to be heard, shan determine and fix a reasonable and equitnbJe annoal charge to be paid by the company to the United

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States as compensation for suell dama~ . (b) The authority ~nted bI this section shall cease and be deemed

null and void unless the actual construction of the dam authorized hy this section is commenced within twelve yeal'S and completed within fifteen years from the date of enactment, of this Act. The aut.hority ~rranted by tllis section sllalJ not be deemed II. bar to, 01' grounds for delaying, the construct.ionof. the Trottel'S 8hOl\ls project. authorized . in section 203 ofthis Act., . , . : ._ . .

. (c) Tlle rigbt to alter, amend, 01' l'el>eal t.his section .is hereby:

(\XS:S~)O~eTh:~ret~ry' Qf the AI'IllY, acting through the Chief of J.~n¢neers, is hereby authorized and directed, in order to reduce future mamtenance costs of the ,authorized navii,l'lltion project. for Johna Pass, Pinellas County, Florida, to provide suitable protective mea&-. ures over a. frontllge of approximately one thousand linear feet of shore along tIle north end of Treasure Island, at an estimated first. c.'OSt for constru<'fioll of approximately $100..1000, I..oeal interests shall '. contribute in cash 40 per centum of the nrat oost oleonstruction; . provide net.'eS&\ry lands, easements, nnd rights-of-way for eonstruction Ilnd·subsE'!quent. mnintenance of the projoot'i bold ana save the United . States free from dama~ t.hat may be attributed to the ~roject; bear: all costs exceedinjl $500,000 Federal cost for tlae com]))ete p'l'Oject including th", mt"l~tion channel. r..o('al intfll'e8t.s may be reimbQ~ . .. . .- ~

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for such pro~ive measures ·as they may undertake in accoraanoo with plans approved by the Chief of Engineers, subject tQ the above JimitatiOlls. . Funds authorized to carry out sectio~ 101 of the Rive!'

. . and Harbor Act of 1960, as amended, Shdl be avaIlable to carry out this section. .

Sse. 111. (a) The Secretary of the Interior is horeb, authorized to provide for the construction, maintenance, and operatlon of a bri~ with visitor facilities. over the WasJlington Channell from the vicDllty of Tenth Street Southwest to East Potomac ParK: in Washington, District of Columbia. The structure may be so designed and con-

74 Stat. 486; 19 S-'t. 1095. 33 USC 577. Wuhington Chann.l brld&. and tulllt! ...

struoted as to provide facilities for the accommodation of. visitors to the Nation's Capital a~ and to provide convenient and adequate access to East Potomac Park.

(b) The Secretary may obtain and Use such .lands or interests there­in owned, controlled, or administered by the District of Columbia, the District of Columbia Redevelopment Land Ar.ncy, the Corpa of . Engineers, or any other Government agency, WJth the prior COD88Dt of such agen9 or agencies, &8 he shall consider necessary for the con­struction and operation of said bridge, without cost or.·reimburse­ment. Before construction is oommenced, the location andllana for the brida shall be approved.by the Chief of Engjnool'S an the Sec­retary oJ the Army subject to such conditions as they may prescribe, in accordance with section ts02(b) of the General Bridge Act of 1946 .. (33U.s.C.525b). . , '·60 s-.". 847.

(c) The Seeretary is authorized to enter into appropriate arrange- 33 me 525. menta for the construction and op6!1Won of the bndg9 in accordance with the authority contained in section 3 of the Act of-August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 635); as amended, except that any such arra.ngem.ents need 16 me 3 • not be limited to a maximum term of thirty years. The brid2e. at all .

: tUnes, shall be under the jurisdietion of the Secretary of the Interior, . alld shan be administered, operated, maintained, and policed &8 a part: . of the park: system of the National Capital.

