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Sec. 1202 · S. 4949

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Division A — Water resources development › Title II — Studies and Reports

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(a) Feasibility studies The Secretary shall expedite the completion of a feasibility study or general reevaluation report (as applicable) for each of the following projects, and if the Secretary determines that the project is justified in a completed report, may proceed directly to preconstruction planning, engineering, and design of the project: (1) Project for flood risk management, Cave Buttes Dam, Arizona. (2) Project for flood risk management, McMicken Dam, Arizona. (3) Project for flood risk management and ecosystem restoration, Salt River, Rio Salado Oeste, Arizona. (4) Project for flood risk management, Santa Barbara streams, Lower Mission Creek, California. (5) Project for coastal storm risk management, Indian River Inlet Sand Bypass Plant, Delaware. (6) Project for flood risk management, Wailupe Stream Watershed, Honolulu, Hawaii. (7) Project for flood risk management, Kaiaka–Waialua Watershed, Hawaii. (8) Project for flood and coastal storm risk management, County of Kauai, Hawaii. (9) Project for flood risk management and ecosystem restoration, County of Maui, Hawaii. (10) Project for flood risk management, Coffeyville, Kansas, authorized by section 1201(a)(57) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2024 (138 Stat. 3053). (11) Project for flood risk management, Shunganunga Creek, Topeka, Kansas. (12) Project for navigation, Saginaw River, Michigan. (13) Modifications to the project for navigation, Middle and West Neebish Channels, Saint Marys River, Michigan. (14) Project for flood risk management, Rahway River Basin, New Jersey. (15) Modifications to the project for flood risk management and water supply, Mosquito Creek Lake, Trumbull County, Ohio. (16) Project for flood and coastal storm risk management, Chincoteague Island, Virginia. (17) Project for flood risk management, Kanawha River Basin, West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina. (18) Project for flood risk management, Upper Guyandotte River Basin, West Virginia. (b) Study reports The Secretary shall expedite the completion of a Chief’s Report or Director’s Report (as applicable) for each of the following projects to be considered for authorization: (1) Project for navigation, Port of Nome, Nome, Alaska. (2) Project for aquatic ecosystem restoration, Central Everglades, Florida, authorized by section 1401(4) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (130 Stat. 1713). (3) Modifications to Central and Southern Florida, Canal 111 (C–111) South Dade Project, Florida, authorized by section 401(7) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2741). (4) Project for navigation, Port Everglades Harbor, Florida, authorized by section 1401(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (130 Stat. 1709). (5) Project for flood risk management, Upper Des Plaines River and Tributaries, Illinois. (6) Project for aquatic ecosystem restoration, Smoky Hill Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Project, Salina, Kansas, carried out pursuant to section 216 of the Flood Control Act of 1970 (33 U.S.C. 549a). (7) Project for navigation, Kentucky Lock and Dam, Tennessee River, Kentucky, authorized by section 101(a)(13) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3664). (8) Project for flood risk management, Lower Missouri Jefferson City L–142, Missouri, authorized by section 216 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2687). (9) Project for ecosystem restoration, Lower Osage River Basin, Missouri, authorized by section 201(a)(16) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2670). (10) Project for coastal storm risk management, New York–New Jersey Harbor and Tributaries, New York and New Jersey. (11) Project for navigation, Matagorda Ship Channel Improvement Project, Port Lavaca, Texas, authorized by section 401(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2734). (12) Modifications to the project for navigation, Norfolk Harbor, Virginia. (c) Projects and activities The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, expedite completion of the following: (1) Project for flood risk management, Flood Risk Management and Bank Stabilization, Selma, Alabama, authorized by section 8401(2) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3839). (2) Modifications to the project for navigation, Homer Harbor, Homer, Alaska, carried out pursuant to section 204 of the Flood Control Act of 1948 (62 Stat. 1181; chapter 771). (3) Project for flood risk management, Little Colorado River, Winslow, Arizona. (4) Project for ecosystem restoration, Tres Rios, Arizona. (5) Project for ecosystem restoration, Salt River, Va Shly–Ay Akimel, Arizona. (6) Project for ecosystem restoration, Los Angeles River, California. (7) Project for flood risk management and ecosystem restoration, Murrieta Creek, California. (8) Project for coastal storm risk management, San Francisco Waterfront, California. (9) Project for ecosystem restoration, water supply, flood control, and protection of water quality, Central and Southern Florida, Indian River Lagoon, Florida, authorized by section 1001(14) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1051). (10) Project for flood risk management, Four Rivers Basin, Florida, authorized by section 203 of the Flood Control Act of 1962 (76 Stat. 1183). (11) Project for ecosystem restoration, Quincy Bay, Illinois, authorized by section 1103 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 652). (12) Project for flood risk management, Hanapepe River, Hawaii. (13) Project for flood control, Lower Mud River, Milton, West Virginia, authorized by section 580 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3790) and modified by section 340 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2612) and section 3170 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1154). (14) Project for dam safety modifications, Bluestone Dam, West Virginia, authorized pursuant to section 5 of the Act of June 22, 1936 (49 Stat. 1586, chapter 688). (d) Additional documents The Secretary shall expedite the completion of the following documents: (1) Dredged Material Management Plan for Calumet Harbor, Illinois. (2) Lower Missouri River Flood Risk and Resiliency System Plan authorized under section 216 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2687). (3) Lower Mississippi River Comprehensive Management Study authorized under section 213 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2684). (4) Dredged Material Management Plan for the Cleveland Harbor, Cleveland, Ohio. (5) Water supply assessment, Cole Rivers Hatchery, Oregon. (e) Tribal partnership program The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, expedite completion of the following projects and studies in the following locations under the Tribal partnership program under section 203 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (33 U.S.C. 2269): (1) Ak–Chin Indian Community project for flood risk management, Arizona. (2) Gila River Indian Community pilot project, Arizona. (3) Navajo Nation watershed assessment for the Little Colorado River Basin, Arizona. (f) Activities The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, expedite completion of the following activities for operations and maintenance: (1) Maintenance dredging for the following projects for navigation: (A) Guilford Harbor, Connecticut. (B) New Haven Harbor, Connecticut. (C) Essex River, Massachusetts. (D) Maurice River, New Jersey. (E) Salem River, New Jersey. (F) Appomattox River, Virginia. (G) Chinook, Washington. (2) Breakwater repair for the project for navigation, Laupahoehoe Harbor, Hawaii. (g) Continuing authorities programs The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, expedite completion of the following projects: (1) Project for ecosystem restoration, Corazon de Los Tres Rios del Norte, Arizona, authorized by section 206 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (33 U.S.C. 2330). (2) Project for flood risk management, McCormick Wash, City of Globe, Arizona, authorized by section 205 of the Flood Control Act of 1948 (33 U.S.C. 701s). (3) Pinal County Ak–Chin Levee, Arizona, authorized by section 205 of the Flood Control Act of 1948 (33 U.S.C. 701s). (4) Project for flood risk management, Lower Santa Cruz River, Pinal County, Arizona, authorized by section 205 of the Flood Control Act of 1948 (33 U.S.C. 701s). (5) Project for beneficial use of dredged material, New Jersey Meadowlands, New Jersey, authorized by section 204 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (33 U.S.C. 2326).

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