BOARD OF ENGINEERS FOR RIVERS AND HARBORS*
The Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors is a (rotative basis) from continental U.S. divisions. The continuing body created by section 3, 1902 River and seventh officer is assigned full time as Resident Harbor Act. The Board comprises 7 senior engineer Member and directs the staff. Appointments are made officers. Normally the Chairman is the Deputy Chief of by the Chief of Engineers for unspecified periods. The Engineers. Five members are Division Engineers Board meets on call of the Chairman.
Statutory duties of the Board as set forth in the act of the Chief of Engineers: review Corps policies and June 13, 1902, and subsequent acts and amendments procedures as directed; review reports of other Federal are: (a) to conduct an independent review of survey agencies pertaining to water resources development; reports covering projects for river and harbor, flood conduct investigations and studies of economics of ports control, and multiple-purpose improvements prepared and waterways; and conduct a year-long program of by the Corps in response to an act of the Congress or a in-service training for planners at GS-12 and GS-13 resolution of the House or Senate Public Works levels in all aspects of Federal water resources Committees, and to report its conclusions and rec- development to assist in meeting the needs of the Corps ommendations thereon to the Chief of Engineers, who for increased numbers of qualified personnel in this forwards the reports with his conclusions and rec- field. Also, the Resident Member is alternate for the ommendations to the Secretary of the Army for Secretary of the Army on the Foreign-Trade Zones transmission to the Congress; (b) to conduct an Board, first alternate for the Chief of Engineers on the independent review of special reports ordered by the National Capital Planning Commission, and ex-officio Congress and report thereon in the same manner as for secretary of the American Section, Permanent In- survey reports when directed by the Chief of Engineers; ternational Association of Navigation Congresses, a (c) to consider and approve general plans for major quasi-official organization. (See separate section on modification and reconstruction of any lock, canal, PIANC). canalized river or other work for the use of benefit of On June 30, 1970, the Board was composed of the navigation. The functions of the former Beach Erosion following members: Maj. Gen. C. H. Dunn, Deputy Board pertaining to review of reports concerning Chief of Engineers, Chairman; Maj. Gen. Richard H. erosion of the shores of coastal and lake waters, and the Free, Division Engineer, U. S. Army Engineer Di- protection of such shores, were transferred to the Board vision, South Atlantic; Maj. Gen. Charles M. Duke, under section 3, Public Law 88-172. Division Engineer, U. S. Army Engineer Division, An additional statutory duty was assigned the Board North Atlantic; Maj. Gen. A. P. Rollins, Jr., Division under the terms of the Merchant Marine Act of June 5, Engineer, U. S. Army Engineer Division, Lower 1920. Under this act, the Board, in cooperation with Mississippi Valley; Maj. Gen Willard Roper, Division the Maritime Administration, collects, compiles, and Engineer, U. S. Army Engineer Division, Ohio River; publishes information on characteristics of U. S. ports. Brig. Gen. Roy S. Kelley, Division Engineer, U. S. Physical characteristics of the ports are the re- Army Engineer Division, North Pacific; and Col. Alvin sponsibility of the Corps, and administrative char- D. Wilder, Resident Member. In addition to the acteristics are the responsibility of the Maritime foregoing, the following officers were also assigned for Administration. various periods during the year to membership on the In addition to its statutory duties, the following Board: Maj. Gen. Robert G. MacDonnell, President, duties are the more significant among those assigned by Mississippi River Commission, Vicksburg, Mississippi;
* All cost and financial statements for projects are listed at the end of this chapter. All other tables are referenced in text and also appear at the end of this chapter.
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Maj. Gen. Frederick J. Clarke, Deputy Chief of Snoqualmie River, North Bend, Washington, and the Engineers, Washington, D. C.; Maj. Gen. Thomas J. other on Sabine River, Longview, Texas. The Board Hayes, III' Division Engineer, U. S. Army Engineer considered 81 reports, acted favorably on 31, un- Division, South Atlantic; Brig. Gen. C. Craig Cannon, favorably on 25, deferred action on 15, and returned 7, U. S. Army Engineer Division, Missouri River; Brig. reporting offices withdrew 3. The Board recommended Gen. William M. Glasgow, Jr., Division Engineer, U. construction of projects totaling $507,621,300 of which S. Army Engineer Division, South Pacific; Brig. Gen. $449,177,800 was the estimated U. S. cost and $58,443, Robert M. Tarbox, Division Engineer, U. S. Army 500 the cost to local interests for work and cash Engineer Division, North Central; Lieut. Gen. Wil- contributions. Of the 25 unfavorable reports acted on liam F. Cassidy was named Chairman of the Board by the Board, 1 involved construction costs estimated at from November 1, 1969 to his retirement on May 31, $9,384,000 consisting of $9,364,000 Federal, and $20, 1970. 000 non-Federal. The remaining 24 reports contained A summary of investigations authorized by the no cost estimates as they dealt with improvements that Congress from establishment of the Board in 1902 to were obviously unfavorable or no longer necessary. The the end of fiscal year 1970, the number of au- Board's staff submitted reports or comments on reports thorizations completed, the number of authorizations as follows: 4 Department of Interior report reviews; 31 remaining to be reported on, and the number of reports Report reviews on small projects (prepared under submitted under continuing authorizations are set continuing authorities); 3 Special reports on civil works forth in table 41-A under Board of Engineers for Rivers planning; 20 Report reviews (preliminary reviews with and Harbors. special purposes in mind); and 2 Miscellaneous reports From 1902 through June 30, 1970, the Board took (Mekong Delta report and Corps presentation to final action on 8,018 reports, recommending favorably American Petroleum Institute). on 3,557. By Public Law 85-500, Congress eliminated Studies prescribed by various River and Harbor Acts preliminary examinations. During fiscal year 1970, the and Section 8, Merchant Marine Act of 1920, Board held six meetings of 1 to 3 days' duration in continued, and the results were published in the series Washington. Two public hearings were held, one on of reports titled "Port Series" (See Table 41-B).
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TABLE 41-A BOARD OF ENGINEERS FOR RIVERS AND HARBORS
Reports Submitted During Fiscal Year Authorities Authorities Authorities Authorities Authorities 1970 (Under Con- Received Received Completed Completed Remaining tinuing, Multiple Authority for Prior to During Prior to During to be and Special Investigation July 1, 1969 Fiscal Year July 1, 1969 Fiscal Year Reported on Authority)
Flood Control and River and Harbor Acts, Exclusive of 1909 River and Harbor Act 5,180 0 4,851 20 309 River and Harbor Act of 1909- Continuing Authority for Major Modification 1 - - - 1 Congressional Resolutions Exclusive of Great Lakes Harbors 4,394 80 3,084 47 1,343 Congressional Resolutions Multiple Great Lakes Harbors Studies 2 0 2 0 - 0 PL 71-84-1 Authority for Multiple Hurricane Studies 1 - - - 1 1 River and Harbor Act, July 3, 1930 (PL 520-71), Cooperative Beach Erosion Studies 1 - - - 1 2 Total 9,579 80 7,937 67 1,655 3
TABLE 41-B PORTS SERIES PUBLICATIONS
Published during the year: No. 15, The Port of Jacksonville, Florida No. 19, The Ports of Panama City and Pensacola, Florida; and Pascagoula, Mississippi No. 21, The Ports of Baton Rouge and Lake Charles, Louisiana No. 23, The Ports of Galveston and Texas City, Texas No. 25, The Port of Corpus Christi, Texas
In progress at end of year: No. 11, The Port of Hampton Roads, Virginia No. 18, The Port of Mobile, Alabama No. 20, The Port of New Orleans, Louisiana No. 22, The Ports of Port Arthur, Beaumont, and Orange, Texas No. 24, The Port of Houston, Texas No. 26, The Ports of Freeport, Port Isabel, and Brownsville, Texas No. 50, The Ports of Honolulu, Nawiliwili, Port Allen, Kahului, Hilo, and Kawaihae, Hawaii
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MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION*
The Mississippi River Commission, created by an and of its tributaries and outlets in its alluvial valley, so act of Congress on June 28, 1879, consists of three far as they are affected by Mississippi River backwater, officers of the Corps of Engineers, one from the Coast between Head of Passes, La. (mile 0), and Cape and Geodetic Survey, and three civilians, two of whom Girardeau, Mo. (1,006 miles AHP-lower Mississippi must be civil engineers. All members are appointed by mileage terminates at mile 954 AHP), and with the President with the advice and consent of the prosecution of improvements in the interest of nav- Senate. During the fiscal year the Commissioners were: igation between Cairo, Ill. (954 miles AHP), and Baton Maj. Gen. Robert G. MacDonnell, U. S. Army, Rouge, La. (234 AHP); and for stabilization of the president, until his retirement July 31, 1969; Maj. Gen. lower seven miles of the right bank of the Ohio River, Andrew P. Rollins, Jr., U. S. Army, president, effective to former mouth of Cache River. It also is charged with August 11, 1969; Mr. Harold T. Council; Dr. Frederic prosecution of certain flood control works on the H. Kellogg, civil engineer; Brig. Gen. C. Craig Mississippi River and tributaries as far as they are Cannon, U. S. Army, until his retirement November affected by backwater, between Cape Girardeau and 30, 1969; Maj. Gen. C. C. Haug, U. S. Army, until his Rock Island, Ill. (1,437 miles AHP), and with retirement July 31, 1969; Mr. Roy T. Sessums, civil prosecution of improvements on designated tributaries engineer; Rear Adm. Don A. Jones, director, U. S. and outlets below Cape Girardeau for flood control, Coast and Geodetic Survey, U. S. Environmental major drainage, and related water uses such as Science Services Administration; Maj. Gen. Willard navigation and water supply for agricultural use. Roper, U. S. Army, since July 16, 1969; and Brig. Gen. Authorized operations of the Commission below Cape Harold R. Parfitt, U. S. Army, since May 11, 1970. Girardeau are conducted by district engineers at New Col. Paul R. Sheffield, U. S. Army, served as secretary Orleans, Vicksburg, and Memphis Districts within the of the Commission in the office of its president, areas described below, in accordance with approved Mississippi River Commission Building, Vicksburg, directives and programs and congressional ap- Miss., until his retirement June 30, 1970. The propriations therefor. F *Authorizing legislation Mississippi River Commission is charged, under (Table 42-D) and cost and financial statement (Table direction of the Secretary of the Army and supervision 42-U) are listed at the end of this chapter. All other of the Chief of Engineers, with prosecution of im- tables are referenced in text and also appear at the end provements for flood control of the Mississippi River of this chapter.
New Orleans District: Mississippi River project limits of New Orleans District (mile 326 AHP) in levees and river channel stabilization as required from vicinity of Black Hawk, La., to Coahoma-Bolivar Head of Passes, mile 0 to 326 AHP, including south County line, Miss. (mile 620 AHP) on left bank, and to bank levee of Red River to Hotwells, La.; construction vicinity of mouth of White River, Ark. (mile 599 AHP) of four salinity control structures for fish and wildlife on right bank including south bank Arkansas River enhancement in lower Mississippi River Delta region; levee to vicinity of Pine Bluff, Ark., and north bank Bonnet Carre and Morganza Floodways; maintenance levee to vicinity of Tucker on left bank of Plum Bayou, and improvements of Mississippi River navigation Ark.; bank stabilization in lower 40 miles of Arkansas channel from Baton Rouge, La. (mile 234 AHP), to River; maintenance and improvement of Mississippi mile 326; Baton Rouge Harbor (Devils Swamp); River navigation channel between miles 326 and 599 navigation improvement of Atchafalaya and Old AHP; Vicksburg and Greenville Harbors; specific fish Rivers from Mississippi River to Morgan City; control and wildlife facilities in Yazoo and Big Sunflower of Old and Atchafalaya Rivers; Lake Pontchartrain Basins; flood control and drainage improvements in protection levee, Jefferson Parish, La.; Atchafalaya Red River backwater area including leveed portion Basin Floodways; flood control and drainage im- east and west of Black River within district limits; provements in Bayou Cocodrie and tributaries, and in Jonesville, La., Boeuf and Tensas Rivers and Bayou Bayou des Glaises, and upper Pointe Coupee Loop Macon Basins, and tributaries, Ark. and La., and Area; and fresh water distribution from Atchafalaya Bayou Lafourche, La.; Yazoo River Basin, Miss., River to Teche-Vermilion Basins. including backwater area; Big and Little Sunflower Rivers, Deer Creek, and Steele Bayou, Miss.; and Vicksburg District: Mississippi River project levees Grand Prairie Region and Bayou Meto Basin, Ark., and river channel stabilization as required from upper including provision for agricultural water supply. * All cost and financial statements for projects are listed at the end of this chapter. All other tables are referenced in text and also appear at the end of this chapter.
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Memphis District: Mississippi River project levees protected from floods by levees which confine flo- and river channel stabilization as required, from upper odflows within a flood plain having an average width of limits of Vicksburg District to north bank of Little about 5 miles. (See map of alluvial valley of Mississippi River diversion channel, Mo. (1,003 miles AHP), a few River, scale 1:500,000.) Observations made by Mis- miles below Cape Girardeau, Mo., on right bank, and sissippi River Commission to June 30, 1969, show to Cache River diversion channel (967 miles AHP) approximate maximum and minimum discharges above Cairo, Ill., on left bank, including levees and between levees as follows: Cairo to White River, 2,000, revetment on right bank of Ohio River, in Mounds- 000 and 70,000 cubic feet per second; thence to Red Mound City area, Ill.; except operations above Cairo, River, 2,150,000 and 90,000 cubic feet per second; Ill., do not include channel stabilization on the thence to the Gulf of Mexico, 1,500,000 and 80,000 Mississippi River. Maintenance and improvement of cubic feet per second in Mississippi River and about Mississippi River navigation channel between miles 660,000 and 11,000 cubic feet per second in At- 599 and 954 AHP and of Memphis Harbor, Tenn.; chafalaya River. As 1927 floodflow was not confined specific fish and wildlife facilities in St. Francis Basin; between levees, maximum discharges recorded do not levees in White River backwater area up to vicinity of include entire flow of 1927 flood, maximum of record Augusta, Ark., and a pumping plant near mouth of below White River. High water and flood stages White River; levees and pumping plants at De Valls usually occur in late winter or early spring, but great Bluff and Des Arc, Ark.; channel improvements in floods such as that of 1937 occurred as early as January. Cache River Basin, Ark.; improvement works in St. Low water stages generally prevail from August to Francis River Basin, Mo. and Ark., including back- December. Extreme ranges in stages recorded at water area, improvements in Belle Fountain Ditch and representative gages are about 60 feet at Cairo, 55 feet Drainage District No. 17, Ark.; Little River diversion at Memphis,. 58 feet at Red River Landing, and 23 feet channel, Mo., and L'Anguille River, Ark.; Wolf River at New Orleans (Carrollton). River is nontidal above Basin, Tenn.; Obion and Forked Deer River Basins, Red River Landing where tidal amplitude rarely Tenn.; Reelfoot Lake area, Tenn. and Ky.; West exceeds 0.1 foot during extreme low water. Kentucky tributaries, Ky.; and Cairo-Mounds-Mound Previous projects. For details see page 1944, Annual City area, Ill. Report for 1932, and page 1682, Annual Report for Field operations of the Commission restricted to 1937. levee construction under section 6, 1928 Flood Control Existing project. For the Mississippi River and Act (local interests contributing one-third of costs and tributaries in alluvial valley between Head of Passes, furnishing rights-of-way), are conducted within the La., and Cape Girardeau, Mo., provides for protection following limits by two districts which report direct to thereof from floods by means of levees, floodwalls, the Commission on matters within their floodways, reservoirs (in Yazoo and St. Francis Basins), jurisdiction-St. Louis District: Mississippi River (sec. bank stabilization, and channel improvements in and 6) levees from upper limits of Memphis District to along the river and its tributaries and outlets insofar as Clemens Station, Mo. (1,254 miles AHP) on right bank affected by backwater of Mississippi River, including and Hamburg Bay, Ill. (1,215 miles AHP) on left bank, levee work on main stem between Cape Girardeau and and the Illinois River from its mouth to mile 120 at Rock Island. When completed, 23,621 square miles Havana, Ill. Rock Island District: Mississippi River will be protected from the Mississippi River project (sec. 6) levees from upper limits of St. Louis District to flood. Project also provides for a 12- by 300- foot Rock Island, Ill. (1,437 miles AHP). Work ac- navigation channel between Baton Rouge, La., and complished is shown on Table 42-N. Cairo, Ill.; for salinity control structures; and for MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND ALLUVIAL channel realinement and improvement including bank VALLEY BELOW CAPE GIRARDEAU, stabilization and dikes to reduce flood heights, control MO. natural tendency of river to lengthen by meandering, Location and description. Mississippi River rises in Lake and protect levees from being destroyed by caving Itasca, Minn., and flows generally southerly for 2,340 banks. Locations of major main stem Mississippi River miles through central portion of United States to empty improvements are shown in Table 42-A and those for into Gulf of Mexico about 115 miles below New off-main stem tributaries are shown in Table 42-B. Orleans. It is improved for barge navigation for about Pertinent data on dams and reservoirs are shown in 1,832 miles to Minneapolis, Minn. The Mississippi Table 42-C. Authorizing and Incorporating legislation River and its major tributaries, the Missouri, Ohio, St. are shown in Tables 42-D and 42-E. Summary of Francis, White, Arkansas, Yazoo, and Red-Old Rivers, presently estimated Federal cost of authorized im- drain 1,245,000 square miles in all or part of 31 States provements is shown in Table 42-F. Construction of between the Rocky and Appalachian Mountains and existing project began in 1928 and has continued part of two Canadian Provinces. Below Cape Gir- throughout ensuing years. Based on the estimated cost ardeau, Mo., 53 miles above Ohio River, river bottom of $2,831,763,000 (July 1, 1970 price levels) and actual lands widen abruptly into an alluvial valley of about expenditures through June 30, 1970 of $1,620,936,200, 35,460 square miles which was originally subject to the entire project is about 57 percent complete. flood overflow. A major part of alluvial valley has been Recommended modifications. None.
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Local cooperation. The Flood Control Act of 1928, as "Additional Drainage Facilities Upper Pointe Cou- amended, applies. Such requirements have, in general, pee Loop Area, Louisiana" to provide for enlargement been complied with by local interests. of Bayou Latenache from the Pointe Coupee drainage Terminal facilities. See volume 1 of 2-volume Port structure to Alabama Bayou. New Orleans District's Series No. 21, 1969, "Ports on the Gulf Coast of the revised report was approved June 4, 1970 and copies United States," for Baton Rouge and Lake Charles, furnished the Chief of Engineers June 5, 1970. La.; Port Series No. 20, 1969, for New Orleans, La.; Improvement will be a feature of the Atchafalaya also folio of Flood Control and Navigation Maps of Basin project. Mississippi River, Cairo, Ill., to the Gulf of Mexico Alluvial valley mapping: Contoured quadrangles and (37th edition), 1969. general maps of the alluvial valley are available for Project cost. Total monetary authorizations, including departmental use and public distribution under the modifications to June 30, 1970, are $1,851,922,600. prescribed regulations. Road-map-type information Total allotted for flood control, including maintenance folders of principal portions of overall project were charges through August 18, 1941, chargeable under published along with papers on subject of flood control authorizations to June 30, 1970, was $1,630,838,100. and navigation. Preparation and publication of quad- (See Table 42-S.). (See also Tables 42-R, 42-T, and 42- rangle maps (scale 1:62,500) continued. The 1969 U for additional financial statements.) (37th) edition of the folio of flood control and Operations and results during fiscal year. Commission navigation maps, scale 1:62,500, covering Mississippi activities: The 280th session was held, October 20-25, River from Cairo, Ill., to Gulf of Mexico was compiled 1969, on board the U. S. MV Mississippi en route on the and printed. Some 6,893 flight-line miles of aerial Mississippi River from Cape Girardeau, Mo., to Old photography (various scales) and 10 hours of oblique River, La., on Old River to the Atchafalaya River, and photography were flown along Mississippi River and on the Atchafalaya River to Morgan City, La. The tributaries and other areas in New Orleans, Vicksburg, 281st session was held, May 11-15, 1970, on board the and Memphis Districts. U. S. MV Mississippi en route on the Mississippi River Work accomplished in the districts: New Orleans from Cairo, Ill., to New Orleans, La. On these river District-Series conversions of the Belle Isle, Morgan trips, major features of the project were inspected, City, Napoleonville, New Orleans, and Spanish Fort including bank protection works, contraction works, quadrangles were printed. Work on the Bonnet Carre, levees, and general channel conditions, to the extent Chef Menteur, Covington, Hahnville, Ponchatoula, permitted by river stages. Public meetings were held, at Rigolets, St. Bernard, and Yscloskey quadrangles is which representatives of local governmental agencies, nearing completion. Surveying, mapping, and scribing navigation, levee, commercial, and other interests of hydrographic and topographic maps of Red River presented problems pertaining to flood control and are now completed. The two folios of maps were navigation. During the 280th session, some members of printed by WES. the Commission inspected the East Atchafalaya guide Vicksburg District-Series conversion of U. S. levee from Krotz Springs to Morgan City, La. Geological Survey 1:24,000 scale quadrangles to 1:62, The President, Mississippi River Commission, and 500 scale with addition of flood control features of the his engineering assistants made periodic inspections of Swan Lake, Miss. and Humphrey, Ark. quadrangles flood control, navigation, and related works under the were completed and printed. Marks and Pace, Miss. existing project along the Mississippi River and quadrangles are in progress. tributaries in the alluvial valley from Cape Girardeau, Memphis District-Four series conversions, Browns- Mo., to the Gulf of Mexico. District Engineers held ville and Bells, Tenn., and Henrico and Indian Bay, flood-fight planning conferences with local interests. Ark., quadrangles were completed and printed. Green- Three favorable reports, prepared under MR&T ville and Poplar Bluff, Mo., DeWitt, Ark., and Trague, authority, were as follows: Tenn., were completed and are ready for printing. "Muddy Bayou (Eagle Lake), Louisiana and Mis- Augusta and De Valls Bluff, Ark., and Whiteville, sissippi" to provide construction of a water-control Tenn., are ready for color proofs. Alamo, Humboldt, structure in Muddy Bayou to regulate flows in and out Middleton, and Whiteville, Tenn., and Clarendon and of Eagle Lake to minimize fishery losses, was forwarded Gregory, Ark., and Charleston, Mo., are in progress. to the Chief of Engineers February 2, 1970. This Surveys, gages, and observations: Routine hydrographic modification was approved as a feature of the Yazoo surveys, construction surveys, and special surveys and backwater project March 3, 1970. inspections were made as required. Gages were "Improvement of Rocky Bayou, Yazoo County, maintained and discharge observations made. Results Mississippi" to provide improvement on 0.1 mile of thereof are presented in detail in annual pamphlets channel clearing riverward of the Rocky Bayou issued by the districts. drainage structure and 7.7 miles of channel en- largement upstream from the structure, was forwarded FLOODS: to the Chief of Engineers March 6, 1970. Modification Memphis District -Mississippi River crest stage of approved as a feature of the Yazoo headwater project 49.16 feet at Cairo gage and maximum discharge of 1, April 29, 1970. 168,000 cubic feet per second occurred on May 7, 1970,
1221 REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U.S. ARMY 1970 due to moderate to heavy rains that fell, during the Baton Rouge. Restoration of damaged wavewash and period April 18-May 1, over the lower Missouri River foreshore protection was accomplished as required. For and Ohio River Valley. further details see Tables 42-K, 42-L, and 42-M. Vicksburg District -Mississippi River crest stage of Condition at end of fiscalyear. There are 1,597 miles of 36.79 feet on the Arkansas City gage on May 15 was levee now authorized for the Mississippi River below the high est recorded since 1962. Crest stages at Cape Girardeau, of which 1,565 are in place with 1,390 Arkansas City, Vicksburg, and Natchez were 7.2, 1.0, built to approved grade and section. (Above figures and 2.2 feet below flood stage, respectively. Crest stage include 72 miles on completed separable features.) The on the Ouachita River occurred at Arkadelphia on Main Stem Levee System consisting of 2,192 miles, of March 4 at 19.0 feet, 2 feet above flood stage, and at which 1,876 have been completed, includes additional Camden on March 8, at 33.0 feet, 7 feet above flood levees and structures along the south bank of Arkansas stage. Flood control works reduced crest stages about 5 River (85.4 miles); along the south bank of Red River feet at Arkadelphia and about 3 feet at Camden. Stages (59.8 miles, with 51.6 completed); and 449.2 miles in on the Coldwater-Tallahatchie-Yazoo kivers were the Atchafalaya River Basin, with 349.1 essentially moderately high, December through May 1970. The completed (216.1 to grade and section and 133.0 to crest stage on the Tallahatchie River at Swan Lake grade only). Graveled or hard-surfaced roads have occurred in March and was 0.3 feet above flood stage. been constructed on 970 miles of these levees. (Tables Operation of flood control works effected reductions 42-K, 42-L, and 42-M.) Below Baton Rouge, in New averaging about 5 feet on the Coldwater and Tal- Orleans District, about 137 miles of levee are protected lahatchie Rivers, about 7 feet at Greenwood, and 4 feet against river wavewash by timber structures or levee- at Yazoo City. Crest stages on the Big Black River were slope pavement. In order to insure adequacy of main about 8 feet above bankfull. stem levees, including those on south banks of Arkansas New Orleans District-No flood stages were recorded and Red Rivers, additional levee construction is in the lower Mississippi and Red River Basins. recommended to provide a standard 3-foot freeboard, Investigations and reports: Surveys and reports pre- adequate levee cross section, construction of berms for scribed under existing project, and called for by levee stabilization and seepage control, levee wavewash congressional or departmental directives, were made as protection where necessary, drainage structures, and required. Memphis District expended $33,173 on one roadways for proper inspection and maintenance. navigation study, $318,585 on six flood control studies, Status of levees authorized under provisions of and $39,999 on collection and study of basic data. section 6, 1928 act is summarized in Table 42-N. Vicksburg District expended $54,477 on one nav- igation study, $205,287 on four flood control studies, MISSISSIPPI RIVER-CHANNEL and $70,725 on collection and study of basic data. New IMPROVEMENTS Orleans District expended $65,497 on three flood Operations and results during fiscal year. Engineering control studies and $20,272 on one navigation study. studies: Continued a research program for de- Surveys were made and gages operated and main- velopment of materials and more effective and e- tained. conomical procedures for placing and stabilizing In addition, $577,460 was expended on the West Mississippi River in a suitable alinement. Texas and Eastern New Mexico Water Import Study Bank revetment and dikes: Construction of 13.0 to determine the advisability of improvements for miles of new bank revetment and 6.0 miles of exporting, by the most feasible means, surplus water, if reinforcement of existing revetment was completed by any, in the Mississippi River system to water-deficient Government plant and hired labor, and construction of areas. This investigation is being made in cooperation 11.7 miles of new dikes was completed by contract. with the Bureau of Reclamation in its current Further data concerning this work are shown by reconnaissance studies of measures for importing water districts in Tables 42-H, 42-I, and 42-J. into west Texas and eastern New Mexico. The Dredging: Work included dredging 48,609,000 cubic Southwestern Division, Corps of Engineers, will make yards for channel and harbor maintenance and studies for that portion of the area within its bound- channel construction and revetment. Minimum chan- aries. nel depth of 9 feet was maintained. Dredging shown in MISSISSIPPI RIVER-LEVEES Table 42-G was done with the following plant: New Operations and results duringfiscal year. Enlargement of Orleans District, one contract cutterhead dredge and dikes and restoration of eroded portions of existing one Government-owned dustpan dredge (on loan); levees; enlargement of existing levees to approved Vicksburg District, one Government-owned dustpan grade and section, 0.8 mile in New Orleans District, dredge, one Government-owned dustpan dredge (on and 1.3 miles in Memphis District; construction of loan), and one leased cutterhead dredge; and Memphis levee berms, 3.8 miles in Vicksburg District, and 1.7 District, three Government-owned dustpan dredges miles in Memphis District; surfacing material placed and one leased cutterhead dredge. (See also Tables 42- on 1.3 miles of levee roads in Memphis District; and O, 42-P, and 42-Q). construction of 0.8 mile of new levee wavewash Other work performed in interest of navigation, protection along the lower Mississippi River below supplementing maintenance dredging on Mississippi
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River between Cairo, Ill., and Baton Rouge, La., initiated, involving placement of 7,421 cubic yards this included removal of snags, wrecks and obstructions; fiscal year for a distance of 0.4 mile. issuance of bulletins by the Vicksburg District pro- Maintenance by hired labor: Bayou Boeuf, Berwick, viding information on available high-water velocities and Bayou Sorrel locks, Morganza control structure, at selected locations; maintaining bulletin boards and the numerous drainage and flood control struc- showing daily gage readings at regular MRC gages; tures were operated and maintained as required and contact pilot service furnishing navigation with throughout the fiscal year. latest information and advice on channel conditions Clearing, dressing and seeding of hydraulic berms on and obtaining their views as to needs of navigation the east and west protection levees was accomplished interests. Cost of this work is given in Table 42-R. intermittently during the year. Condition at end offiscalyear. In carrying out authorized Maintenance of existing revetments was performed channel improvement program between Baton Rouge during the fiscal year. and Cairo, 16 cutoffs were developed between 1933 and Approximately 18 miles of clearing and snagging 1942. These, combined with chute channel de- and removal of shoal in west protection levee borrow velopment and alinement improvements, decreased pits were accomplished between August 18, 1969 and channel length between these cities by about 180 miles. March 2, 1970. Effect of this channel shortening, in increasing its flood- Maintenance by contract: Construction of a setback carrying capacity, is stated on page 1811, Annual at Toles in the East Atchafalaya River levee, mile 34.5, Report for 1943. Much progress has been made in was initiated on March 6, 1970, and is 23 percent advancing overall channel stabilization program, complete. One slide at Toles, East Atchafalaya River involving construction of bank revetment, dikes, and levee, Item A-34.0-L, two in the east protection levee, improvement dredging, to prevent river from regaining Item E-46.0, and one in the west protection levee, Item its former length due to its natural tendency to W-99.0, were repaired during the fiscal year. Ap- meander. There are now in place 608 miles of operative proximately 96,540 cubic yards of embankment were bank revetment and 114 miles of dikes on Mississippi placed in the setback and 98,835 cubic yards in the and lower Ohio Rivers as listed on Tables 42-H, 42-I, slide repairs. and 42-J. A navigation channel 9 by 300 feet is Dredging at Three Rivers by the dredge Holland maintained by dredging as required during low-water consisted of removal of 53,507 cubic yards of shoal season. Due to growing effectiveness of channel between July 25 and 30, 1969. The dredge M. H. Bean improvement program, average maintenance dredging removed 13,336 cubic yards between March 16 and 18, requirements are steadily being reduced, and an 1970 in excavating a channel on Item E-46.0 to restore increase in navigable depth is being obtained. A long- the drainage capacity of the landside borrow pit. range plan has been developed and recommended to Condition at end offiscalyear. Construction was initiated bring about desired program of channel improvement August 7, 1929 with the commencement of the west between Cairo and Head of Passes including additional protection levee from Bordelonville to Hamburg. The bank revetment, dredging, contraction works, and project is 45 percent complete, based on the current foreshore protection. Approximately 93 miles of estimated cost of $381,000,000 which includes funds for foreshore protection have been constructed along the Upper Pointe Coupee Loop Area. The 449.2 miles of lower Mississippi River. levees and floodwalls authorized for the system have been constructed with 349.1 miles built to grade and NEW ORLEANS DISTRICT section. See Table 42-K for status of levees. ATCHAFALAYA BASIN, LA. Major components completed include Morganza and West Atchafalaya Floodways including railroads Operations and results during fiscal year. New work by and highway crossing, (except permanent paving of U. hired labor: Real estate activities and planning for S. Highway 190 crossing the West Floodway), Wax construction were continued. Lake Outlet, Charenton drainage canal, three nav- Bank stabilization consisted of placing 1.7 miles of igation locks, ten pumping plants, Atchafalaya River articulated concrete mattress between miles 13 and 18 navigation channel, and numerous flood control and at McCrea, Woodside, Provosty, and Crooked Bayou, drainage structures. La., on the Atchafalaya River, and reinforcement of Major items remaining to be completed include 0.1 mile of existing revetment at Provosty, La. completion of levees to grade and section, channel New work by contract: Construction of floodside and improvement by dredging to reduce flowline, and bank landside berms and levee enlargement continued on stabilization. The channel has been enlarged to 60,000 the east and west protection levees. In completing square feet from mile 54.5 to 96.2, and to 40,000 square contracts initiated in previous fiscal years, ap- feet from mile 96.2 to 112.3. Enlargement to 100,000 proximately 826,957 cubic yards of levee and berm square feet from mile 54.5 to 112.3 remains to be done. embankment were placed in the east protection levee Drainage improvements in Upper Pointe Coupee Loop over a distance of 5.9 miles and 328,789 cubic yards in Area have not been initiated. Approximately 9.8 miles the west protection levee for 2.9 miles. Three contracts of bank stabilization has been placed as shown in Table for enlargement of the east protection levee were 42-H.