(d) The Seeretar;y of the Interior shaIJ cooperate with other Fed- . eral and local agenCies with respect to the oonstruetion and operation of ~e .bri~ by him and the construction and ope~tion o.f a.ssocia~ facilities by sucb other Federalli.nd local agencies lDe1udlDg the Dl8-trict of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency which shalJ enter into, . ..,' appropriate arrange.ments by negotiation or public bid to (i) leaae all or part of the land bounded by Maine Avenue, Ninth Street and the Southwest Freeway, Southwest, to provide for the construction main-tenance and operation of & structured automobile parking facility d~ed to accOmmodate visitors to FASt Potomac Park and (ii) pro- . :'

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(e) (1) There is berebY' established an advisor;y committee, which Adrt.o~ .. '; I sh&IJ be compoFed of the Chairman, National CapItal Planning Com. o .. lt-H • .; ., I mission; tlIe Chairman, Commission of Fine Arts; the President. K_"awhip. ' , Board of Commissioners 01 the District of Columbia; the Chief of \ " ... :;:~,; .' .. ,; Engineers, United States Army; the Chairman, District of Columbia', !.'

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by the Becret,..ry of the Interior from among the residents of the M~politan Washington area. Tile ex:-oBieio members of the Com-

r""" ,.1.;.::;' .. t Dllttee may be represented by their designees. ' .:::.;: .r .. t·· ;~\. (2) Members of the Committee sha.ll sen'e "'ithout compensation,

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, with and obtain the advice of tbe Committee with respect to mAtters relating ~ the d~iJ!1, ~nstruetion, and operation of the bridge and any assocIated facIlities. ' ... ." . . , ' . 'Cf) The construction and operation of the bridge shall be at no

expense to the Federal Government, and there are hereby authorized to be appropriated sueh sums as may be necessary for maintPnance of the brIdge and to cat:ry out the other purposes of this section.

fallapooaa, Rlv- S2o. 112. The authorization of the comprehensive plan for the Ala-... , AJ.., due barna-Coosa River and tributaries, as provided in the River and Har­

bo~ Act, approved Maic)l2, 1945 (59 Stat. 10), as amended, insofar as It authonzes a developm.ent of the Crooked Creek site on the TaUa­

,. poosa Riv!r in Rando~ph County, Alabama, for ~ectric power and ..' ... ', ot.her pubhc purposes 18 hereby suspended to permtt the development. :

." of the Tallapoosa River and tnoutaries by construction, operation, and , maintenance of a dam located not more than fifteen miles below the

~I",- ., confiuence of the, Tallapoosa and Little Tallapoosa. Rivers and b1 other project works in accordance with the conditions of a license, if issued, pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Power Act (16

41 Stat. 1063. U.s.C. 191(&». If no 'application for license is made within two 16 USC 791&. years after the date of the enactment of this section, or 'upon an order

of the Federal Power Commission becominp: final denying the appli­("ation or applicatione for a license made wit.hin such two-year period, , the authorization relating to the Crooked Creek site provided for in the Aet, apptoved March 2. 1945 (59 Stat. 10), shall have the same; status ftS it would have had if this section had not been enacted. . .'

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·S2o. 201.' Secti~ ~ ofth~ Act appro~ June 22,1936 (Public :r....~~ 'r"

. ,'. ': 49 Stat. 1571. Numbered '138, Seventy-fourth Congress), as amended by section 2 of' 33 USC 7010. the ActapprovedJune28,1938 (Public"uwNllmbered'161.Seventy.'. I~-·.· 52 Stat. 1215. fifth C-ongress) , shall apply to all works authorized if! this. title ex~pt . 33 U;C 7010-1. that for any. ehannel lDlprovement or channel rectalicatlon proJeef:, ,

provisions (a), (b), and (c) of section 3 of Mid Act of June 22,1038,' shall apply thereto, except as otherwise provided by law. The authori- • zation for any flood control project authorized by this Act requirinlr ~ local cooperation shall (>.Allire five years from the dat.e on which loonl ' . interests are notified in writinll' by the Secretary of the Anny or his' desiJtJlee of the requirements of local cooperation. unlctJS Mid intel"el'Jta Mall within said time furnish assurances satisfactory t.o the SecretaI'1

