§2307 Control of Ice

Summary

The Secretary must run a research and help program to control ice that could cause floods or severe bank erosion. The Secretary must also give technical help to local governments, buy ice-control and ice-breaking equipment, and loan that equipment and operating help to local governments when needed. Congress authorized $5,000,000 per fiscal year for 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, and 1992 for these activities; the money stays available until spent. The Secretary must also run special projects: a demonstration project at Hardwick, Vermont, with $900,000 authorized for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1986, designed to reduce ice flooding while protecting recreation, scenery, and the environment and inviting local groups to help plan. An experimental program near Salmon, Idaho, to place screens to trap frazil ice must be studied, and the Secretary must report to Congress on its feasibility within one year of November 17, 1986; $1,000,000 is authorized for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1986. A project on the Kankakee River near Wilmington, Illinois, must be carried out and reported on to Congress no later than one year after November 17, 1986, and every year after; $3,000,000 is authorized for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1986. Cost sharing rules under section 2213 apply to these projects. The Secretary must report to Congress on all activities under this program by March 1, 1989.