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in the repair or restoration of damaged flood control works.
Levee Owners Manual. Section 202(f) amends Section 5 of the 1941 FCA,
as amended, to require the Secretary of the Army to prepare Levee
Owners Manual on potentially eligible flood control works, provide to
non-Federal interests, and defines the terms "maintenance and upkeep"
and "repair and rehabilitation".
Restoration of Environmental Quality. Section 204 broadens the
Section 1135 program to specifically allow restoration work off of
project lands as long as it is shown that a Corps project contributed
to the degradation of the environment.
Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration. Section 206 authorizes the Secretary
of the Army to carry out aquatic ecosystem restoration and protection
projects subject to a Federal cost limitation of million per
project. Beneficial Uses of Dredged Materials. Section 207 directs
that, in connection with carrying out navigation projects, the
Secretary may select a disposal method that is not the least cost
option if the incremental costs are reasonable in relation to the
environmental benefits, including wetlands development and shoreline
erosion control.
Environmental Protection and Restoration. Section 210 amends Section
103(e) of Public Law 99-662 to add environmental protection and
restoration as another project purpose with a non-Federal cost share
of 35 percent.
Construction of Flood Control Projects by Non-Federal Interests.
Section 211 allows non-Federal interests to construct authorized flood
control projects.
Emergency Bank Protection. Section 219 amends Section 14 of the 1946
FCA to increase program expenditure limits to million per year and
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million per locality.
Reimbursement for Non-Federal Expenditures. Section 224 amends
Section 215 of the 1968 FCA, as amended, to increase the limit on
reimbursements per project to million.
Planning Assistance to States. Section 221 expands the Planning
Assistance to States Program to include ecosystem and watershed
planning. Increases the annual program limit and per state limit.
State and Federal Review Period. Section 223 changes the Federal
review period for feasibility studies from 90 down to 30 days.
Shore Protection. Section 227 clarifies shore protection policy to
maintain a Federal interest in shoreline and beach protection and
restoration, including the use of periodic beach nourishment.
Hopper Dredges. Section 237 directs initiation of a program to
increase the use of private industry hopper dredges in navigation
maintenance.
B-205. 26 October 1996, Public Law 104-332--National Invasive Species
Act. Establishes a national ballast-water management program to
reduce the introduction and spread of foreign aquatic species in all
U.S. waters.
Public Facility Research and Development. Section 2(e) amends
subtitle C of the Nonindigeneous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and
Control Act of 1990 to direct the Assistant Secretary of the Army, in
consultation with the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, to develop
a program of research, technology development, and demonstration for
the environmentally sound control of zebra mussels in and around
public facilities.
Dispersal Barrier Demonstration. Section 2(e) amends subtitle C of
the Nonindigeneous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990
to direct the Assistant Secretary of the Army, in consultation with
the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, to investigate and identify
environmentally sound methods for preventing and reducing the
dispersal of aquatic nuisance species between the Great Lakes-Saint
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