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East Sidney Lake 2021 Fact Sheet EAST SIDNEY LAKE, NY U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS BUILDING STRONG® FACT SHEET as of February 1, 2021 AUTHORIZATION: The project is a unit of the comprehensive flood control plan for the protection of communities in southern New York and eastern Pennsylvania authorized by the Flood Control Act of June 22, 1936. TYPE OF PROJECT: Flood Risk Management, Recreation and Environmental Stewardship CONTRIBUTION TO CHESAPEAKE BAY: Contributes to Executive Order 13508 goals to protect habitat and water quality and expand public access. CONGRESSIONAL INTEREST: Senators Schumer and Gillibrand (NY) and Representative Faso (NY-19) NON-FEDERAL SPONSOR: None BACKGROUND: East Sidney Lake is located on Ouleout Creek, about five miles above the confluence of the creek with the Susquehanna River near Unadilla, NY. The dam is a combined earth fill and concrete gravity type structure, it is 2,010 feet long, rising 146 feet from firm rock and 130 feet above the streambed, with a spillway and five gate-controlled outlets in the concrete section. The reservoir has a storage capacity of 33,550 acre-feet at spillway crest and an area of 1,100 acres when filled to that level. The project was completed in 1950 and federal cost was $6,000,000. STATUS: Flood damages prevented through fiscal 2020 are estimated at $299,587,000. Recreation attendance in fiscal 2019 was 53,106 visitors. U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS – BALTIMORE DISTRICT 2 Hopkins Plaza, Baltimore, MD 21201 http://www.nab.usace.army.mil page 1 of 3 BUDGET: Federal Funds Data Total Allocation for FY 20192 766,000 Allocation for FY 20202 685,000 President Budget FY 20211 1,053,000 Allocation for FY 20212 1,053,000 President Budget FY 20221 TBD 1 The President typically sends the budget to Congress in February each year. Upon release, budget amounts for the USACE Civil Works programs and specified projects are posted online at the HQUSACE website in a Program Budget Press Book at http://www.usace.army.mil/Missions/Civil-Works/Budget. 2 The allocation amount for a project is determined after enactment of the Energy and Water appropriations and release of the approved FY work plan. SCHEDULE: FY 2020 Completed Work: Conducted normal operation and maintenance of the project and initiated update of the project’s master plan. FY 2021 Scheduled Work: Continue normal operation and maintenance of the project and updating the project’s master plan, and conduct a recurring 5-year Periodic Inspection. For more information contact Mr. Brian Luprek, (570) 649-6855, or e-mail [email protected]. Also see this project’s related web page at https://www.nab.usace.army.mil/Missions/Dams-Recreation/East-Sidney-Lake/ U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS – BALTIMORE DISTRICT 2 Hopkins Plaza, Baltimore, MD 21201 http://www.nab.usace.army.mil page 2 of 3 CORPS OF E GI EERS U. S. ARMY • ,J l'I, ,' i';1 ~ •\ .'•j ·/:-!; _ ,_· "- •~.1. ... CONCRETE SECTION DAM _ _ d) .\ D E L A A C O U S.USQUEHl'.i, A RI ER BASH\l EAST S IDNEY LAKE PROJ EC T AR EA OU LE:'.0Ul CRH~ l fOiJ _::;_. Olll..TIIIOR,E Dl$T ct omcE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS – BALTIMORE DISTRICT 2 Hopkins Plaza, Baltimore, MD 21201 http://www.nab.usace.army.mil page 3 of 3 .
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