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BATON ROUGE HARBOR (DEVILS Condition at end offiscal year. Construction was iniated SWAMP), LA. in fiscal year 1929 and is 40 percent complete, based on the current estimated cost of $22,000,000, (see Table Operationsand results duringfiscal year. Maintenance by 42-K for status of levees and Table 42-H for status of hired labor consisted of dredging to remove shoal by revetments). Government-owned dredge Jadwin on loan from Vicksburg District. During period from September 21- OLD RIVER, LA. 22, 1969, 72,600 cubic yards were removed from the harbor. Maintenance by contract dredge Holland Operationsand results duringfiscal year. Maintenance by consisted of removing 60,285 cubic yards from the hired labor consisted of operation and maintenance of entrance channel between July 1 and 22, 1969. the lock and control structures as required, main- Condition at end of fiscal year. Construction of the first tenance of cleared areas, operation of a picket boat at the 2.5 miles of the proposed 5.0 miles of channel was inflow channel to the low-sill control structure initiated in January 1958 and completed in July 1959, during high river stages, repair of existing revetment, with 7,458,086 cubic yards excavated. and removal of shoal from the lock forebay. The Vicksburg District's dredge Jadwin removed 59,276 The project is 24 percent complete, based on the cubic yards from the forebay between June 2-3, 1970. current estimated Federal cost of $4,920,000 and cash contributions of $750,000. Completion of the re- Maintenance by contract consisted of removal of maining 2.5 miles is dependent on economic jus- shoal from lock forebay. The dredge Holland removed tification by developments on the initial channel. 150,444 cubic yards from the forebay between July 14 and August 7, 1969. BAYOU COCODRIE AND TRIBUTARIES, Condition at end of fiscal year. Construction began LA. September 1955 and is 88 percent complete, based on the current estimated Federal cost of $75,200,000. Operations and results duringfiscal year. Maintenance by Principal items completed are as follows: Low-sill hired labor consisted of condition and operation structure June 1959; overbank structure October 1959; studies. levees and levee enlargements October 1963; inflow Condition at end of fiscalyear. Construction was initiated and outflow channels February 1961; navigation lock in June 1946 and is 47 percent complete (see p. 2031, completed December 1962, and opened to navigation Annual Report for 1961 for description of completed March 1963, at which time Old River was closed to work). navigation with a rock and earth fill dam; highway Work required to complete the project consists of approaches and bridge over lock completed March enlargement of 13.5 miles of upper Bayou Boeuf, 1965. Approximately 4.5 miles of bank protection has channel improvement of 25.3 miles of Bayou Cocodrie, been constructed at the inflow and outflow channels. construction of a diversion channel from the lower end (See Table 42-H for details of bank protection.) of the existing diversion channel near Washington, La. Principal items remaining to complete the project to Bayou Courtableau drainage structure, and en- consist of constructing additional bank protection largement of the drainage structure. works, providing additional scour protection in the Local interests have refused to furnish assurances inflow and outflow channels, an additional gantry necessary for completion of the project. crane for the low-sill structure, and construction for the prevention of marine accidents at the low-sill structure. BONNET CARRE SPILLWAY, LA. VICKSBURG DISTRICT Operations and results during fiscal year. Ordinary maintenance of the control structure and spillway TENSAS BASIN, LA. AND ARK. continued. Operations and results duringfiscal year. Condition at the end of fiscal year. Construction of the (a) Boeuf and Tensas Rivers, etc. Reach 1, Tensas River spillway was initiated in fiscal year 1929. The control completed; planning and design continued on project structure was completed in 1931, levees were com- features; planning and design were initiated on the pleted in 1932, and utility crossings completed in 1936. Lake Chicot Pumping Plant. It was necessary to operate the structure to reduce (b) Red River backwater area. Levees. Levee Item No. 2 flood stages in 1937, 1945, and 1950. completed; levee Item No. 3A-1 was initiated; and construction continued on Reach No. 2. Catahoula LOWER RED RIVER - SOUTH BANK RED Lake Control Structure was initiated in May 1970. RIVER LEVEES, LA. Relocation of U. S. Highway 84 essentially complete. Operations and results during fiscalyear. Maintenance by Planning and design were continued on project hired labor consisted of condition and operation features. studies, real estate planning and engineering studies. Condition at end offiscalyear.
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(a) Boeuf and Tensas Rivers, etc. Channel improvement The purchase of lands in the Hillside Floodway is has been accomplished on 710.7 miles of project complete. (3) Maintenance. Maintenance of channels streams, providing major drainage outlets for the of Yalobusha, Little Tallahatchie, and Yocona Rivers, tributary areas. Cassidy, David, Burrell, and Bobo Bayous, and (b) Red River backwater area. Levees in Tensas-Co- Ascalmore Creek by random clearing and snagging codrie area are complete. The work comprises 93.1 and herbicide willow control continued as required. miles of new levee, excluding 2.1 miles of high ground (f) Enid Reservoir. (See Table 42-C.) Construction and where no levees are required, and 72.3 miles of gravel maintenance of public use facilities is continuing. road on levees. The Tensas-Cocodrie area pumping Restoration of borrow pit and waste area is under way. plant, authorized in October 1965, is in the planning The dam and appurtenant structures were maintained and design stage. Construction of Larto Lake to and operated. Rehabilitation of boat channels, and Jonesville levees west of Black River is under way. snagging and clearing of tributary streams in the Planning and design are continuing. reservoir area is continuing. Maximum pool elevation in reservoir was 267.4 feet above mean sea level on May LOWER ARKANSAS BASIN, ARK. 13, 1970. This elevation established a new maximum of Operations and results during fiscal year. Arkansas River record for Enid Reservoir. Storage in flood control pool levees. Above Smith Lake levee repairs and Lake Dian amounted to 584,400 acre-feet. Peak inflow was 50,000 and Cummins-South Bend stability berms restoration cubic feet per second on March 19,1970. On June 30, were completed in April 1970. 1970, pool elevation was 263.2 feet above mean sea Condition at end of fiscal year. Arkansas River levees. A level, when storage in flood control pool amounted to total of 56.2 miles of the 61.5 miles of north bank levees 476,300 acre-feet. Construction of a 40-foot by 100-foot and all of the 85.4 miles of south bank levees have been shop-storage building for project operations was completed to approved grade and section. These levees initiated and completed. above mile 40 are protected by bank-protection works (g) Grenada Reservoir. (See Table 42-C.) Construction constructed as a feature of project for Arkansas River and maintenance of public use facilities is continuing. and tributaries, Arkansas and Oklahoma. For present Restoration of borrow pit and waste is under way. The status of this work see report of Little Rock District. dam and appurtenant structures were operated and Below mile 40, needed bank protection is constructed maintained. Maintenance snagging and clearing of with project maintenance funds. tributary streams in the reservoir area continued. Maximum pool elevation in reservoir was 226.8 feet YAZOO BASIN, MISS. above mean sea level on May 5, 1970, when storage in flood control pool amounted to 998,600 acre-feet. Peak Operationsand results duringfiscal year. inflow was 60,000 cubic feet per second on March 20, (a) Yazoo City and Belzoni protection works. Hired labor 1970. On June 30, 1970, pool elevation was 221.2 feet forces continued operation and maintenance of levees, above mean sea level, when storage in flood control drainage facilities, and pumping plant. pool amounted to 714,600 acre-feet Construction of a (b) Greenwood protection works. Hired labor forces 40-foot by 100-foot shop-storage building for project continued operation and maintenance of pumping operations was initiated and completed. plant, levees, and drainage facilities. Relocation of the (h) Sardis Reservoir. (See Table 42-C.) Construction sanitary sewerage outfall system continues. and maintenance of public use facilities is continuing. (c) Main stem. Planning and design of levees and Restoration of borrow pit and waste area is under way. channel improvements are continuing. Construction: The dam and appurtenant structures were maintained (1) None this fiscal year. (2) Channel maintenance. and operated. Clearing of tributary streams in the Random clearing and snagging and herbicide willow reservoir area is continuing. Maximum pool elevation control continued as required in Coldwater, Tal- in reservoir was 278.3 feet above mean sea level on May lahatchie, and Yazoo Rivers, and Will M. Whittington 14, 1970. This elevation established a new maximum of Auxiliary Channel. record for Sardis. Storage in flood control pool (d) Big Sunflower River. Construction. Channel amounted to 1,286,100 acre-feet. Peak inflow was 36, improvement, Steele Bayou Item 17A (mile 11.4-23.3), 000 cubic feet per second on April 2, 1970. On June 30, was completed. 1970, pool elevation was 273.1 feet above mean sea (e) Tributaries. Construction: (1) Levees. Pancla- level, when storage in flood control pool amounted to 1, Quitman Floodway, Item A (mile 17.9-19.1), started in 020,800 acre-feet. Hired labor forces grouted around September 1968, was completed. Construction of the outlet works conduit to stop leaking of several bridges across the Panola-Quitman Floodway at monolith joints. Paducah Wells, Miss., and Crowder, Miss., was (i) Arkabutla Reservoir. (See Table 42-C.) Construction continued. Construction continued on Hillside Flood- and maintenance of public use facilities is continuing. way, Item 4. Construction initiated on Tipton Bayou Restoration of borrow pit and waste area is under way. Drainage Structure. Emergency repairs to Pelucia The dam and appurtenant structures were maintained Creek levee were completed. (2) Acquisition of lands. and operated. Clearing of tributary streams in the
1225 REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U.S. ARMY 1970 reservoir area is continuing. Maximum pool elevation (c) Lower St. Francis River. One completed contract in reservoir was 231.9 feet above mean sea level on May involved 1,096,604 cubic yards of channel excavation. 12, 1970, when storage in flood control pool amounted Three channel maintenance contracts involving 47 to 308,100 acre-feet. Peak inflow was 50,000 cubic feet miles of brush kill and 7 miles of clearing were per second on March 4, 1970. On June 30, 1970, pool completed. One reimbursable contract was completed elevation was 229.3 feet above mean sea level, when for alteration of Arkansas State Highway 42 across Big storage in flood control pool amounted to 248,900 acre- Creek. Reimbursable contract for alteration of Ar- feet. Hired labor forces grouted monolith joints in the kansas State Highway 42 (grade raise) is in process. outlet works conduit when several joints were found to Thirty-five miles of brush kill, performed be leaking. Construction was begun on a 40-foot by by hired labor forces, were completed. Contract for furnishing 100-foot storage-shop building for project operations. equipment and machinery for W. G. Huxtable As a result of conditions that developed in the Pumping Plant was in process. Contract for channel structural drainage systems at the spillway, the excavation, plug removal, Tyronza River, was in following operations were completed by contract: process and 176,620 cubic yards were removed. a. The spillway stilling basin was dewatered and Placement of 318,085 cubic yards for new levees was cleaned out. accomplished. b. Six wall drains, six well drains, fifty-six gravel (d) Wappapello Reservoir. (See Table 42-C.) De- drains, and eight piezometers were installed. velopment of public access areas continued. About 1, (j) Yazoo Basin backwater. Relocation of Illinois 687,000 persons visited the reservoir area. Main- Central Railroad bridge is complete. Work initiated on tenance of the dam, appurtenant structures, and Item 14 levee construction, contract award made on project lands, including recreation facilities, and Item 16, channel construction restoration work com- mosquito control operations were continued. Leases to plete on Items 1 through 3, and essentially complete on private individuals for commercial and agricultural Items 4 and 5. purposes continued. Missouri Department of Con- Condition at end of fiscalyear.The first feature of Yazoo servation maintained fish and wildlife conservation Basin Project was started in 1936 and the total project program under agreement with Secretary of Army. is about 55 percent complete. The USGS collected and analyzed water samples under the water quality investigation program. Max- MEMPHIS DISTRICT imum water surface elevation was 363.56 feet msl on April 22, 1970, with a flood control storage 97,840 acre- ST. FRANCIS BASIN, ARK. AND MO. feet. Peak inflow into the reservoir was 29,920 cubic feet per second on April 20, 1970. Maximum outflow Operationsand results during fiscalyear. during the year was 6,880 cubic feet per second on (a) Little River drainage. Two contracts for channel April 23, 1970. An operation and recreational study excavation and six channel maintenance contracts resulted in a one-foot increase in the summer pool. In (brush kill, cleanout, and clearing) were awarded or in December 1969 the rule curve elevation was lowered to process. Four completed channel maintenance con- 353 feet mean sea level for aquatic plant control tracts involved 12 miles of brush kill, 17 miles of purposes. clearing, and 6 miles of cleanout. Forty-seven miles of Condition at end of fiscalyear. hired labor brush kill were completed. Three reim- (a) Little River drainage. Project was initiated in 1938 bursable contracts for alteration of St. Louis South- and is 40 percent complete. western Railway bridges across Ditch 66-251, vicinity- (b) & (c) St. Francis Bragg, Mo.; across Ditch 1 (Lower), vicinity Bragg, River (Upper and Lower). Project was initiated in 1937 and Mo.; and across Ditch 251, vicinity Lilbourn, Mo., are is 39 percent complete. essentially complete (remaining work, installation of (d) Wappapello Reservoir. Project was initiated in 1938 sway bracing and drift guard, will be performed after and completed in 1941. channel excavation under bridges has been performed WEST TENNESSEE by others). Two reimbursable contracts were awarded TRIBUTARIES, TENN. or in progress for alteration of St. Louis-San Francisco Operationsand results duringfiscal year. Railway bridge across Ditch 81 extension, vicinity of (a) Obion River, Tenn. Channel work continued with Manila, Ark., and alteration of U. S. Highway 62 excavation of 6,614 cubic yards. Contract was awarded bridge across Ditch 19, vicinity of Campbell, Missouri. for channel improvement item, South Fork, Obion (b) Upper St. Francis River and floodway. One contract River. Reimbursable contract for alteration of Illinois for construction of Missouri Route "D" bridge, Central Railroad bridge across main stem was com- Wappapello-Crowleys Ridge was completed. Three pleted. Reimbursable contract for alteration of Illinois channel maintenance contracts which involved 27 Central Railroad bridges across South and Middle miles of brush kill and 26 miles of clearing were Forks is essentially complete (remaining work, in- completed. Two channel maintenance brush kill stalling sway bracing, will be performed after channel contracts were awarded during June. excavation under bridges has been completed by
1226 MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION others). Contract for channel excavation, plug re- North and South Forks, Forked Deer River was moval, main stem, was completed. awarded. (b) Forked Deer River, Tenn. Contract for channel improvement item, South Fork, Forked Deer River was Condition at end offiscalyear. completed. Contract awarded for channel im- (a) Obion River, Tenn. Project, initiated in 1961, is 68 provement item, North Fork, Forked Deer River. percent complete. Contract for county bridge, mile 4.87, Middle Fork, (b) Forked Deer River is in process. Reimbursable contract Forked Deer, Tenn. (Project, initiated in 1966, is 8 percent for alteration of Illinois Central Railroad bridges across complete.)
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TABLE 42-A MISSISSIPPI RIVER IMPROVEMENTS
Mileage Above Head Locality Improvement Remarks of Passes
0-957 Head of Passes, La.-Cairo, Ill. Dredging, revetment, and contraction work 10-81 The Jump-New Orleans, La. Main line levee, right bank 11-25 Baptiste Collette-Bayou Ostrica, Main line setback, left bank La. 38 Homeplace, La. Salinity control structure, right bank Authorized by Public Law 89-298 45 Bohemia, La. Salinity control structure, left bank Authorized by Public Law 89-298 59 Myrtle Grove, La. Salinity control structure, right bank Authorized by Public Law 89-298 75 Scarsdale, La. Salinity control structure, left bank Authorized by Public Law 89-298 44-91 Bohemia, La-New Orleans, La. Main line levee and floodwall, left bank 81-96 New Orleans, La. Main line levee, right bank Authorized by Public Law 81-516 91-104 New Orleans, La. Main line levee and floodwall, left bank Authorized by Public Law 81-516 96-279 New Orleans-Morganza, La. Main line levee, right bank 104-234 New Orleans-Baton Rouge, La. Main line levee and floodwall, left bank 127-129 Bonnet Carre Floodway, La. Regulating spillway, left bank 235 Baton Rouge Harbor Devils Swamp barge channel Authorized by Public Law 80-858. Modified by Public Law 87-874. 279-287 Morganza Floodway, La. Regulating spillway, right bank 287-303 Morganza-Old River, La. Main line levee, right bank Extends up south bank of Old River to Barbre Landing 303-314 Old River, La., control Levee closure and enlargement, low and Authorized by Public Law 83-780 high water spillway structures, navi- gation lock, and approach channels, right bank. 306-572 Old River-Cypress Creek, Ark. Main line levee, right bank Joins Arkansas River, south bank levee 437 Vicksburg Harbor, Miss. Harbor extension and industrial fill Authorized by Public Law 70-391. Modified by Public Laws 79-526 and 83-780. 437-721 Vicksburg-Lake View, Miss. Main line levee, left bank 537 Greenville Harbor, Miss. Harbor improvements and industrial fill Authorized by Public Law 85-500 605-665 Henrico-Helena, Ark. Main line levee and floodwall, right bank 2 672-993 St. Francis River-Commerce, Mo. Main line levee, right bank 720-725 Industrial Levee (Ensley Bottoms) Levee and pumping station 721-734 Memphis Harbor, Tenn. Closure of Tennessee Chute, industrial Authorized by Public Law 79-526 fill, levee, harbor channels, etc. 803-873 Tiptonville-Obion River Main line levee, left bank, levee exten- Authorized by Public Law 79-526 sion, and diversion of Obion River 890 St. Johns Bayou, Mo. Drainage floodgate and levee closure Authorized by Public Law 79-526 890 New Madrid Floodway, Mo. Drainage floodgate and levee closure Authorized by Public Law 83-780 890-954 New Madrid-Birds Point, Mo. Floodway, right bank 902-922 Slough Bend-Hickman, Ky. Main line levee, left bank 922 Hickman, Ky. Floodwall, left bank 9571 Cairo, Cairo drainage district Floodwalls and levees 9571 Cairo, Cairo drainage district, Floodwalls, levees, and pumping plant Mounds, Mound City, and vicinity Thebes-Rock Island, Ill. Levees, both banks Intermittent (sec. 6) Cape Girardeau, Mo., to Rock Levees Intermittent (sec. 6) Island, Ill.
1. Cairo, Ill., is on Ohio River about 3 miles above its mouth (Mississippi River mile 954 AHP). 2. Commerce, Mo., is on Upper Mississippi River, 39 miles above mouth of Ohio River.
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TABLE 42-B MISSISSIPPI RIVER TRIBUTARY AND OUTLET IMPROVEMENTS
Mileage Below Head of Atchafa- laya River Locality Improvement Remarks
ATCHAFALAYA BASIN, LA. A tchafalaya Basin, Morganza and West A tchafalaya Floodways 0-54 West Atchafalaya Floodway between Floodway Red River and Alabama Bayou 27-54 Morganza Floodway between Floodway Mississippi River and Alabama Bayou 54-117 Atchafalaya Basin Floodway Floodway between Alabama Bayou and Morgan City East protection levee (Morganza and Atchafalaya Floodways) 20-27 Lacour-Red Cross Levee, upper Morganza guide 25-117 Morganza-Morgan City Levee and Morgan City floodwall Including lower Morganza Floodway guide levee 27 Bayou Latenache Drainage structure, Point Coupee, and Through upper Morganza guide levee channel enlargement and enlargement of outlet channel 0-27 Upper Pointe Coupee Loop Area Additional drainage facilities Enlargement of Bayou Latenache Approved June 4, 1970 31-57 Bayou Fordoche-Ramah Drainage channel Levee landside borrow pit 1 80 Bayou Sorrel Lock Alternate route, Gulf Intracoastal Waterway Port Allen to Morgan City 53-117 Bayou Sorrel lock-Morgan City Alternate navigation channel, Gulf Gulf Intracoastal Waterway utilizes Intracoastal Waterway levee west side borrow pit channel 1 117 Morgan City Lock in Bayou Boeuf Gulf Intracoastal Waterway 117-129 Below Morgan City Channel relocation Bypass route for Gulf Intracoastal Waterway traffic 117-129 Below Morgan City Levees, floodwall East of lower river A tchafalayaBasin Floodway, lower protection levee 105 Calumet Floodgate, east Bayou Teche-Wax Lake Outlet 105-120 Below Morgan City Levees, floodwall; drainage structures, Inclosed area between Wax Lake Outlet and pumping plants and Berwick t 115 Berwick Lock Lower Atchafalaya River 116 Patterson Water system Adjustment to provide fresh water West protection levee (A tchafalaya Basin and WestA tchafalaya Flood- ways) 5 Simmesport-Hamburg Levee fuse plug West Atchafalaya Floodway 5-105 Mansura to Wax Lake Outlet Protection levee Coulee des Grues Levee enlargement and floodgate extension 29 West Atchafalaya Floodway Railway 29 Morganza Floodway Railway 40 Bayou Darbonne Gated drainage structures Through West Atchafalaya protection levee 40 West Atchafalaya Floodway Highway 40 Morganza Floodway Highway 41 Bayou Courtableau Gated drainage control structures and channels 41 West Atchafalaya Floodway Railway 41 Morganza Floodway Railway 94 Charenton Floodgate and approach channels Borrow pit channel to Grand Lake through West Atchafalaya protection levee
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TABLE 42-B (Cont'd) MISSISSIPPI RIVER TRIBUTARY AND OUTLET IMPROVEMENTS
Mileage Below Head of Atchafa- laya River Locality Improvement Remarks
ATCHAFALAYA BASIN, LA. (Continued) 94 Jaws-Lake Fausse Pointe Outlet, Charenton drainage and canal Restoration of drainage west of West protection levee Atchafalaya Basin protection levee 105 Calumet Floodgate, west Bayou Teche and Wax Lake Outlet 105 Wax Lake Outlet Drainage canal-railway and highway To lower flood heights bridges Atchafalaya River 0-54 Barbre Landing-Alabama Bayou East bank, levee - 5-6 Simmesport Levee, ring, and drainage structure - 5-66 Simmesport-Bayou Garotier West bank, levee 28-30 Melville Levee, ring - 40-41 Krotz Springs Levee, ring 54-117 Below Alabama Bayou Channel enlargement Increase channel capacities to decrease flood heights 94-106 Mississippi River-Morgan City 12- by 125-foot navigation channel Through Grand and Six Mile Lakes TECHE-VERMILION BASINS, LA. Atchafalaya River to Teche- Pumping station above Krotz Springs, Fresh water distribution from Atcha- Vermilion Basins conveyance channels, and appurtenant falaya River to Teche-Vermilion Basins works
Mileage Above Mouth COURTABLEAU BASIN, LA., AND OUTLETS 0-8 Charenton Canal Drainage channel Outlet to gulf 50-133 West Atchafalaya protection Drainage channel Intercepting drainage channel levee borrow pit channel 96 Bayou Courtableau spillway Drainage control structure 133 Bayou des Glaises Diversion channel Bayou Cocodric and tributaries 0-17 Bayou Cocodrie Enlargement and realinement 17-40 Bayous Cocodrie-Boeuf diversion New channel 40-51 Bayou Boeuf New channel 51-60 Bayous Boeuf-Rapides diversion New channel 17-42 Upper Cocodrie Enlargement, clearing and snagging Bayou Boeuf 87-107 Bayou Lamourie to Kincaid Enlargement, realinement, clearing and snagging 40 Lecompte control structure Fixed elevation weir 60 Bayou Rapides control structure Gated drainage structure 87 Bayou Lamourie control Gated drainage structure Various Railway, highway, and local road bridges, and pipeline crossing LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN, LA. Lake Pontchartrain, Jefferson Flood protection Authorized by Public Law 81-516 Parish, La. AMITE RIVER, LA. Amite River, La. Bank protection Authorized by Public Law 81-516. Eliminated by Public Law 89-298.
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TABLE 42-B (Cont'd) MISSISSIPPI RIVER TRIBUTARY AND OUTLET IMPROVEMENTS
Mileage Above Mouth Locality Improvement Remarks
LOWER RED RIVER, SOUTH BANK, RED RIVER LEVEES, LA. 82-145 Moncla-Hotwells Levee, south bank Red River-Moncla to Lake Long Levees Intermittent (sec. 6)
TENSAS BASIN, ARK. AND LA. Red River backwater area
Tensas-Cocodrie area Levees, drainage channels, structures, Modified by Public Law 89-298 and pumping plant Black River, La. 3-56 Larto Lake to Jonesville area Levees, drainage channels, and Loop levees (77.7 miles) adjacent to structures Black River 56 Jonesville, La. Levees, floodwall, pumping plant, Portion of levee built under sec. 6 and interior drainage Ouachita River Levees, drainage channels, and Monroe to Sandy Bayou and Bawcom- structures ville (sec. 6). Now incorporated in Ouachita River and tributaries project for flood control Boeuf and Tensas Rivers and tributaries,La. and Ark. Boeuf River, La. and Ark. 0-32 Below Bayou Lafourche Clearing Authorized by Public Law 79-526. Public Law 81-516 modified requirements of local cooperation. 0-56 Bayou Lafourche Channel improvement and realignment Authorized by Public Law 79-526. Public Law 81-516 modified requirements of local cooperation. 151-235 Boeuf River, La. and Ark., above Channel improvement Authorized by Public Laws 78-534 and Bayou Lafourche 79-526. Public Law 81-516 modified requirements of local cooperation.
210-286 Canal 19 Channel improvement Authorized by Public Law 79-526. Public Law 81-516 modified require- ments of local cooperation. 286-296 Canal 19 extension Channel improvement Authorized by Public Law 85-500. Public Law 81-516 modified requirements of local cooperation. 0-75 Big and Colewa Creeks Channel improvements Authorized by Public Law 78-534. Public Law 81-516 modified requirements of local cooperation.
Tributariesof Boeuf River - Canal 19 0-8 Fleschmans Bayou Channel improvement Authorized by Public Law 85-500. 0-7 Caney Bayou Channel improvement Authorized by Public Law 85-500. 0-33 Big Bayou Channel improvement Authorized by Public Law 79-526. 0-10 Canal 18 Channel improvement Authorized by Public Law 85-500. 0-9 Kirsch Lake Canal Channel improvement Authorized by Public Law 85-500. 0-14 Black Pond Slough Channel improvement Authorized by Public Law 85-500. Bayou Macon, La. and Ark. 0-170 Bayou Macon Channel improvement Authorized by Public Laws 78-534 and 79-570. Public Law 81-516 modified requirements of local cooperation. 0-34 Canal 43 Channel improvement Authorized by Public Law 79-526. 0-35 Canal 81 Channel improvement Authorized by Public Law 79-526. Lake Pumping plant and drainage To divert flows from Lake Chicot Authorized by Public Law 90-483. Chicot structure
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TABLE 42-B (Cont'd) MISSISSIPPI RIVER TRIBUTARY AND OUTLET IMPROVEMENTS
Mileage Above Mouth Locality Improvement Remarks
Tributary of Bayou Macon 0-6 Rush Bayou Qearing Authorized by Public Law,85-500. Tensas River, La. and Ark. 0-160 Tensas River Channel improvement Authorized by Public Law 78-534. Public Law 81-516 modified requirements of local cooperation. Tributary of Tensas River 0-16 Mill and Vidal Bayous Channel improvement Authorized by Public Law 89-298. Grant's Canal,La. 0-0.2 Grant's Canal at Lake Providence Filling canal Authorized by Public Law 81-516 LOWER ARKANSAS RIVER, ARK. 23-98 Yancopin-Pine Bluff Levee, south bank 35-98 Fletcher Bend, Ark. to Pine Bluff Revetment 48-102 North Little Rock to Gillett Levee, north bank (below Plum Bayou) Grand Prairie Region and Bayou Water supply and drainage improvements Authorized by Public Law 81-516 Meto Basin, Ark. YAZOO BASIN, MISS. 0-75 Yazoo backwater area Levees and pumping plants 0-381 Yazoo River below Arkabutla Dam Channel improvement Including Tallatchie and Colwater Rivers 75-366 Yazoo River between Yazoo City Levees, right bank Intermittent and Prichard 75-345 Yazoo River between Yazoo City Levees, left bank Intermittent and Askew 45-109 Will M. Whittington auxiliary Floodway channel channel 75 Yazoo City protection Levee, drainage structure, and pumping plant Rocky Bayou Area Channel clearing and enlargement Improvement of 7.8 miles was approved April 29, 1970 127 Belzoni protection Levee and floodwall 185 Greenwood protection Levees, channel improvement, drainage structures, and pumping plants 381 Arkabutla Reservoir Flood detention and conservation See Table 42-C 0-64 Yalobusha River below Grenada Channel improvement Reservoir 64 Grenada Reservoir Flood detention and conservation See Table 42-C 0-24 Tallahatchie River-Little Talla- Levees, Panola-Quitman floodway hatchie River 0-26 Little Tallahatchie River below Channel improvement Sardis Reservoir 26 Sardis Reservoir Flood detention and conservation See Table 42-C 0-13 Yocona River below Enid Reservoir Channel improvement 13 Enid Reservoir Flood detention and conservation See Table 42-C 0-88 Cassidy Bayou below Old Cold- Channel improvement Including Moores Bayou, Cutoff Bayou, water River Whiting Lake and outlet 137-260 Upper auxiliary channel Floodway channel 75-381 Area between main stem and hills Levees and channel improvement Authorized by Public Law 79-526. including Bobo Bayou McKinney Bayou Channel improvement or enlargement Authorized by Public Law 79-526. of pumping plant 0-7 Alligator-Catfish Bayous Channel improvement Authorized by Public Law 89-298.
