Recommended action: Authorization to disburse up to $2,750,000 to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for implementation of the Hamilton Wetland Restoration Project.

The study report provides a general reevaluation of the Hamilton Wetland Restoration Project Authorized in WRDA 1999 and identifies a feasible expansion of the project. The expanded project comprises the beneficial re-use of 24.4 million cubic yards of dredged material to restore a total of 2,526 acres of seasonal and tidal wetland habitat for endangered species on the enlarged 2,600 acre project site which fringes San Pablo Bay, California. Provides for beneficial rescue of the greatest quantity of dredge material and provides critical endangered species habitat in the shortest amount of time.

The study report provides a general reevaluation of the Hamilton Wetland Restoration Project Authorized in WRDA 1999 and identifies a feasible expansion of the project. The expanded project comprises the beneficial re-use of 24.4 million cubic yards of dredged material to restore a total of 2,526 acres of seasonal and tidal wetland habitat for endangered species on the enlarged 2,600 acre project site which fringes San Pablo Bay, California. Provides for beneficial rescue of the greatest quantity of dredge material and provides critical endangered species habitat in the shortest amount of time.

Recommended action: Authorization to amend the Project Cooperation Agreement between the Conservancy and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the Hamilton Wetland Restoration Project to include restoration of the Bel Marin Keys Unit V property near Novato, Marin County and authorization to disburse up to an additional $2,500,000 toward implementation of the project.