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For Immediate Release: | September 25, 2007 | ||||
Ros-Lehtinen Pleased With Senate Passage Of The Water Resources Development Act That Includes Funds For Important |
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1) Phase III authorization for the 50-52 foot dredging project at the 2) Language which exempts the Miami Harbor General Reevaluation Report (GRR) from 2004 revised cost sharing rules governing GRR’s. 3) $6,250,000 authorization for the 4) Authorization for reimbursement to the Seaport Department for costs incurred for partial completion of “useable increments,” was replaced with generic language which allows credit for work accomplished by non-federal interests in advance of the execution of the Project Cooperation Agreement. Report language indicates that the credit language shall apply to 5) Language allowing local governments to be reimbursed for Federal work completed prior to the signing of a Project Cooperation Agreement with the Army Corps of Engineers. This provision would allow the City of Said Ros-Lehtinen, “This is an important bill that contains funds for several * The final Senate vote was 81 to 12.
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