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TABLE 42-B (Cont'd) MISSISSIPPI RIVER TRIBUTARY AND OUTLET IMPROVEMENTS
Mileage Above Mouth Locality Improvement Remarks
YAZOO BASIN, MISS. (Continued) 0-23 Bear Creek Channel improvement Authorized by Public Law 89-298. 0-42 Whiteoak Bayou Channel improvement Authorized by Public Law 89-298. 275-290 Tallahatchie River, Miss. Two road crossings of Panola-Quitman Authorized by Public Law 90-147. Floodway, Miss., and for protection of Sheley Bridge Big Sunflower River, etc. 0-204 Big Sunflower River Channel improvement Authorized by Public Law 79-526. Public Law 81-516 modified require- ments of local cooperation. 0-8 Mill Creek Channel improvement 0-28 Hushpuckena River Channel improvement 0-81 Quiver River Channel improvement Gin and Muddy Bayous, Miss. Channel improvement Authorized by Public Law 87-874. 0-43 Bogue Phalia Channel improvement Authorized by Public Law 79-526. Public 60-79 Law 81-516 modified requirements of local cooperation. 0-27 Little Sunflower River Channel improvement Authorized by Public Law 79-526. Public Law 81-5.16 modified requirements of local cooperation. 153-160 Deer Creek Channel improvement Authorized by Public Law 79-526. Public Law 81-516 modified requirements of local cooperation. 0-68 Steele Bayou Channel improvement Authorized by Public Law 79-526. Public Law 81-516 modified requirements of local cooperation. Muddy Bayou Water-control structure Structure, to regulate flows in and out of Eagle Lake to minimize fishery losses, was approved March 3, 1970.
LOWER WHITE RIVER AND BASIN, ARK. 13-55 Laconia Circle-Old Town Lake Levee, backwater including outlet Mile 605-645 Mississippi River. Pumping plant Authorized by Public Law 85-500. 99-198 Augusta to Clarendon Levees, outlet structures 122 De Valls Bluff Levee, outlet structure, and pumping station 143 Des Arc, Ark. Levee, outlet structure, and pumping Authorized by Public Law 81-516. station 0-196 Cache River, Ark. Channel improvement and structures Authorized by Public Law 81-516. 0-90 Bayou DeView, Ark. Channel improvement and structures Authorized by Public Law 81-516. ST. FRANCIS RIVER AND BASIN, ARK. AND MO. 0-225 Mouth of St. Francis River- Floodway, levees, drainage channels, Wappapello Dam and structures. 225 Wappapello Reservoir Flood detention and conservation See Table 42-C. 0-105 Little River Basin Floodway, levees, drainage channels, and structures 86 Marked Tree, Ark. Marked Tree Siphon 0-36 Tyronza River Channel improvement 0-29 Big Slough Ditch Channel improvement 0-17 Mayo Ditch Channel improvement
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TABLE 42-B (Cont'd) MISSISSIPPI RIVER TRIBUTARY AND OUTLET IMPROVEMENTS
Mileage Above Mouth Locality Improvement Remarks
ST. FRANCIS RIVER AND BASIN, ARK. AND MO. (Continued) 0-12 Cross County Ditch Channel improvement
Belle Fountain Ditch Channel improvement Authorized by Public Law 90-483. Drainage District No. 17 Channel improvement and pumping Authorized by Public Law 90-483. station
L'Anguille River, Ark. 0-108 L'Anguille River and tributaries, Channel improvement Authorized by Public Law 80-858. Brushy and First Creeks WEST TENNESSEE TRIBUTARIES 0-22 Wolf River and tributaries, Tenn. Channel improvement Authorized by Public Law 85-500. 0-81 Obion River and tributaries, North, Channel improvement Authorized by 1948 Flood Control Act. South, Middle, and Rutherford Forks 0-75 Forked Deer River and tributaries, Channel improvement Authorized by 1948 Flood Control Act. North, Middle, and South Forks. REELFOOT LAKE AREA, KY. AND TENN. 0-20 Running Reelfoot Bayou, Tenn. Channel improvement Authorized by Public Law 83-780. 0-16 Bayou du Chien, Ky. and Tenn. Channel improvement Authorized by Public Law 83-780. ST. JOHNS BAYOU, MO. 0-11 New Madrid-Sikeston Ridge Levee and floodgate Mile 889, Mississippi River. WEST KENTUCKY TRIBUTARIES 0-47 Obion Creek Channel improvement Authorized by Public Law 89-298. LITTLE RIVER DIVERSION CHANNEL, MO. Delta to Ancell, Mo. Levees Mile 49 above Cairo
MISSOURI RIVER, MO. 0-28 Mouth to St. Charles, Mo. Levees Intermittent - (sec. 6)
ILLINOIS RIVER, ILL. 0-120 Mouth to Havana, Ill. Levees Intermittent - (sec. 6)
OHIO RIVER, ILL. AND KY. Cairo to Mound City and Floodwall, levee, revetment, and Mounds, IlL pumping plant.
1. General data concerning Bayou Boeuf, Bayou Sorrel, and Berwick locks where Atchafalaya Basin protection levees cross Gulf Intra- coastal Waterway, alternate route to Plaquemine, La., and lower Atchafalaya River (extension of Bayou Teche Waterway), respectively, are in report of New Orleans District.
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TABLE 42-C MISSISSIPPI RIVER TRIBUTARY DAMS AND RESERVOIRS
I Name Grenada Enid Sardis Arkabutla Wappapello
River Yalobusha Yocona Little Tallahatchie Coldwater St. Francis Nearest town to damsite Grenada Enid Sardis Arkabutla Wappapello Drainage area, square miles 1,320 560 1,545 1,000 1,310 Conservation pool: Area, thousand acres 10 6 11 5 4 Volume, thousand acre-feet 86 58 108 31 31 Elevation, feet, mean sea level 193 230 236.0 209.3 354.7 Flood control pool: Area, thousand acres 65 28 58.5 33 23 Volume, thousand acre-feet 1,252 602 1,462 494 582 Runoff, inches 17.8 20.2 17.7 9.3 8.4 Outlet Gates: Number 3 2 4 3 3 Size, feet 7.5 by 14 8 by 16 6 by 12 8.5 by 19 10 by 20 Capacity, thousand cubic feet per second 10.7 9.4 10.0 10.0 18.0 Spillway: Type, uncontrolled Chute Chute Chute Chute Gravity Length, feet 200 200 400 300 740 Elevation, crest, feet, mean sea level 231 268 281.4 238.3 394.7 Discharge capacity, thousand cubic 52 50 132 89 229 feet per second Surcharge pool: Area, thousand acres 106 41 90 63 32 Volume, thousand acre-feet 1,385 554 1,447 858 521 Runoff, inches 19.7 18.5 17.6 16.1 7.5 Elevation, feet, mean sea level 247.5 284.0 301.0 256.3 413.7 Dam: Type, earthfill Rolled Rolled Hydraulic Rolled Rolled Length, thousand feet 13.9 8.4 15.3 10.0 2.7 Elevation, crest, feet, mean sea level 256.0 293.0 311.4 264.3 419.7
1. Grenada, Enid, Sardis, and Arkabutla Reservoirs are in Yazoo River Basin, Miss.; Wappapello Reservoir is in St. Francis River Basin, Mo.
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TABLE 42-D AUTHORIZING LEGISLATION
Acts Work Authorized Documents
May 15, 1928 Flood protection in alluvial valley of Mississippi River, revet- H. Doc. 90, 70th Cong., 1st sess. June 19, 1930 ment and contraction works and dredging to provide least Feb. 15, 1933 channel depth of 9 feet and width of 300 feet below Cairo. April 23, 1934 June 15, 1936 White River backwater Unpublished report April 2, 1925 June 15, 1936 Morganza Floodway, outlet west of Berwick, Atchafalaya H. Committee on Flood Control Aug. 28, 1937 Basin; control of headwater floods, St. Francis and Yazoo Doc. 1, 74th Cong., 1st sess.; June 28, 1938 Basins; Mounds to Mound City levee; flood-control works H. Committee on Flood Control along Cache River, Ill., roads on levees and drainage Doc. 1, 75th Cong., 1st sess. adjustments incident to floodway levees. Aug. 18, 1941 Enlarge main line levees to offset abandonment of floodways H. Doc. 359, 77th Cong., 1st between Arkansas and Red Rivers, flood-control works in sess. backwater areas of Yazoo and Red Rivers, and in Bayous Rapides, Boeuf, and Cocodrie, La. Dec. 22, 1944 Navigation channel 12 feet deep and 300 feet wide between H. Doc. 509, 78th Cong., 2d Baton Rouge and Cairo; flood protection of Yazoo River back- sess., Public Law 534, 77th water area in vicinity of Satartia. Cong., 1st sess. Continue prosecution of channel improvement and stabilization H. Doc. 509, 78th Cong., 2d program, $200 million. sess., Public Law 534, 77th Cong., 1st sess. 1 July 24, 1946 Improve Boeuf and Tensas Rivers and Bayou Macon S. Doc. 151, 78th Cong., 2d sess. 1 Big Sunflower River, etc. H. Doc. 516, 78th Cong., 2d sess. Improve Bayou Lafourche. S. Doc. 191, 79th Cong., 2d sess. Improve Yazoo River tributaries. H. Doc. 516, 78th Cong., 2d sess. North bank, Arkansas River levees (below Plum Bayou).' H. Doc. 308, 74th Cong., 1st sess. 1 Levees on White River (Augusta to Clarendon). H. Doc. 98, 76th Cong., 1st sess. 1 Bayou des Glaises diversion channeL H. Doc. 602, 79th Cong., 2d sess. Modify local cooperation requirements in St. Francis and Yazoo Public Law 526, 79th Cong., 2d Basins. sess. Tiptonville-Obion levee and drainage improvements. H. Doc. 757, 79th Cong., 2d sess. Improvement of St. Johns Bayou, Mo. H. Doc. 138, 80th Cong., 1st sess. Tennessee Chute (Memphis Harbor). S. Doc. 51, 80th Cong., 1st sess. Continue prosecution of project for flood control and channel improvement, $100 million. June 30, 1948 Improve Mississippi River below Cape Girardeau, Mo., with re- H. Doc. 627, 80th Cong., 2d sess. spect to West Tennessee tributaries. Improve L'Anguille River, Ark. H. Doc. 651, 80th Cong., 2d sess. 1 Baton Rouge Harbor (Devils Swamp), La. H. Doc. 321, 80th Cong., 1st sess. May 17, 1950 Flood protection at Des Arc, Ark. H. Doc. 485, 81st Cong., 2d ses. Improve St. Francis River and Basin, Ark., and Mo. H. Doc. 132, 81st Cong., 1st sess. Improve Cache River and Bayou DeView, Ark., and Mo. S. Doc. 88, 81st Cong., 1st sess. Improve Grand Prairie Region and Bayou Meto Basin, Ark. H. Doc. 255, 81st Cong., 1st sess. 1 Flood protection, Lake Pontchartrain, Jefferson Parish, La. S. Doc. 139, 81st Cong., 2d sess. Filling Grant's Canal. Lake Providence, La. Public Law 516, 81st Cong., 2d sess. Additional protection to Red River backwater area. Public Law 516, 81st Cong. 2d sess. Extend Federal jurisdiction to cover levees in Orleans Public Law 516, 81st Cong., 2d Parish, La. sess. Bank protection, Amite River, La. Public Law 516, 81st Cong., 2d sess. Continue prosecution of project for flood control and Public Law 516, 81st Cong., 2d channel improvement, $200 million. sess.
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TABLE 42-D (Cont'd) AUTHORIZING LEGISLATION
Acts Work Authorized Documents
Jonesville, La., levee, retaining wall, and drainage S. Doc 117, 81st Cong., 1st structure. 1 sess. Oct. 30, 1951 Modify requirements for local cooperation in White River Public Law 237, 82d Cong., 1st backwater area, Ark. sess. Sept. 3, 1954 Navigation improvement of Atchafalaya from Mississippi River S. Doc. 53, 82d Cong., 1st sess. to Morgan City. Modify project for Vicksburg-Yazoo area, Miss. H. Doc. 85, 83d Cong., 1st sess. Improve New Madrid Floodway, Mo. H. Doc. 183, 83d Cong., 1st sess. Control of Old and Atchafalaya Rivers and a lock for H. Doc. 478, 83d Cong., 2d sess. navigation. Improve Reelfoot Lake area, Ky. and Tenn. S. Doc. 160, 83d Cong., 2d sess. July 3, 1958 Improve Greenville Harbor, Miss. S. Doc. 15, 86th Cong., 1st sess. Extensions to project for Boeuf and Tensas Rivers and Bayou IH.Doc. 108, 85th Cong., 1st Macon in Arkansas. sess. July 3, 1958 White River backwater area-pumping plant. S. Doc. 26, 85th Cong., 1st sess. Wolf River and tributaries for flood protection. H. Doc. 76, 85th Cong., 1st sess. July 14, 1960 Continue prosecution of project for channel improvement- Public Law 86-645. $50 million. Oct. 23, 1962 Modification-Baton Rouge Harbor (Devils Swamp). La. Public Law 87-874. Construct improvements in Gin and Muddy Bayous, Yazoo Public Law 87-874. River Basin, Miss. Replace 2 bridges with adequate floodway over Boeuf River and Public Law 87-874. Big Bayou in Boeuf Basin, Ark. June 18, 1965 Continue prosecution of project for flood control and channel Public Law 89-42 improvement, $53 million. Oct. 27, 1965 Modify and expand levees and channel improvement features of H. Doc. 308, 88th Cong., 2d main stem project. sess. Modify flood control improvements in following tributary areas H. Doc. 308, 88th Cong., 2d and basins: Cairo-Mounds-Mound City, St. Francis, Lower sess. White, Boeuf-Tensas-Macon, Red River backwater, Yazoo head- water, Grand Prairie, and Bayou Meto. Acquire any modified easements required in New Madrid Flood- H. Doc. 308, 88th Cong., 2d way as provided by sec. 4 of May 15, 1928 act. sess. Operate and maintain pumping plant in Red River backwater H. Doc. 308, 88th Cong., 2d area. sess. Provide improvements in West Kentucky tributaries. H. Doc. 308, 88th Cong., 2d se ss. Provide fish and wildlife facilities in St. Francis and Big H. Doc. 308, 88th Cong., 2d Sunflower Basins; Yazoo headwater and backwater areas; and sess. Mississippi Delta region. Deauthorize Amite River, La., project H. Doc. 308, 88th Cong., 2d sess. Modify St. Francis River, Mo., and Ark., project within S. Doc. 57, 89th Cong., 1st District No. 7, Poinsett County, Ark. sess. Nov. 7, 1966 Construction of improvements to supplement fresh water H. Doc. 524, 89th Cong., 2d supply in Teche-Vermilion Basins. sess. Bank revetment for protection of existing industrial facili- Public Law 89-789. ties along the Mississippi River below Baton Rouge, La. Modification of the West Tennessee tributaries feature to Public Law 89-789. provide for relocation of gas transmission lines at Federal expense. Nov. 20, 1967 Continue emergency work, $87,135,000 which includes Public Law 90-147. $100,000 for road crossing of Panola-Quitman Floodway, Miss., and $80,000 for protection of Sheley Bridge, Tallahatchie River, Miss.
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TABLE 42-D (Cont'd) AUTHORIZING LEGISLATION
Acts Work Authorized Documents
Aug. 13, 1968 Improvements in Boeuf and Tensas Rivers and Bayou Macon H. Doc. 168, 90th Cong., 1st Basin to divert flows that would otherwise enter Lake sess. Chicot, Ark. Improvements in the Belle Fountain ditch and tributaries, Mo., H. Doc. 339, 90th Cong., 2d and Drainage District No. 17, Ark.
1. Incorporated into Mississippi River and tributaries project as shown in Table 42-E.
TABLE 42-E INCORPORATING AND AUTHORIZING LEGISLATION
For Last Full Report Act of Authorizing See Annual Incorporation Act Description Report for
July 24, 1946 June 22, 1936 Tiptonville-Obion levee and drainage improvements, Tenn. 1941, p. 943 July 24, 1946 June 22, 1936 Bayou des Glaises diversion ditch, La. 1946, p. 1029 July 24, 1946 June 22, 1936 From North Little Rock, Ark., to Gillett, Ark., on north 1946, p. 1053 bank of Arkansas River (portion below Plum Bayou). July 24, 1946 Aug. 18, 1941 White River levees Augusta to Clarendon and De Valls 1946, p. 1083 Bluff, Ark. July 24, 1946 Dec. 22, 1944 Boeuf and Tensas Rivers and Bayou Macon, La. 1945, p. 982 July 24, 1946 Dec. 22, 1944 Big Sunflower River, etc. 1946, p. 1061 June 30, 1948 July 24, 1946 Devils Swamp barge channel at Baton Rouge, La. 1948, p. 1059 (Baton Rouge Harbor) May 17, 1950 June 22, 1936 Jonesville, La. 1953, p. 773 May 17, 1950 July 24, 1946 Lake Pontchartrain-Jefferson Parish, La. 1953, p. 737
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TABLE 42-F SUMMARY OF PRESENTLY ESTIMATED FEDERAL FIRST COST OF AUTHORIZED IMPROVEMENTS
Project Title Estimated Cost
Completed features $ 164,727,000 Mississippi River levees 287,000,000 Section 6 levees, 1928 Flood Control Act 4,000,000 Channel improvement 1,087,000,000 Baton Rouge Harbor, La. 4,920,000 Atchafalaya Basin, La. 381,000,000 Bayou Cocodrie and tributaries, La. 7,490,000 Old River, La. 75,200,000 Lower Red River - South Bank Red River levees, La. 22,000,000 Mississippi Delta region, La. 7,350,000 Teche-Vermilion Basins, La. 7,510,000 Tensas Basin, La. and Ark. 134,200,000 Lower Arkansas River, Ark. 26,800,000 Grand Prairie-Bayou Meto, Ark. 57,900,000 Yazoo Basin, Miss. 267,000,000 Lower White River, Ark. 25,400,000 Cache Basin, Ark. 47,500,000 St. Francis Basin, Ark. and Mo. 192,000,000 L'Anguille Basin, Ark. 8,220,000 West Tennessee tributaries, Tenn. 20,900,000 Reelfoot Lake, Tenn. and Ky. 756,000 West Kentucky tributaries, Ky. 2,890,000
TOTAL $2,831,763,000
1. Includes Bonnet Carre, Morganza, and New Madrid Floodways; Memphis, Greenville, and Vicksburg Harbors; Lake Pontchartrain; Wolf River; completed roads on main stem levees; channel construction works; Atchafalaya River and Basin; Wax Lake Outlet; Charenton Canal; Bayou des Glaises diversion channel; Boeuf Basin levees; Grant's Canal; De Valls Bluff, Jonesville, and Des Arc protection works; and miscellane- ous features.
TABLE 42-G MISSISSIPPI RIVER MAIN STEM CHANNEL IMPROVEMENTS
Location Dredging in 1,000 Cubic Yards Mileage Above Head Channel Revetment District of Passes Construction Construction Maintenance Total
New Orleans Baton Rouge Harbor 235 - 133 133 Smithland crossing 298 - 613 613 Vicksburg Main-stem channel 322-599 400 17,961 18,361 Greenville Harbor 537 - 497 497 Vicksburg Harbor 437 - 304 304 Memphis Main-stem channel 608-945 4,647 904 22,574 28,125 Memphis Harbor 726 - - 576 576
Total 4,647 1,304 42,658 48,609
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TABLE 42-H BANK REVETMENTS AND DIKES: NEW ORLEANS DISTRICT (Built during fiscal year, and operative protection in place June 30, 1970)
Operations Fiscal Year 1970 Construction Operative New Work Reinforcement Non-Operative June 30, Location Above Head Extension Lap Mainte- Since June 30, 1970 of Passes Bank (Linear (Linear (Linear nance 1969 (Linear (Miles) (R or L) Feet) Feet) (Squares)' Feet) (Squares) ' (Squares) (Linear Feet) Feet)
MISSISSIPPI RIVER Standard revetment: Lower Childress-Fort Jackson, La. 22 R - - 7,124 Buras, La. 25 R 3,967 317 17,295 - 6,867 Port Sulphur, La. 39 R 3,510 121 16,195 - 7,505 Jesuit Bend, La. 68 R - - 9,185 Third district reach, La. 93 L - - 21,101 Algiers Point, La. 95 R - - 7,728 Gouldsboro Bend, La. 96 R - - 4,960 Gretna Bend, La. 97 R - - 4,127 Greenville Bend, La. 100 R - - 19,870 Carrollton Bend, La. 104 L - - 15,015 Avondale Bend, La. 109 R 7,273 76 32,349 22,371 Kenner, La. 114 L - - 9,089 Luling, La. 119 R - - 21,523 Good Hope, La. 126 L - - 14,980 Lucy, La. 136 R 11,916 - 46,230 11,916 Reserve, La. 138 L - - 6,032 St. Alice, La. 165 R - - 3,492 Philadelphia Point, La. 183 R 5,379 - 17,605 - 5,379 New River Bend, La. 185 L - - 22,154 White Castle, La. 193 R - - 7,282 St. Gabriel, La. 201 L - - 14,371 Plaquemine Bend, La. 209 R - 1,848 - 29,885 Missouri Bend, La. 222 R - - 16,193 Arlington, La. 227 L - - 12,244 Port Allen, La. 231 R - - 3,220 Allendale, La. 238 R - - 17,940 Springfield Bend, La. 244 L - 1,003 - 25,690 Arbroth, La. 250 R - 2,847 - 13,190 Grand Bay, La. 258 R - 1,006 - 7,090 Bayou Sara, La. 265 L - - 4,780 Red Store, La. 269 R - - 7,830 Arrow Bend, La. 272 L - - 13,600 Boies Point, La. 275 R - - 16,094 Morganza, La. 279 R - - 20,513 Iowa Point, La. 282 L - - 11,375 Brunette Point, La. 285 R - - 8,038 Greenwood Bend, La. 289 L - - 14,987 Hog Point, La. 296 R - 2,608 - 8,673 Carr Point, La. 304 R - - 8,600 Above Old River, La. 305 R - 4,800 Fort Adams, Miss. 308 L - - 17,219 Coochie, La. 317 R - 2,296 14,660 Palmetto, Miss. 322 L - I 6,662 - 25,914 Total New Orleans District, Mississippi River 32,045 514 129,674 18,270 544,606
Dikes: None
OLD RIVER CONTROL Standard revetment: Inflow channel 315 L - 2,415 Inflow channel, barge barrier protection 315 R - - 2,785 Outflow channel 315 R - 490 3,840 6,100 Total standard revetment, Old River 490 3,840 11,300
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TABLE 42-H (Cont'd) BANK REVETMENTS AND DIKES: NEW ORLEANS DISTRICT (Built during fiscal year, and operative protection in place June 30, 1970)
Operations Fiscal Year 1970 Construction Operative New Work Reinforcement Non-Operative June 30, Location Below Mouth Extension Lap Mainte- Since June 30, 1970 or Red Bank (Linear (Linear (Linear nance 1969 (Linear 1 1 River (R or L) Feet) Feet) (Squares) Feet) (Squares) (Squares) (Linear Feet) Feet)
ATCHAFALAYA RIVER Standard revetment: Mile One, La. 1 L - - - - 1,121 - 4,150 Legonier, La. 4 L - S - - 4,563 - 6,640 Simmesport, La. 6 R - - 7,891 McCrea, La. 13 L 3,012 - 12,915 - - - - 3,012 Woodside, La. 14 R 2,380 - 6,570 - - 488 - 9,162 Provosty, La. 17 L 1,656 314 6,616 744 2,998 4,494 7,768 Crooked Bayou, La. 18 R 1,725 261 9,003 - - 717 - 9,600 Morgan City, La. 115 L - - 3,410 Total standard revetment, Atchafalaya River 8,773 575 35,104 744 2,998 11,383 51,633
Dikes: None
Above Old River Con- fluence with Atchafalaya River
LOWER RED RIVER Standard revetment: Turnbull Island, La. 9 L - - - 798 6,205 Naples, La. 7 R - - - 681 6,190 Total standard revetment - -- 1,479 12,395
Above Mouth of Red River
RED RIVER Standard revetment: Dupre, La. 84 R - 2,690 Egg Bend, La. 91 R - 2,400 Cologne Bend, La. 92 R - 650 Roxana, La. 99 R - 3,325 Ryland, La. 104 R - 3,925 Hudson, La. 115 R - 1,458 Alexandria Front, La. 122 R - 5,280 Boyce, La. 143 R 1,280 20 - 4,548 Total standard revetment, Red River 1,280 20 - 24,276
2 Dikes: Choctaw Bayou Bend, La. 72 R - - 2,000 Bringol (Egg Bend), La. 90 R - - 2,477 Egg Bend, La. 91 R - - 900 Cologne Bend, La. 92 R - - 1,850 Echo, La. 94 R - - 1,900 Richardson, La. 95 R - - 2,700 Alexandria, La. 122 R - - 270 Bertrand, La. 140 R - - 7,630
Total dikes, Red River 19,727
1. Gross squares articulated concrete mattress (100 square feet). 2. Includes all types of dikes and retards.
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TABLE 42-I BANK REVETMENTS AND DIKES: VICKSBURG DISTRICT (Built during fiscal year, and operative protection in place June 30, 1970)
Operations Fiscal Year 1970 Construction Operative New Work Reinforcement Non-Operative June 30, Location Above Head Extension Lap Mainte- Since June 30, 1970 of Passes Bank (Linear (Linear (Linear nance 1969 (Linear (Miles) (R or L) Feet) Feet) (Squares)' Feet) (Squares)' (Squares) (Linear Feet) Feet)
MISSISSIPPI RIVER Standard revetment: Bougere Bend, La. 329 R 1,837 - 7,443 - 20,805 356 - Morville, La. R - - - 5,730 Natchez Island, Miss. 357 R - 2,180 Carthage, Miss. 361 L - 6,180 Natchez Front, Miss. 364 L - 6,045 Gibson, La. 371 R - - 9,518 Kempe Bend, La. 383 R - 19,180 Goldbottom, Miss. 392 L -- 19,695 - 23,300 Hardscrabble, La. 398 R - 22,530 Grand Gulf, Miss. 403 L - 620 1,512 1,808 - 30,520 Point Pleasant, La.-Miss. 413 R 395 1,528 8,938 7,086 - 29,960 Lake Karnac, La.-Miss. 419 L - 2,095 5,710 9,957 - 19,260 Diamond Point, La.-Miss. 423 R - 12,125 Reid-Bedford, La. 429 R - 18,392 Racetrack, Miss. 433 L - 13,935 Barge Line Terminal, Miss. 437 L - 3,040 Vicksburg, Harbor, Miss. 437 L - - 7,350 Delta Point, La. 437 R - - 7,060 King's Point - Opposite - 19,330 Delta Point, La.-Miss. 439 L - - 12,860 False Point, La. 443 R 470 - 8,076 Marshall-Brown's Point, La.-Miss. 446 L 19,580 Milliken Bend, La. 453 R - - 44,650 Belle Island, La.-Miss. 460 L - 23,160 Goodrich, La. 467 R 1,325 5,015 - - 32,300 Fitler-Cottonwood, Miss. 474 L - - 28,427 Hagaman, La. 481 R - 37,756 Ben Lomond, Miss. 486 L - 10,235 Lake Providence, La. 489 R - 11,600 Baleshed Towhead-Stack Island, Miss.-La. 488 R 2,060 - 5,485 1,881 5,475 - - 33,770 Mayersville, Miss. 497 L 3,720 - 13,746 271 581 - 31,462 Sarah Island-Opossum Chute, La.-Miss. 503 R 16,970 Carolina, Miss. 507 L - - 11,080 Cracraft, Ark. 511 R - - - 1,285 3,398 1,767 - 22,210 Worthington, Miss. 514 R - - - 803 2,107 4,457 - 8,350 Walnut Point, Kentucky Bend, Miss. 519 L - 3,645 13,716 - - 45,653 American Cutoff, Miss.-Ark. 526 L - 2,980 Sunnyside-Lakeport, Ark. 530 R - 33,685 Vaucluse, Ark. 534 R - 4,300 Island 84, Ark.-Miss. 535 L - - 13,475 Warfield Point, Miss. 537 L 4,320 La Grange Towhead, Miss. 538 L - - 9,130 Spanish Moss, Ark. 539 R 4,580 Leland Cutoff, Ark. 539 L - 1,300 Tarpley Island, Miss. 542 R - 2,000 Miller Bend, Miss. 544 L - 29,360 Island 82, Ark. 546 R - 3,080 Ashbrook Island, Miss. 549 R - 3,455 Arkansas City-Yellow Bend, Ark. 553 R - - 40,560 Huntington Point, Miss. 556 L - 360 1,988 - - 10,045 Pair O'Dice, Ark. 561 R - - 9,095 Eutaw-Mounds, Miss. 563 L 1,605 - 5,359 3,540 8,233 - - 29,818 Cypress Bend, Ark. 568 R - S3,430 9,539 - - 26,585 Catfish Point, Miss. 573 L - 280 770 1,798 - 20,075 Ozark, Ark.-Miss. 578 R - - 22,015 Prentiss, Miss. 582 L - - 20,315 Riverton, Miss. 586 L - 12,500 Klondike, Ark. 588 R - - - 400 1,007 1,157 21,120 Victoria Bend-Terrene, Miss. 593 L - 29,245 Big Island, Ark. 598 R - 16,515 Smith Point, Miss. 601 L - 8,800 Dennis, Miss. 611 L - 14,520 Cessions, Miss. 615 L - 10,910 Total revetment Vicksburg District, Mississippi River 10,087 40,109 21,463 67,989 47,725 1,070,286
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TABLE 42-I (Cont'd) (BANK REVETMENTS AND DIKES: VICKSBURG DISTRICT (Built during fiscal year, and operative protection in place June 30, 1970)
Operations Fiscal Year 1970 Construction Operative New Work Reinforcement Non-Operative June 30, Location Above Head Extension Lap Mainte- Since June 30, 1970 of Passes Bank (Linear (Linear (Linear nance 1969 (Linear 1 1 (Miles) (R or L) Feet) Feet) (Squares) Feet) (Squares) (Squares) (Linear Feet) Feet)
MISSISSIPPI RIVER (Cont'd) Dikes: Waterproof Bar, La. 379 R ------8,030 Below Racetrack, Miss. 430 L ------4,419 Racetrack Towhead, Miss. 431 R ------1,752 Ajax Bar, Miss. 482 L ------18,844 Ben Lomond, Miss. 488 L ------12,769 Baleshed Ldg., Miss. 493 L ------7,957 Wilson Pt., La. 500 R ------3,600 Cracraft, Ark. 513 R ------3,416 Leota, Miss. 514 L ------7,091 Seven Oaks, Ark. 523 R ------5,570 Walnut Point, Miss. 524.6 L 4,725 ------4,725 Island 84, Ark. 532 L ------4,005 Leland Bar, Ark.-Miss. 538 R ------14,132 Leland Neck, Ark. 540 R ------4,175 Tarpley Cutoff, Miss.-Ark. 540.3 R 3,576 ------3,576 Island 82-Miller Bend, Ark.-Miss. 544 R & L ------12,490 Ashbrook-Miller Bend, Ark.-Miss. 547 L & R ------9,309 Ashbrook Cutoff, Miss. 549 L ------8,683 Chicot Ldg., Ark. 564.5 R ------13,055 Malone Field, Ark. 585 R ------7,086 Terrene, Miss. 589.5 L ------7,476 Montgomery Towhead, Ark. 591 R ------6,084 Smith Point, Miss. 600 L ------4,192 Island 70, Miss. 608 L ------9,567 Total dikes, Vicksburg District, Mississippi River 8,301 ------182,003
Miles Above Mouth
ARKANSAS RIVER Standard revetment: Menard Bend, Ark. 31 L ------11,770 Como, Ark. 34 R ------11,720 Morgan Bend, Ark. 36 L ------5,250 Total standard revetment, Arkansas River ------28,740
Dikes: Hopedale Cutoff, Ark. 30 R ------1,848 Fletcher Bend, Ark. 39 R ------2,187 Morgan Bend, Ark. 36 L ------1,995 Total dikes, Arkansas River ------6,030
1. Gross squares articulated concrete mattress (100 square feet). 2. See report on Arkansas River and tributaries, Ark. and Okla., under Little Rock District.