"'"",l', oft.he Anny that thel'e!1'~ired ooope~tion ",ill be furnishod.·.. ',' ',: :' . • .• ~ I:;.>: Sm 202 .. The proVlSlons of section 1 of t~e Act of December 2tJ :

" .. :"f '.'. ,.,' 1944 (Pubbc La .... Numbered 634, Seventy-elghth C"..ongresa. I18MIlCl . 58 Stat. 887. session), shall govern withrespeet to projects author17.ed in thi" Act .. 33 t:ic 701-1. and the procedure, therein set forth with roRpeet. to plans, propoRl\ls, ,

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herein set forth in full. ,: '. ., SEC.203. The following works of improvement for the benefit of PI'OJ.o~ ••

navigation.and the contrOl of destructive ftoodwaters and Other pur-P4l6e8 are heteby adopted and authorized to be prosecuted under the direction of the Secretary of the Anny and die supervision of the Chief of Engineers in accordance with the plans in the respective reports hereinafter designated and subject to the conditions set forth therein. The necessary plans, specifications, and preliminary work may be prosecuted on any project authorised in thIS tit.]e with funds froiD appropriations hereafter' made for flood control 80 as to be ready for ra,id inau~lration of a construction pre' The projects authorized In this tItle shall be init.iatedaa ex itiousJy and proe-ecuted as vigoro1JSly aa ·may be consistent wit budgetary require-!Denta. Penstocks and similar facilities adapted to ~ible fllt~re use 1D the development of hydroelectric power shan tie Installed lD any

• dam authorized in this Act for construction by the Dep:Lrtment of the Army when approved by the Secretary of the Army on the recom­mendation of the Chief of En!rineers and the Federal Power {'.om-

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'" The proj~t for North N~ua River, Ma~husetts, is hereby au­thorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Enginee1'8 in Senate Document Numbered 113, Eighty-ninth CoEgress, at an estimated cost of $15,816,000. ., " .

....::: The project for flood proteCtion on the Sudbury River. at Saxon­Ville, Massachusetts, js hereby authorized substanbaU, in aooordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers In Senate Docu­ment Numbered 61, Eighty-ninth Congress, at an estimated cost of $1,300,000. . . , '

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'" The project for flood protection on the pequonnock River, Co~neeti­cut, ~ liere~y authorized substantially 'as recomm~ded ~Y the Chief of EngIneers lD Senate Document Numbered 1l~, EIghty-nInth Congress, at an estimated cost of $li,OOO,OOO. ·tt· .. - :

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The project for hurricane-ftood control protection at Beaufort Inlet ~ Bogue Inlet, North C'ALrOlina, is herebI authorized substantially in .

, accordance with the recommendatiollS of the Chief of' Engineers in .' House Document Numbered 479; Eighty-ninth Congress, at'an esti- " mated cost of $320,000. . .., .. ' . , .

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, mated cost of $1,249,000. . ./ The project for hurricane-flood. control protection from Ca~ Fear

." to the North Carolina-South {',aroIina State line, North Carolin~ is hereby authorized JUbstantially in accordance with the recommenda­tions of the Chief of Engineers in·House Document Numbered 511, EiJ;~ty-ninth CongzoeS8, at an estimated cost of $12,310,000. ,

The project for hurricane-flood control protection for Mainland Areas, North Carolina, is h"reby authorized. 8uh;~tl\ntinIIv in accord­allce with the ~ltImendationli 01 thl\ Chiof (,f Engi.lct;rs in House \

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: ~ The p~ject for hJUTicane-flood. control. protection for the Outer .> :, :: •••• y Ba.nJar.:. VU'gi:ni& State line to Hatteras, North Carolina, is herebt

