Water Resources Development Act of 2000 - Title I: Water Resources Projects

Title I: Water Resources Projects

Authorizes projects for water resources development, conservation, and related purposes at specified water resources projects in Alaska, Arizona, California, the Delaware coast, Florida, Hawaii, Indiana and Kentucky, Kentucky and Ohio, the Ohio River in Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, Louisiana to the Gulf of Mexico, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Tennessee, Washington, and Wyoming.

Directs a study of, and if feasible, projects for:

  • emergency streambank protection in Indiana and Louisiana;
  • navigation in Alaska, Florida, Louisiana, Minnesota, New York, and Wisconsin;
  • aquatic ecosystem restoration in Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Oregon, and Pennsylvania;
  • shoreline protection in Louisiana and New York;
  • snagging and sediment removal in Illinois and Louisiana; and
  • mitigation of shore damage in Washington.

Authorizes certain projects in Louisiana, Minnesota, and Ohio for the beneficial uses of dredged material.

Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 to authorize a shore protection project in Washington.

Authorizes a flood protection project in California.

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