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TABLE 42-J BANK REVETMENTS AND DIKES: MEMPHIS DISTRICT (Built during fiscal year and operative protection in place June 30, 1970)
Operations Fiscal Year 1970 Construction Operative New Work Reinforcement Non-Operative June 30, Location Above Head Extension Lap Mainte- Since June 30, 1970 of Passes Bank (Linear (Linear (Linear nance 1969 (Linear (Miles) (R or L) Feet) Feet) (Squares) Feet) (Squares) (Squares)t (Linear Feet) Feet)
MISSISSIPPI RIVER Standard revetment: Big Island, Ark. 598 R - - 3,905 Scrubgrass, Ark. 600 R - 140 4,935 Henrico, Ark. 606 R - 1,168 4,441 2,969 - 25,040 Cessions T.H., Ark. 615 L - 50 8,405 Knowlton, Ark. 620 R - 90 16,900 Island 67, Miss. 621 L - 7,625 Ludlow, Ark. 626 R. - - - 10,390 Rescue Landing, Ark.-Miss. 629 L - - 27,020 Fair Landing, Ark. 632 R - 16,850 Burke Landing, Miss. 637 L - - 19,070 Island 63 Bar, Miss. 639 L 2,210 65 3,919 - 18,820 Island 62, Ark. 638 R - 9,030 Oldtown Bend, Ark. 644 R 2,888 - 25,995 Horseshoe, Miss. 647 L - - 16,385 Westover, Ark. 650 R - 12,730 Delta-Friars Point, Miss. 655 L - 614 - 30,090 Helena, Ark. 660 R - 36,460 Trotters Landing, Miss. 665 L - 32,905 Flower Lake, Miss. 667 L 8,683 - 12,8904 St. Francis, Ark. 672 R - 13,515 Harbert Point, Miss. 675 L - 8,065 Walnut Bend, Ark. 680 R - 27,220 Mhoon Bend, Miss. 685 L - 35,828 Peters, Ark. 692 R - 23,690 Commerce, Miss. 695 L - 11,615 Porter Lake, Ark. 700 R - - 33,805 Pickett, Ark.-Miss. 703 L - - 12,575 Norfolk-Star, Miss. 709 L - - 35,582 Cow Island Bend, Ark. 714 R - 22,274 Cow Island Bend (upper), Ark. 716 R 3,425 720 13,594 - 7,003 Coahoma, Tenn. 717 L - 9,270 Ensley, Tenn. 723 L - 36,566 Dismal Point, Ark. 724 R - - - - 7,200 Bauxippi-Wyanoke, Ark. 730 R - - 23,300 Presidents Island, Tenn. 733 L - - - 12,755 Loosahatchie-Memphis, Tenn. 737 L - - 31,293 Hopefield Point, Ark.-Tenn. 736 R - 115 5,390 Loosahatchie Bar, Tenn. 740 R - - 2,070 St. Clair, Ark. 742 R 2,9302 Island 40, Ark.-Tenn. 744 R - - 28,450 Brandywine, Ark.-Tenn. 750 R 50 18,010 Dean Island, Ark. 756 R - - 7,555 Cedar Point-Densford, Tenn. 759 L - - 20,190 Chute of Island 35, Tenn. 764 R - -- -,42 - 29,190 Lookout Bar, Tenn. 772 R - - 2,9902 Lookout, Tenn. 774 R - - 5,005 Sunrise Towhead, Tenn. 776 R 1,851 3,571 2,964 - 13,565 Lower Bullerton, Ark. 782 R 1,240 260 5,252 - 27,320 Island 30, Tenn. 786 R - 4,424 - 13,545 Osceola, Ark. (Rock Groins) 786 R - 1,350 Osceola, Ark. 786 R - - 5,823 Keyes Point, Tenn. 791 L - - 29,294 Kate Aubrey, Tenn. 793 R - 2,500 Ashport, Tenn. 795 L 2,300 190 8,,184 - - 50 6,778 Island 26, Tenn. 798 R - 15,690 Bend of Island 25, Tenn. 803 L - 22,730 Barfield, Ark. 808 R - - 42,040 Obion-Tamm, Tenn. 819 L - - 39,505 Huffman-Hickman, Ark.-Tenn. 826 R - 7,044 18,355 - 26,984 Heloise, Tenn. 831 L - 12,935 Island 18, Mo. 836 L - - 22,170 Linwood Bend, Tenn. 841 L - 14,850 Blaker Towhead, Tenn. 845 L 2,700 190 9, 505 - - - 7,057 Bells Point, Mo. 845 R - 5,420 Gayoso-Caruthersville, Mo. 848 R - - 25,600 Island 15, Tenn. 851 L - - 3,895 Hathaway Landing, Tenn. 852 L - - 1,000
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TABLE 42-J (Cont'd) BANK REVETMENTS AND DIKES: MEMPHIS DISTRICT (Built during fiscal year and operative protection in place June 30, 1970)
Operations Fiscal Year 1970 Construction Operative New Work Reinforcement Non-Operative June 30, Location Above Head Extension Lap Mainte- Since June 30, 1970 of Passes Bank (Linear (Linear (Linear nance 1969 (Linear (Miles) (R or L) Feet) Feet) (Squares) Feet) (Squares)' (Squares)' (Linear Feet) Feet)
MISSISSIPPI RIVER (Cont'd)
Robinson Bayou, Mo. 852 R - 11,360 Fritz Landing, Tenn. 857 L 15,670 Lee Towhead, Mo. 859 L - 8,690 Bend of Island 14, Tenn. 859 L - 12,050 Little Cypress, Mo. 864 R 1,700 - 32,240 Merriwether-Cherokee, Tenn. 869 L - 39,815 Linda, Mo. 876 R - 11,950 Below Toneys Towhead, Tenn. 879 L 20,895 New Madrid Bend, Mo. 886 R - 30,105 Kentucky Point, Ky. 887 L 4,487 - 8,545 - 40 4,447 New Madrid, Mo. 889 R - 5,559 LaForge, Mo. 892 R - 30 20,680 Slough Landing Neck, Ky.-Tenn. 899 L - - 28,960 Island 9, Ky.-Tenn. 905 L - - 20,075 Chute of Island 8, Ky. 913 L - - 12,620 Bend of Island 8, Mo. 914 R - - - 9,800 Island 8, Ky. 914 R - - 7,725 Hickman-Reelfoot, Ky. 919 L 6,010 160 15,567 41,969 Beckwith Bend, Mo. 924 R - - 14,588 Williams, Ky. 927 L - 7,745 Wolf Island, Ky. 934 R 1,990 155 5,315 70 13,265 Columbus, Ky. 937 L - - 3,825 Belmont, Mo. 938 R - -- 5,785 Islands 3 and 4, Ky. 940 R 2,020 177 6,068 - 15,580 Campbell, Ky. 943 L - 6,865 Pritchard, Mo. 948 R - - 15,045 Wickliffe, Ky. 953 L - - 8,455
OHIO RIVER Cache-Cairo, Ill. 958 R - 22,702
Subtotal Memphis District 26,382 1,917 75,949 10,063 26,367 24,197 545 1,597,697
MISSISSIPPI RIVER
Dikes: 6 7 Henrico, Ark. 603 R - - 6,310 Sunflower, Miss. 627 L - 200 - 5,520 Island 64, Ark. 630 R 340 - 7,270 Island 62, Ark. 638 R 1,800 - 225 - 13,090 Island 63, Miss. 640 L - 2,122 - 6,120 Kangaroo Point, Ark. 648 R - 5,730 Friars Point, Miss. 652 L - - 6,870 Prairie Point, Ark. 668 R - - 4,769 - 7,430 St. Francis TH, Miss. 671 L 3,380 - 3,380 Commerce, Miss. 694 L - 230 - 5,700 Basket Bar, Ark. 696 R - - 5,090 Buck Island, Miss. 700 L - 6,970 Porter Lake, Ark. 701 R 190 7,730 Pickett, Miss. 704 L - - 7,180 Seyppel, Ark. 705 R - - 11,640 Cat Island, Ark. 710 R - - 9,730 Coahoma, Tenn. 718 L - - 4,260 Armstrong, Ark. 720 R 9,660 - 18,740 Dismal Point, Ark. 724 R - - 19,510 Hopefield Point, Ark. 736 R - 1,330 Robinson Crusoe, Tenn. 738 R - - 21,090 Loosahatchie Bar, Tenn. 739 R - - 85 - 3,950 Above Loosahatchie, Tenn. 742 L - 60 - 7,550 Redman Point, Ark.-Tenn. 743 R - - 7,750 Randolph Point, Tenn. 747 L - 260 - 16,760 Poker Point, Ark. 748 R - - 490 - 8,430 Densford, Tenn. 757 R - 230 - 7,780 Lookout, Ark.-Tenn. 771 R - - 5,500 Kate Aubrey, Tenn. 791 R 410 - 5,275 - 8,620 Ashport-Golddust, Ark. 795 R 4,740 50 - 17,330 Forked Deer, Tenn. 798 L - - 8,550 Island 25, Ark. 804 R 5,000 - 5,000 Below Tamm Bend, Tenn. 813 L - 8,470
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TABLE 42-J (Cont'd) BANK REVETMENTS AND DIKES: MEMPHIS DISTRICT (Built during fiscal year and operative protection in place June 30, 1970)
Operations Fiscal Year 1970 Construction Operative New Work Reinforcement Non-Operative June 30, Location Above Head Extension Lap Mainte- Since June 30, 1970 of Passes Bank (Linear (linear (Linear nance 1969 (Linear 7 (Miles) (R or L) Feet) Feet) (Squares) Feet)s (Squares) (Squares) (Linear Feet) Feet)
MISSISSIPPI RIVER (Cont'd) Dikes: Wrights Point, Ark. 820 R ------12,050 Island 21 Chute, Tenn. 824 L - - - - - 2,040 - 3,170 Head of Island 21, Tenn. 828 L ------5,460 Island 20, Mo.-Tenn. 831 R ------18,080 Caruthersville-Linwood Bend, Mo. 844 R 4,050 ------17,100 Hathaway, Tenn. 854 L ------13,670 Below Cherokee, Tenn. 866 L 5,620 ------5,620 Stewart T.H, Mo. 871 R 5,330 ------18,290 Ruddles Point, Mo. 874 R - - - - 700 - 8,040 Island 9, Ky. 906 L ------7,0108 Campbell, Ky. 942 R 2,610 ------2,610 Pritchard, Mo. 944 R 4,870 - - - 1,154 - 9,280 Island 1, Ky. 948 L 5,900 - - - - 250 - 14,960 Total Dikes Memphis District 53,370 - - - - 18,480 190 421,720
1. Gross squares - articulated concrete mattress (100 square feet). 5. Stone fill in pile dike. 2. Lumber mattress revetment. 6. Linear feet of dike on which repairs were made. 3. Groins. 7. Linear feet of dike to nearest 10 feet. 4. 150 feet replaced by major repairs, FY 70. 8. Linear feet of triangular frame retards and pile dikes.
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TABLE 42-K PROJECT LEVEES: NEW ORLEANS DISTRICT (Present condition of project levees, from Cape Girardeau, Mo., to Head of Passes, La., and levee operations for fiscal year 1970 as provided for in Sec. 1 of the act of May 15, 1928, as amended.)
Surfaced Roadsmiles on Levees Levees and Floodwalls (miles) Berms (miles) S Built to Approved Authorized In Grade and Section In Built Complete In Built Complete Location for Place Total System This June 30, System This June 30, June 30, This June 30 When Com- FY 1970 When FY 1970 System 1970 FY 1971 Completed
MISSISSIPPI RIVER Fifth Louisiana Levee District (15,5) (15.5) (0) (15.5) (11.6) (0) (11.6) (15.5) (0) (15.5) Old River levees 14.5 14.5 0 14.5 11.6 0 11.6 14.5 0 14.5 Old River structures 1.0 1.0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1.0 0 1.0 Atchafalaya Basin Levee District Levees (118.2) (118.2) 0 (118.2) (10.3) (0) (10.3) (116.9) (0) (4.6) Morganza structure 110.1 110.1 0 110.1 10.3 0 10.3 110.1 0 4.6 Morganza tie-in levees riverward of 0.8 0.8 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 structure 6.8 6.8 0 6.8 0 0 0 6.8 0 0 Port Allen lock 0.3 0.3 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Plaquemine lock 0.2 0.2 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lafourche Basin Levee District (120.0) (120.0) 0 (93.8) (2.8) (0) (2.8) (120.0) (0) (0) Levees 120.0 120.0 0 93.8 2.8 0 2.8 120.0 0 0 Floodwalls 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Buras Levee District (33.9) (33.9) 0 (3.4) (0.3) (0) (0.3) (33.9) (0) (8.7) Levees 33.9 33.9 0 3.4 0.3 0 0.3 33.9 0 8.7 Floodwalls 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pontchartrain Levee District (137.1) (137.1) (0) (121.7) (0.8) (0) (0.8) (135.8) (0) (0.8) Levees 123.8 123.8 0 108.4 0.8 0 0.8 123.8 0 0.8 Bonnet Carre levees 12.0 12.0 0 12.0 0 0 0 12.0 0 0 Bonnet Carre structure 1.3 1.3 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lake Borgne Basin Levee District (11.5) (11.5) (0) (5.3) (0.2) (0) (0.2) (11.5) (0) (0) Levees 11.5 11.5 0 5.3 0.2 0 0.2 11.5 0 0 Orleans Levee District (27.5) (27.5) 0 (23.4) (0) (0) (0) (27.0) (0) (0) Levees 27.0 27.0 0 22.9 0 0 0 27.0 0 0 Floodwalls 0.5 0.5 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 Grand Prairie Levee District (36.8) (36.8) (0.8) (20.0) (0) (0) (0) (36.8) (0) (0) Levees 36.8 36.8 0.8 20.0 0 0 0 36.8 0 0 Floodwalls 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total Mississippi River 500.5 500.5 0.8 401.3 26.0 0 26.0 497.4 0 29.6 LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN, LA. Lake Pontchartrain, La. (17.4) (17.4) (0) (17.4) (0) (0) (0) (17.4) (0) (0) Lake Pontchartrain levees 17.4 17.4 0 17.4 0 0 0 17.4 0 0 LOWER RED RIVER - SOUTH BANK RED RIVER LEVEES Lower Red River - South Bank, Red River Levees (59.8 (59.8) (0) (51.6) (5.0) (0) (5.0) (59.8) (0) (0) Hotwells to Moncla, La. 59.8 59.8 0 51.6 5.0 0 5.0 59.8 0 0 ATCHAFALAYA BASIN FLOODWAY Atchafalaya Basin Floodway (147.5) (147.5) (0) (143.2) (0.4) (0) (0.4) (147.5) (0) (11.7) East Bank Atchafalaya River 51.2 51.2 0 49.0 0.3 0 0.3 51.2 0 0 Bayou des Glaises 8.1 8.1 0 8.1 0 0 0 8.1 0 0 West Bank Atchafalaya River 60.7 60.7 0 58.7 0 0 0 60.7 0 0 Simmesport Ring 1.6 1.6 0 1.6 0 0 0 1.6 0 0 Melville Ring 4.1 4.1 0 4.1 0 0 0 4.1 0 0 Krotz Springs Ring 1.7 1.7 0 1.6 0 0 0 1.7 0 0 Mansura Hills to Hamburg 20.1 20.1 0 20.1 0.1 0 0.1 20.1 0 11.7
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TABLE 42-K (Cont'd) PROJECT LEVEES: NEW ORLEANS DISTRICT (Present condition of project levees, from Cape Girardeau, Mo., to Head of Passes, La., and levee operations for fiscal year 1970 as provided for in Sec. 1 of the act of May 15, 1928, as amended.)
Surfaced RadsRdads on Levees Levees and Floodwalls (miles) Berms (miles) Surfaced
Built to Approved Authorized In Grade and Section In In for PlaceTot System BuiltComplete Built Complete Sfor June 30, This Total e This June 30, System This June 30, System June 30, When Coi-FY 1970, When FY 1970 1970 FY 1970 pleted FY 1970 Completed
West protection levee, Hamburg to Berwick Drainage Canal via Calumet (127.5) (127.5) (1.0) (76.0) (34.0) (0) (12.5) (126.5) (0) (61.01 Levees 126.5 126.5 1.0 76.0 34.0 0 12.5 126.5 0 61.0 Floodwalls 1.0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Levees west of Berwick and the lower Atchafalaya River, Berwick drain- age canal to Charenton drainage canal (67.0) (67.0) (0) (48.9) (3.0) (0) (3.0) (67.0) (0) (10.4) Levees 58.1 58.1 0 40.0 3.0 0 3.0 58.1 0 1.5 Morganza upper guide levee 8.95 8.95 0 8.9 0 0 0 8.9 0 8.9 East protection levee, Morganza to Cutoff Bayou, including 19.4 miles of Morganza lower guide levee (107.2) (107.2) (5.0) (81.0) (53.0) (4.0) (41.4) (105.5) (0) (31.01 Levees 105.5 105.5 5.0 80.9 53.0 4.0 41.4 105.5 0 31.0 Floodwalls 1.7 1.7 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total Atchafalaya Basin and Floodway 449.2 449.2 6.0 349.17 90.4 4.0 57.3 446.5 0 114.1 Combined Total 1,026.9 1,026.9 6.8 819.47 121.4 4.0 88.3 1,021.1 0 143.7
1. Subject to change as planning progresses. 5. Does not include approximately 3.0 miles of Morganza upper 2. Length of floodwall indeterminate at this time as planning is guide levee between Mississippi River levee and junction of guide levee incomplete. with Morganza control structure levee. 3. Based on approved section, 20-foot crown, 1 on 4 side slopes. 6. Does not include approximately 15 miles of existing roads on 4. Does not include approximately 40 miles of existing roads on levees not completed to approved grade and section. levees not completed to approved grade and section. 7. Includes 133.0 miles to grade, but deficient in cross section.
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TABLE 42-L PROJECT LEVEES: VICKSBURG DISTRICT (Present condition of project levees, from Cape Girardeau, Mo., to Head of Passes, La., and levee operations for fiscal year 1970 as provided for in sec. 1 of the act of May 15, 1928, as amended.)
Surfaced Roads on Levees Levees and Floodwalls (miles) Berms (miles) (miles) Built to Approved Location Grade and Section In System Built Complete In System Built Complete Authorized In Place This Total When This June 30, When This June 30, 1 for System June 30, 1970 FY June 30, 1970 Completed FY 1970 Completed FY 1970
MISSISSIPPI RIVER Lower Yazoo 178.32 178.3 178.32 305.6 - 108.3 173.5 0.0 81.2 Greenville Harbor dikes 7.8 7.8 - 7.8 - - West bank in Arkansas 75.6 75.6 - 75.6 101.8 - 40.1 75.4 0.0 70.2 West bank in Louisiana (above Red River) 198.7 173.7 - 173.7 219.4 3.8 128.0 198.4 0.0 152.0
Total Mississippi River 460.4 435.4 - 435.4 626.8 3.8 276.4 447.3 0.0 303.4
YAZOO RIVER BASIN Headwater 574.63 255.74 2.2 255.74 ------Backwater 97.55 12.0 - 12.0 - - -- -
Total Yazoo River Basin 672.1 267.7 2.2 - - - - -
ARKANSAS RIVER, ARK. North bank 61.56 56.2 - 56.2 10.0 0.0 10.0 47.4 - 47.4 South bank 85.4 85.4 - 85.4 63.9 0.0 50.1 84.1 - 81.3
Total Arkansas River 146.9 141.6 - 141.6 73.9 0.0 60.1 131.5 - 128.7
RED RIVER BACK- WATER LEVEES Total Red River backwater 235.0 119.7 2.5 113.77 - - - 157.1 9.5 82.2
1. Subject to change as planning progress. 4. Includes 27.2 miles of local protection works; 61.3 miles along auxil- 2. Includes 1.4 miles of concrete levee wall and 0.3 mile earth levee on iary channels; 148.3 miles along the main stem; 189 miles on tributaries. Vicksburg city front. 5. Includes 1 mile of highway embankment. 3. Includes 33.1 miles of local protection works; 117.3 miles along 6. Includes 5.3 miles for Gillett new levee. auxiliary channels; 265.6 miles along the main stem; 158.6 miles on 7. Does not include 2.1 miles of high ground where no levee was re- tributaries. quired.
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TABLE 42-M PROJECT LEVEES: MEMPHIS DISTRICT (Present condition of project levees, from Cape Girardeau, Mo., to Head of Passes, La., and levee operations for fiscal year 1970 as provided for in sec. 1 of act of May 15, 1928, as amended.)
Surfaced Roads on Levees Levees and Floodwalls (miles) Berms (miles) (miles) Built to Approved Location Grade and Section In System Built Complete In System Built Complete Authorized In Place This Total When This June 30, When This June 30, for System June 30, 1970 FY June 30, 1970 Completed' FY 1970 Completed FY 1970
MISSISSIPPI RIVER Mounds, IlL 3.9 3.9 - 3.9 -- - 3.6 - 3.6 Mound City, IlL 2.7 2.7 - 2.7 - - - 1.1 - 1.1 Cairo Drainage District 13.81 13.8 -- 13.8 2.8 - - 8.5 - 8.5 City of Cairo 6.2 6.2 - 6.2 0.9 - 0.9 4.0 - 3.5 Little River Drainage District, Mo. 19.3 19.3 -- 19.3 2.4 - 2.4 19.3 - 19.3 Levee District #2, Scott County, Mo. 13.8 13.8 - 13.8 - - - 13.8 - 13.8 Levee District #3, Mississippi Co., Mo. 26.0 26.0 15.6 - - -15.6 - 15.6 St. Johns Levee and Drainage District, Mo. 58.72 58.7 - 14.0 - - - 26.3 - 9.9 St. Francis Levee District of Missouri 55.7 55.7 - 55.7 18.3 - 8.9 55.1 - 55.1 City of Hickman, Ky. 1.4 1.4 - 1.4 --- 0.5 - Fulton County Levee Dist. of Fulton Co., Ky. 16.7 16.7 -- 16.3 14.6 - 10.6 16.7 - 16.3 Reelfoot L D. of Lake and Obion Cos., Tenn. 4.5 4.5 -- 0.1 0.3 - 0.3 4.5 - 3 Madrid Bend Levee District 9.6 9.6 - 9.6 Lake County Levee and Drainage District 15.9 15.9 - 15.9 5.2 - 4.5 15.9 - 15.9 Dyer County Levee and Drainage District #1 21.3 21.3 - 21.3 1.5 - - 21.5 - 21.3 Tiptonville-Obion levee extension 6.5 - - - 6.5 - St. Francis Levee District of Arkansas 156.7 156.7 1.3 152.7 65.5 1.7 58.9 156.7 1.3 95.5 Helena Improvement District #1 5.3 5.3 - 5.3 2.4 - 2.4 4.7 - 4.2 Cotton Belt Levee District No. 1 23.9 23.9 - 19.5 16.4 - 10.6 23.9 - 8.0 Laconia Drainage & Levee Dist. of Phillips Co., Ark. 20.5 20.5 - 20.5 8.4 - 8.4 20.5 - 13.8 Laconia L. D. #1 of Desha Co., Ark. 18.1 18.1 - 16.4 10.6 - 10.6 18.1 - 16.5 Laconia Circle Special D. D. of Desha Co., Ark. 6.6 6.6 - -- 6.6 - Yazoo-Mississippi Delta L D. 93.6 93.6 - 93.6 88.9 - 85.7 93.6 - 93.6 New Madrid, Mo.; St. Johns L. & D. D. 0.3 - - - 0.3 - Birds Point-New Madrid setback levee 35.3 35.3 - 35.3 - - - 35.3 - 35.3 Total Mississippi River 636.3 629.5 1.3 552.9 238.2 1.7 204.2 572.4 1.3 450.8
ST. FRANCIS RIVER East bank 159.5 151.2 0.6 151.2 8.2 156.7 - 15.1 West bank 148.7 146.7 - 146.7 144.3 - 15.7
Total St. Francis River 308.2 297.9 0.6 297.9 8.2 301.0 - 30.8
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PROJECT 42-M (Cont'd) PROJECT LEVEES: MEMPHIS DISTRICT (Present condition of project levees, from Cape Girardeau, Mo., to Head of Passes, La., and levee operations for fiscal year 1970 as provided for in sec. 1 of act of May 15, 1928, as amended.)
Surfaced Roads on Levees Levees and Floodwalls (miles) Berms (miles) (miles) Built to Approved Location Grade and Section In System Built Complete In System Built Complete Authorized In Place This Total When This June 30, When This June 30, for System June 30, 1970 FY June 30, 1970 Completed FY 1970 Completed FY 1970
LITTLE RIVER DRAINAGE East bank (left) 40.7 40.7 - 40.7 - - - 40.7 - West bank 35.1 35.1 - 35.1 - - 35.1 - - Elk Chute 39.9 39.9 - 39.9 - - - 39.7 - - West Basin and middle valley 14.4 14.4 - 14.4 - - - 13.4 - 5.6
Total Little River 130.1 130.1 - 130.1 - -- 128.9 - 5.6
LOWER WHITE RIVER White River backwater levee 40.2 40.2 - 40.2 - - 38.8 -, 38.8 Augusta to Clarendon 49.2 39.5 - 39.5 - - -- - Clarendon levee 6.2 6.2 - - -- -
MEMPHIS HARBOR Memphis Harbor 10.5 10.5 - 10.5 4.3 - 1.5 10.5 - 10.5
1. Includes 5.1 miles of Cache River levee. This levee was enlarged to 3. This levee has not been authorized to be built to project grade and 1928 grades with Federal funds, but since that time has been classified as a section. secondary levee. 2. Includes 12.1 miles of Farrenburg levee. This levee was enlarged to 1928 grades with Federal funds, but since that time has been classified as a secondary levee.
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TABLE 42-N LEVEES: YARDAGE AND OPERATIONS (As provided for in Sec. 6, Flood Control Act of 1928, as amended.)
Miles Operations, Miles in Miles Built to Fiscal Year 1970 System Built Approved Contents Contents Required Estimated When June 30, Grade and June 30, New Lost or June 30, to Final Location of Levee Completed 1970 Section 1969 Work Abandoned 1970 Complete Contents
MISSISSIPPI RIVER 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 Cubic Cubic Cubic Cubic Cubic Cubic Yards Yards Yards Yards Yards Yards
St. Louis District Clemens Station, Mo., to mouth of Missouri River 28 28 25.6 - - 25.6 Mouth of Illinois River to Prairie du Pont, Ill. 20 20 - 27.1 - 27.1 Prairie du Pont, Ill., to Grand Tower, Ill. Mouth of Missouri River to Cape Girardeau, Mo. 4 4 - 57.2 57.2 Grand Tower, Dl., to Thebes, IlL 46 46 3 1,252.4 1,252.4
Rock Island District Rock Island to New Boston, IlL 31.4 31.4 31.4 4,485.0 -- 4,485.0
Total Mississippi River 129.4 129.4 34.4 5,847.3 - 5,847.3 -
MISSISSIPPI RIVER TRIBUTARIES
New Orleans District RED RIVER Moncla to Lake Long, La. 20.7 20.7 20.7 394 394 - 394
Vicksburg District OUACHITA RIVER East bank below Monroe, La. 68.5 64.71 64.71 3,7372 X737 500 4,237 West bank: Bawcomville, La. 3.1 3.1 3.1 283 - - 283 - 283 Harrisonburg to Little River, La. 12.4 12.4 12.4 6823 - - 682 - 682
Total Ouachita River 84.0 80.2 80.2 4,702 4,702 500 5,202
YAZOO RIVER West bank 8.7 8.7 8.7 735 735 - 735
Memphis District WHITE RIVER Horn Lake, Ark. 1.8 1.8 1.8 50.1 50.1 - 50.1 St. Louis District
ILLINOIS RIVER Havana, Ill., to Beardstown, Ill. 25 25 8 1,610 1,610 Beardstown, Ill., to mouth of Illinois River 166 166 127 15,940 15,940
Total Illinois River 191 191 135 17,550 17,550
Total Sec. 6 Levees 435.6 431.8 280.8 29,278.4 28,962.9
1. Includes 1.3 miles constructed by local interests. 3. Includes about 95,000 cubic yards constructed by local interests. 2. Includes 115,000 cubic yards constructed by local interests.
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TABLE 42-0 CHANNEL IMPROVEMENTS: NEW ORLEANS DISTRICT (New work accomplished during fiscal year and operative portion of project feature in place June 30, 1970.)
In Project When Complete Completed June 30, 1970 Operations During FY 1970 Location of Year Exca- Clean Exca- Clean Exca- Clean Percent Improvement Initiated Total vation Out Total vation Out Total vation Out Complete
1,000 1,000 1,000 Cubic Cubic Cubic Miles Yards Miles Miles Yards Miles Miles Yards Miles
Bayou des Glaises diver- sion channel 1938 6.0 2,223 - 6.0 2,223 S - -- 100 Bayous Rapides, Boeuf, and Cocodrie 1946 92.6 22,039 21.8 63.4 16,483 12.2 - - - 75 Charenton drainage and navigation canal 1939 6.3 10,879 - 6.3 10,879 - - - - 100 Wax Lake Outlet 1938 15.7 57,546 - 15.7 57,546 S - -- 100 Atchafalaya Basin Floodway 1933 244.2 813,418 - 186.4 397,857 - - - - 49 Morganza Floodway 1941 3.3 1,322 - 3.3 1,322 - - - - 100 Old River outflow channel 1956 7.4 67,449 - 7.4 67,449 - - - - 100 Old River inflow channels 1960 0.4 6,182 - 0.4 6,182 - - - - 100 Old River lock approach channel 1961 2.2 6,731 - 2.2 6,731 S - - 100 Baton Rouge Harbor (Devils Swamp) 1958 5.0 17,075 - 2.5 7,458 - - - - 44
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TABLE 42-P CHANNEL IMPROVEMENTS: VICKSBURG DISTRICT (New work accomplished during fiscal year and operative portion of project feature in place June 30, 1970.)
In Project When Complete Completed June 30, 1970 Operations During FY1970 Location of Improvement Year Exca- Clean Exca- Clean Exca- Clean Percent Initiated Total vation Out Total vation Out Total vation Out Complete
1,000 1,000 1,000 Cubic Cubic Cubic Miles Yards Miles Miles Yards Miles Miles Yards Miles
BIG SUNFLOWER RIVER, ETC., MISS. Big Sunflower River 1947 199.1 5,912 187.91 199.1 5,912 187.91 - 100 Quiver River 1947 69.6 2,401 42.04 69.6 2,401 31.90 - 100 Deer Creek 1947 7.0 73 2.04 7.0 73 2.04 - 100 Steele Bayou 1947 66.9 20,7512 45.40 22.2 7,377 45.40 3.0 1,055 - 33 Big Sunflower River tributaries 1957 227.4 7,856 173.45 227.4 7,384 170.18 - 100 Quiver River tributaries 1960 35.4 481 23.08 35.4 481 23.08 - 100 Steele Bayou tribu- taries 1959 40.7 5,1112 13.44 - 791 13.44 - 10 YAZOO BASIN HEAD- WATER, MISS. Coldwater River 1941 54.6 9,897 43.5 54.6 9,897 43.5 - 100 Arkabutla Canal 1948 0.4 81 - 0.4 81 - - 100 Tallahatchie River 1940 74.8 7,361 64.8 73.5 5,856 64.8 - 85 Little Tallahatchie River and Panola- Quitman Floodway 1939 48.0 1,170 43.0 48.0 1,170 43.0 - 100 Yocona River 1952 1.8 606 - 1.8 606 - - 100 Bobo Bayou 1944 16.2 2,776 1.9 16.0 2,776 1.9 - 100 Cassidy Bayou 1943 69.0 10,5382 47.6 - 3,033 47.6 - 33 Yalobusha River 1939 46.0 6,337 36.1 46.0 6,337 36.1 - 100 Yazoo River 1941 160.2 5,400 155.6 160.2 5,400 155.6 - 100 Whittington auxiliary channel 1956 30.8 23,520 - 30.8 23,520 - - 100 Tehula Lake 1964 26.4 2,121 15.4 26.4 2,121 15.4 - 100 David and Burell Bayous 1957 40.4 1,332 28.6 30.5 1,032 18.7 - 75 McKinney Bayou 1960 3.5 207 2.2 3.5 207 2.2 - 100 Hillside Floodway 1964 11.0 877 4.8 1.6 240 - - 72 Yazoo City protec- tion works 1953 1.6 2,457 - 1.6 2,457 - 100 BOEUF AND TENSAS BASINS, ARK. AND LA. Bayou Lafourche, La. 1949 44.6 52,1061 1.10 - 35,816 1.10 - -- 14 Big and Colewa Creeks, La. 1947 75.5 20,1792 ,3 47.21 - 4,375 34.01 - -- 154 Tensas River, La. 1947 157.5 19,9421 151.29 27.7 1,092 86.16 20.7 - - 174 Boeuf River, Ark. and La. 1953 103.9 20,937 50.58 103.9 20,937 50.58 - - - 100 Fleschmans Bayou, Ark. 1963 6.6 513 2.70 6.6 513 2.70 - - - 100 Caney Bayou, Ark. 1964 7.1 406 1.89 7.1 406 1.89 - - - 100 Canal 18, Ark. 1963 10.3 776 1.59 10.3 776 1.59 - -- 100 Big Bayou, Ark. 1952 33.3 1,827 14.87 33.3 1,827 14.87 - -- 100 Black Pond Slough, Ark. 1962 14.3 947 - 14.1 947 - - -- 100
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TABLE 42-P (Cont'd) CHANNEL IMPROVEMENTS: VICKSBURG DISTRICT (New work accomplished during fiscal year and operative portion of project feature in place June 30, 1970.)