.. "r'- authorized substantially in accordance with therecommendatioua of t~ Chief of EngiJleer8 ~ Bouse Document Numbencl 'T6, EightJ- '

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';'>:!'~P~j~'f~r:~~on'of the Trotters Shoals ~rvoir on · the Saftmiah River, ~ and South Carolina, is hereby authorized

, , : euMtaDtially in accordance with the recOmmendatioDS of the Chief of " , ·~in Senate Document Numbered 62, Eiahty-ninth Qo.ngnss, '.. '. U an estimated C06t, of $8&,900,000. Nothing in ilrls Act shall he con­

, , · .. ·rued to authorize inclusion of p~ped storage power in tJUa project. r' :.

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Pro.1eo", .041tio.... The. project for 11000. cOntrol and improvement of the lower Missis-tion. sippi River, ado~ted by the Act of May 161 1928 (46 Stat. 634) &8 ;~c 702a.- amended and moQifiecl by subsequent Acts Of Con~ includ!ng the 79 s;.,~ 1073 Flood Control Act of 1965 (Pu"blic Law 89-298), is hereby fuither

• • modified and e~anded to include the foll~ items: ( . yI':' (1-) The project for flood protection in the Teche-Vermilion Buina,' . ~ ,:

.. ... >Louisiana, subStantially in accordance with the recommendations of . ~ Chief of Engineers!n House Document Numbered ~ Eighty-:;

Dmth Congress, at an estimated cost of $5,100,000. . ' . , , .(2) Balik reVetment for the protection of existing industrial faciU-'

"" ties along the river below Baton Rouge, Louisiana, wh~ in the . discretion of the Chief of Engineers, s~ch bank protection is JUatifled.,

.' The project for wa.ter quality control in the Arkansas a.nd Bed River . n~ Texas, Oklahoma, a.nd Kansas, designated &8 Part I is hentb, '

./' ,authorized substantially inaooordance with the recommendatione of " .;, the Chief of Engineers in Senate Document Numbered '110, Eighty-~ , ninth Congress, at an eetimatecl cost of $46,400,000. Actual conatnlc-. ' .1 tion of the part I works shan not be initiated until the related and " ' · supporting works of part n have been authorized by Congrea .. ' • . . : ; " :. ; ~ ;. .:'; j , '.' '. ,.' .' ';". . • : J • . • .

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. Ei«hty-ninth Col1g!'e8S, at an estimated cost of $9,360LlOO.: .. ; .. :; , . / ' .. 'l'h8 project for flood protection on the Ouachita ltiver at Monroe, . ;",.;

711 sta','l. 1077 /' Louisiana, authorized in section 204 of the Flood Control Act of lOO1S, ,;' ~ \. is hereby modified to provide for constnlCtion in aooordance with plan '

B in House Document Numbered 328, Eighty-eighth Congnss, at &11.' ,estimated cost of $1,160,000. " . . .... • .;.C ..

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l<:ngineel'S in House Document Numbered 510, I<;ighty-ninth COng1"e-'IS, Ilt an estimated cost of.$7,193,000.

OHIO RIVER D.\SIN

, The project, for J~ittle Sandy River and Tygarts Creek, Kentucky, ..;is hereoy authorized substantially in accordance with the recommenda·

tions of the Cbief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 617. Ei,tthty-ninth ('on~ at an estimated cost of $16,000,000. .

The project for Taylorsville Reservoir, Salt River, Kentucky, is -v' hereby authorized subStantially in accordance with the recommenda­

tions of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 502, . Eighty-ninth Con~ at an estimated cost of $24,800,000. .

The project for Stonewall Jackson Reservoir, West Fork River, . West Virgmia is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with ~he recommendat.ions of the Chief of Engineers in Senate Document

Numbered 109, Eighty-ninth Congress, at an estimated cost of $34,-500,000. .

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The proiect for flood protection and other purposes in the Meramec River BnslO, Missouri, IS hereby authorized substantially in a.ecord­ance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 525, Eildlty-ninth Con~ at an estimated cost of $45;71,000: Prot1iUed,.'1'h&t construction of this project shall not be initiated until the President has approved a report prepared by ~e Secretary of the Army' reexamining the basis on wh!ch the proJect was formulated and. the I!o~gcments for cost shanng.

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. The project for flood protection on the Maumee River at Ottawa, V' Ohio, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recom­

mendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 485, Eight,-ninth Congress, at an estimated cost of $3,413,000. . The 'proJect for flood protection on· Red Creek, Monroe County, New

v.York, IS hereby authoriZed. subStantia1l1 in accordance with the recom­"mendations of the Chief of Engineers 10 Senate Document Numbered 107, Eighty-ninth Congress, at an estima.ted cost of $1,430,000., .

PAJAllO ~ BASIN : ~. ,:'

The project for flood protection on the Pajaro River, California, is bereby authorized substantially in.accordance with the recommenda­

Vtions of the Chief of Engineers in Rouse Document Numbered 491, Eighty-ninth Congress, at an estim~ cost of $11,890,000.' .

- '. -. The project for flood protection on the Klamath River at and in the .

. .;vicinity of Klamath, Californiat is hereby authorized substantially in· Y" accordance with the recommendations of tbe Chief of Engineers in

House Document Numbered 41S, Eighty-ninth Congress, at. an esti-mated cost of $2,460,000.· ,. .: . . .

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The project for flood protection on the Boise River, vicinity of Boise, Idaho, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the rec-

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bered 486, Eighty-ninth Congress, at an estimated cost of $1,576,000 • . .

SACRAMENTO RIVER BASIN

J 'The project fo; Marysville Da.~ and Reservoir, Yuba River Basin, , California, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the

recommendations of the Chief of En,.,~eers in House Document Numbered. 601, Eighty-ninth . Congress. at an estimated cost of $132,900,000; :, : ~. ,.: . . , .. ,: .' '.' .,;"'.' 'JtUSSLUf luva BASIN

. ./ The proiect for Knights Vallel, Russian River Basin, California, is ttl" h'oreby authorized subStantially m' accordance with the recommenda­

tions of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 1S18, Eighty-ninth Congress, at an estimated cost of $166,800,000.

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/ The project for ~ood protection on the Skagit River, Washington, " is hereby a.uthorized substa.ntially in nccor<i:l,nce with tIle recom­

mendations of the Chief of Engineers in H01L<;8 Document Numbered ~ Eighty-ninth Congress, at an estimated cost of $.'),804,000.

San '1'&1101800 .• '::;J:O. 204. The second paragraph under the heading "San Francisco Bq area. ' ... ': Bay Area" in section 203 of the Flood Control Act of 1962 is hereby, 76 Stat. 1~1 •. ~. amended to read as follows: . .

.~ ". " "The project for 'Corte 'Madera Creek, Marin County, California, . is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the rncommenda-'

tiona. of the Chief of FAlgineers in House Document N um'berec!. m, Eighty-seventh Congress, at an estimated cost of $7700,000. Loeal, interests shall contribute· in cash 1.5 per centum of tile Fe<leral con­struction cost of the ,Ross. Valley Umt, a contribution presently esti-. mated at $110000.",. " '

Lib~ DUI a.ncl Re.ervoir proJ­eot, Mont. Sohool facili­ties.

noed hazards, eto., .tudi ••• 33.me 709a.

