Deauthorizations
Division A — Water resources development › Title III — Deauthorizations and Modifications
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(a) Designated portions of the Los Angeles County Drainage Area, California (1) In general The portion of the project for flood risk management, Los Angeles County Drainage Area, California, authorized by section 5 of the Act of June 22, 1936 (49 Stat. 1589, chapter 688; 50 Stat. 167, chapter 194), section 3 of the Act of August 18, 1941 (55 Stat. 647, chapter 377), section 204 of the Flood Control Act of 1950 (64 Stat. 177, chapter 188), and section 201(b) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 4091), and modified by section 4(d) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1988 (102 Stat. 4015; 104 Stat. 4611), consisting of the flood channels described in paragraph (2), is no longer authorized on the date that is 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act. (2) Flood channels described The flood channels referred to in paragraph (1) are the following flood channels operated and maintained by the Los Angeles County Flood Control District, as generally defined in Corps of Engineers operations and maintenance manuals and as may be further described in an agreement entered into under paragraph (3): (A) Alhambra Wash Channel (Valley Boulevard to Rio Hondo). (B) Arcadia Wash Channel. (C) Ballona Creek Channel (Redondo Boulevard to Washington Boulevard). (D) Ballona Creek Channel (La Salle Avenue to Vista Del Mar). (E) Benedict Canyon Channel. (F) Burbank Western Channel (Roscoe Boulevard to Victory Boulevard). (G) Caballero Creek Channel. (H) Centinela Creek Channel. (I) Compton Creek Channel (Main Street to 122nd Street). (J) Compton Creek Channel (Southern Pacific Railyard to Los Angeles River). (K) Coyote Creek Channel (Valley View Street to San Gabriel River). (L) Eaton Wash Channel. (M) Grandview Ave Channel. (N) Haines Canyon Channel (Plainview Avenue to Tujunga Wash). (O) Kenter Canyon Channel. (P) Lopez Canyon Diversion Channel. (Q) Los Angeles River (Owensmouth Avenue to Sepulveda Flood Control Basin). (R) Los Angeles River (Sepulveda Flood Control Basin to Lankershim Boulevard). (S) Los Angeles River (Stewart and Grey Road to Pacific Ocean). (T) North Fork Channel. (U) Pacoima Wash Channel. (V) Rio Hondo Channel (Lower Azusa Road to Rosemead Boulevard). (W) Rio Hondo Channel (500 feet south of Whittier Narrows Dam to Union Pacific Railyard). (X) Rubio Wash Channel. (Y) Santa Anita Wash Channel. (Z) San Gabriel River Channel (Santa Fe Flood Control Basin to Thienes Avenue). (AA) San Gabriel River Channel (Whittier Narrows Dam to Pacific Ocean). (BB) San Jose Creek Channel (Thomas Creek to San Jose Creek Diversion). (CC) Sawpit Wash Channel. (DD) Sawtelle–Westwood Channel. (EE) Sycamore Wash Channel. (FF) Tujunga Wash Channel (436 feet south of Hansen Dam to Los Angeles River). (GG) Verdugo Wash Channel (Verdugo Debris Basin to San Fernando Road). (3) Agreement Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall seek to enter into an agreement with the Los Angeles County Flood Control District to ensure that the Los Angeles County Flood Control District— (A) will continue to operate, maintain, repair, rehabilitate, and replace as necessary, the flood channels described in paragraph (2)— (i) in perpetuity at no cost to the United States; and (ii) in a manner that does not reduce the level of flood protection of the project described in paragraph (1); (B) will retain public ownership, which may include easements, for all real property required for the continued functioning of the flood channels described in paragraph (2), consistent with authorized purposes of the project described in paragraph (1); (C) will allow the Corps of Engineers to continue to operate, maintain, rehabilitate, repair, and replace any appurtenant structures, such as rain and stream gauges, existing as of the date of enactment of this Act and located within the flood channels subject to deauthorization under paragraph (1) as necessary to ensure the continued functioning of the project described in that paragraph; and (D) will hold and save the United States harmless from damages due to floods, breach, failure, operation, or maintenance of the flood channels described in paragraph (2). (4) Administrative costs The Secretary may accept and expend funds voluntarily contributed by the Los Angeles County Flood Control District to cover the administrative costs incurred by the Secretary— (A) to enter into an agreement under paragraph (3); and (B) to monitor compliance with such agreement. (b) Lower San Joaquin River and Tributaries, California (1) In general Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the project for flood protection, Lower San Joaquin River and tributaries, California, authorized by section 10 of the Act of December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 