In Project When Complete Completed June 30, 1970 Operations During FY 1970 Location of Improvement Year Exca- Clean Exca- Clean Exca- Clean Percent Initiated Total vation Out Total vation Out Total vation Out Complete BOEUF AND TENSAS BASINS, ARK. AND LA. (Cont'd) Bayou Macon, Ark. and La. 1959 146.4 15,863 110.08 146.4 15,863 110.08 -- - 100 Rush Bayou, Ark. 1964 6.2 - 6.2 6.2 - 6.73 -- - 100 Canal 19, Ark. 1957 50.2 11,348 - 50.2 11,348 ---- 100 Canal 43, Ark. 1956 34.5 698 24.80 34.5 698 24.80 - -- 100 Canal 81, Ark. 1957 32.7 4,433 7.01 32.7 4,433 7.01 --- 100 Mill Bayou and Bayou Vidal - 16.4 - 16.40 ------
Kirsch Lake Canal - 9.3 620 ------Canal 19 (Ext.) 1964 9.4 1,040 - 9.4 1,040 -- - - 100
1. Clearing and snagging accomplished before all cutoffs. 3. Does not include approximately 1,500,000 cubic yards of 2. Includes additional improvements as approved by the Chief channel excavation completed by local interests in the lower 26 of Engineers (HD-308--88th Cong.) miles of the stream. 4. For authorized additional enlargement.
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TABLE 42-Q CHANNEL IMPROVEMENTS: MEMPHIS DISTRICT (New channel improvement work accomplished during fiscal year and operative portion of project feature in place June 30, 1970.)
In Project When Complete Completed June 30, 1970 Operations During FY 1970 Location of Improvement Year Exca- Clear Exca- Clear Exca- Clear Percent Initiated Total vation Out Total vation Out Total vation Out Complete
1,000 1,000 1,000 Cubic Cubic Cubic Miles Yards Miles Miles Yards Miles Miles Yards Miles
BIRDS POINT-NEW MADRID FLOODWAY Birds Point-New Madrid intercepting ditch enlargement, Samos and vicinity, Mo. 1952 9.6 285 4.6 9.6 285 4.6 100
ST. FRANCIS BASIN Little River drain- age, Mo. 1963 291.5 37,600 - 138.6 16,668 0.8 154 - 44 Miss. Co., DD 17, Ark. 1947 15.9 1,068 - 15.9 1,068 - - - 100 St. Francis River, Mo. and Ark. 1953 466.8 137,200 49.0 181.0 77,563 12.1 2.2 176 - 57 West Memphis drain- age, Ark. 1951 19.8 1,747 2.2 19.8 1,747 2.2 - -- 100 Cross County project ditch, Ark. 1942 11.8 7,710 - 11.8 7,710 - - -- 100 Tyronza River, Ark. 1939 12.7 2,795 - 12.7 2,795 - - -- 100 L'Anguille River, Ark. 1 112.0 16,000 23.52 - LOWER WHITE RIVER BASIN, ARK. Cache River Basin, Ark. 231.5 115,500 9.0 - Big Creek and tribu- taries, Ark. 175.1 29,930 -- WEST KENTUCKY TRIBUTARIES Obion Creek, Ky. 36.9 6,830 -- WEST TENNESSEE TRIBUTARIES Miss. River, Western Tenn. tribs. (Back- water area) 1946 Act 1952 34.3 1,883 26.1 34.3 1,883 26.1 - - - 100 Reelfoot Lake Area, Ky, and Tenn.; Bayou du Chien, Ky. and Tenn. 13.3 215 -- Running Reelfoot Bayou, Tenn. 1955 19.7 4,145 - 19.7 4,145 - - -- 100 Miss. River below Cape Girardeau; West Tenn. tribs. (1968 Act) 1961 216.0 57,500 10.3 68.9 26,844 - 4.8 6.0 - 47 Wolf River and tribs., Tenn. 1960 25.5 5,338 - 25.5 5,338 - - -- 100
1. Not started. 2. Includes 5.8 miles of cleanout done under St. Francis River, Mo. and Ark.
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TABLE 42-R COSTS DURING FISCAL YEAR 1970
Construction Maintenance Other
FEDERAL FUNDS Flood control, Mississippi River and tributaries: Memphis District: General Investigations $ - $ - $ 391,758 Advance engineering & design 234,528 - - Mississippi River'levees 453,439 409,665 - St. Francis Basin 4,329,039 1,325,558 - Lower White River - 95,046 - Channel Improvement 14,490,224 8,654,860 - West Tennessee tributaries 193,414 - - Inspection of completed works - 80,478 - Mapping - 78,421 - Subtotal 19,700,644 10,644,028 391,758
Vicksburg District: General Investigations - - 907,948 Mississippi River levees 484,537 291,321 - Lower Arkansas River 8,233 142,536 - Tensas Basin 1,826,603 103,291 - Jonesville, La. 5,706 - - Yazoo Basin 2,720,648 3,551,670 - Channel Improvement 8,108,434 6,880,087 - Mapping - 79,188 - Inspection of completed works - 21,264 - Recreation facilities - completed proj. 125,924 -- Subtotal 13,280,085 11,069,357 907,948
New Orleans District: General Investigations - 85,769 Advance engineering & design 187,414 - - Mississippi River levees 1,032,802 1,853,057 Lower Red River 18,227 128,933 - Old River 49,190 629,657 - Bayou Cocodrie and tributaries - 43,946 - Atchafalaya Basin 4,576,810 2,268,784 - Channel Improvement 5,582,171 1,983,262 - Bonnet Carre - 186,643 - Inspection of completed works - 12,523 - Mapping - 48,021 - Subtotal 11,446,614 7,154,826 85,769
CONTRIBUTED FUNDS Memphis District: Little River drainage 362
New Orleans District: Old River - 23,078
Total contributed funds 362 23,078 -
Grand Total, Federal and contributed funds 44,427,705 28,891,289 1,385,475
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TABLE 42-S STATEMENT OF ALLOTMENTS AND ACCRUED EXPENDITURES (COSTS) UNDER APPROPRIATIONS FOR FLOOD CONTROL, MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES FROM MAY 15, 1928 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 1970 (NEW STRUCTURE EFFECTIVE 1 JULY 1955)
Unexpended Accrued Balance District or Installation and Class of Work Allotments Expenditures June 30, 1970
ALLOTMENTS AND ACCRUED EXPENDI- TURES CHARGEABLE AGAINST FLOOD CONTROL ACT LIMITATIONS:
COMPLETED WORKS: Waterways Experiment Station $ 874,000 $ 874,000 $ - Office, Chief of Engineers 19,158 19,158 - Rock Island District: S. G. & O. prior to August 18, 1941 14,010 14,010 St. Louis District: S. G. & O. prior to August 18, 1941 169,352 169,352 Subtotal 1,076,520 1,076,520 Memphis District: Des Arc, Ark. 178,925 178,925 Contraction works 8,692,791 8,692,791 De Valls Bluff, Ark. 231,215 231,215 Mapping 1,450,337 1,450,337 Memphis Harbor 18,736,432 18,736,432 New Madrid Floodway 6,521,543 6,521,543 - 1 Wolf River and tributaries 1,723,620 1,723,620 Roads on levees (Miss. River levees) 12,426 12,426 S. G. & O. prior to August 18, 1941 1,998,766 1,998,766 Subtotal 39,546,055 39,546,055
Vicksburg District: Boeuf Basin levees 2,764,605 2,764,605 Channel realignment, Arkansas River 125,074 125,074 Contraction works 1,972,183 1,972,183 Eudora Floodway 826,235 826,235 Vicksburg Harbor 4,664,515 4,664,515 Greenville Harbor 2,864,516 2,864,516 Grants Canal (Miss. River levees) 7,070 7,070 Mapping 1,531,021 1,531,021 Jonesville, La. 166,636 166,636 Roads on levees 105,660 105,660 S. G. & O. prior to August 18, 1941 2,350,201 2,350,201 Subtotal 17,377,717 17,377,717 New Orleans District: Atchafalaya River and basin, La. 3,375,492 2,375,492 - Bonnet Carre spillway, La. 14,212,198 14,212,198 Contraction works 1,258,916 1,258,916 Mapping 1,112,967 1,112,967 Roads on levees 540,838 540,838 S. G. & O. prior to August 18, 1941 2,701,566 2,701,566 Wax Lake Outlet and Charenton Canal 10,098,817 10,098,817 Morganza Floodway and structure 35,992,117 35,992,117 Lake Pontchartrain 5,513,110 5,513,110 Atchafalaya Basin, rights-of-way and flowage, bayou des Glaises setback 387,917 387,917 Subtotal 75,193,938 75,193,938 All other completed items: Surveys under sec. 10, Flood Control Act of 1928 4,995,215 4,995,215 - Impounded savings 1,593,097 1,593,097 Plant transferred to revolving fund 24,924,578 24,924,578 - OCE (portion of allotment transferred to revolving fund, Washington Dist.) 19,882 19,882 Subtotal 31,532,772 31,532,772 Total completed works 164,727,001 164,727,001
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TABLE 42-S (Cont'd) STATEMENT OF ALLOTMENTS AND ACCRUED EXPENDITURES (COSTS) UNDER APPROPRIATIONS FOR FLOOD CONTROL, MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES FROM MAY 15, 1928 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 1970 (NEW STRUCTURE EFFECTIVE 1 JULY 1955)
Unexpended Accrued Balance District or Installation and Class of Work Allotments Expenditures June 30, 1970
ALLOTMENTS AND ACCRUED EXPENDI- TURES CHARGEABLE AGAINST FLOOD CONTROL ACT LIMITATIONS:
UNCOMPLETED WORKS: Rock Island District: Levees under sec. 6, Flood Control Act of 1928 $ 579,462 $ 579,462 $ - St. Louis District: Levees under sec. 6, Flood Control Act of 1928 1,897,980 1,897,980 Subtotal 2,477,442 2,477,442 Memphis District: Miss. River levees: Miss. River levees 92,247,154 92,211,631 35,523 New Madrid 98,000 98,000 Channel improvement: Revetments 237,559,507 237,268,375 291,132 Dredging 46,504,400 46,504,028 372 Dikes 39,343,300 39,132,335 210,965 Reelfoot Lake 439,434 439,434 St. Francis Basin: Wappapello Reservoir 8,096,100 8,076,488 19,612 St. Francis River and tributaries 57,449,471 57,071,902 377,569 Big Slough and Mayo ditch 965,429 965,429 Little River drainage 10,578,000 10,181,370 396,630 Lower White River: Augusta to Clarendon, Ark. 1,378,172 1,378,172 White River backwater levee, Ark. 10,624,501 10,624,501 Levees under sec. 6, Flood Control Act of 1928 108,651 108,651 - West Tennessee tributaries 7,638,000 7,293,765 344,235 Subtotal 513,030,120 511,354,081 1,676,039
Vicksburg District: Mississippi River levees (excludes Grants Canal, $7,070, shown under completed works) 79,355,590 79,165,610 189,980 Lower Arkansas River: North bank 7,049,414 7,049,414 South bank 15,644,586 15,643,601 985 Tensas Basin: Boeuf and Tensas Rivers, etc. 25,558,500 25,299,994 258,506 Red River backwater levee, La. 13,372,660 13,113,302 259,358 Channel improvement: Revetments 183,253,265 183,002,830 250,435 Dredging 22,655,245 22,655,245 Dikes 22,381,356 22,149,500 231,856 Levees under sec. 6, Flood Control Act of 1928 958,175 958,175 Yazoo Basin: Sardis Reservoir 12,159,200 12,159,200 Enid Reservoir 15,437,900 15,437,900 Arkabutla Reservoir 12,372,500 12,372,500 Grenada Reservoir 31,674,300 31,674,300 Greenwood 3,912,800 3,874,590 38,210 Belzoni 316,656 316,656 Yazoo City 2,205,611 2,205,611 Will M. Whittington auxiliary channel 10,950,966 10,950,966
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TABLE 42-S (Cont'd) STATEMENT OF ALLOTMENTS AND ACCRUED EXPENDITURES (COSTS) UNDER APPROPRIATIONS FOR FLOOD CONTROL, MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES FROM MAY 15, 1928 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 1970 (NEW STRUCTURE EFFECTIVE 1 JULY 1955)
Unexpended Accrued Balance District or Installation and Class of Work Allotments Expenditures June 30, 1970
UNCOMPLETED WORKS (Cont'd) Vicksburg District (Cont'd) Yazoo Basin (Cont'd) Main Stem $ 16,349,500 $ 16,348,911 $ 589 Tributaries 17,157,994 16,008,716 1,149,278 Big Sunflower River, etc. 12,044,000 12,005,258 38,742 Yazoo backwater 12,603,500 12,200,513 402,987 Upper auxiliary channel 7,806 7,806 - Subtotal 517,421,524 514,600,598 2,820,926 New Orleans District: Baton Rouge Harbor 699,185 699,185 - Bayou Cocodrie and tributaries 3,423,608 3,423,608 - Channel Improvement: Dredging 35,945,266 35,945,266 - Revetments 86,547,917 86,180,522 367,394 Lower Red River (south bank levees) 9,000,000 8,723,228 276,772 Levees under sec. 6, Flood Control Act of 1928 200,680 200,680 - Miss. River levees 53,388,400 53,339,558 48,842 Atchafalaya Basin: Atchafalaya Basin Floodway 176,266,537 172,945,488 3,321,049 Atchafalaya River navigation 303,463 303,463 - Old River 65,071,000 64,808,920 262,080 Subtotal 430,846,055 426,569,918 4,276,137 Total uncompleted works 1,463,775,141 1,455,002,039 8,773,102
ADVANCE ENGINEERING & DESIGN (CONSTRUCTION)
Memphis District: Cache River 420,000 419,975 25 Big Creek & Tribs., Lower White River 190,000 179,741 10,259 Clarendon Levee, Lower White River 20,000 14,932 5,068 West Kentucky Tribs. 175,000 158,099 16,901 Subtotal 805,000 772,747 32,253 New Orleans District: Miss. Delta Region 90,000 44,486 45,514 Teche Vermilion 175,000 159,243 15,757 Subtotal 265,000 203,729 61,271 TOTAL ADVANCE ENGINEERING & DESIGN 1,070,000 976,476 93,524
RECREATION FACILITIES - COMPLETED PROJECTS
Eight-year Program Funds Vicksburg District: Sardis Reservoir 667,000 97,038 569,962 Enid Reservoir 202,000 53,399 148,601 Arkabutla Reservoir 107,000 25,974 81,026 Grenada Reservoir 290,000 54,226 235,774 Total Eight-year Program funds 1,266,000 230,637 1,035,363 Total chargeable against Flood Control Act Limitations exclud- ing flood control emergencies 1,630,838,142 1,620,936,152 9,901,990
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TABLE 42-S (Cont'd) STATEMENT OF ALLOTMENTS AND ACCRUED EXPENDITURES (COSTS) UNDER APPROPRIATIONS FOR FLOOD CONTROL, MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES FROM MAY 15, 1928 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 1970 (NEW STRUCTURE EFFECTIVE 1 JULY 1955)
Unexpended Accrued Balance District or Installation and Class of Work Allotments Expenditures June 30, 1970
Total maintenance since August 18, 1941 $ 518,087,855 $ 515,723,871 $ 2,363,984 Total flood control emergencies 14,900,300 14,900,300 - Total general investigations 6,715,881 6,502,992 212,889 Total flood control, MR&T appropriations 2,170,542,178 2,158,063,315 12,478,863
Appropriations in addition to flood control, MR&T Other appropriations itemized in Footnote (1) pp. 2068-69 Annual Report for 1953 32,068,909 32,068,909
Grand total appropriated to June 30, 19702 2,202,611,087 2,190,132,224 12,478,863
NOTE: Preauthorization study costs chargeable to the MR&T authorization have been transferred to completed work. Costs not chargeable have been excluded from this report.
1. Government responsible for deferred maintenance costs through June 30, 1971. 2. Does not include $8,516,000 held in Budgetary Reserve and allotted in July 1970.
TABLE 42-T STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES FOR LEVEES BY STATE AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS FROM BEGINNING OF EARLIEST AVAILABLE RECORDS THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 1969
Engineer District Reporting Expenditures
Rock Island District $ 8,609,858 St. Louis District 37,478,142 Memphis District 131,318,919 Vicksburg District 69,561,186 New Orleans District 270,339,972 Total 517,308,077
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TABLE 42-U COST AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT
See Section Total to in Text Project Funding FY67 FY68 FY69 FY70 June 30, 1970
Mississippi River General Investigations and tributaries Allotted $ 460,952 $ 598,000 $ 1,185,000 $ 1,230,000 $ 6,715,881 (Regular Funds)1 Cost 385,357 525,541 1,011,291 1,385,476 6,502,992 Construction (includes advance engineering & design) Allotted 59,175,000 54,137,000 47,040,000 43,540,000 1,580,995,7274 Cost 58,791,117 50,600,850 43,642,866s 44,427,3436 1,571,093,738 Maint. Allotted 27,500,000 27,400,000 27,575,000 27,600,000 568,466,406 Cost 26,943,370 26,924,234 26,169,958 28,868,210 566,102,421 Flood control emergencies (Maint.) Allotted - - - - 14,885,922 Cost - - - - 14,885,922 (Contributed New Work Funds) Contrib. 850 2,500 73,826 2,400 5,014,392 Cost 118 5,592 79,526 362 5,012,214 Maint. Contrib. 20,520 22,246 23,819 24,060 521,9097 Cost 20,520 22,246 23,717 23,078 520,825
1. Approp. were as follows: Approp. chargeable against Flood Control Act authorizations: Flood control, Mississippi River and tributaries except for emergencies (excludes Maint. allotments Aug. 18, 1941 through June 30, 1970): Net total allotted for works under Mississippi River Commission: $1,598,039,370 Eight-Year Program Funds, Construction General: 1,266,000 Surveys under sec. 10 of Flood Control Act of 1928 (not under MRC): 4,995,215 Transferred to revolving fund: 24,944,460 Impounded savings: 1,593,097 $1,630,838,142 Flood control emergencies: Net total allotted: 14,885,922 Impounded savings: 14,378 14,900,300 Additional funds not chargeable against Flood Control Act authorizations: Approp. for FC, MR&T except for flood control emergencies: General investigations: 6,715,881 Maint. allotments Aug. 18, 1941 through June 30, 1970: 518,087,855 524,803,736 Approp. in addition to Approp. for FC, MR&T (itemized in footnote (1), pp. 2068-69, Annual Report for 1953): 32,068,909 Budgetary Reserve, allotted July 1970: 8,516,000 Grand Total: 2,211,127,087 Reconciliation of Approp. and allotments: Total allotted to June 30, 1970: 2,171,063,937 Transferred to revolving fund: 24,944,460 Surveys under sec. 10 of Flood Control Act of 1928 (not under MRC): 4,995,215 Impounded savings withdrawn by Chief of Engineers: 1,607,475 Budgetary Reserve, allotted July 1970: 8,516,000 Total Approp. to June 30, 1970: 2,211,127,087 Approp. for past 4 years were as follows: FY 67 - 87,135,952; FY 68 - 82,135,000; FY 69 - 75,800,000; and FY 70 - 80,886,000. 2. Includes $1,200,000 from 5-Year Program Funds, Con- 5. Includes $104,713 from 5-Year Program Funds, Con- struction General 96X3122. struction General 96X3122. 3. Includes $66,000 from 8-Year Program Funds, Construc- 6. Includes $125,924 from 8-Year Program Funds, Construc- tion General 96X3122. tion General 96X3122. 4. Includes $389,090 from Public Works Acceleration, Execu- 7. Includes $2,867 contributed for flood control emergencies. tive (transfer to Corps, Civil) FY 1963.
1262 COASTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER
Organization and functions. The U. S. Army Coastal of the coastal activities of the Corps of Engineers on the Engineering Research Center (CERC) was established ecology of the coastal zone; (c.) Collect and publish under authority of Public Law, 172, 88th Congress, information and data concerning coastal phenomena which abolished the former Beach Erosion Board and reasearch projects which are useful to the Corps of (organized under authority of sec.2, 1930 River and Engineers and to the public; (d.) Assist in the planning Harbor Act, as amended (33 USC 426), and directed and design of coastal works, including determination of that its functions other than the review of reports of probable effects of such works on adjacent shores, investigations made concerning erosion and protection establishment of hurricane protection criteria; and of shores of coastal and lake waters, be vested with the evaluation of the stability, durability and effectiveness Coastal Engineering Research Center. The report of proposed coastal navigation improvements and review function was transferred to the Board of other coastal works; (e.) Assist in the review, for Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, putting reports on technical adequacy, of studies, plans, and specifications beach erosion control and shore protection studies for beach erosion control and other coastal engineering under the same review procedures as reports in other works; (f.) Provide specialized consulting services to phases of the water resources study program of the other elements of the Corps of Engineers and, as Corps. The authorizing act also provided that the directed, to other Federal agencies; and (g.) Provide functions of the Coastal Engineering Research Center specialized training in coastal engineering to other be conducted with the guidance and advice of a public agencies. Coastal Engineering Research Board, to be constituted by the Chief of Engineers in the same manner as the Operations and results during fiscal year. The staff of former Beach Erosion Board. Coastal Engineering Research Center reviewed 29 reports for technical adequacy; of which 8 concerned During Fiscal Year 1970 the following served as navigation projects, 19 concerned beach erosion members of the Coastal Engineering Research Board: control projects, one concerned combined beach Major General Francis P. Koisch, U. S. Army, erosion control-navigation project, and one concerned Director of Civil Works, Office Chief of Engineers, a combined beach erosion control-hurricane project. In President; Major General Charles M. Duke, U. S. keeping with the responsibility for publishing in- Army, Division Engineer, North Atlantic Division; formation and data concerning coastal phenomena, 11 Major General Thomas J. Hayes, III, U. S. Army, technical reports by staff members were published by Division Engineer, South Atlantic Division; Brigadier CERC or in other technical journals during the year General William M. Glasgow, Jr., U. S. Army, and 7 others are currently in press. Four abstracts were Division Engineer, South Pacific Division; Brigadier published in technical journals. Three Technical General William W. Watkin, Jr., Division Engineer, Memorandums were issued by Coastal Engineering North Central Division; Dean Morrough P. O'Brien, Research Center and 2 are in preparation to go to University of Dean Emeritus of College of Engineering, press. Four technical manuscripts were published in Hy- California; Dr. Arthur T. Ippen, Professor of the "Miscellaneous Papers" series. Eighteen additional and draulics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, reports are in preparation. The staff worked on 10 of Dr. Robert G. Dean, Chairman of the Department major research or engineering projects for various of Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering, University agencies and prepared 5 reports thereon. A number of was Florida. Lieutenant Colonel Edward M. Willis lesser studies were made and reported on. A training of the Executive Secretary to the Board and Director course in coastal engineering was given to a group of Center. trainees from the Board of Engineers for Rivers and The Coastal Engineering Research Center is the Harbors, and lectures were given by staff members to principal research and development facility of the universities and to technical and non-technical groups. Corps in the field of coastal engineering. The mission of Members of the staff part participated in a number of the Center is to: (a.) Conceive, plan and conduct committees of various technical societies. Research to research and development in the field of coastal supplement staff activities was carried out at 19 engineering, in order to provide a better understanding universities under 27 contracts, and with 10 institutions of coastal processes. winds, waves, tides, currents, and and commercial concerns; funds were also provided to materials as they apply to navigation, recreation, flood the Waterways Experiment Station to assist in the and storm protection, shore and beach erosion control, construction of the generalized tidal inlet model basins shore structures, and offshore islands and structures; and to continue work on mathematical modelling of (b.) Conceive, plan and conduct research on the effects harbor surging and on the study of underwater soil
1263 REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U.S. ARMY 1970 mechanics. At the end of the year work and studies by and updating of Technical Report No. 4, Shore the staff were in progress on: the characteristics of Protection and Planning; the use of the middle ground ocean waves as determined by actual measurement at a shoal area as a deposition trap in sand bypassing; and number of field locations; the characteristics of coastal the evaluation of completed coastal works. inlets; the analysis of wave spectra; the sources of sand for use as beach fill; the durability of various pile Research work at the Coastal Engineering Research coatings in the surf zone; the relation of littoral drift to Center, or being done at other institutions for the incident waves; the techniques for measuring littoral Center, was financed primarily by Coastal Engineering drift rates; embankment stability under wave action; Research and Development Funds, General Expense the effectiveness of vegetation for dune stabilization; Funds and Engineering Studies Funds. For FY 1970 coastal problems peculiar to the Alaskan environment; appropriated and allotted funds in these three cat- the geomorphology of Atlantic coastal zone; the egories amounted to $3,100,000, $245,000, and $75,000 ecological effects of offshore dredging; the correlation respectively. Reimbursable work done for others of wave climate and beach deformation; the revision provided another $89,000 for in house use.
1264 CALIFORNIA DEBRIS COMMISSION*
This Commission, consisting of three Corps officers of Suisun Bay ultimately discharging into Pacific appointed by the President with the consent of the Ocean through connecting bays and straits and the Senate, created by act of March 1, 1893 (27 Stat. L., p. Golden Gate. Duties of the Commission comprise 507), was organized in San Francisco, Calif., on June 8, regulation of hydraulic mining in drainage area of 1893, and has jurisdiction and duties extending over Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, Calif., so that debris will not be carried into navigable waters or drainage area of Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, otherwise cause damage; jurisdiction over construction comprising great central valley of California and and control of water storage facilities for domestic, extending from crest of Sierra Nevada on the east to irrigation, and power development purposes; and that of Coast Range on the west, and from Mount direction of improvements for control of floods on Shasta and Pitt River Basin on the north to Tehachapi Sacramento River. Mountains on the south. These rivers empty into head
IMPROVEMENTS
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1. Regulation of hydraulic mining and 3. Treatment of Yuba River debris preparation of plans ...... 1265 situation-restraining barriers, California ...... 1266 2. Sacramento River and tributaries, Flood Control California (debris control) ...... 1266 4. Sacramento River, Calif...... 1267 __ NAVIGATION 1. REGULATION OF HYDRAULIC permits to operate are issued to those who provide MINING AND PREPARATION OF satisfactory debris-restraining basins by construction of PLANS suitable dams where necessary or agree to make payment for storage in Government-constructed, Location. Operations largely limited to territory debris-restraining reservoirs constructed under act of between Mount Lassen on the north and Yosemite June 19, 1934, as set forth below. For location and Valley on the south, on western watershed of Sierra description of Government-constructed, debris-re- Geological Survey sheets for the area, 25 Nevada. (See straining reservoirs for general hydraulic mining see in number.) Improvement 2. (See table 44-B for authorizing Existing project. Provides for regulating hydraulic legislation.) mining operations, planning improvement of con- must bear all expenses ditions upon Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers and Local cooperation. Mineowners with orders of the Commission their tributaries affected by such operations, and incurred in complying and restraint of debris. preparation of plans to enable hydraulic mining to be for regulation of mining resumed in their drainage areas. In addition, the Operations and results during fiscal year. Inspected Secretary of Army is authorized to enter into contracts Hydraulic mines to determine compliances of min- to supply storage for water and use of outlet facilities eowners with requirements of license issued. Ad- from debris-storage reservoirs for domestic and ir- ministrative work overlaps that of improvements 2, 3, rigation purposes and power development, upon such and 4, hereunder, and that of Sacramento District. conditions of delivery, use, and payment as he may Condition at end offiscal year. The Commission received approve. Applications of prospective miners are fully 1,292 applications for hydraulic mining licenses; 3 investigated by California Debris Commission and mines are licensed, none of which use storage behind
* All cost and financial statements for projects are listed at the end of this chapter. All other tables are referenced in text and also appear at the end of this chapter.