SEC. 205. The Secretary onhe Army acting throu~h the Chief of Engineers is autllorized to provide f .. uch school facihties as be may deem necessary for the education of dependents of persons engaged on the construction of the J..ibby Dam and ReservOir project, Mon­tana, and to pay for. the same from any funds a\°ailable for such projoot. When he determines it to he in the public interest, tbe Secretar;y, acting through the Chief of Engineers, may enter into cooperatIve arrangements with local agencies for the operation of such Government facilities; for the expansion of loca.l facilities at , " Federal expense, and for contributions by the Federal Government " to cover the increased cost to local agencIes of providing the educa-tional services requ~red by.the Government.. ' '. ,.,. '., '

SEC. 206. Section 206 of the Flood Control Act of 1960 (74 Stat.· , . 500) is amended to read aafollows : " . '

"Sm. 206. (a) In reco~tion of the increasing use and development .' • of the flood J?lams of the rivers of the United States and of the neOd .. : lor information on1l00d h.aZa.rds to serve as a guide to such develop.'· roent, and as a basis for avoiding future flood hazards by regulation of use by States and political sulidivisions thereof, and to assure that ,: Federal departments and agencies may take proper co~izll.nce ot:· . ftood. hazards, the Secretary of tlle Anny, through the CllIef of Engi~J·. n~ is hereby aut1l(~rizecl to compile and disseminate information ..• on flOods and flood damages, including identification of areas subject .. to inundation by ftoods of va.rious magnitudes and f~uencies, and ~eral criteria' for guidance of Federal and non-Federal interests u.nd aPl:lcies in the use of flood plain areas; and to provide advice

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to otbt!r "'~l~l-nl aJll'ilt'reH 'nlid 100'ltl,'lllttn'elStH for theil- IlIit" ill pll\IIUill~ to Ilnaeliornte t.he flood 11l\Za\rd. ~urveys auul guides wiJ1 be luadt fo1' States "lId J)()litic:al subdivisions thereof oilly upon tbe l"elIue$\'. of a State or a. l)Olitil'lll slIbdivision tbereof. and upon npprov.-I by tbtl ellief of Jt~n~jlleers,~lIld sueh information and advice prm'ided thtlll l.m2 ullOU lIuch l'E!quest.smd approval.'" ': ,. : . . . .

. (b) nle Secretary of tlle ArnlYis author~7.e4 to expel!d n()~ to Appropr1atlcm. ~xceod $71000,000 per fiscal year for the compll11tlon and dllVielUllla­tion 01 information 1l11derthisaection.Jt. ",'.: .. ;. ". i "

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'Sze. 207., T~ projeCt ~Ol' the improvement of t.Ile Missisei~Vi Riyer below yape .Gu-aroeau wlth:respectto the West rennessee trlb';l~arles. aluthortzed III the Flood Control Act &f 1948, 18 bereby modIfied to provi(i., I' ! ~he 8eeretary:of the .ArmYt acting through the Chief of Engi),,··'·.! .. ,;ll, subsequent to. eI!act~ent of tl'is Act., relocate at. Fedal"1i l "41·" H,;e all gas' t.ntWllnl981on lines required to be 1-e}OCllted hy this. pr9jet'l, or Ilt bUs discretion, reimbll1'Se l()("al interests for snch '.. . l'elocatiOll$ mltde by them. .., .•.. .

Sze.208. Section 201 tlle Al:t of June 2St 1819'(21 SUtt. 37; ;s:~ U.S.C. 642), is umended (1) by insert.ing in the third sentence thel'eOl Ilfter "and the (oommissionerSftppointM under this Act" a comma alld r.be following: "except thoee appointed from civil lile,"and (2) by lidding at the end thereof·the following new sentence: '~Eac:h C:Olll­

missioner ap~inted from civillife after the date of ellariment of tl,u, Mentenc:e ah&ll be a.ppointed. for & term of nine yeu.n. ,. . ,;

. SEC. 209. The S6Cretaryof the Army is' nereb"y authorized' alul , (lirected to cause surveys for 800d control and allied purposes, inelud·

illg channel and major draiill~ge improvements, and floods aggrl\Vated by or due to wind or tidal etrect.s, to be made under the direction of t 119 Chief of l<~ngineers, in drainage areas of the United States and its telTitorial pcssessions, which include the loc.alities specifically Dllmed jll t,his sootion. After the regular or formal reports made ou any l'Iurvey authorized by this sectlon are subrnitt.ed to ('A)ngress, no sup­plemental or additional report or estimate shall be made unlflSS Iluthor­t7.ed by law exeept. that tho Secretary of the Army JDl\y cause a review of any examination or survey to be made and a report thereon sub­mitte<l to Con~ if SilCh revie!, is ~~ired by the national defense .,r by ehanged phYSIcal or economIC eondlilons. .