901, chapter 665), is modified to deauthorize the portion of the project described in paragraph (2). (2) Portion described The portion of the project referred to in paragraph (1) is the Dos Rios Ranch levee system, consisting of the right bank of the San Joaquin River between levee miles 0.00 on the left bank of the Tuolumne River and levee mile 3.76 on the San Joaquin River, California. (3) Repeal Section 1302 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2024 (138 Stat. 3109) is amended by striking subsection (p). (c) Harlem River Federal navigation channel, New York (1) In general Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the project for navigation, Harlem River, New York, authorized by the first section of the Act of March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. 804, chapter 144), is modified to deauthorize the portion of the project consisting of the area described in paragraph (2). (2) Area described (A) In general The boundary of the area deauthorized under this subsection consists of 2 separate areas that are closed polygons formed by straight lines connecting, in the order listed, the following points, and thence extending landward to the existing physical shoreline: (i) The first area— (I) begins at a point on the shoreline north of the Macombs Dam Bridge at N244191.72, E1002503.69; (II) running southwesterly approximately 59.5 feet to a point at N244133.98, E1002489.25; (III) running southwesterly approximately 579.8 feet to a point at N243572.61, E1002344.44; (IV) running south-southwesterly approximately 173.9 feet to a point at N243399.67, E1002326.56; (V) running south-southwesterly approximately 189.0 feet to a point at N243212.20, E1002302.50; (VI) running south-southwesterly approximately 354.4 feet to a point at N242858.69, E1002277.63; (VII) running southerly approximately 292.3 feet to a point at N242566.45, E1002281.31; (VIII) running south-southeasterly approximately 791.2 feet to a point at N241778.27, E1002350.13; (IX) running south-southeasterly approximately 254.5 feet to a point at N241525.84, E1002382.88; (X) running south-southeasterly approximately 56.6 feet to a point at N241469.61, E1002389.06; (XI) running south-southeasterly approximately 190.2 feet to a point at N241280.22, E1002406.69; (XII) running southwesterly approximately 93.6 feet to a point at N241209.59, E1002345.25; and (XIII) running southwesterly approximately 15.4 feet terminating at a point on the shoreline at N241197.95, E1002335.13. (ii) The second area— (I) begins at a point on the shoreline south of the Macombs Dam Bridge at N240743.13, E1002381.50; (II) running southeasterly approximately 28.7 feet to a point at N240725.66, E1002404.31; (III) running southeasterly approximately 81.3 feet to a point at N240676.22, E1002468.81; (IV) running south-southeasterly approximately 39.7 feet to a point at N240636.73, E1002473.19; (V) running south-southeasterly approximately 42.9 feet to a point at N240593.98, E1002477.19; (VI) running south-southwesterly approximately 107.9 feet to a point at N240486.75, E1002464.88; (VII) running south-southeasterly approximately 477.6 feet to a point at N240010.61, E1002502.81; (VIII) running southerly approximately 60.4 feet to a point at N239950.33, E1002506.19; (IX) running southerly approximately 39.5 feet to a point at N239910.88, E1002506.94; (X) running southerly approximately 137.3 feet to a point at N239773.63, E1002509.38; (XI) running south-southeasterly approximately 97.9 feet to a point at N239676.67, E1002523.13; (XII) running southerly approximately 58.1 feet to a point at N239618.58, E1002524.19; (XIII) running southerly approximately 289.1 feet to a point at N239330.02, E1002541.31; (XIV) running southerly approximately 331.3 feet to a point at N238999.31, E1002560.94; (XV) running southerly approximately 583.2 feet to a point at N238416.61, E1002585.50; (XVI) running southerly approximately 387.8 feet to a point at N238029.20, E1002602.56; (XVII) running southerly approximately 120.0 feet to a point at N237909.23, E1002603.81; and (XVIII) running west-northwesterly approximately 43.1 feet to a point on the shoreline at N237919.63, E1002562.06. (B) Inclusion All waters, submerged land, and tidally influenced area lying between a boundary described in this paragraph and the physical shoreline are included in the deauthorized area. (3) Definition of physical shoreline In this section, the term physical shoreline means the land–water interface delineated by the most current shoreline datasets used by the Corps of Engineers, including the Continually Updated Shoreline Product of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and applicable State and local planimetric shoreline datasets. (d) Hudson River Federal navigation channel, New York (1) In general Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the project for navigation, Hudson River Channel, New York, authorized