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Government debris dams. Work remaining is, in to be made to the Federal Government of $18,000 per general, continuation of above or similar operations. year for the first 30 years (December 29, 1942-1972) and $48,000 per year between December 29, 1972, and 2. SACRAMENTO RIVER AND December 29, 1992, in return for use of head at TRIBUTARIES, CALIFORNIA (DEBRIS Englebright Dam and generation of hydroelectric CONTROL) power. Total payment through June 30, 1970, amounts to $486,100; these funds are paid to California Debris Location. Project reservoirs are to be constructed in Commission and deposited for credit by Director of watersheds of Yuba, Bear, and American Rivers, Calif. Internal Revenue to "Debris Fund." (See Geological Survey sheets for basin areas, seven in number.) Operations and results during fiscal year. New work: Existing project. Designed to permit resumption of Englebright Reservoir, Code 710 funds-Engineering hydraulic mining on a substantial scale and provides continued. Maintenance: Maintenance and operation for construction of reservoirs for purpose of retaining activities continued at North Fork Dam at a cost of $30, mining debris. North Fork Reservoir is on North Fork 112, including recreation facilities ($7,726); and at of American River about 5 miles northeast of city of Harry L. Englebright Dam at a cost of $57,868, Auburn and 40 miles northeast of Sacramento. Dam is including recreation facilities ($23,392), and excluding 155 feet high, 620 feet long, and reservoir has debris" an addition to operators quarters at Harry L. En- storage capacity of 26 million cubic yards. Harry L. glebright Dam accomplished by contract, $14,444. Englebright Reservoir is on Yuba River about 20 miles Condition at end of fiscalyear. Construction of dams was northeast of city of Marysville. Dam is 280 feet high, 1, initiated in 1937; North Fork Dam and Reservoir was 142 feet long, and reservoir has a debris storage completed and in use at end of fiscal year 1939; and capacity of 118 million cubic yards. Completed Harry L. Englebright Dam and Reservoir was com- reservoirs are also utilized for recreation purposes; pleted in January 1941. The two debris-control initial facilities were provided in fiscal year 1959. structures are in good condition. Public use of these Recreation areas at Harry L. Englebright Reservoir reservoir recreation areas greatly overtaxes present are maintained by the Corps. Recreation areas at capacities. North Fork Reservoir are maintained and operated by Auburn Recreation Park and Parkway District. Total Federal cost of new work for construction of these 3. TREATMENT OF YUBA RIVER reservoirs was $4,646,872, including $40,000 for DEBRIS SITUATION-RESTRAINING recreation facilities. Cost of recreation areas at North BARRIERS, CALIFORNIA Fork Dam was $57,500. It is estimated (July 1970) that Location. Works are on Yuba River between Mar- improvements to recreation areas will cost $1,173,000 ysville and where the river emerges from the foothills, for Harry L. Englebright Dam. Reservoir project sites near Hammonton, some 10 miles easterly from on Middle Fork of American River and on Bear River Marysville, or about 9 miles below the Narrows. (See are considered inactive and excluded from foregoing Geological Survey Topographic map of Sacramento cost estimate. Estimated cost of this portion is $1,820, Valley, Calif.) 000 (1935). Existing project was adopted by River and Harbor Act of 1935 (Rivers and Harbors Committee Existing project. Provides for storage of mining debris Doc. 50, 74th Cong., 1st sess.). For latest published within riverbed of Yuba River, a nonnavigable stream, map, see project document. Act of November 6, 1945, to keep such debris from passing into Feather and provided that dam constructed at Upper Narrows site Sacramento Rivers to detriment of navigation therein. on Yuba Rivdr, Calif., should thereafter be Harry L. Improvement consists of a debris barrier, a 40-foot wide Englebright Dam. reinforced concrete stepped slab with upstream and downstream cutoff walls; training walls 85,100 feet Local cooperation. Satisfactory assurances were fur- long which provide a 600-foot wide channel above and nished the Secretary of the Army for repayment of a 500-foot wide channel b elow dam; dikes across capital cost of reservoir from taxes on material overflow channels; and protective works downstream hydraulically mined, under licenses, and impounded in to maintain Yuba River in its confined channel to its these reservoirs. These funds are paid to Director of junction with Feather River at Marysville. Total cost of Internal Revenue then credited by Treasurer of the new work was $723,259, of which $361,482 was U.S. United States to Hydraulic Mining in California funds and $361,777 required contributed funds by Debris fund. Improvements made to facilities at North State of California. (For details of project in its original Fork Dam and Reservoir by Auburn Recreation Park form, see Annual Report, 1917, p. 1810.) In February and Parkway District under a lease agreement with the 1963, center section of dam failed and major re- Secretary of the Army and Auburn Boat Clubs habilitation of structure was completed in December (concessionaire) at an estimated cost of $46,000 since 1964. Total cost for required rehabilitation was $1,660, September 1953. 000, of which $830,000 was Federal cost and $830,000 Licenses. Under provisions of Contract No. W-1105- required contribution by State of California toward eng-2998 with Pacific Gas and Electric Co., payment is rehabilitation cost. During the December 24, 1964,
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floodflows on the Yuba River, the rehabilitated permanent rehabilitation of structure was initiated in Daguerre Point Dam sustained considerable damage. July and completed in October 1965. (See 1965 Annual Report, p. 1647 "Operations and results during fiscal year.") The reconstructed portion of the dam completed earlier in December 1964 was FLOOD CONTROL undamaged by the flood. Permanent repair of Da- guerre Point Dam abutment and fish facilities was 4. SACRAMENTO RIVER, CALIF. at a cost of $447,808 with completed in October 1965 Location. Works covered by this improvement are on Federal and required State contributed funds on a Sacramento River and tributaries in north-central matching basis. Existing project was adopted in a California from Collinsville to Ord Bend, a distance of ratherindefinite form by River and Harbor Act of 1896 184 miles. and in its more definite form by River and Harbor Act of 1902 (H. Doc. 431, 56th Cong., 1st sess.). (For latest Previous project. For details see page 1815 of Annual published map, see Geological Survey topographic Report for 1917, page 1995 of Annual Report for 1938, map of Sacramento Valley, Calif.) and page 2262 of Annual Report for 1907. Local cooperation. Fully complied with for new work Existing project. Sacramento River flood control and major rehabilitation work. Total first cost to local project is a comprehensive plan of flood control for interests for new work was $361,777, all of which was Sacramento River and lower reaches of its principal required contribution by State of California. In tributaries. Improvement extends along Sacramento addition, training walls were built on each bank below River from Ord Bend in Glenn County, Calif., 184 Daguerre Point for 11,250 feet and just above Daguerre miles downstream to its mouth at Collinsville at upper Point, on the south bank, for 11,000 linear feet by two end of Suisun Bay, and comprises a system of levees, gold-dredging companies in connection with their overflow weirs, drainage pumping plants, and flood dredging operations. It was estimated (1902) that it bypass channels or floodways designed to carry surplus would have cost the United States $450,000 to build floodwaters without inundation of valley lands. About these training walls. Flood channels were also built by 980 miles of levee construction with an average height gold-dredging companies within the confines of the of 15 feet, and 98 miles of bank protection are involved For further details, see Annual Report for project works. It was estimated (1926) that cost of in project. 44-B for authorizing equally effective works to restrain debris movement 1962, page 2115. (See table legislation.) would have been more than $776,000 to the United Approved estimated (July 1970) cost for existing States. Total costs to local interests for initial and project (exclusive of above supplemental levee im- permanent major rehabilitation works were $830,000 provements), including new work and maintenance, is and $223,904, respectively, all of which was required $163,640,000 of which $68,640,000 is Federal cost and contribution by State of California. State of California $95 million non-Federal ($90,050,562 for lands and must contribute annually an amount equal to the damages and relocations and $4,949,438 required Federal allotment for maintenance. contributed funds for levee construction, bank pro- Operations and results during fiscal year. Maintenance: tection works, and levee setbacks). Of this amount $4, Operations included condition and operation studies, 939,752 was for new work and $9,686 for maintenance. and preparation of plans and specifications, by hired In addition to project requirements, local interests labor. Bank restoration and stone protection was constructed several pumping plants for drainage of accomplished along right and left banks Yuba River, agricultural and urban land protected by project various locations upstream from Marysville, at a levees. Also, some channel clearing work was ac- contract cost of $33,127. In addition, repair of complished by State of California and other local Daguerre Dam was accomplished at a contract cost of interests to supplement project levee construction. $14,840. Dredging below Cache Slough and reconstruction of Condition at end of fiscal year. Construction of project Cache Creek settling basin weir are considered works was initiated in November 1902. Construction of deferred and excluded from foregoing cost estimate. Daguerre Point Dam was completed in May 1906; Estimated cost (July 1962) of these project units is $2, diversion of river over dam was completed in 1910; 560,000 and $520,000, respectively, a total of $3,080, training walls and dikes were completed in 1935. 000, plus U.S. costs, for construction. Operation and About 140 million cubic yards of debris are held in maintenance of completed project will be responsibility lower 7 miles of Yuba River between Marysville and of local interests; as units of project are completed, they downstream end of training walls. About 20 million are transferred to agencies of State of California for cubic yards are confined in river channel by Daguerre operation and maintenance. Existing project was Point Dam. Additional millions of yards of loose adopted by 1917 Flood Control Act (H. Doc. 81, 62d material are in mine tailing fields adjacent to project Cong., 1st sess., as modified by Rivers and Harbors training walls in upper 7-mile reach of project. Initial Committee Doc. 5, 63d Cong., 1st sess.), 1928 Flood rehabilitation of Daguerre Point Dam begun in July Control Act (S. Doc. 23, 69th Cong., 1st sess.), River 1963 was completed in December 1964. Contract for and Harbor Act of 1937 (S. Committee print 75th
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Cong., 1st sess.), and 1941 Flood Control Act (H. Doc. per second; two cutoff channels; two sets of outfall 205, 77th Cong., 1st sess.). gates; channel improvement and clearing in Sac- Local cooperation. Local interests have fully complied ramento River, Butte Creek, Putah Creek, and Sutter with requirements for all work completed or under and Tisdale Bypasses; construction of two main contract, and indicated they will be able to fulfill bypasses or floodways and secondary bypasses at requirements for remaining work as scheduled. Local Tisdale and Sacramento weirs and at Wadsworth interests costs from required contributed funds for Canal; construction of Knights Landing ridge cut and project work total $4,949,438 for levee construction, of Cache Creek settling basin; installation of gaging bank-protection works, and levee setbacks, of which $4, stations; and enlargement of Sacramento River below 939,752 was for new work and $9,686 for maintenance. Cache Slough. Cutoffs at Collins Eddy and between Wild Irishman and Kinneys Bends were made in 1918 Operations and results during fiscal year. Regular funds: and 1919, respectively. Sacramento weir was com- Engineering continued and miscellaneous minor work pleted in 1917, Fremont weir in 1924, Tisdale and in connection with levee construction was ac- Moulton weirs in 1932, and Colusa weir in 1933. complished by hired labor. Project prevented an Outfall gates at Knights Landing were constructed in estimated $100,000 in damages from the January 1970 1930 and at mouth of Butte Slough in 1936. Pumping flood. plants on Sutter Bypass were completed in 1944. Work Condition at end of fiscalyear. Construction of existing items with reference to clearing, snagging, rectification project began in fiscal year 1918 and is about 99 of channels, and bank protection on Sacramento River percent complete. Channel improvement to date has and tributaries in Tehama County and from Red Bluff produced a channel with a capacity of 579,000 cubic southerly, provided for by 1941 Flood Control Act were feet per second in Sacramento River below Cache accomplished in fiscal years 1947, 1948, 1949, and Slough. In addition, discharges up to 21,000 cubic feet 1951. Work remaining comprises completion of levee per second can be diverted from Sacramento River stage construction, Yolo Bypass and Cache Slough. through Georgiana Slough. Completed major project (See table 44-C for total cost of existing project to June items include about 977 miles of levees; five weirs with 30, 1970.) (See also table 44-D for contributed funds, a combined discharge capacity of 602,000 cubic feet other.)
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TABLE 44-A COST AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT
See Section Cost to in Text Project Funding FY67 FY68 FY69 FY70 June 30, 1970
1. Regulation of Maint.: Hydraulic Mining Approp. $4,432 $2,974 $2,154 $ 4,840 $ 818,714 and Preparation Cost 4,432 2,974 2,154 4,840 818,714 of Plans 2. Sacramento River New Work: and Tributaries, Approp. 130,000 68,000 12,000 5,009,3751,2 Calif. (Debris Cost 37,964 178,585 16,628 74 5,009,3751,3 Control) Maint.: Approp. 68,000 114,439 68,271 104,263 1,213,9784 Cost 72,472 129,508 68,297 102,424 1,211,1785 3. Treatment of Yuba New Work: River Debris Situ- Approp. 361,482 ation Restraining Cost 361,482 Barriers, Calif. (Federal Funds) Maint.: Approp. 50,000 36,804 28,873 44,498 1,450,6936 Cost 42,512 44,331 28,876 33,955 1,440,1506 Rehab.: Approp. -1,096 1,053,904 Cost 1,053,904 (Required Contrib- New Work: uted Funds) Contrib. 361,777 Cost 361,777 Maint.: Contrib. 60,000 50,000 1,450,223 Cost 42,512 44,306 28,897 33,955 1,439,856 Rehab.: Contrib. -26,096 1,053,904 Cost 1,053,904 (Contributed New Work: 7 Funds, Other) Contrib. 34,000 Cost 34,000 4. Sacramento River, New Work: Calif. (Federal Approp. 45,000 12,000 294 12,000 67,243,235 Funds) Cost 45,521 29,774 2,921 6,937 67,237,7978 Maint.: Approp. 1,979,104 Cost 1,979,104 (Contributed New Work: Funds) Contrib. 10,684,2189 Cost 10,684,218 Maint.: Contrib. 9,68610 Cost 9,68610
1. Exclusive of $644,503 appropriation and costs on in- 7. Miscellaneous engineering and construction accomplished active portion of project. at expense of local interests in connection with rehabilitation of 2. Includes $362,498 for recreational facilities at North Daguerre Point Dam necessitated by December 1964 floodflows. Fork and Harry L. Englebright Reservoirs, Code 710 appro- 8. Includes appropriation and cost of $680,000 for new priations. work for previous project and $1,486,469 public works funds 3. Includes $362,499 for recreational facilities at North for new work for existing project. Fork and Harry L. Englebright Reservoirs, Code 710 appro- 9. Includes $680,000 required contribution for previous priations. project; $4,939,752 required contributed funds for existing 4. Includes $764,340 from regular funds and $449,638 from project; and $310,801 voluntary contribution for bank protec- Hydraulic Mining in California funds. tion for existing project. 5. Includes $761,540 from regular funds and $449,638 from 10. Includes $9,686 required contributed funds for existing Hydraulic Mining in California funds. project. 6. Includes deferred maintenance funds in amount of $207,500.
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TABLE 44-B AUTHORIZING LEGISLATION
Acts Work Authorized Documents
REGULATION OF HYDRAULIC MINING AND PREPARATION OF PLANS (See Section 1 of Text) Mar. 1, 1893 Created California Debris Commission and author- Ex. Doc. 267, 51st Cong., ized: (a) Hydraulic mining under its regulation 2d sess., Ex. Doc. 98, 1 in drainage areas of Sacramento and San Joaquin 47th Cong., 1st sess. Rivers, if possible without injury to navigability of these river systems or to lands adjacent thereto; and (b) preparation of plans by Commission for im- provement of navigability of these river systems, and flood and debris-control therein. Feb. 27, 1907 Authorized California Debris Commission to permit (Amendment of sec. 13, Act hydraulic mining without construction of impound- of Mar. 1, 1893.)1 ing works, provided there is no injury to navi- gability of above river systems or lands adjacent thereto. June 19, 1934 Amended Act of Mar. 1, 1893, which provides for con- struction of debris dams or other restraining works by California Debris Commission and collection of a 3-percent tax on gross proceeds of each mine using such facilities, so as to eliminate this tax and substitute an annual tax per cubic yard mined, ob- tained by dividing total capital cost of each dam, reservoir, and rights-of-way, by total capacity of reservoir for restraint of debris; and authorized revocation of Commission orders permitting such mining, for failure to pay this annual tax within 30 days after its due date; and also authorized receipt of money advances, from mineowners to aid such construction, to be refunded later from annual payments of yardage taxes on material mined. June 25, 1938 Added at end of Sec. 23 of above Act, a provision that Secretary of the Army is authorized to enter into contracts to supply storage for water and use of outlet facilities from debris-storage reservoirs for domestic and irrigation purposes and power development, upon such conditions of delivery, use, and payment as he may approve, these payments are to be deposited to credit of such reservoir project, reducing its capital cost to be repaid by tax on mining operations.
SACRAMENTO RIVER, CALIF. (See Section 4 of Text) Dec. 22, 1944 Additional levee construction and reconstruction, H. Docs, 649, 78th Cong., and May 17, including levee protection of Upper Butte Basin, 2d sess., and 367, 81st 2 1950 and multipurpose reservoirs. Cong., 1st sess. July 3, 1958 Bank protection and incidental channel improve- H. Doc. 272, 84th Cong., ments, Sacramento River from Chico Landing to 2d sess. Red Bluff, and local interests flood plain zoning 2 above Chico Landing. July 14, 1960 Bank protection works at critical locations, S. Doc. 103, 86th Cong., 2 Sacramento River. 2d sess.
1. For latest published map, see Annual Report for 1913, p. 2. This supplemental work is reported in detail under 3170, and Rivers and Harbors Committee Document 50, 74th Sacramento District, Improvement No. 28. Cong., 1st sess.
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TABLE 44-C SACRAMENTO RIVER, CALIF.: TOTAL COST OF EXISTING PROJECT TO JUNE 30, 1970 (See Section 4 of Text)
Funds New Work Maintenance Total
Regular $65,071,328 $1,979,104 $67,050,432 Public Works 1,486,469 - 1,486,469 Total U.S. $66,557,797 $1,979,104 $68,536,901 Contributed Project Work 4,939,752 9,686 4,949,438 Contributed, Other 5,064,466 5,064,466 Total All Funds $76,562,015 $1,988,790 $78,550,805
1. Excludes $429,671 representing book value of plant purchased with previous project funds and transferred to existing project with- out reimbursement.
TABLE 44-D SACRAMENTO RIVER, CALIF.: RIVERS AND HARBORS, CONTRIBUTED FUNDS, OTHER (FY 1970) (See Section 4 of Text)
Appropriations Expenditures Unexp. Unoblig. Project Bal. Bal. New Work Maintenance Total New Work Maintenance Total 6/30/70 6/30/70
Sacramento River FCP $ - $ $ - $-- $ - $ - Sacramento R. & M&M Tribs. - - - - 3,427 3,427 Totals, FY 1970 ------3,427 3,427 Totals to June 30, 1970: Sacramento River 2 FCP 10,684,218 9,686 10,693,904 10,684,218 9,686 10,693,904 Sacramento R. & 1 M&M Tribs. 1,607,238 - 1,607,238 1,603,811 - 1,603,811 Sacramento R., Chico Landing to Red Bluff 25,582 - 25,582 25,582 - 25,582 Emergency FC Work - 48,014 48,014 - 48,014 48,014 American River 54,019 - 54,019 54,019 - 54,019 Totals to June 30, 1970 $12,371,057 $57,700 $12,428,757 $12,367,630: $57,700 $12,425,330
1. Excludes funds contributed by State Highway Department under Project No. 811, contributed funds, other. 2. Includes $680,000 for previous project.
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U.S. ARMY ENGINEER WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION
Organization and Functions. The Chief of Engineers, by services, including establishment of control laboratories letter dated June 18, 1929, to the President of the and training field personnel. Subject to approval by the Mississippi River Commission, directed establishment Chief of Engineers, studies can also be undertaken for of an hydraulic laboratory in the alluvial valley of the other agencies. Mississippi. This institution is the Waterways Ex- The Waterways Experiment Station also operates periment Station, with installations at Vicksburg and for the Corps a central agency for analysis and Jackson, Miss. It was initially established in 1929, dissemination of technical information, particularly in, under jurisdiction of the President, Mississippi River but not necessarily limited to, fields covered by Commission. By General Order 9, Office, Chief of Hydraulics, Soils, and Concrete Divisions. In con- Engineers, July 29, 1949, the station was transferred to nection with this fact-disseminating service, the station the direct jurisdiction of the Chief of Engineers, maintains an extensive scientific and engineering effective August 10, 1949. Colonel Ernest D. Peixotto, reference library and issues publications of general Corps of Engineers, is director. interest, which can aid materially in eliminating The organization is the principal field agency of the dduplication of effort throughout the Corps in the Corps for the conduct of scientific and engineering conduct of experimental studies. During Fiscal Year research, development, and investigational activities in 1970, 160 reports of individual studies conducted at the technical fields of hydraulics, ground mobility, flexible Waterways Experiment Station, 7 translations, 20 pavements, soils other than those phases involving contract reports, and 28 miscellaneous publications for seasonal frost and permafrost, nuclear and con- the Waterways Experiment Station and other offices ventional weapons effects on structures, terrain and were distributed to Corps offices and interested outside waterways, and concrete other than those phases agencies. In addition, editing and printing units directly relating to design and construction of rigid completed about 2,650 miscellaneous assignments for pavements. On a reimbursable basis, Waterways the Waterways Experiment Station and other offices. Experiment Station performs experimental studies and applied research, and provides consulting services Operations and Results During Fiscal Year. Work pertaining to problems encountered throughout the accomplished at the Waterways Experiment Station is, Corps as are within its broad capabilities in its assigned in general, initially financed by a revolving fund, fields. Such services include model and prototype reimbursement being obtained directly from agencies studies, engineering and analytical design studies for whom work is performed. Cost for operation of including blast and shock effects, laboratory research station for fiscal year 1970 was $22,789,362, of which concerning portland cement and bituminous concrete $19,789,299 was charged to establishments served for mixture proportioning, laboratory testing, and field research investigations and related services, and $3, investigations. Field investigation services include 000,063 for permanent improvements and equipment. planning, accomplishment, and analysis of: com- Of the reimbursable work, $6,255,277 was charged to prehensive exploration of soil and rock formations; civil funds, $13,413,092 to military funds, and $120,930 comprehensive examination and inspection of port- to nongovernmental agencies. Work includes $2,039, land-cement concrete structures in service, including 247 performed by contract. Total cost incurred for use of nondestructive testing procedures; in- operation of the Waterways Experiment Station to strumentation systems to measure water velocities and June 30, 1970 was $265,093,711, of which $248,243,499 directions and to determine pressures, deflections, and represents reimbursable cost and $16,850,212 the strains in engineering structures; telemetry systems, unamortized cost of permanent improvements and principally for hydrologic data; and field inspection equipment.
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PERMANENT INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NAVIGATION CONGRESSES
The United States by act of June 28, 1902, the American Section and the U. S. members of the appropriated $3,000 a year for support and main- Permanent International Commission. tenance of the Permanent International Commission of The Director of Civil Works, Office of the Chief of Navigation Congresses and for payment of the actual Engineers, U. S. Army; and Resident Member, Board expenses of properly accredited national delegates of of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, are the ex-officio the United States to meetings of the Congresses and Chairman and Secretary, respectively, of the National Commission. An increase in the appropriation of $5, Commission. The Secretary handles all administrative 000 annually was authorized by 1948 River and matters of the American Section. Harbor Act. The 1965 River and Harbor Act au- During fiscal year 1970, the National Commissioners thorized an appropriation of $22,000. Of this amount, were: Maj. Gen. F. P. Koisch, USA' ex-officio $2,375 is paid by the American Section directly to the Chairman; Co. A. D. Wilder, CE, USA, ex-oficio International Association with headquarters in Brus- Secretary; Mr. Jerome O. Ackerman; Col. Carl H. sels, Belgium. Bronn, USA (Ret.); Mr. Braxton B. Carr; Mr. Mark S. The objective of the Association-to promote the Gurnee; Mr. J. W. Hershey; Mr. Joseph H. McCann; progress of inland and maritime navigation-is met by Mr. Duane Orr; and Mr. Theodore M. Schad.d. Brig. holding International Congresses and publishing Gen. Herbert D. Vogel, USA (Ret.), and Mr. Carl B.. technical bulletins and other documents. The Con- Jansen are honorary members of the Commission. gresses are held in various member countries, usually at The annual meeting of the Permanent International 4-year intervals. The Association is supported prin- Commission was held in Lisbon, Portugal, on May 19, cipally by member governments, but membership also 1970, and was attended by the 10 National Com- extends to corporations and individuals. Member missioners and Maj. Gen. Charles G. Holle USA governments are represented at the Congresses and at (Ret.), the Honorary Member of the Permanent meetings of the Permanent International Commission International Commission from the United States. by delegates, the number of official delegates to be Membership of the American Section on June 30, determined by the amount of the annual subsidy paid 1970, totaled 712, consisting of 641 individuals and 63 by the government, but not to exceed 10 in number. corporate members. A total of 40 new individual Corporate members may send one official rep- members and 8 new corporate members were added resentative to the Congresses. Individual membership during the fiscal year, and 1 life and 64 individual is of two classes-Annual and Life, depending on the members deleted either through resignation, death, or method of payment of dues. non-payment of dues. The affairs of the Association are managed by the Federal funds from annual appropriations were Permanent International Commission composed of expended as follows: Annual U. S. Contribution to delegates from the supporting governments. The Association, $2,375; expenses of representatives to National Commission constitutes the governing body of annual meeting in Lisbon, $6,049; publications, $25; total obligations, $8,449.
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INVESTIGATIONS AND SUPERVISION OF PROJECTS UNDER FEDERAL WATER POWER ACT
The Federal Water Power Act of June 10, 1920, other structures affecting navigation have been ap- created the Federal Power Commission, composed of proved by the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of the Secretaries of War, Interior, and Agriculture, with the Army. There is further provision whereby any authority to grant permits and licenses for hy- person or corporation intending to construct hy- droelectric developments in all waters over which droelectric project works in any stream over which Congress has jurisdiction. The act further required that Congress has jurisdiction, other than navigable waters, work of the Commission be performed by and through shall file a declaration of intention for the purpose of the Departments of War, Interior, and Agriculture, ascertaining whether or not jurisdiction of the Federal and their engineering, technical, and other personnel, Power Commission will attach. except as may be otherwise provided by law. By an act The following work of an engineering nature was of June 23, 1930, entitled "An Act to reorganize the assigned and accomplished during the fiscal year: 23 Federal Power Commission," sections 1 and 2 of the plans approved by Chief of Engineers and Secretary of Federal Water Power Act of 1920 were amended. A the Army in accordance with sec. 4 (e) of the Federal commission was provided for, to be composed of five Water Power Act; 33 reports submitted on applications commissioners to be appointed by the President, by for preliminary permits or licenses or amendments and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The thereto and reports on licensed projects subject to necessity of performing work through the Departments recapture; and 8 licenses under supervision. of War, Interior, and Agriculture was removed and the Necessary expenses in excess of nominal amounts for Commission authorized to appoint such officers and transportation and subsistance of personnel engaged in employees as necessary in executing its functions. By investigations and cost of supervision under provisions title II, Public Utility Act of 1935, the original Federal of the Federal Power Act are paid from appropriations Water Power Act was made part I of the Federal Power made for the Power Commission. All other costs of Act, and parts II and III added to that act. The law administration of laws in question are paid from funds also provides that no waterpower license affecting available for general expense of the Corps of Engineers. navigable capacity of any navigable waters of the No expenses were paid from appropriations made for United States shall be issued until plans of the dam or the Federal Power Commission during the fiscal year.
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IMPROVEMENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Page 1. Miscellaneous Activities ...... 1279 2M. International Prairie Portage Board of 2. International Boundary Waters Boards1280 Control ...... 1289 2A. International St. Croix River Board of 2N International Rainy Lake Board of Control ...... 1280 C ontrol ...... 1290 2B. International Saint John River Engineering Board ...... 1281 20. International Lake of the Woods 2C. International Lake Memphremagog Control Board ...... 1290 Board ...... 1281 2P. International Pembina River 2D. International Lake Champlain Board Engineering Board ...... 1291 of Control ...... 1281 2E. International St. Lawrence River Board 2Q. International Souris-Red Rivers of C ontrol ...... 1282 Engineering Board ...... 1291 2F. International Niagara Board of Control 1283 2R. International Kootenay Lake Board of 2G. International Niagara Committee ...... 1284 Control ...... 1292 2H. American Falls International Board ..... 1285 2S. International Osoyoos Lake Board of 21. International Great Lakes Levels Board 1286 Control ...... 1292 2J. Coordinating Committee on Great 2T. International Skagit River Board of Lakes Basic Hydraulic and Control ...... 1292 Hydrologic Data ...... 1287 2K. International Great Lakes Study Group 1288 2U. Columbia River Treaty Entities ...... 1293 2L. International Lake Superior Board of 2V. Columbia River Treaty Permanent C ontrol ...... 1289 Engineering Board ...... 1293
1. MISCELLANEOUS ACTIVITIES. regulation established or modified under sec. 10, River and Harbor Act of March 3, 1899; 4 harbor lines In addition to the work of improving rivers and established or modified under provisions of Sec. 11, harbors, civil works of a miscellaneous character as River and Harbor Act of March 3,1899; 12 navigation indicated below have been committed to the Corps of regulations established or modified under provisions of Engineers. sec. 7, River and Harbor Act of August 8, 1917; 7,965 permits issued for work or structures in navigable Work accomplished. The work of the fiscal year is waters under provisions of sec. 10, River and Harbor summarized as follows: 3 danger zone regulations Act of March 3, 1899, and 221 revised plans were established or modified under provisions of ch. XIX of approved; and 71 sunken vessels removed under the Army Act of July 9, 1918, or sec. 7 of the River and provisions of secs. 19 and 20, River and Harbor Act of Harbor Act of August 8, 1917; 1 dumping grounds March, 1899, and 161 sunken vessels were investigated regulation established or modified under provisions of and either removed by owner or removal was not sec. 4, River and Harbor Act of March 3,1899; I1fishing considered necessary.
* All cost and financial statements for projects are listed at the end of this chapter. All other tables are referenced in text and also appear at the end of this chapter.
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Funds: For funds with which the miscellaneous civil operation of the dam, insofar as is necessary to insure works were prosecuted during the fiscal year see Table the observance of the provisions of this Order, be under 48-A. the supervision of the International St. Croix River Board of Control. On November 19, 1965, the Com- 2. INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY mission directed the Board of Control, in addition to WATERS BOARDS. the duties previously assigned, to carry out the duties contained in the Order of Approval dated October 15, In order to carry out United States obligations under 1965, for the construction of the storage dam at international agreements, the Office of the Chief of Vanceboro and requested that future reports be Engineers and several Divisions and Districts of the submitted semi-annually. Corps with jurisdiction over areas bordering Canada, have representation on numerous Boards and Com- Members of the Board for fiscal year. Colonel Frank P. mittees. The majority of these Boards are established Bane, Division Engineer, U. S. Army Engineer by the International Joint Commission (IJC) as Division, New England, Waltham, Massachusetts, empowered in accordance with the provisions of the United States Member, and Mr. John E. Peters, Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909 between the United District Engineer, Inland Waters Branch, Department States and Great Britain (Canada). IJC Boards fall of Energy, Mines and Resources, Ottawa, Ontario, into two broad categories; boards of control, which are Canadian Member. more or less permanent; and engineering or technical Operations during fiscal year. Supervision was main- boards, which are usually dissolved after completing tained and inspections were made by the Canadian their assignment. In addition to Boards created by the and the United States members to ensure that the Commission other boards and committees are created Orders of Approval of the International Joint Com- by treaties or other informal arrangement in matters mission were carried out. concerned with the water resources, and the members The New Brunswick Electric Power Commission report directly to the Government or establishing completed the erection of Unit Number 7, a 500 KW agency. A listing of the Boards having Corps of generator in its Milltown Generating Station in Engineers membership follows: December 1969. 2A. THE INTERNATIONAL ST. CROIX The Georgia-Pacific Corporation reports that the RIVER BOARD OF CONTROL construction of its 31,000 KVA, O.9pf thermal electric generating unit at Woodland, Maine, is expected to be Constitution and duties. The Board was organized completed during the fall of 1970. pursuant to conditions in the orders of the In- During the period October - December 1969, the ternational Joint Commission approving the main- Georgia-Pacific Corporation reconstructed their tim- tenance and operation of the dam built by the St. Croix ber storage dam at the outlet of East Grand Lake. Water Power Co. and the Sprague Falls Man- Water Survey of Canada reports that the telemark ufacturing Co., Ltd., across the St. Croix River at equipment has been installed in the Baring In- Grand Falls, Maine, and subsequent agreements ternational Gauging Station in cooperation with the reached between the Governments of the United States United States Geological Survey. of Canada. The Board is charged and the Dominion The Board of Control has been advised that first with the duty of formulating and administering rules order levelling will be extended to the Grand Falls under which the power plant and accessories are to be Dam by the Precise Levelling Section, Department of operated to prevent as nearly as possible a level of Energy, Mines and Resources, Canada, in 1971, or water at the dam higher than 203.5 (mean sea level earlier, if survey programs can be adjusted. datum), and to secure the users of water below Grand Falls the flow of water to which they are entitled. The On July 23, 1969, the United States and the Board is also charged with the supervision of the Canadian members met with officials of the New operation of all fishways on that portion of the St. Croix Brunswick Electric Power Commission and the Geor- River that forms the international boundary. On gia-Pacific Corporation. They toured the facilities of October 2, 1934, the International Joint Commission the Corporation including the pollution control struc- issued an order approving the reconstruction of the tures under construction at Woodland as well as the dam by the Canadian Cottons, Ltd., extending across Milltown Generating Station of the New Brunswick the St. Croix River from Milltown, New Brunswick, Electric Power Commission. Canada, to Milltown, Maine, which contained the In the spring of 1970 high precipitation occurred over following conditions: (a) the reconstructed dam to be the East Branch St. Croix River. This, coupled with operated to insure that the forebay levels rise to no melting snow, caused Spednick and East Grand Lakes higher elevation than that which was obtained in the to fill in April and May. East Grand Lake on May 18, operation of the dam now being replaced; (b) during 1970, slightly exceeded the maximum established by floods the sluiceways of the dam shall be sufficiently the Commission, namely Elev. 434.94, but was im- open to insure passage of the river flow; and (c) the mediately lowered by the owner.
