Smaller Communities Water Resources Assistance Act of 1985

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Smaller Communities Water Resources Assistance Act of 1985 - Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to undertake a research program to control river ice and to help communities in breaking up such ice. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance, including ice breaking equipment, to local governments to control and break up river ice. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990 for such assistance. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with local officials, to undertake a demonstration ice control program at Hardwicke, Vermont. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress by March 1, 1988, on such activities. Directs the Secretary, upon request, to survey the potential of and methods for rehabilitating former industrial sites and millraces for use in developing hydroelectric facilities. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990 for such activities. Modifies the Waterbury, Vermont, dam project to require the Secretary to undertake any major rehabilitation of such project.

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 29 January 1985

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