by the first section of the Act of June 18, 1878 (20 Stat. 159, chapter 264), is modified to deauthorize the portion of the channel consisting of the area described in paragraph (2). (2) Area described The area referred to in paragraph (1) is the area bounded by the following coordinates: (A) W740004.90, N404615.84. (B) W735957.24, N404612.68. (C) W740015.09, N404601.62. (D) W740007.60, N404558.47. (e) Deauthorization of portions of the Charleston Harbor Federal navigation channel, South Carolina (1) In general The portion of the project for navigation, Charleston Harbor, authorized by the Act of August 30, 1852 (10 Stat. 58, chapter 104), described in paragraph (2), is no longer authorized as of the date of enactment of this Act, if the conditions in paragraph (3) are met. (2) Portion described The portion referred to in paragraph (1) is— (A) 32° 47′ 14.9482″ N, 79° 55′ 16.3495″ W; (B) to 32° 47′ 14.4485″ N, 79° 55′ 23.8699″ W; (C) to 32° 46′ 39.2931″ N, 79° 55′ 23.1766″ W; (D) to 32° 46′ 39.4002″ N, 79° 55′ 15.564″ W; (E) to 32° 47′ 5.2545″ N, 79° 55′ 16.0734″ W; (F) to 32° 47′ 9.6725″ N, 79° 55′ 10.8883″ W; and (G) thence back to 32° 47′ 14.9482″ N, 79° 55′ 16.3495″ W. (3) Conditions (A) In general The portion described in paragraph (2) shall not be deauthorized until the Secretary receives written notice from the non-Federal interest for the project referred to in paragraph (1) of the completion of a sale of Union Pier terminal to a non-Federal private entity. (B) Notification On receiving written notice under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall notify the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives of such sale. (4) Savings provisions Nothing in this section waives the responsibility of a non-Federal entity to acquire permission from the Secretary in accordance with the following authorities, as applicable: (A) Section 10 of the Act of March 3, 1899 (30 Stat. 1151, chapter 425; 33 U.S.C. 403). (B) Section 14 of the Act of March 3, 1899 (30 Stat. 1152, chapter 425; 33 U.S.C. 408). (5) Continuance of operations (A) In general The commercial anchorage described in subparagraph (B) shall continue to be operated in the same manner as if the portion described in paragraph (2) were not deauthorized pursuant to this section. (B) Commercial anchorage described The commercial anchorage referred to in subparagraph (A) is Commercial Anchorage D (as defined in section 110.173(a)(4) of title 33, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act)).
(a) Designated portions of the Los Angeles County Drainage Area, California (1) In general The portion of the project for flood risk management, Los Angeles County Drainage Area, California, authorized by section 5 of the Act of June 22, 1936 (49 Stat. 1589, chapter 688; 50 Stat. 167, chapter 194), section 3 of the Act of August 18, 1941 (55 Stat. 647, chapter 377), section 204 of the Flood Control Act of 1950 (64 Stat. 177, chapter 188), and section 201(b) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 4091), and modified by section 4(d) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1988 (102 Stat. 4015; 104 Stat. 4611), consisting of the flood channels described in paragraph (2), is no longer authorized on the date that is 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act. (2) Flood channels described The flood channels referred to in paragraph (1) are the following flood channels operated and maintained by the Los Angeles County Flood Control District, as generally defined in Corps of Engineers operations and maintenance manuals and as may be further described in an agreement entered into under paragraph (3): (A) Alhambra Wash Channel (Valley Boulevard to Rio Hondo). (B) Arcadia Wash Channel. (C) Ballona Creek Channel (Redondo Boulevard to Washington Boulevard). (D) Ballona Creek Channel (La Salle Avenue to Vista Del Mar). (E) Benedict Canyon Channel. (F) Burbank Western Channel (Roscoe Boulevard to Victory Boulevard). (G) Caballero Creek Channel. (H) Centinela Creek Channel. (I) Compton Creek Channel (Main Street to 122nd Street). (J) Compton Creek Channel (Southern Pacific Railyard to Los Angeles River). (K) Coyote Creek Channel (Valley View Street to San Gabriel River). (L) Eaton Wash Channel. (M) Grandview Ave Channel. (N) Haines Canyon Channel (Plainview Avenue to Tujunga Wash). (O) Kenter Canyon Channel. (P) Lopez Canyon Diversion Channel. (Q) Los Angeles River (Owensmouth Avenue to Sepulveda Flood Control Basin). (R) Los Angeles River (Sepulveda Flood Control Basin to Lankershim Boulevard). (S) Los Angeles River (Stewart and Grey Road to Pacific Ocean). (T) North Fork Channel. (U) Pacoima Wash Channel. (V) Rio Hondo Channel (Lower Azusa Road to Rosemead Boulevard). (W) Rio Hondo Channel (500 feet south of Whittier Narrows Dam to Union Pacific Railyard). (X) Rubio Wash Channel. (Y) Santa Anita Wash Channel. (Z) San Gabriel River Channel (Santa Fe