Waterslieds and streams of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands., with ~peet to a framework plan for developing water re5OUI'Ces of the regIon. . . .

Watersheds and streams within the alluvial valley of the MissiS8ippi River below Cairo, Illinois, \1I.itb ~ to 1\ framework pi all for (leveloping water resourees of the region. , Watersheds and strearns draining into the Great Lakes inclnding the lake areas'within the United States, and into the St. t.a .. ·.rence River at points within the United SWes with l'eSpe<-t to a framework' plan for developing water 'NSOurces of the l'C{tion. . .

The Souris River and the R«l River of the north Iludt.ributl\ries within the United States, including I\djacent. strl'.runs in Minneaot", dl'llining into Canada, with ~f. to a fnnnftw{)rk plan for d"vetop. il\~ wl\ter resourees of the region. "....".. . .

The ArkulllSAs. Whit .. .., and Red Rivera and tl'ibutlUies; eJtc~tusive of tl~eir dmina,..re lying in the alluvial valloy of !l\e Mississippi 'Ri\'er, With 1"eSpeM'. to " framework plan fot' developlllJP: wl\ter l~lIn'eS Clf the region. . . '" .:. ,

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Grande River, wit~ respect to a framework pllU! for developing water resources of the regIon. . W' atel'sbeds and streams of Hawaii, wit.h l'espect to a framework

plan for developing water resources of the region. . . Watersheds and streams of Alaska, with respect to a framework

plan for developing water resources of the region. ,'. , . c: J '. ;-., Great South Bay, New York, including the waters of adjoining lesser

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investigntions and study shall include, but not. be limited to, navigt.. !ion, fiSheries, flood Control, cont.rol of noxious weeds, water pollution, water quality control, beach erosion, amI recreat.ion.

Cibolo Creek, in nnd Ilear the community of Presidio, Texl\.'l. Pacific Pnlisades Area. at and in the vicinity of I..os An~les County,

California, study of II\lu1slides, soil erosion, surface ana subsurface drainage cOlldihons, flood control and seillmic disturbances. Such study to be made in coopen\tion with tho Unic.ed States Geological SlIrver of the Department of the Interior.

Spnng Vo.l1ey Creek, S'l"eetwl\ter River, Cn.lifornia. Lower MisSiSSippi.' SEC. 210. The lust sentence of the first pnr;\~n\Jlh under t.h~ IltInding Availability of "Lower Mississippi River Basin" in section 204 of the Flood Control tuna. ': Act of 1965 is hereby: amended to read 1\8 follows: "The monetary 79 Stat. 1077. authorization for the lower Mississippi River project authori:r.ed by

this Act shall be combined with the overall monetary authori:r.ation heretofore made available for J.ll"OSOOution of the ent.ire lower Mi88is­

.. ' sippi River and tributaries J.lroJect and be available for o.pplication to , .' nny portion oftheentirepro)oot." .

Eel Rlver, Call f •• ' SEC. 211. The Secretary of the Army shal1reimburs8 any common n1lllbura_ent carrier by railroad for the cost of protective works constructed by such tor proteotive carrier during the yea1" 1966 along the banks of the Eel River, Cali-works. fomia, to deter recurrence of dnml\ge to land banks by floods or high

,. '.: waters, but such reimbursement shal1 not exceed $1,200,000. . , .' Cita.1i1onot . . SEC. 212. Title II of this Act may be cited as the "Flood Control . title.. Act of 1966".' .. . :,. , : ';::

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