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Public Law 90–46

Authorizing the change in name of certain water resource projects under jurisdiction of the Department of the Army.

Approved July 4, 1967

Statutory text

AN ACT

Authorizing the change in name of certain water resource projects under jurisdiction of the Department of the Army.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That the names of the following locks and dams, reservoirs, and other navigation and flood control facilities under jurisdiction of the Department of the Army, are hereby changed as follows:

the Bluestone Dam and Reservoir, New River, West Virginia, authorized by the Flood Control Acts of 1936 and 1938, to the

49 Stat. 1586;

52 Stat. 1217.

“Bluestone Lake”;

the Sutton Dam and Reservoir, Elk Creek, West Virginia, authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1938, to the “Sutton Lake”;

the Tygart Dam and Reservoir, Tygart River, West Virginia, authorized by the River and Harbor Act of 1935, to the “Tygart

49 Stat. 1035.

Lake”:

the East Lynn Dam and Reservoir, East Fork of Twelvepole Creek, West Virginia, authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1938, to the “East Lynn Lake”;

the Summersville Dam and Reservoir, Gauley River, West Virginia, authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1938, to the “Summersville Lake”;

the Burnsville Dam and Reservoir, Little Kanawha River, West Virginia, authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1938, to the “Burnsville Lake”;

the Birch Dam and Reservoir, Elk River, West Virginia., authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1938, to the “Birch Lake”;

52 Stat. 1215.

Steer Creek Dam and Reservoir, Steer Creek, West Virginia, authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1938, to the “Steer Creek Lake”;

the West Fork Dam and Reservoir, Little Kanawha River, West Virginia, authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1938, to the “West Fork Lake”;

76 Stat. 1188.

the Beech Fork Dam and Reservoir, Twelvepole Creek, West Virginia, authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1962, to the “Beech Fork Lake”;

the R. D. Bailey Dam and Reservoir, Guyandot River, West Virginia, authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1962, to the “R.D. Bailey Lake”;

79 Stat. 1081.

the Rowlesburg Dam and Reservoir, Cheat River, West Virginia, authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1965, to the “Rowlesburg Lake”;

the Panther Creek Dam and Reservoir, Panther Creek, West Virginia, authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1965, to the “Panther Creek Lake”;

80 Stat. 1421.

the Stonewall Jackson Dam and Reservoir, West Fork River, West Virginia, authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1966, to the “Stonewall Jackson Lake”;

64 Stat. 172.

the pumping plant authorized to be constructed by the Flood Control Act or 1950 on the Saint Francis River, Arkansas, south-east of Marianna, Arkansas, to the “W. G. Huxtable Pumping Plant”;

the ship channel from the San Francisco Bar Channel through the San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun Bays to the down-stream terminus of the Stockton Deep Water Channel, to the “John F. Baldwin Ship Channel”;

the navigation lock and water control structure known as structure 79 of the central and southern Florida flood control project located on the Caloosahatchee River in the State of Florida, to the “W. P. Franklin Lock and Control Structure”;

the dam, commonly referred to as Garrison Dam, located on the Missouri River in North Dakota, is hereby officially designated as “Garrison Dam”;

the reservoir, known as Garrison Reservoir or Garrison Lake, located above Garrison Dam to “Lake Sakakawea”;

59 Stat. 18.

the Dam B and Reservoir on Neches River, Texas, authorized by the River and Harbor Act of 1945, to the “Town Bluff Dam” and the “B. A. Steinhagen Lake”, respectively;

68 Stat. 1256.

the Blanchard Dam on Bald Eagle Creek, Pennsylvania, authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1954, to the “Foster Joseph Sayers Dam”;

the Port Hueneme Small Craft Harbor, California, authorized by the River and Harbor Act of 1954, to the “Channel Islands Harbor”;

76 Stat. 1180.

the Buck Creek Dam and Reservoir, Springfield, Ohio, authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1962, to the “Clarence J. Brown Dam and Reservoir”; and

60 Stat. 635.

the Lock and Dam 14, Arkansas River, Oklahoma, authorized by the River and Harbor Act of 1946, to the “W. D. Mayo Lock and Dam”.

Sec. 2.

Any law, regulation, map, document, or record of the United States in which any such lock and dam, reservoir, or other navigation and flood control facility is referred to by its former name shall be held to refer to such lock and dam, reservoir, or other navigation and flood control facility by the name designated herein.

Approved July 4, 1967.

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