Flood Control Basin to Thienes Avenue). (AA) San Gabriel River Channel (Whittier Narrows Dam to Pacific Ocean). (BB) San Jose Creek Channel (Thomas Creek to San Jose Creek Diversion). (CC) Sawpit Wash Channel. (DD) Sawtelle–Westwood Channel. (EE) Sycamore Wash Channel. (FF) Tujunga Wash Channel (436 feet south of Hansen Dam to Los Angeles River). (GG) Verdugo Wash Channel (Verdugo Debris Basin to San Fernando Road). (3) Agreement Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall seek to enter into an agreement with the Los Angeles County Flood Control District to ensure that the Los Angeles County Flood Control District— (A) will continue to operate, maintain, repair, rehabilitate, and replace as necessary, the flood channels described in paragraph (2)— (i) in perpetuity at no cost to the United States; and (ii) in a manner that does not reduce the level of flood protection of the project described in paragraph (1); (B) will retain public ownership, which may include easements, for all real property required for the continued functioning of the flood channels described in paragraph (2), consistent with authorized purposes of the project described in paragraph (1); (C) will allow the Corps of Engineers to continue to operate, maintain, rehabilitate, repair, and replace any appurtenant structures, such as rain and stream gauges, existing as of the date of enactment of this Act and located within the flood channels subject to deauthorization under paragraph (1) as necessary to ensure the continued functioning of the project described in that paragraph; and (D) will hold and save the United States harmless from damages due to floods, breach, failure, operation, or maintenance of the flood channels described in paragraph (2). (4) Administrative costs The Secretary may accept and expend funds voluntarily contributed by the Los Angeles County Flood Control District to cover the administrative costs incurred by the Secretary— (A) to enter into an agreement under paragraph (3); and (B) to monitor compliance with such agreement. (b) Lower San Joaquin River and Tributaries, California (1) In general Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the project for flood protection, Lower San Joaquin River and tributaries, California, authorized by section 10 of the Act of December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 901, chapter 665), is modified to deauthorize the portion of the project described in paragraph (2). (2) Portion described The portion of the project referred to in paragraph (1) is the Dos Rios Ranch levee system, consisting of the right bank of the San Joaquin River between levee miles 0.00 on the left bank of the Tuolumne River and levee mile 3.76 on the San Joaquin River, California. (3) Repeal Section 1302 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2024 (138 Stat. 3109) is amended by striking subsection (p). (c) Harlem River Federal navigation channel, New York (1) In general Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the project for navigation, Harlem River, New York, authorized by the first section of the Act of March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. 804, chapter 144), is modified to deauthorize the portion of the project consisting of the area described in paragraph (2). (2) Area described (A) In general The boundary of the area deauthorized under this subsection consists of 2 separate areas that are closed polygons formed by straight lines connecting, in the order listed, the following points, and thence extending landward to the existing physical shoreline: (i) The first area— (I) begins at a point on the shoreline north of the Macombs Dam Bridge at N244191.72, E1002503.69; (II) running southwesterly approximately 59.5 feet to a point at N244133.98, E1002489.25; (III) running southwesterly approximately 579.8 feet to a point at N243572.61, E1002344.44; (IV) running south-southwesterly approximately 173.9 feet to a point at N243399.67, E1002326.56; (V) running south-southwesterly approximately 189.0 feet to a point at N243212.20, E1002302.50; (VI) running south-southwesterly approximately 354.4 feet to a point at N242858.69, E1002277.63; (VII) running southerly approximately 292.3 feet to a point at N242566.45, E1002281.31; (VIII) running south-southeasterly approximately 791.2 feet to a point at N241778.27, E1002350.13; (IX) running south-southeasterly approximately 254.5 feet to a point at N241525.84, E1002382.88; (X) running south-southeasterly approximately 56.6 feet to a point at N241469.61, E1002389.06; (XI) running south-southeasterly approximately 190.2 feet to a point at N241280.22, E1002406.69; (XII) running southwesterly approximately 93.6 feet to a point at N241209.59, E1002345.25; and (XIII) running southwesterly approximately 15.4 feet terminating at a point on the shoreline at N241197.95, E1002335.13. (ii) The second area— (I) begins at a point on the shoreline south