Funding and Land Issues
Required the Secretary, upon the request of a non-Federal sponsor of a water resources development project, to provide such sponsor with periodic statements of project expenditures.
Required projects for hurricane or storm damage reduction to comply with applicable flood plain requirements.
Allows a Federal Project Repayment District to use any cost-recovery approach that is consistent with State law to satisfy cost-recovery requirements. (Currently, such districts are restricted to cost-recovery through property transfer fees.)
Directed the Comptroller General to review the civil works program of the Corps of Engineers and report to the Congress.
Authorized appropriations for the Des Plaines River Wetlands demonstration project.
Directed the Secretary to include in the feasibility report for the Coyote and Berryessa Creeks, California, project recommendations for reimbursement to local interests for work undertaken by them which is integral to the project.
Authorized conveying specified acreage to the City of South El Monte, California. Authorized, in consideration for such conveyance, acceptance of real property in the Los Angeles area or cash, or both.
Authorized conveying specified land to Illinois in the city of Ottawa.
Authorized exchange of certain lands in Whitman County, Washington, for wildlife mitigation purposes.
Prohibits the Secretary from conveying title to all or any part of the Lesage/Greenbottom Swamp to the State of West Virginia.
Authorized appropriations to establish a Technical Resource Service for the Red River Basin in Minnesota and North Dakota, for purpose of providing technical services for the development and implementation of State and local water and related land resources initiatives.
Amended the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1984 to extend the authorization of the modified water delivery schedule for the Everglades National Park from January 1, 1989, until January 1, 1992.
Read more about this topic: Water Resources Development Act Of 1988
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