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Proposed operations. Such correspondence and inspection as report to each Government as to the level or levels at may be necessary to carry out the Orders of Approval of the which Lake Memphremagog should, so far as possible, InternationalJoint Commission will be continued. be maintained. At the request of local interests, consideration of the problem was suspended until 1931 2B. INTERNATIONAL SAINT JOHN RIVER when a survey was made. Subsequently a joint report ENGINEERING BOARD by the two members of the Board, dated May 14,1934, was submitted to their respective Governments. This Construction and duties. The Board was established report recommended that the levels of the lake under September 28, 1950 by the International Joint Com- normal flow conditions range between an upper mission to determine if the waters of the Saint John elevation of 682.70 feet above mean sea level (Geodetic River system could be more beneficially conserved and Survey of Canada, 1923 adjustment), and a lower limit regulated. The Board's report was submitted to the of 678.98 feet above the same datum. During flood Commission in April 1953. It outlined several projects, conditions, the sluiceways of the dam shall be so the development of which would be practical and in operated as to reduce the flood water elevations to the the public interest. The Commission submitted its normal regulated level of 682.70 as rapidly as possible. interim report to the two governments in April 1954. The Board was reactivated by both Governments Since then the services of the Board have been retained August 12, 1960 as a result of a complaint on July 20, to advise the Commission, keeping the latter informed 1959, by a resident of Newport, Vt., concerning high annually on any resource developments being at least lake levels due to alleged improper operation of the or proposed by entities in either country. undertaken power plant. Members of the Boardfor fiscalyear. The Board consists Members of the Board for fiscal year. Mr. J. D. McLeod, of four members, two from each country. The Can- Senior Staff Officer, Assistant Deputy Minister adian representatives were Mr. J. D. McLeod, Senior (Water), Department of Energy Mines and Resources, Engineer, Inland Waters Branch, Department of for Canada and Col. Harvey L. Jones, District Energy, Mines and Resources, Ottawa, Ontario, Engineer, U. S. Army Engineer, District, New York for Chairman of the Canadian Section and Mr. J. E. the United States for the period July 1 - 16, 1969 and Bright, Regional Director, Atlantic Region, De- Col. James W. Barnett for the remainder of the fiscal partment of Public Works, Halifax, Nova Scotia. year. The United States representatives were Mr. E. L. Hendricks, Chief Hydrologist, Water Resources Di- Operations during fiscal year. Supervision of the levels vision, U. S. Geological Survey, Washington, D. C., was maintained. A Stevens Telemark signal answering Chairman of the United States Section and Mr. F. L. instrument was installed at the Magog Wharf gaging Thrall, Engineer, Planning Division, U. S. Army, station by the Water Survey of Canada to furnish Office, Chief of Engineers, Washington, D. C. instantaneous water level elevations referred to the Old Datum of the Geodetic Survey of Canada which is 0.13 Operations during fiscal year. The Board did not meet feet less than 1923 adjustment. The Water Resources during the year, but it reviewed developments within Branch of the U. S. Geological Survey records daily the basin and reported to the International Joint readings of the elevation of Lake Memphremagog at Commission on activities of new Brunswick Power Newport Vt. Datum of the gage is 673.00 feet above Commission, unchanged status of the Dickey-Lincoln mean sea level, U. S. Geological Survey 1929 ad- School project, status on sewage treatment facilities in justment which is 0.30 feet higher than the Geodetic the basin, setting of water quality and' uses clas- Survey of Canada, 1923 adjustment. sification on the river by the State of Maine, status of small boat hydrographic charting, that the Canada- 2D. INTERNATIONAL LAKE CHAMPLAIN New Brunswick Saint John River Basin Agreement for BOARD OF CONTROL resource development was signed June 30, 1970 and a major flood occurred in February 1970. Constitution and duties. The Board was organized pursuant to the provisions of the Order of Approval, 2C. INTERNATIONAL LAKE dated June 10, 1937, of the International Joint MEMPHREMAGOG BOARD Commission, approving construction and operation of Constitution and duties. Lake Memphremagog is in certain remedial works in Richelieu River at Fryer's northern Vermont and southeastern Quebec and has as Island, Quebec. The Board is responsible for insuring its outlet Magog River in Canada. In 1920, a petition compliance with provisions of the order of approval of filed by the city of Newport and towns of Derby, insofar as they relate to the regulation of the levels Coventry, and Barton, Vt., alleged they had been Lake Champlain. harmed by high lake levels attributable to construction Members of the Board for fiscalyear. Mr. N. P. Persoage, and operation of power plants on the Magog River. As Inland Waters Branch, Department of Energy, Mines a result, the international board composed of one and Resources, for Canada, and Col. Harvey L. Jones, engineer each from the United States and Canada was District Engineer, U. S. Army Engineer District, New appointed to consider the matter and submit a joint York, for the United States for the period July 1 - 16,
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1969 and Col. James W. Barnett for the remainder of The Canadian members were: Mr. D. M. Ripley, the fiscal year. Director, Marine Hydraulics Branch, Department of Operations during fiscal year. The wall of the lock at St. Transport, Chairman of the Canadian Section; Mr. J. Johns, which had collapsed, was rebuilt in June 1970. B. Bryce, Hydraulic Engineer, Hydro-Electroic Power Studies have been continued by the Canadian De- Commission of Ontario; Mr. Y. DeGuise, Com- partment of Transport to determine the best method of missioner, Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Que- maintaining navigation between the Chambly Basin bec; and Mr. R. H. Clark, Special Adviser to the and St. Johns, Quebec, in view of the rapidly Director, Inland Waters Branch, Department of deteriorating condition of the Chambly Canal. Further -Energy, Mines and Resources. The United States experiments may be carried out with low head at the members were: the Division Engineer, U. S. Army Fryer's Island dam whereby some water will be Engineer Division, North Central, Chairman, ex- impounded to improve conditions at Ile Ste. Therese. officio, U. S. Section; Mr. Thomas M. Crum, Deputy The effect of any such operation will not extend to the Chief, Division of Licensed Projects, Federal upstream of the rapids located between Ile Ste. Therese Power Commission; Mr. J. B. McMorran, Com- and St. Johns. missioner, Department of Transportation, State of New York; and Mr. F. F. Snyder, Hydraulic Engineer. U. S. 2E. INTERNATIONAL ST. LAWRENCE Army, Office, Chief of Engineers, (Retired). Brigadier RIVER BOARD OF CONTROL General W. W. Watkin, Jr. was North Central Division Engineer during the fiscal year, Mr. R. D. Conner, Constitution and duties. The Board was established Power Authority of the State of New York replaced by December 16, 1953 pursuant to the provisions of the Mr. McMorran effective on June 5,1970. Order of Approval dated October 29, 1952, of the during fiscalyear. During the fiscal year the International Joint Commission for the construction of Operations Board met twice and presented two semi-annual certain works for the development of power in the reports to the IJC. At its appearance before the International Rapids Section of the St. Lawrence the Board presented a River. The Commission instructed the Board to Commission on October 1, 1969, statement concerning the low water levels experienced perform the duties assigned to it by the Order of on Lake St. Lawrence during the summer of 1969. In Approval. These responsibilities include the following to the complaints from and on behalf of riparian items: (a) The Board of Control is to determine the reply owners about low lake levels and requests for action to gages, measurements and other services to be provided increase the water level of Lake St. Lawrence, the by the Power Authority of the State of New York and on October 9, 1969 issued a press release the Hydro-Electric Power Commission on Ontario in Commission, explaining the situation on Lake St. Lawrence. The order to furnish accurate records relating to water Commission instructed the Board to investigate and levels and the discharge of water through the works and report on the possibilities and consequences of pro- the regulation of the flow of water through the viding for a measure of emergency relief, on a International Rapids Section; (b) Upon completion of those affected and to advise the the works the duties of the Board shall be to insure that temporary basis, for Commission. The Board investigated two methods, the provisions of the Commission's Orders relating to ponding and discretionary deviations, which might water levels and the regulation of the discharge of provide relief whenever regulation would result in water from Lake Ontario and the flow of water through Lake St. Lawrence levels below a selected elevation. the International Rapids Section are complied with, The conclusion subsequent to this investigation was and the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario that deviations from Plan 1958-D by the Board's and the Power Authority of the State of New York shall discretionary authority may, in some years, be a duly observe any direction given them by the Board of feasible method of improving the low water levels of Control for the purpose of insuring such compliance. Lake St. Lawrence during the recreational seasons. The Board of Control shall report to the Commission at The Board will continue to keep this matter under such times as the Commission may determine; (c) In review and be prepared to exercise its discretionary addition to the reports to be made by the Commission upon recommendations of its Regulation in accordance with the terms of the Orders of authority, Representatives and Operations Advisory Group, as to Approval, the Board was requested to report at the when such deviations are feasible and when payback Commission's semi-annual meetings and also to keep the Commission currently informed with regard to the should occur. discharge of water from Lake Ontario and the flow The Board of Control approved two reports of its through the International Rapids Section of the St. Committee on River Gaging, which provides and Lawrence River; and (d) At a meeting of the maintains a comprehensive program for recording International Joint Commission in Toronto on Jan- river levels and flows and advises the Board. The Power uary 25, 1957, studies of the regulation of Lake Ontario Entities have installed the necessary gages requested to in furtherance of such studies accomplished by the date and the required records are being obtained. Intei national Lake Ontario Board of Engineers, were The levels and overflows of the St. Lawrence project assigned to the Board of Control. have continued to be regulated in accordance with the
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International Joint Commission's Orders of Approval Operations duringfiscal year. The Board met three times dated October 1952 and July 2, 1956, known as during the fiscal year and presented two semi- annual "Regulation Plan 1958-D." reports to the IJC. In 1968 the Power Entities had The supplies to the Great Lakes have remained recommended to the Commission that a later date be generally favorable during the reporting period. There considered for removal of the Niagara River - Lake Board investigated this and were no violations of the approved range of state on Erie ice boom. The reported its findings to the Commission. The Com- Lake Ontario during the reporting period. mission held a public hearing in 1969 to receive Peaking tests were continued throughout the period testimony and evidence from interested parties as to the and ponding was authorized during the non-nav- desirability of providing more flexibility regarding the igation season. There has been no system emergency dates when the ice boom is to be installed and removed. requiring additional flow during the winter season. Based upon the findings of the Board's investigation The Board was advised of a metering program and the hearing, by Supplementary Order dated planned jointly by the St. Lawrence Seaway De- October 3, 1969 the Commission further amended its velopment Corporation and the St. Lawrence Seaway Order of Approval of June 9, 1964 in the matter of the Authority. This program was carried out during the Niagara River - Lake Erie ice boom providing flexible spring of 1970 by the Water Survey of Canada and the dates for closing the boom in the fall and opening it in U. S. Lake Survey, Corps of Engineers. The program the spring in accordance with weather and ice involved flow measurements on the St. Lawrence River conditions. The ice boom was fully reinstalled on at Massena Point and in the North Channel below Decednber 10, 1969 and removed by April 30,1970. The Pollys Gut. The Board had requested its Regulation experience gained during the 1969-70 operations of the Representatives to assist in effecting the necessary boom has shown in particular that the delaying coordination with the Power Entities so that the opening of the boom beyond the first Monday in April, required periods of flow stabilization could be pro- as formerly specified, was beneficial this year to both grammed to produce minimum effect on power shore property and power interests on the Niagara production. River with no material detrimental effects to nav- No problems related to ice formation were en- igation on Lake Erie. Over the past six winters the ice countered during the winter. boom has functioned successfully. The Board has noted the possibility in the event that During the past fiscal year the gates in the control the navigation season is extended on the St. Lawrence structure have been operated to maintain the pool that certain works would need to be provided to assure within the limits set by the Board. On days when there that such extension could be accomplished without are ice runs or storms the normal operating limits for adversely affecting the interests concerned. The Board the Chippawa-Grass Island Pool may be suspended had requested its Operations Advisory Group to take temporarily and, under such circumstances, the Power this matter under consideration and submit a brief Entities diverting water from the pool are expected to thereon. use their best judgment in operating the gates. The Board, assisted by regular reports from its 2F. INTERNATIONAL NIAGARA BOARD Working Committee, has closely observed the op- OF CONTROL eration of the control structure to assure that operation Constitution and duties. The Board was established of the structure was in accordance with the Board's August 19, 1953 by the International Joint Commission instructions. The Board has encountered no unusual to supervise the construction, maintenance and op- maintenance problems during the year. eration of the Niagara Remedial Works, recommended Although the study of means of preserving or by the Commission in its 1953 report on the enhancing the scenic beauty of the American Falls is "Preservation and Enhancement of Niagara Falls." primarily a function of the American Falls In- Members of the Boardfor fiscalyear. The United States ternational Board, some aspects of that study are Members of the Board were the Division Engineer, U. pertinent to the International Niagara Board of S. Army Engineer Division, North Central, ex-officio Control because of their possible effects on levels of the Chairman, U. S. Section; and Mr. T. M. Crum, Maid-of-the-Mist pool, Grass Island pool, etc. Deputy to the Chief, Division of Licensed Projects, Additional temporary diversions from the Niagara Federal Power Commission. Brigadier General W. W. River for power production purposes were allowed Watkin, Jr. was North Central Division Engineer, during the period that a temporary cofferdam was in during the fiscal year. The Canadian Members of the place. Board were Mr. R. H. Clark, Special Adviser to the As requested by the Commission in its letter dated Director, Inland Waters Branch, Department of June 13, 1969, the Board submitted to the Commission Energy, Mines and Resources, Chairman of the by letter dated January 12, 1970 its determination of Canadian Section and Mr. G. Millar, Chief Engineer, total contribution, in cash or in services, which the Harbors and Rivers Engineering Branch, Department Power Authority of the State of New York and the of Public Works. Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario will
1283 REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U.S. ARMY 1970 make toward the cost of the American Falls study due diversions. By an exchange of -notes during January to the diversions. The computed contribution from 1955, the two Governments officially designated the each entity was $276,500 in the currency of its country. representatives appointed in conformance with Article By letters dated February 24, 1970 the Commission VII of the 1950 Treaty as the International Niagara informed the Board that the recommended amount Committee. With regard to flows and diversions, the was approved. Treaty of 1950 became effective October 10, 1950. Eighteen discharge measurements were made at the Under terms of the Treaty, all waters in excess of Austin Street Section of the Niagara River during the certain minimum flows which are required to maintain first part of the Fiscal Year to delineate the full range of the scenic spectacle at Niagara Falls are available for weed effect on the Fort Erie gage. Twelve additional diversion for power and, with the exception of the 5,000 discharge measurements were carried out at the Stella cubic feet per second authorized October 1940 for Niagara Section during pre-arranged steady flow diversion by Canada, are to be allocated equally conditions through the power plants in October, between both countries. Minimum flows over the Falls November and December 1969. These measurements shall not be less than 100,000 cubic feet per second were made to provide an indirect determination, under between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. E.S.T. from April 1 to steady flow conditions, of the discharge past the September 15, and 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. from September 16 Ashland Avenue Gage. to October 31. At all other times the flow over the Falls A study to investigate a proposal to establish an shall not be less than 50,000 cubic feet per second. A aerial metering cableway in the lower Niagara River brief history regarding the measurement and su- immediately upstream of the Robert Moses Power pervision of diversion of waters from the Niagara River Plant is underway. If this proposal is feasible then flow prior to the designation of the representatives ap- past the Ashland Avenue Gage can be measured pointed under Article VII of the 1950 Treaty as the directly instead of indirectly as is done presently by International Niagara Committee is included in the subtracting the outflows of the powerhouses from the Annual Report for 1955. discharge at the Stella Niagara Section. Also, the Members of the Committee forfiscalyear. The Committee Board intends to carry out tests to study possible consists of two members. Mr. R. H. Clark, Special backwater effects of power operations on Lake Erie. Advisor to the Director, Inland Waters Branch, These tests that started in December 1969 were Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, and the cancelled because of unfavorable weather conditions U. S. representative, ex-officio, was the Division and they will be rescheduled during the fall of 1970. Engineer, U. S. Army Engineer Division, North The Board of Control is concerned about the Central, Brigadier General W. W. Watkin, Jr., North accumulative effect of existing and proposed fills along Central, was Division Engineer during the fiscal year. shoreline of the Niagara River. The Board is studying Operations during fiscal year. The Committee received the effects of such fills on levels of the Niagara River, daily reports of operation of the hydro-electric gen- and will report the results when completed. erating stations on the Niagara River which diverted The Commission in August 1969 asked the Board to water from the river above the Falls, and the DeCew investigate a request by a Rowing Club located at Falls Plant, which diverts water from Lake Erie Buffalo, New York to install an ice boom in the Black through the Welland Canal. These reports, submitted Rock Channel for the purpose of reducing the amount in the form prescribed by the Committee and showing of ice which passes into the channel after the Lake Erie for each hour the quantities of water diverted by each ice boom is opened. The Board has completed its plant, were checked by the Committee. Monthly and investigation and will furnish its report on this matter annual summaries were prepared. The Committee in July 1970. included with each monthly summary an explanation 2G. INTERNATIONAL NIAGARA of any treaty violation which may have occurred COMMITTEE during the month. The Committee has computerized Constitution and duties. The Treaty of 1950 between its monthly report in the interest of accuracy and Canada and the United States concerning the uses of efficiency. waters of the Niagara River was signed on February 27, Bi-weekly and intermittent inspections of all plants 1950. By its provisions, limitations on the diversions of were made by representatives of the Committee jointly Niagara River water for power in accordance with and individually to obtain independent watt meter Article V of the Treaty of 1909 are terminated and readings of power output. Records of water levels in the temporary international agreements for the allocation Niagara River above and below the Falls were of waters of the Niagara River for power purposes are obtained by means of self-registering gages. However, replaced. In accordance with provisions of Article VII the American Falls channel water level gage used for of the 1950 Treaty, a representative was appointed by the purpose of determining flows over the American each government who, acting jointly, shall ascertain Falls has been providing inconsistent data since the and determine the amounts of water available for the dewatering of the Falls in 1969. Thes inconsistencies purposes of this treaty, and shall record the same and which have been attributed to modifications made to shall also record the amounts of water used for power the gage intake at the time the American Falls channel
1284 MISCELLANEOUS CIVIL WORKS was dewatered, require a precise recalibration of the Chairman, Department of Landscape and Ar- installation. For the purpose of this recalibration, a set chitecture, University of California, Berkeley, Brig- of discharge measurements are planned to be made adier General W. W. Watkin, Jr. was North Central, during the fall of 1970 or the spring of 1971. Division Engineer, during the fiscal year. Canadian In a separate exchange of notes on March 21, 1969, members were Mr. T. M. Patterson, Special Advisor to the Governments of the United States and Canada Assistant Deputy Minister (Water), Department of authorized the construction of a temporary cofferdam Energy, Mines and Resources, Chairman of the between the Goat Island and the United States Canadian Section, and Mr. H. S. M. Carver, Chief mainland to permit investigation of measures that may Advisory Group, Central Mortgage and Housing be desirable to preserve or enhance the beauty of the Corporation, Ottawa, (Retired). American Falls and provided an agreement for Operations during fiscal year. In an exchange of notes, additional temporary diversions from the Niagara dated March 21, 1969 between Canada and the United River for the power production purposes. The in- States which temporarily amended the Niagara Treaty vestigation under the terms of the note was to be of 1950, a minimum flow over the Falls of 92,000 cfs completed and the cofferdam removed no later than instead of 100,000 cfs during the tourists hours and 41, December 1969. The notes for additional diversion 000 cfs instead of 50,000 cfs during the non- tourist permitted for power purposes state that minimum flows hours was allowed. over the Falls stipulated in Article IV of the Niagara The Power Entities were authorized to utilize the River Treaty of 1950 shall be reduced from 100,000 and extra water and they begin additional diversions on 50,000 cfs, respectively, to 92,000 cfs and 41,000 cfs, June 11 as a cofferdam was being completed allowing during the hours designated in that Article. Any water for dewatering of the Falls. All additional diversions in excess of these new temporary minimums may be ceasing before 3:00 PM on November 28 as the diverted for power purposes; provided that when the 41, cofferdam was being removed. 000 cfs minimum applies at least 9,000 cfs of the waters The Governments of Canada and the United States thus diverted shall be either passed through the low approved the procedures for contributions to be made head plants or released to the Horeshoe Falls so as to by the Power Entities for the use of the extra water. maintain a minimum flow of 50,000 cfs into the Maid- Under these procedures certain advances and periodic of-the-Mist Pool at all times. Power benefits derived payments were to be made by the Power Entities to the from this temporary arrangement under the terms of Buffalo District Engineer on condition that the monies the note were divided equally between the Power be supplied directly to the American Falls studies in the Authority of the State of New York and Hydro-Electric form of salaries, travel expenses, materials, equipment Power Commission of Ontario, who in return have or other work, and having prior approval of the provided sizeable contributions to the cost of the American Falls International Board. The Board cofferdam and ensuing study. The deviation from the approved of specific work items from Ontario-Hydro Treaty flow started on June 12, 1969 when the with a contribution value of $121,365 and from the cofferdam was completed until November 29, 1969 Power Authority of the State of New York with a when the cofferdam was removed. It had originally contribution value of $4,000. been scheduled to keep the Falls dewatered until the Following restoration of flow to the American Falls, end of December 1969, however, the field work was the International Niagara Board of Control de- completed early and the Niagara River was allowed to termined the total contribution from each Power resume its normal course on November 29,1969. Entity and advised the Commission. The Power Entities agreed to the amounts determined by the 2H. AMERICAN FALLS INTERNATIONAL Board and the amounts were approved by the BOARD International Joint Commission. These contributions Constitution and duties. In a Reference dated March 31, amounted to $276,500 for each Entity in the currency completely 1967, the Governments of the United States and of its country. The American Channel was June 12 to November 25,1969. Canada, pursuant to Article IX of the Boundary dewatered for study from Waters Treaty of 1909, requested the International The following is a summary of major geologic Joint Commission to investigate and report upon exploration activities accomplished during the channel measures necessary to preserve and enhance the beauty dewatered period: of the American Falls at Niagara. The American Falls a. A total of 46 core borings were completed for a International Board was established July 24, 1967, by total footage of 4,882 feet of core. the International Joint Commission to carry out the b. Pressure testing and hydrologic and tracer testing investigations required under the Reference. were performed on the completed holes. Piezometers Members of the Boardfor fiscalyear. The U. S. members were installed in three holes. of the Board were the Division Engineer, ex-officio, U. c. The field phase of the face mapping consisting of S. Army Engineer Division, North Central, Chairman topographic, stratigraphic and structural studies was of the U. S. Section; and Mr. Garrett Eckbo, completed.