of the Macombs Dam Bridge at N240743.13, E1002381.50; (II) running southeasterly approximately 28.7 feet to a point at N240725.66, E1002404.31; (III) running southeasterly approximately 81.3 feet to a point at N240676.22, E1002468.81; (IV) running south-southeasterly approximately 39.7 feet to a point at N240636.73, E1002473.19; (V) running south-southeasterly approximately 42.9 feet to a point at N240593.98, E1002477.19; (VI) running south-southwesterly approximately 107.9 feet to a point at N240486.75, E1002464.88; (VII) running south-southeasterly approximately 477.6 feet to a point at N240010.61, E1002502.81; (VIII) running southerly approximately 60.4 feet to a point at N239950.33, E1002506.19; (IX) running southerly approximately 39.5 feet to a point at N239910.88, E1002506.94; (X) running southerly approximately 137.3 feet to a point at N239773.63, E1002509.38; (XI) running south-southeasterly approximately 97.9 feet to a point at N239676.67, E1002523.13; (XII) running southerly approximately 58.1 feet to a point at N239618.58, E1002524.19; (XIII) running southerly approximately 289.1 feet to a point at N239330.02, E1002541.31; (XIV) running southerly approximately 331.3 feet to a point at N238999.31, E1002560.94; (XV) running southerly approximately 583.2 feet to a point at N238416.61, E1002585.50; (XVI) running southerly approximately 387.8 feet to a point at N238029.20, E1002602.56; (XVII) running southerly approximately 120.0 feet to a point at N237909.23, E1002603.81; and (XVIII) running west-northwesterly approximately 43.1 feet to a point on the shoreline at N237919.63, E1002562.06. (B) Inclusion All waters, submerged land, and tidally influenced area lying between a boundary described in this paragraph and the physical shoreline are included in the deauthorized area. (3) Definition of physical shoreline In this section, the term physical shoreline means the land–water interface delineated by the most current shoreline datasets used by the Corps of Engineers, including the Continually Updated Shoreline Product of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and applicable State and local planimetric shoreline datasets. (d) Hudson River Federal navigation channel, New York (1) In general Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the project for navigation, Hudson River Channel, New York, authorized by the first section of the Act of June 18, 1878 (20 Stat. 159, chapter 264), is modified to deauthorize the portion of the channel consisting of the area described in paragraph (2). (2) Area described The area referred to in paragraph (1) is the area bounded by the following coordinates: (A) W740004.90, N404615.84. (B) W735957.24, N404612.68. (C) W740015.09, N404601.62. (D) W740007.60, N404558.47. (e) Deauthorization of portions of the Charleston Harbor Federal navigation channel, South Carolina (1) In general The portion of the project for navigation, Charleston Harbor, authorized by the Act of August 30, 1852 (10 Stat. 58, chapter 104), described in paragraph (2), is no longer authorized as of the date of enactment of this Act, if the conditions in paragraph (3) are met. (2) Portion described The portion referred to in paragraph (1) is— (A) 32° 47′ 14.9482″ N, 79° 55′ 16.3495″ W; (B) to 32° 47′ 14.4485″ N, 79° 55′ 23.8699″ W; (C) to 32° 46′ 39.2931″ N, 79° 55′ 23.1766″ W; (D) to 32° 46′ 39.4002″ N, 79° 55′ 15.564″ W; (E) to 32° 47′ 5.2545″ N, 79° 55′ 16.0734″ W; (F) to 32° 47′ 9.6725″ N, 79° 55′ 10.8883″ W; and (G) thence back to 32° 47′ 14.9482″ N, 79° 55′ 16.3495″ W. (3) Conditions (A) In general The portion described in paragraph (2) shall not be deauthorized until the Secretary receives written notice from the non-Federal interest for the project referred to in paragraph (1) of the completion of a sale of Union Pier terminal to a non-Federal private entity. (B) Notification On receiving written notice under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall notify the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives of such sale. (4) Savings provisions Nothing in this section waives the responsibility of a non-Federal entity to acquire permission from the Secretary in accordance with the following authorities, as applicable: (A) Section 10 of the Act of March 3, 1899 (30 Stat. 1151, chapter 425; 33 U.S.C. 403). (B) Section 14 of the Act of March 3, 1899 (30 Stat. 1152, chapter 425; 33 U.S.C. 408). (5) Continuance of operations (A) In general The commercial anchorage described in subparagraph (B) shall continue to be operated in the same manner as if the portion described in paragraph (2) were not deauthorized pursuant to this section. (B) Commercial anchorage described The commercial anchorage referred to in subparagraph (A) is Commercial Anchorage D (as defined in section 110.173(a)(4) of title 33, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act)).
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