Water Resources Development Act of 2000 - Title V: Miscellaneous Provisions

Title V: Miscellaneous Provisions

Amends WRDA 1986

• to direct construction of an environmental education and research facility at Otsego Lake, New York.
• to encourage the Great Lakes States to develop and implement a mechanism that provides a common conservation standard with respect to the withdrawal and use of Great Lakes water
• require approval of the Great Lakes Board of Governors prior to the export of Great Lakes water
• to express the sense of Congress that the Secretary of State should work with the Canadian Government to develop a standard for the Great Lakes.
• to extend permanently (currently ends after FY 2003) the authorization of appropriations for the project for Lake Michigan diversion, Illinois.

Amends WRDA 1996

• to add specified sites for authorized water quality restoration projects.
• toadd certain technologies to those being considered for the decontamination and disposal of dredged material at the Port of Duluth, Minnesota.
• to increase the amount authorized for a water quality improvement project on the Susquehanna River
• to add specified sites to a watershed management, restoration, and development program
• to add two sites to a navigation channel maintenance program.

Makes certain competitive bid requirements inapplicable to any contract, agreement, or grant entered into between the Secretary and Marshall University or Juniata College in support of the Army civil works program.

Directs a plan for Corps activities that support the management of Great Lakes fisheries; plan, design, and construct projects to support the restoration of the fishery, ecosystem, and beneficial uses of the Great Lakes; and a cooperative agreement with the Great Lakes Fishery Commission or any other agency established to facilitate active State participation in Great Lakes management.

Directs assessment of the condition of water resources and related ecosystems in New England to identify problems and needs for restoring, preserving, and protecting New England water resources, ecosystems, wildlife, and fisheries.

Amends WRDA 1992 to redefine areas authorized for the construction of: (1) a visitors center at Fort Smith, Arkansas; and (2) an interpretive site in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

Authorizes participation in the planning and management associated with the CALFED Bay- Delta Program, an ecosystem restoration program for the San Joaquin and Sacramento River basins, California.

Directs projects for

• necessary repairs of the Lowell Creek Tunnel, Seward, Alaska;
• flood damage reduction project at the Contra Coastal Canal, California
• flood damage reduction project in Huntington Beach, California
• flood damage reduction project at Mallard Slough, Pittsburg, California.
• project for environmental restoration and recreation, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Directs reimbursement of the non-Federal interest for certain costs under the project for navigation, Port Everglades Harbor, Florida.

Directs a program to convey to eligible property owners the right to maintain existing habitation structures on land acquired by the United States for the Lake Sidney Lanier, Georgia, project; or release such owners from a related easement prohibition as it applies to existing structures.

Authorizes certain environmental quality improvements at Ballard's Island, Illinois, if the Secretary determines that such work is integral to the project.

Directs a proposed comprehensive plan for restoring, preserving, and protecting the Illinois River basin using new technologies and innovative approaches.

Directs (1), if the work is determined integral, the non-Federal costs for certain aquatic ecosystem restoration at Koontz Lake, Indiana; (2) investigate the contamination of the well system in West View Shores, Maryland; and (3) carry out the project for flood damage reduction and environmental restoration at Muddy River, Brookline and Boston, Massachusetts.

Prohibits requiring a cargo vessel equipped with bow thrusters and friction winches traversing the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, to provide more than two crew members to serve as line handlers.

Directs an inventory of dams constructed in Minnesota by the Works Progress Administration, the Works Projects Administration, and the Civilian Conservation Corps, and to assess their condition and need for rehabilitation.

Designates a specified portion of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Minnesota, as the Bruce F. Vento Unit of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

Directs participation in restoration projects for critical coastal wetlands and coastal barrier islands in Mississippi.

Directs participation in the project at Las Vegas Wash and Lake Mead in accordance with a specified plan.

Directs a research program to evaluate opportunities to manage peak flood flows in urbanized New Jersey watersheds.

Requires technical assistance to Yonkers, New York, relating to the dredging of the Nepperhan River outlet.

Directs a study, strategy, and project to reduce flood damages and create wildlife habitat in the Upper Mohawk River Basin, New York.

Directs the Secretary to carry out certain flood damage reduction projects in eastern North Carolina and Ohio.

Directs technical assistance to non-Federal interests to evaluate the structural integrity of the bulkhead system along the Cuyahoga River in the vicinity of Cleveland, Ohio.

Directs a long-term lease with the city of Crowder, Oklahoma, under which the city may develop, operate, and maintain as a public park all or a portion of Crowder Point on Lake Eufaula, Oklahoma.

Directs the Secretary to studies and ecosystem restoration projects for the Lower Columbia River and Tillamook Bay estuaries, Oregon and Washington.

Authorizes certain real estate transactions at Raystown Lake project, Pennsylvania and in Aberdeen, Washington.

Directs a plan to support ecosystem restoration of the Charleston Harbor estuary, South Carolina.

Amends WRDA 1999 relating to the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, and South Dakota terrestrial wildlife habitat restoration program to: (1) fund such program through funds made available under the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program and through grants to such tribes and South Dakota; (2) require consultation with such tribes in expending amounts from trust funds established for such program; (3) require the Secretary to lease to South Dakota in perpetuity certain recreation areas within the boundaries of the program; (4) require the Secretary to clean up each open dump and hazardous waste site identified on program lands and recreation areas; (5) require such tribes and South Dakota to establish the Cultural Resources Advisory Commission to advise with respect to cultural resources on such lands and recreation areas; (6) require the Secretary to inventory and stabilize each Commission-identified cultural and historic site; (7) direct the Secretary to complete a study, and take appropriate remedial action, with respect to sediment contamination in the Cheyenne River (authorizing appropriations for such purpose); and (8) provide additional authorizations of appropriations for activities added under this section, with specified allocations among such tribes and South Dakota.

Directs a limited reevaluation report of the project for flood control, Horn Lake Creek and tributaries, Tennessee and Mississippi.

Authorizes critical restoration projects in the Lake Champlain watershed, Vermont and New York and Puget Sound, Washington, and adjacent waters.

Directs a study evaluating the structural integrity and need for modification or removal of each of ten specified dams in Vermont.

Directs a feasibility study of providing coastal erosion protection for the tribal reservation of the Shoalwater Bay Tribe on Willapa Bay, Washington.

Modifies the project for flood control, Bluestone Lake, Ohio River basin, West Virginia, to authorize construction of hydroelectric generation facilities by the Tri-Cities Power Authority of West Virginia.

Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1988 to direct the preservation of the Jenkins House within the Lesage/Greenbottom Swamp, West Virginia.

Authorizes planning and design assistance to non-Federal projects located along the Tug Fork River, West Virginia.

Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1982 to include environmental restoration within authorized activities under a pilot program for providing certain assistance to non-Federal interests in southern West Virginia.

Directs an agreement with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for providing NOAA with data on the results of any navigation channel hydrographic survey conducted by the Corps.

Directs the Tennessee Valley Authority to release a specified use restriction with respect to lands in Decatur, Alabama, previously conveyed to the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation.