[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 158 (Friday, August 15, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43713-43714]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21728]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army


Deauthorization of Water Resources Projects

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.

ACTION: Changes to conditions for project deauthorization; 
deauthorization of selected projects; and correction of project 
deauthorization list.

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SUMMARY: The Corps of Engineers is publishing notice of (1) changes to 
conditions for project deauthorization, enacted in the Water Resources 
Development Act of 1996, Pub. L. 104-303; (2) the deauthorization of 
the Burlington Dam, North Dakota, project and the Lake Darling pool 
raise unit of the Souris River, North Dakota, project; and (3) a second 
correction to the list of ``Projects Deauthorized on November 29, 1995, 
by Section 1001(a) of Pub. L. 99-662.''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. John A. Micik, Headquarters, U.S. 
Army Corps of Engineers, Attention: CECW-BA, Washington, D.C. 20314-
1000. Tel. (202) 761-0705.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Conditions for Project Deauthorization

    Section 228 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996, Pub. L. 
104-303, dated October 12, 1996, changes the conditions for project 
deauthorization.
    Projects and separable elements of projects will be biennially 
reported to Congress as eligible for deauthorization after 7 full 
fiscal years have passed without Federal funds having been obligated. 
Section 1001(b)(2) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986, Pub. 
L. 99-662, 33 U.S.C. 579a(b)(2), originally specified 10 full fiscal 
years. The five-year sunset provision of Sec. 1001(a), Pub. L. 99-662, 
33 U.S.C. 579a(a), is no longer in effect.
    The statutory notifications of affected U.S. Senators and Members 
of the U.S. House of Representatives will be made upon transmittal of 
the biennial eligibility list to the President of the Senate and the 
Speaker of the House. Section 1001(b)(2), Pub. L. 99-662, originally 
required notifications before transmittal of the eligibility list. The 
change allows the notifications to specify the calendar date when the 
listed projects will be deauthorized, which is 30 months from the 
transmittal date.
    Project deauthorization eligibility under Sec. 1001(b)(2), Pub. L. 
99-662, as amended, includes projects authorized for preconstruction 
planning, engineering and design only. Previously, only projects fully 
authorized for construction fell within the purview of Sec. 1001(b)(2). 
The change does not affect the deauthorization of water resources 
studies under the provisions of Sec. 710, Pub. L. 99-662, 33 U.S.C. 
2264.

Deauthorizations

    Section 1124 of Pub. L. 99-662 provided for the automatic 
deauthorization of the Burlington Dam, North Dakota, project, and the 
Lake Darling pool raise unit of the Souris River, North Dakota, project 
upon completion of the Rafferty and Alameda reservoir projects in 
Canada. The projects were cooperative efforts between the United States 
and Canada. The Rafferty and Alameda projects were certified as 
complete and 100 percent operable on March 10, 1995; therefore, the 
Burlington Dam, North Dakota, project and the Lake Darling pool raise 
unit of the Souris River, North Dakota, project were deauthorized on 
March 10, 1995.

Corrected List

    On the list of ``Projects Deauthorized on November 29, 1995, by 
Section 1001(a) of Pub. L. 99-662 (Corrected List),'' published in the 
Federal Register on January 22, 1997, (Vol. 62, No. 14, 3271), the East 
Fork of Trinity River, Texas, project should not have been listed since 
planning funds were obligated on the project prior to

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November 29, 1995. A corrected list is provided.

    Dated: July 29, 1997.
John H. Zirschky,
Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works).

Projects Deauthorized on November 29, 1995 by Section 1001(A) of Public 
Law 99-662--Corrected List

    Corrects the list published in the Federal Register on January 22, 
1997 (Vol. 62, No. 14, 3271).

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       District            Project name      Primary state     Purpose  
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SWL..................  MUD CREEK WETLANDS..  AR             FC          
SPK..................  PAJARO RIVER, SANTA   CA             FC          
                        CRUZ *.                                         
SPN..................  SANTA CRUZ HARBOR,    CA             N           
                        EAST JETTY *.                                   
SPA..................  BELEN...............  NM             FC          
NAN..................  LAKE GEORGE.........  NY             FC          
GLB..................  CONNEAUT SMALL BOAT   OH             N           
                        HARBOR *.                                       
GLB..................  FAIRPORT HARBOR       OH             N           
                        DREDGING *.                                     
GLB..................  FAIRPORT SMALL BOAT   OH             N           
                        HARBOR *.                                       
MVM..................  MEMPHIS HARBOR *....  TN             N           
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*Projects reauthorized in 1990. See Federal Register notice of September
  9, 1994 (Vol. 59, No. 174, 46624-46625).                              
                                                                        
 Total: 9.                                                              
                                                                        
 KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS:                                                  
                                                                        
 GLB  Buffalo District.                                                 
MVM  Memphis District.                                                  
NAN  New York District.                                                 
SPA  Albuquerque District.                                              
  SPK  Sacramento District.                                             
SPN  San Francisco District.                                            
SWL  Little Rock District.                                              
FC  Flood Control.                                                      
N  Navigation.                                                          

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