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d. The field survey portion of the terrestrial is necessary. As a result of this meeting the Niagara photogrammetry of the face of the American Falls was Frontier State Parks Commission officials have asked completed. that the Board's studies of the American Falls be e. On-site structure and joint studies of the de- extended to cover in more detail the three areas which are suspect of structural weaknesses. watered river bed was completed. The Board agreed to inform the International Joint f. The field talus studies which were completed Commission of the requested expanded study to included examination of the cobbles and boulders to investigate the stability of adjacent areas of the determine rock type and condition. A seismic survey Niagara Gorge wall at and in the vicinity of the was made to determine the depth of the talus which American Falls and to seek guidance on the boundaries was found to be about 75 feet. of the study under the Reference of March 31,1967. The data obtained is being compiled and analyzed. Some preliminary observations made as to the 21. INTERNATIONAL GREAT LAKES geologic character and condition of the American LEVELS BOARD Falls: a. The degree of undermining is not as severe as had Constitution and duties. The Governments of Canada been anticipated. and the United States, by Reference dated October 7, 1964, requested the International Joint Commission to b. There appear to be two types of mechanisms of determine whether measures within the Great Lakes failure. In the 1931 rockfall the Rochester shale Basin can be taken in the public interest to regulate apparently was removed to a significant degree prior to further the levels of the Great Lakes or any of them and failure which occurred principally as a downdropping their connecting waters so as to reduce the extremes of and the talus accumulated close to the area of the stages which have been experienced, and for the rockfall. In the July 1954 rockfall apparently less beneficial effects in these waters. The Reference further undermining occurred prior to failure that appears to stated that the two Governments will upon request have been a downward movement of the rock mass make available to the Commission the services of followed by a considerable amount of outward ro- engineers and other specifically qualified personnel of tation, spreading the talus accumulation from the their governmental agencies And such information and rockfall area to the Maid-of-the-Mist Pool. technical data as may have been acquired by them c. There is one large rock mass near Prospect Point during the course of the investigation. that has become detached to a greater degree than previously realized. In size it is about 38,000 tons, At a meeting on December 2,1964, the International approximately half the size of the 1931 rockfall. The Joint Commission established the Board to undertake detached rock appears to have been pulled apart as a the necessary investigations and studies and to advise result of cohesion to a previous rockfall. The stability of the Commission on all matters which it must consider that area probably is lower than that of other areas. in making a report or reports to the Government under the Reference. At the first meeting of the Board on Because of the concern expressed on the effect of the January 6,1965, a Working Committee was selected. dewatering on the ecology of the area, a report was prepared by Dr. Alfred Beeton entitled "Observations The Working Committee met on July 7,1965 and set on the Ecology of the Niagara River and American up four Subcommittees to investigate and report on the Falls". The conclusion was that the dewatering did not separate areas of study involved: Shore Property, have any detrimental effect on the ecology of the area. Navigation, Power and Regulation. A Subcommittee Members of the Board and its working Committee on Regulatory Works was subsequently established by visited the American Falls area several times during the Working Committee in September 1967 and a the dewatered period. Reports Subcommittee in June 1968. At a meeting held in Niagara Falls, Ontario on The Study program is being considered in two broad March 6, 1970 the Board discussed a proposal to design phases: the first phase consists of the collection and a weir at the outlet of the Maid- of-the-Mist Pool to compilation of basic data, the development of meth- raise the level of the Pool. The Board also discussed the odology for evaluating regulation plans in respect of development of a hydraulic model of the Falls for use in their effects on the various Great Lakes interests, the developing alternative treatments of the talus. The investigation of regulation techniques and the prep- model was approved and to be so designed as to allow aration of preliminary plans. The work involved in this easy manipulation of the various talus treatments. phase has been largely accomplished. In the second On April 23, 1970, the Buffalo District Engineer was phase, necessary political and legal restraints to alerted and asked by .the Niagara Frontier State Parks regulation will be identified and applied in the Commission of New York State to investigate an development of alternative practical regulation plans. apparent slope failure at Luna Island. Subsequent to a Concentrated work efforts are being applied to obtain meeting attended by study participants and many the cost data for regulatory works required. agencies it was agreed that study of three adjace nt Members of the Board for fiscal year. United States areas, Prospect Point, Luna Island and Terrapin Point members of the Board were Mr. L. G. Feil, Chief of
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Planning Division, Civil Works, Office, Chief of regulation plans will be developed with higher max- Engineers, U. S. Army, Chairman of the United States imum winter outflows. A comparison will be made Section; Mr. M. Abelson, Regional Coordinator, between the cost of operating control gates in winter to Northeast Region, Department of the Interior; and achieve the higher flows and the economic benefit Mr. B. T. Jose, Assistant Administrator, St. Lawrence which would ensue therefrom. A second winter of Seaway Development Corporation, Department of experimental operation of the gates of the Lake Transportation. Canadian Members of the Board were Superior Control Works at Sault Ste. Marie was Mr. T. M. Patterson, Special Advisor to Assistant completed during the 1969-1970 winter. Eight ad- Deputy Minister (Water), Department of Energy, ditional gates were opened providing a total flow of 95, Mines and Resources, Chairman of the Canadian 000 cfs. Sufficient knowledge and experience was Section; Mr. C. K. Hurst, Chief, Maintenance and gained to verify that the guides could be decided to Operations, Harbors and Rivers Engineering Branch, permit gate movement under adverse conditions. Department of Public Works; and Mr. R. H. Smith, Under the conditions prevailing during the ex- Chief, Hydraulics Study Division, Department of periment, the tests have demonstrated that a winter Transport. The Working Committee consists of seven flow of 95,000 cfs is possible through the gates and St. members, four representing the United States and Marys River without ice jamming problems. It is three representing Canada. U. S. Members of the planned to continue the tests during future winters to Working Committee were Brigadier General W. W. verify the feasibility of passing a flow of 95,000 cfs Watkin, Jr., Division Engineer, North Central, Chair- under a variety of winter conditions. man, ex-officio, U. S. Section; Mr. Mark Abelson; Mr. A. J. Buchar, Director of Field Service, Chicago Field A study of consumptive use of water within the Great Office, Department of Commerce until April 13, 1970 Lakes basin was completed and filed with the Com- when he retired and was replaced by Mr. Michael V. mission. The report contains a projection of this use of Simon, Trade Specialist, Chicago Field Office, De- the year 2030. Upon completion and acceptance of partment of Commerce; and Mr. J. H. Spellman, final recommended regulation plans by the Board, the Deputy Regional Engineer, New York Regional plans will be retested with a reduced water supply Office, Federal Power Commission. Canadian Mem- (reflecting the projection of consumptive use) and the bers of the Working Committee were Mr. R. H. Clark, effects on the stages and flows determined. Special Adviser to the Director, Inland Waters Branch, Development of preliminary criteria for regulation Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, Chair- continued. The preliminary criteria will be subject to man of the Canadian Section; Mr. D. W. Quinlan, considerable subsequent modification as a result of Chief Engineer, Planning, Department of Public future economic evaluation and further considerations Works; and Mr. John Bathurst, Special Project in regard to the requirements of the various interests Engineer, Department of Transport until March 5, concerned with lake regulation. 1970 when he was replaced by Mr. C. J. R. Lawrie. Six A Style and Format Manual has been prepared to be subcommittes have been formed with membership used as a guide for the preparation of the Final Report drawn from agencies participating in the study and of the Board to the Commission. represented on the Board and Working Committee. The Board has developed a critical path diagram to the control of the various interrelated portions Operations during fiscalyear. Methodologies have been assist in of the study. This diagram will be updated to reflect finalized for providing monetary evaluation of the changes in conduct of the studies and work schedule. effects of Great Lakes level fluctuations on shore property, navigation and power interests. Op- A detailed briefing on the methodologies and timization techniques are being used to establish the progress of the Study was given by study participants to maximum net benefit which could be expected from the Commission in December 1969. regulation of- these lakes. A computer program has The Levels Board studies are being coordinated with been developed for this purpose and is being used in the the Provinces and States which border on the Great testing and preliminary design of improved regulation Lakes and their outflow rivers. Personnel of the plans. The Regulation Subcommittee has developed appropriate Provincial and State Agencies are co- and the other Subcommittee have evaluated several operating with those of the participating Federal preliminary four-lake, three-lake and two lake reg- Agencies. ulation plans. A preliminary no-cost for regulatory works Lakes Superior-Ontario regulation plan has 2J. COORDINATING COMMITTEE ON been developed by the Regulation Subcommittee and GREAT LAKES BASIC HYDRAULIC AND HYDROLOGIC DATA. provided to the other subcommittees for their detailed assessments. Constitution and duties. The Committee was formed on An investigation for increasing the flexibility of Lake May 7, 1953 for the purpose of establishing a basis for Superior is continuing, specifically, to determine the development and acceptance by both countries ability to pass winter flows in excess of 85,000 cfs. If the (United States and Canada) of identical hydraulic and test prove the feasibility of higher winter flow, hydrologic data for the Great Lakes and their outflow
1287 REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U.S. ARMY 1970 channels. The Committee was established advisory to institutions engaged in basic and applied research, and the agencies of the United States and Canada which engineering investigations related to the development are charged with the responsibility for collecting and and utilization of the Great Lakes water resources. The compiling the Great Lakes hydraulic and hydrologic Group was formed October 1962 as the Lake Erie Study data. Three working subcommittees, designated the Group and was later renamed the Great Lakes Study River Flow Subcommittee, the Vertical Control Group in recognition of the members interest in all the Great Lakes Subcommittee and the Lake Level Subcommittee were and its primary purpose is to facilitate the exchange formed to assist the Coordinating Committee in its of information and to provide informal coordination among the various research activities work. Subsequently, a fourth subcommittee, designed relating to the Lakes. The Group provides a forum the Physical Data Subcommittee, was formed. These for assisting,. coordinating subcommittees were directed to conduct the required and eliminating duplication. It also sponsors a data repository for technical studies through collaboration of the ap- the cataloging, storage and circulation propriate agencies of the United States and Canada. of basic data. Members of the Committee for fiscal year. The United Members of the Group for fiscal year. The Steering States members were Mr. H. F. Lawhead, Acting Committee of the Study Group consists of up to six Chief, Engineering Division, U. S. Army Engineer, members from each country, including a Co-Chair- Division, North Central, Chairman, U. S. Section, Mr. man, an Alternate Co-Chairman and a Secretary. The B. G. DeCooke, Assistant Chief, Engineering Division, United States members were Mr. C. F. MacNish, Chief U. S. Army Engineer District, Detroit, and Mr. F. A. Engineering Division, U. S. Army Engineer Division, Blust, Chief, Engineering Division, Lake Survey North Central, U. S. Co-Chairman, until his re- Center, National Ocean Survey, Department of tirement in April 1970 when he was replaced by Mr. Commerce. Members for Canada were Dr. A. T. Harley F. Lawhead, Acting Chief, Engineering Di- Prince, Director, Inland Waters Branch, Department vision; Mr. S. H. Fonda, Jr., Alternate Co-Chairman, of Energy, Mines and Resources, Chariman, Canadian Chief, Great Lakes Hydraulics Branch, U. S. Army Section, Mr. D. M. Ripley, Director, Marine Hy- Engineer Division, North Central; Mr. R. J. Schneid- draulics Branch, Department of Transport and Mr. D. er, Deputy Regional Director, Water Quality Office, F. Witherspoon, Great Lakes St. Lawrence Study Environmental Protections Agency, Region 5, Dr. D. Office, Department of Energy, Mines and Resources. C. Chandler, Director, Great Lakes Research Division, University of Michigan, Colonel L. J. Goodsell Operations during fiscal year. The Coordinating Com- (retired), Executive Director, Great Lakes Commission mittee held two meeting during the fiscal year; the first and Mr. L. T. Crook, Director of Planning, Great meeting took place in Niagara Falls, Ontario on Lakes Basin Commission. The Canadian members September 17, 1969; the second meeting was held in were Dr. A. D. Minener, Director, Great Lakes Ottawa, Ontario on June 17,1970. Institute, University of Toronto, Canadian Co-Chair- The River Flow Subcommittee completed the work man, Mr. T. L. Richards, Meteorological Service of on Lake Superior outflow report. A study of rating of Canada, Department of Transport, Dr. J. P. Burce, the compensating works in the St. Marys River was Director, Canada Centre for Inland Waters, Dr. A. M. started, and the study of St. Clair River flows was McCombie, Ontario Department of Lands and For- continued. rests and Mr. F. A. Voege, Assistant General Manager, The Vertical Control and Lake Level Sub- Ontario Water Resources Commission. committees completed a first draft of a report on Lake Operations during Erie water level gage histories. Work was continued on the fiscal year. The coordination of research activities preparation of gage histories for Lake Michigan- has been maintained during the year. The Study Group met in Niagara Huron and the Straits of Mackinac. Leveling for the Falls, Ontario on October 22 - updating of IGLD (1955) was continued between Fort 23, 1969 and in Chicago, Illinois on May 14 - 15, 1970. At Niagara and Sturgeon Pt. Operation of seasonal gages these meetings, the Federal, State Provincial for the Lake Ontario hydrostatic leveling study and for and University activities have been reported and discussed crustal movement studies was continued. for the awareness of all entities and in order to avoid duplication. The Data Processing The Physical Data Subcommittee completed co- Subcommittee activities have continued and they have ordination work of water surface and land areas of the prepared and distributed a U. S. and Canadian Niagara River Basin. Work was continued on the Directory and Project Forecast for 1970. The Study determination of Lake Huron and Lake Superior water work to put together volume. Group Secretariat has initiated and proposes to update every year a Directory of 2K. INTERNATIONAL GREAT LAKES Subject Thesis concerning the Great Lakes underway at the various U. S. and Canadian Universities STUDY GROUP and Institutes. The Study Group had continued its efforts to Constitution and duties. The International Great Lakes interest all agencies concerned with the Great Lakes Study Group is an informal organization including into closer and coordinated research activities. The representatives of Canadian and U. S. agencies and Ships and Facilities Schedules Subcommittee and the
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Navigation Subcommittee have continued their ac- or with any ice jamming on the lower St. Marys River tivities. under the increased flows. Detailed arrangements were made for continuous monitoring of the water levels in 2L. INTERNATIONAL LAKE SUPERIOR the lower St. Marys River so that at the first sign of any BOARD OF CONTROL impending ice build-up, immediate preventive action would be taken by closing the required number of Constitution and duties. The Board, established in gates. Approval from the Great Lakes Power Cor- pursuance of orders issued by the International Joint poration, which owns the Canadian portion of the Commission May 26 and 27, 1914 is charged with the control structure, was obtained for the operation of supervision of the operations of all compensating works these gates for the winter test program. and all power canals and appurtenances with a view to In accordance with the Board's instructions to the so controlling the outflow from Lake Superior as to on-site representatives, the opening of the gates maintain its level as nearly as may be between .commenced on February 9 and was successfully elevations 600.5 and 602.0 feet above mean water level completed on February 11 despite very heavy ice at Father Point, Quebec (International Great Lakes conditions. During the ensuing weeks, continuous Datum- 1955) and to so control the outflow as to hydraulic monitoring and visual inspections of the river prevent the level of the St. Marys River below the locks showed that it was again carrying the higher flow from exceeding elevation 582.9 without difficulty. By the end of February it was Members of the Board for fiscal year. Mr. R. H. Clark, apparent that river conditions were stable, with little Special Advisor to the Director, Inland Waters Branch, likelihood of ice jams developing, and that little useful Department of Energy, Mines and Resources was the experience would be gained by prolonging the test member of the Board for Canada. The Division period. The Board approved the recommendation of Engineer, U. S. Army Engineer Division, North the Working Committee to discontinue the tests and Central was the United States member, ex-officio. return to the normal winter outflow. This operation Brigadier General W. W. Watkin, Jr. was North was successfully carried out as a simulated emergency Central Division Engineer, during the fiscal year. test without giving prior warning to the gate operating Operations during fiscal year. The Board kept in touch crew. This premature termination of the test has left during the year with conditions pertaining to the approximately 20,000 cfs months of water in storage. regulation of Lake Superior through representatives of Levels Board Working Committee plans to continue Canada and the United States on the ground and by the winter tests during the 1970 - 71 winter season. In means of regular and systematic reports of the water preparation for these tests, the Board has noted the levels on Lake Superior, in the St. Marys River above request from the Committee that operations to store and below the Sault Locks, and on Lake Huron. water be continued. In this regard, the Board au- Records of discharge at Sault Ste. Marie through the thorized storage of about 13,000 cfs months during June rapids, navigation canals and power plants were also 1970. systematically reported to the Board. During its June 13, 1968 inspection of the Com- Change in the rate of outflow from Lake Superior pensating Works in the St. Marys River, the Board are directed by the Board as indicated by the rule curve noted that no work had been done to repair the noses of currently in use. During the past year the Board has the piers in the Canadian portion of the Works. continued the use of the modified plan of operation Becuase of high water in the lake during 1968 and the under the Rule of 1949 for the regulation of Lake possibility of high water last year, the necessary pier Superior. maintenance was deferred. On the basis of reduced During September through December 1969 the Lake water supplies and consequent normal water levels, the Superior Board withheld about 38,000 cfs-months of Board decided to proceed with the necessary repairs. water in Lake Superior, in relation to the outflow The Board has initiated a contract this summer for requirements of the current plan of regulation in order urgent repairs to these piers. to compensate for the additional water which would be Several letters written on behalf of property owners discharged later from the lake in carrying out a winter on the United States side of the lake, were received by test program. the U. S. Members of the Board concerning high water The winter test operations were conducted at the conditions on the lake during the fiscal year. Ap- Sault Ste.Marie control works in the St. Marys River, propriate replies were communicated in each case. No as part of the study being carried out by the similar correspondence has been received by the International Great Lake Levels Board. The Board's Canadian Member of the Board. Working Committee is determining the feasibility of discharging successfully 95,000 cfs under a greater 2M. INTERNATIONAL PRAIRIE PORTAGE variety of winter conditions than those which prevailed BOARD OF CONTROL during the 1968-69 winter season. The winter tests have been carried out satisfactorily and no problems have Constitution and duties. The International Prairie arisen with regard to the winter operation of the gates Portage Board of Control was formed by International
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Joint Commission for purpose of furnishing it with Members of the Boardfor fiscal year. Mr. J. D. McLeod, technical advice regarding suitability of dam structure Senior Engineer, Inland Waters Branch, Department at Prairie Portage, Lake County, Minn. After approval of Energy, Mines and Resources, represented Canada, of plans by Department of the Army and International and Col. Charles I. McGinnis, District Engineer, U. S. Joint Commission, the Board was retained to advise the Army Engineer District, St. Paul, represented the Commission further regarding progress of construction United States. and any other matters which might arise concerning Operations during fiscal year. Studies the past year by this project. the Control Board have resulted in proposed revision of Members of the Board for fiscalyear. Mr. J. D. McLeod, the Orders of Approval rule curves. The International Senior Engineer, Inland Waters Branch, Department Rainy Lake Board of Control met with the In- of Energy, 1Iines and Resources, represented Canada, ternational Joint Commission in Ottawa in October and Col. Charles I. McGinnis, District Engineer, U. S. 1969 and again in April 1970 in Washington, D. C. to Army Engineer District, St. Paul, represented the discuss proposed orders and rule curves. The In- United States. ternational Joint Commission is presently drafting the final orders which are expected to be completed Operations during fiscal year. The U. S. Forest Service shortly. constructed a cofferdam before World War II but postponed work on the project during the war. On June The members of the Board and their staffs met with 12, 1968 after a period of heavy rains the cofferdam was resort and other property owners on April 13, 1970 at washed out, resulting in lowering the lake levels of International Falls to discuss existing and forecast Birch, Sucker, Moose, Newfound and Ensign Lakes. levels of the Rainy and Namakan Chain of Lakes. Due This caused considerable difficulty for boating, as to above normal rains in May and June 1970, shallow water exists at the outlet of the lakes. By Namakan Dam was opened wide by 10 June and Rainy November 10, 1968 the U. S. Forest Service completed Dam by 1 June. Both continued discharging the reconstruction of the Prairie Portage cofferdam which maximum possible to the end of the fiscal year. has been functioning satisfactorily at the control dam for the lakes. The reservoir was refilled by December 20. INTERNATIONAL LAKE OF THE 25, 1968. The U. S. Forest Service recently revised the WOODS CONTROL BOARD design of the proposed permanent dam which is Constitution and duties. The Convention between the expected to be submitted to the Board for approval. A United States and Great Britain proclaimed July 17, special request was sent to the Bureau of Budget by the 1925, provides for the regulation of the level of the Lake U. S. Forest Service for construction funds for starting of the Woods in order to secure to the inhabitants of the the Prairie Portage Dam in fiscal year 1971. However, United States and Canada the most advantageous use funds may not become available until fiscal year 1972. of the waters thereof, and of the waters flowing into and from the lake on each side of the boundary between the 2N. INTERNATIONAL RAINY LAKE two countries. The Convention also provides for the BOARD OF CONTROL Government of Canada to establish and maintain a Canadian Lake of the Woods Control Board to Constitution and duties. The Convention between the regulate and control outflow of waters of the lake, and United States and Canada, ratified by U. S. Senate for establishment and maintenance of an International August 30, 1940, provides in part that: "The In- Lake of the Woods Control Board, composed of two ternational Joint Commission ... hereby clothed with engineers, one representing the United States and the power to determine when emergency conditions exist in other representing Canada, to whose approval the rate the Rainy Lake watershed, in the event the Com- of total discharge shall be subject whenever the water mission shall determine that such emergency con- level rises about elevation 1061 or falls below elevation ditions exist." On June 8, 1949, the Commission issued 1056, sea level datum. an order to the owners of dams at outlets of Namakan Lake and Rainy Lake, which provide for a method of Members of the Board for fiscal year. Mr.J. D. McLeod, regulation as recommended by International Rainy Senior Engineer, Inland Waters Branch, Department Lake Board of Control. The order provides for certain of Energy, Mines and Resources, represented Canada levels during the various seasons of the year as well as and Colonel Charles I. McGinnis, District Engineer, control of outflows, with view to securing most U. S. Army Engineer District, St. Paul, represented the advantageous use of water in total to the various United States. interests. A supplementary order dated October 1, 1957 Operationsduring fiscalyear. Maintained supervision to modified regulations for Namakan Lake to provide for insure that every effort was being made to comply with some variation in operation based on anticipated the provisions of the Convention. One engineer of spring runoff. This supplementary order was extended Colonel McGinnis' staff attended the September 16, to October 1967 and again to October 1972, by action of 1969 meeting of the Canadian Lake of the Woods the International Joint Commission on October 2, 1962 Control Board in Winnipeg. On April 14, 1970, the St. and April 5,1967, respectively. Paul Deputy District Engineer and one staff engineer
1290 MISCELLANEOUS CIVIL WORKS attended an open meeting with local interests at Dakota, where the views of concerned interests were Warroad, Minnesota, sponsored by the International presented relative to the information and conclusions Lake of the Woods Control Board to discuss levels on in the Board's report. Subsequently, the Commission Lake of the Woods. Two engineers of Colonel McGin- prepared a separate report, dated October 1967, which nis' staff attended a meeting on June 17, 1970 on the was furnished to the Governments of Canada and the Lake of the Woods Control Board in Winnipeg. All the United States. To date no action has been taken by above meetings were cooperative efforts of both the either Government. Canadian and the American members of the Control Board in arriving at the best solutions to the operating 2Q. INTERNATIONAL SOURIS-RED problems. Above normal rainfall in May and June 1970 RIVERS ENGINEERING BOARD resulted in heavy runoff. Elevation 1061 was exceeded on 12 June at which time responsibility for the Construction and duties The Board was established operation of Lake of the Woods was assumed by the April 3, 1948 by the International Joint Commission to International Lake of the Woods Control Board. The investigate and report on the water resources of a broad outflow from Lake of the Woods was actually increased area along the international boundary extending from to the maximum on June 3, 1970 and continued to the the Milk River drainage basin in the west up to and end of fiscal year 1970. including the drainage basin at the Red River of the North on the east. The Board reported in 1959 to the 2P. INTERNATIONAL PEMBINA RIVER Commission that, with the possible exception of the ENGINEERING BOARD Pembina River there were no significant problems on international streams within the terms of the January Constitution and duties. The Board was established 12, 1948 reference and assignment. It has been retained April 3, 1962 by the International Joint Commission to to investigate and report on the water and related investigate and report upon the measures which could problems of material concern to the two countries be taken to develop the water resources of the Pembina arising out of the operation of existing dams and other River, Manitoba and North Dakota, and to reduce works or proposed water-related improvements, pro- recurring flood losses in the basin. posals for further uses of water by either of the two countries, recommendations concerning the ap- Members of the Board for fiscal year. The Board consists portionment between the two countries of those waters of three members from Canada and three from the which cross the international boundary, and to United States. The Canadian members representatives investigate and review plans of mutual advantage to were Mr. J. G. Watson, Chief Engineer, Department of the two countries for the conservation, control, and use Regional Economic Expansion, Department of Ag- of the waters within the area of reference. riculture, Regina, Saskatchewan, Chairman of the Canadian Section; Mr. R. H. Clark, Chief, En- Members of the Boardfor fiscalyear. The Board consists gineering Division, Inland Waters Branch, De- of six members. The Canadian representatives were partment of Energy, Mines and Resources, Ottawa, Mr. J. G. Watson, Chief Engineer, Department of Ontario; and Mr. N. H. James, Hydraulic Engineer, Regional Economic Expansion, Department of Ag- Inlands Waters Branch, Department of Energy, Mines riculture, Regina, Saskatchewan, Chairman of the and Resources, Ottawa, Ontario. Mr. James succeeded Canadian Section; Mr. R. H. Clark, Chief En- the former member, Mr. M. V. Morris, during 1969. gineering Division, Inland Waters Branch, De- The United States representatives were Mr. N. B. partment of Energy, Mines and Resources, Ottawa, Bennett, Jr., Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Ontario; and Mr. N. H. James, Hydraulic Engineer, Reclamation, Department of the Interior, Chairman of Inland Waters Branch, Department of Energy, Mines the U. S. Section; Mr. E. L. Bennett, Jr., Assistant and Resources, Ottawa, Ontario. Mr. James succeeded Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the former member, Mr. M. V. Morris, during 1969. the Interior, Chairman of the United States Section; The United States representatives were Mr. N. B. Mr. E. L. Hendricks, Chief Hydrologist, Water Bennett, Jr., Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Resources Division, U. S. Geological Survey, De- Reclamation Department of the Interior, Washington, partment of the Interior; and the third member ex- D. C.; Chairman of the U. S. Section; Mr. E. L. officio, was the District Engineer, U.S. Army Engineer Hendricks, Chief Hydrologist, Water Resource Di- District, St. Paul, Minnesota. The St. Paul District vision, U. S. Geological Survey, Department of Engineer, Colonel Charles I. McGinnis, was appointed Interior; and the District Engieer U. S. Army Engineer October 1969. District, St. Paul, Minnesota. The St. Paul District Colonel Charles I. McGinnis, was appointed Operations during fiscal year. The Board reports Engineer, October 1969. annually to the Commission. With regard to its assign ment, the Board submitted its report, dated December Operations during the fiscalyear. In accordance with the 31, 1964, to the Commission. During June 1965 the August 20, 1969 instructions from the International Commission, with the Board in attendance, held public Joint Commission, the Engineering Board considered hearings in Manitou, Manitoba and Walhalla, North the survey reports for flood control prepared by the
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Corps of Engineers on the Souris River, North Dakota, 2S. INTERNATIONAL OSOYOOS LAKE and submitted appropriate comments. The Board BOARD OF CONTROL found that the proposed channel improvement would Constitutionand duties. A special board of engineers was have no effect on Canada and could proceed exped- itiously. Authorization of the project was considered to constituted to insure compliance with the provisions of be advisable to facilitate continued planning but the order of the International Joint Commission dated construction of the proposed reservoir was not con- July 12, 1943, directing investigation of high-water sidered advisable until the Board could make ad- conditions on the Okanogan River and studies of the ditional studies of possible effects in Saskatchewan of relationships between certain obstructions, complained storage to full design pool level during the occurence of of in an application of the State of Washington, and the the design flood and retention for extended periods of levels of Osoyoos Lake. The Board was enlarged from near-full pool levels after passage of the flood peak, and two to four members by an order of the Commission the effects in Manitoba of prolonged periods of high dated September 12, 1946, to carry out the provisions of releases from the reservoir during reservoir drawdown. the order relative to the operation of the Zosel Dam. The Board reports annually to the Commission. Members of the Boardfor fiscalyear. Mr. H. T. Ramsden, District Engineer, Water Survey of Canada, De- Proposed operations. An Ad Hoc Task Force will be partment of Energy, Mines and Resources, Vancouver, designated to make the studies requi red to delineate British Columbia, Chairman, Canadian Section, and the effects of the proposed reservoir as identified in the Mr. W. W. Ryan, District Director, Department of Board's November 1969 report to the International Public Works, Vancouver, British Columbia, for Joint Commission and to submit a report to the Board Canada; and Mr. L. B. Laird, District Chief, Water on its findings. The Board will summarize the task Resources Division, U. S. Geological Survey, Tacoma, force findings in a future report to the Commission. Wash., Chairman, U. S. Section, and Col. R. E. McConnell, District Engineer, U. S. Army Engineer 2R. INTERNATIONAL KOOTENAY LAKE District, Seattle, Wash., for the United States. BOARD OF CONTROL Operations during fiscal year. The Board did not meet Constitution and duties. The Board was established during the year. The range in stage of Osoyoos Lake November 11, 1938 to secure compliance with the was within the normal limits. No reports or complaints provisions of the orders of approval of the International of flood damage in the vicinity of Osoyoos Lake were Joint Commission dated November 11, 1938, and received by the Board during the fiscal year. An annual August 5, 1949, relating to the construction and report was submitted to the Commission. operation of control works by the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co., of Canada, Ltd., through the West 2T. INTERNATIONAL SKAGIT RIVER Kootenay Power and Light Co., Ltd., in and adjacent BOARD OF CONTROL to the channel of the Kootenay River, and regulation Constitution and duties. The International Joint Com- of the levels of Kootenay Lake in the Province of mission approved on January 27, 1942 an application British Columbia. by the city of Seattle, Wash., to raise Ross Dam to Members of the Boardfor fiscalyear. Mr. H. T. Ramsden, impound Skagit River water to a maximum elevation District Engineer, Water Survey of Canada, De- 1725 feet above mean sea level at the international partment of Energy, Mines and Resources, Vancouver, boundary, subject to a binding agreement being British Columbia, Chairman, Canadian Section, and entered into between the city of Seattle and the Mr. A. F. Paget, Deputy Minister of Water Resources, Government of British Columbia providing for in- Department of Lands, Forest and Water Resources, demnifying British Columbia for any injury that may Victoria, British Columbia, for Canada; and Col. R. E. be sustained by reason of the city's operations on the McConnell, District Engineer, U. S. Army Engineer Skagit River. The Order of Approval provided for the District, Seattle, Wash., Chairman, U. S. Section, and appointment of the International Skagit River Board Mr. W. L. Burnham, District Chief, Water Resources of Control, to consist of two members, one from the Division, U. S. Geological Survey, Boise, Idaho, for the engineering services of Canada and the other from the United States. engineering services of the United States, but the Operations during fiscal year. Although no formal Commission did not establish the Board at that time. meetings of the Board were held during the fiscal year On January 10, 1967, the Province of British Columbia Col. McConnell, Mr. Burnham and Mr. T. F. Smith and the city of Seattle entered into a 99-year agreement (alternate to Mr. Ramsden) made a joint inspection permitting flooding of the lands of the Skagit River visit to the area. The Board reported that the various watershed in British Columbia up to elevation 1725 dam and discharge control works operators regulated feet, North American Datum (1927) as established by the level of Kootenay Lake within the prescribed limits the Geodetic Survey of Canada. In a directive to the of the Orders of Approval with only minor exceptions International Skagit River Board of Control dated July above the levels specified in the Orders of Approval. An 31, 1967, the Commission stated that the Board was annual report was submitted to the Commission. established on April 4,1967.
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Members of the Boardfor fiscalyear. Mr. H. T. Ramsden, agement, BPA, and Mr. G. H. Fernald, Jr., Chief, District Engineer, Water Survey of Canada, De- Engineering Division, NPD, served as U. S. Entity partment of Energy, Mines and Resources, Vancouver, Coordinators. Mr. W. D. Kennedy of B. C. Hydro and British Columbia, for Canada, and Col. R. E. Power Authority was Manager, Canadian Entity McConnell, District Engineer, U. S. Army Engineer Services and Mr. H. Kropitzer, Executive Assistant to District, Seattle, Wash., for the United States. the Administrator, BPA, was U. S. Entity Secretary. Operationsduring the fiscalyear. The water surface at the Membership on the Columbia River Treaty Op- international boundary reached a maximum elevation erating Committee was as follows: The U. S. Section of of 1603.48 feet on July 1,1969, as recorded by the gaging the Committee consisted of Messrs. C. E. Hildebrand station, Skagit River, at the international boundary (co-chairman) and D. J. Lewis of the Corps of near Hope. The Board did not meet formally nor visit Engineers and H. M. McIntyre (co-chairman) and C. the area during the fiscal year. An annual report was W. Blake of the Bonneville Power Administration. The submitted to the Commission. Canadian Section was comprised of Messrs. P. R. Purcell (chairman), D. R. Forest, and W. E. Kenny, all 2U. COLUMBIA RIVER TREATY of B. C. Hydro and Power Authority. Membership on ENTITIES the Columbia River Treaty Hydrometeorological Committee was Messrs. F. A. Limpert of BPA Constitution and duties. The Columbia River Treaty, (chairman) and D. M. Rockwood of the Corps of which provides for the cooperative development of the Engineers, for the U. S. Section and Messrs. P. R. water resources of the Columbia River Basin by the Purcelll (chairman) and U. Sporns, both of B. C. United States and Canada, was ratified on September Hydro, for the Canadian Section. 16, 1964 by the two governments. Article XIV of the Operations during the fiscal year. The previously com- Treaty provided that each country should designate pleted Duncan and Arrow projects were operated in a Entities to carry out the operating arrangements normal manner in accordance with the "Detailed necessary to implement the Treaty. The principal Operating Plan for Canadian Storage - July 1, 1969 recurring duties of the Entities include: establishment through July 31, 1970," dated October 2, 1969. and operation of a hydrometeorological system; Construction of the Libby and Mica projects continued preparation of hydroelectric operating plans and flood on schedule with the closure date for Libby set for May operating plans; determination of downstream control 1972 and Mica for April 1973. power benefits; and assisting and cooperating with the Permanent Engineering Board in the discharge of its The Entities and their Coordinators and Com- functions. mittees met on numerous occasions during the fiscal year. Two regular meetings of the Entities were held. Executive Order No. 11177 dated September 16, 1964 The Entities met with the Permanent Engineering Bonneville Power Ad- designated the Administrator, Board on February 18,1970. ministration and the Division Engineer, North Pacific Division, Corps of Engineers, as the United States The Entities issued a "Report of the Columbia River Entity with the Administrator as Chairman. B. C. Treaty, Canadian and United States Entities, for the Hydro and Power Authority was designated as the period October 1, 1968 to September 30, 1969," dated Canadian Entity. To carry out their functions, the April 1970. The Columbia River Treaty Operating Entities organized two permanent international com- Committee prepared three reports: "Hydroelectric mittees: the Columbia River Treaty Operating Com- Operating Plan for Canadian Storage, Operating Year mittee and the Columbia River Treaty Hy- 1975-76," dated July 1, 1970; "Determination of drometeorological Committee. The United States Downstream Power Benefits Resulting from Canadian Entity also appointed a Secretary and two Co- Storage for Operating Year 1975-76," dated June 30, ordinators one from the Bonneville Power Ad- 1970; and a "Report on Operation of Columbia River ministration and one from the Corps of Engineers. The Treaty Projects, April 1, 1967 through July 31, 1969" Canadian Entity appointed a Manager, Coordinators dated December 1969. In August 1970, the Entities and Secretary. agreed on "Interim Plan for Exchange of Hydromet Data-Recommendation No. 6 of the Hy- Members forfiscalyear. Membership of the Entities and drometeorological Committee" dated May 28,1969. its committees consisted of Mr. H. R. Richmond, Administrator, Bonneville Power Administration, and 2V. COLUMBIA RIVER TREATY BG R. S. Kelly, Division Engineer, North Pacific PERMANENT ENGINEERING BOARD Division, Corps of Engineers, as chairman and member of the United States Entity. The Honorable R. G. Constitution and duties. The Columbia River Treaty, Williston, Minister of Lands, Forest and Water which provides for co-operative development of the Resources, British Columbia, and Director of B. C. water resources of the Columbia River basin, was Hydro and Power Authority was the incumbent signed on January 17, 1961 by representatives of the Chairman of the Canadian Entity. Messrs. B. Gol- United States and Canada. Article XV of the Treaty dhammer, Assistant Administrator for Power Man- established a Permanent Engineering Board consisting
.93 451-584 0-72-82 REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U.S. ARMY 1970 of four members, two from each country. Pursuant to Paget, Consulting Engineer, Victoria, British Co- Executive Order No. 11177 dated September 16, 1964 lumbia. The United States members were Mr. W. E. the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Johnson, Chief, Engineering Division, Civil Works Interior on December 7, 1964 appointed two members Directorate, U. S. Army, Office, Chief of Engineers, and two alternate members to form the U. S. Section of Washington, D. C. (Chairman of the United States the Board. The general duties and responsibilities of Section), and Mr. M. D. Dubrow, Assistant and Chief the Board as set in the Treaty and related documents Engineering Research Advisor, Office of the Assistant are to: (a) assemble certain records of flow; (b) report Secretary for Water and Power Development, De- any substantial deviation from operating plans and to partment of the Interior, Washington, D. C. recommend adjustments; (c) assist the Entities in Operations during the fiscal year. The Board visited the reconciling technical and operational differences; (d) Mica and Libby project sites on August 26-27, 1969 to make periodic inspections and require reports with a assess construction progress. The Board also met on view to insuring that objectives of the Treaty are being February 17, 1970 to review progress, and met in a joint met; (e) make annual and special reports to the meeting with the Entities on February 18, 1970. The Governments (f) investigate and report other matters at Board sent its 5th annual report for the period ending the request of either Government; and (g) consult with September 30, 1969 to both governments on December the Entities in establishing and operating a hy- 31, 1969: The annual report summarizes activities of drometeorological system for the basin. the Permanent Engineering Board and the Entities, the Members of the Board for fiscal year. The Canadian progress on construction of the Treaty projects and members were Mr. G. M. MacNabb, Assistant Deputy studies underway. Operations of Arrow and Duncan Minister, Energy Development, Department of En- reservoirs and related benefits accrued are described. ergy, Mines and Resources, Ottawa, Ontario, The report also records the conclusion of the Board (Chairman of the Canadian Section), and Mr. A. F. that the objectives of the Treaty are being met.
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TABLE 48-A MISCELLANEOUS CIVIL WORKS: APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES (See Section 1 of Text)
Appropriations For investigations, inspections, hearings, reports, service of notice or other action incidental to examination of plans or sites of struc- tures built or proposed to be built in or over navigable waters or to examinations into alleged violations of law for the protection and preservation of navigable waters of the United States or to the establishment of marking of harbor lines.
Allotted during year ...... $2,177,535
(These funds were allotted from river and harbor appropriation in accordance with the pro- visions of sec. 6, River and Harbor Act of Mar. 3, 1905).
For the investigation and removal of sunken vessels:
Balance on hand July 1, 1969 ...... 408,124 Allotted during year (net) ...... 944,786
(These funds were allotted from the appropriation "Operation and Maintenance, General, Protection of Navigation, Removal of Sunken Vessels and Other Obstructions").
Total ...... $3,530,445
Expenditures. Total expenditures for fiscal year exclusive of outstanding liabilities, amounting to $225,891, were $3,041,586 expended as follows:
For investigations, inspections, hearings, and other action incidental to administration of Federal laws...... $2,177,535
For removal of sunken vessels ...... 864,051
Total ...... $3,041,586
Total funds available...... $3,530,445
Total expenditures ...... $3,041,586 Outstanding liabilities...... 225,891 $3,267,477
Balance available June 30, 1970 $ 262,968
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