The Secretary shall ensure that, in developing or revising reservoir operating manuals of the Corps of Engineers, the Corps shall provide significant opportunities for public participation, including opportunities for public hearings. The Secretary shall issue regulations to implement this section, including a requirement that all appropriate informational materials relating to proposed management decisions of the Corps be made available to the public sufficiently in advance of public hearings. Not later than January 1, 1992, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report on measures taken pursuant to this section.
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Section was enacted as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 1990, and not as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 which comprises this chapter.
1996-Subsec. (a).
Subsec. (b).
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"(2)
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"(ii)
"(iii)
"(B)
"(i)
"(ii)
"(I) include-
"(aa) the date on which the most recent review of project operations was conducted and any recommendations of the Secretary relating to that review the Secretary determines to be significant;
"(bb) the activities carried out pursuant to each such review to improve the efficiency of operations and maintenance and to improve project benefits consistent with authorized purposes;
"(cc) the degree to which reviews of project operations and subsequent activities pursuant to completed reviews complied with the policies and requirements of applicable law and regulations; and
"(dd) a plan for reviewing the operations of individual projects, including a detailed schedule for future reviews of project operations, that-
"(AA) complies with the polices and requirements of applicable law and regulations;
"(BB) gives priority to reviews and activities carried out pursuant to such plan where the Secretary determines that there is support for carrying out those reviews and activities; and
"(CC) ensures that reviews and activities are carried out pursuant to such plan;
"(II) be coordinated with appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies and those public and private entities that the Secretary determines may be affected by those reviews or activities;
"(III) not supersede or modify any written agreement between the Federal Government and a non-Federal interest that is in effect on the date of enactment of this Act [June 10, 2014];
"(IV) not supersede or authorize any amendment to a multistate water control plan, including the Missouri River Master Water Control Manual (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act);
"(V) not affect any water right in existence on the date of enactment of this Act;
"(VI) not preempt or affect any State water law or interstate compact governing water;
"(VII) not affect any authority of a State, as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act, to manage water resources within that State; and
"(VIII) comply with section 301 of the Water Supply Act of 1958 (43 U.S.C. 390b).
"(3)
"(A) conduct an audit to determine-
"(i) whether reviews of project operations carried out by the Secretary prior to the date of enactment of this Act complied with the policies and requirements of applicable law and regulations; and
"(ii) whether the plan developed by the Secretary pursuant to paragraph (2)(B)(ii)(I)(dd) complies with this subsection and with the policies and requirements of applicable law and regulation; and
"(B) not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, submit to Congress a report that-
"(i) summarizes the results of the audit required by subparagraph (A);
"(ii) includes an assessment of whether existing practices for managing and reviewing project operations could result in greater efficiencies that would enable the Corps of Engineers to better prepare for, contain, and respond to flood, storm, and drought conditions; and
"(iii) includes recommendations for improving the review of project operations to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of such operations and to better achieve authorized purposes while enhancing overall project benefits.
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"(5)
"(A)
"(B)
"(6)
"(A)
"(B)
Secretary means the Secretary of the Army, see section 2 of