Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army on Civil Works
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BOARD OF ENGINEERS FOR RIVERS AND HARBORS The Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors is a continuing body created by section 3, River and Harbor Act of June 13, 1902. The Board comprises 7 senior engineer officers: The Chairman isthe Deputy Chief of Engineers; 5 members are Division En- gineers (rotative basis) from continental U.S. divisions; the Seventh officer is assigned full time as Resident Member and di- rects the staff. Appointments are made by the Chief of Engineers for unspecified periods. The Board meets on call of the Chairman. Statutory duties of the Board as set forth in the act' of June 13, 1902, and subsequent acts and ammendments are: (a) to con- duct an independent review of survey reports covering projects for river and harbor, flood control, and multiple-purpose improve- Inents prepared by the Corps in response to an act of the Congress or a resolution of the House or Senate Public Works Committees; and to report its conclusions and recommendations thereon to the Chief of Engineers, who forwards the reports with his conclu- Sions and recommendations to the Secretary of the Army for transmission to the Congress; (b) to conduct an independent review of all special reports ordered by the Congress and report thereon in the same manner as for survey reports when directed by the Chief of Engineers; (c) to consider and approve general Plans for major modification and reconstruction of any lock, canal, canalized river or other work for the use and benefit of navigation. All functions of the former Beach Erosion Board pertaining to review of reports of investigations made concerning erosion of the shores of coastal and lake waters, and the protection of such Shores, were transferred to the Board under section 3, Public Law 88-172. Additional statutory duties were assigned the Board under terms of Merchant Marine Act and various River and Harbor Acts, particularly that of September 22, 1922. Under these acts, the Board: (a) in cooperation with Maritime Administration, collects, compiles, and publishes information on characteristics of U.S. ports: physical characteristics of the ports are the re- Splonsibility of the Corps, and administrative characteristics are the responsibility of the Maritime Administration; (b) provides Staff supervision over collection and compilation of statistics on the volume and nature of commerce on inland waterways, which include entrance channels for ocean ports of the United States. Statistics are published annually in two categories: "Waterborne Commerce of the United States" in five parts (7 volumes), show- ing nature and amount of commodity, passenger, and vessel move- tlents; and Transportation Series in three volumes, listing char- Rcteristics of registered and unregistered vessels comprising the U.S.-flag shipping fleets. In addition to its statutory duties, the following duties are the More significant among those assigned by the Chief of Engineers: Review of Corps policies and procedures as directed; review of reports of other Federal agencies pertaining to water resources levelopment; conduct of investigations and studies of economics )f ports and waterways; and to conduct a year-long program of 1579 1580 REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1965 in-service training for planners at GS-12 level in all aspects of Federal water resources development to assist in meeting needs of the Corps for increased numbers of qualified personnel in this field. Also, the Resident Member is alternate for the Secretary of the Army on the Foreign-Trade Zones Board, and is ex officio secretary of the American Section, Permanent International As- sociation of Navigation Congresses, a quasi-official organization. (See separate section on PIANC). On June 30, 1965, the Board was composed of the following members: Maj. Gen. Robert G. MacDonnell, Deputy Chief of Engineers, Chairman; Maj. Gen. Alvin C. Welling, Division Engineer, U.S. Army Engineer Division, South Atlantic; lMaj. Gen. Ellsworth I. Davis, Division Engineer, U.S. Army Engineer Division, Lower Mississippi Valley; Maj. Gen George H. Walker, Division Engineer, U.S. Army Engineer Division, Missouri River; Brig. Gen. John C. Dalrymple, Division Engineer, U.S. ArmY Engineer Division, North Atlantic; Brig. Gen. Peter C. Hyzer, Division Engineer, U.S. Army Engineer Division, North Pacific (was Division Engineer, U.S. Army Engineer Division, New England, until February 8, 1965); and Col. Edmund H. Lang, Resident Member. In addition to the foregoing, the following officers were also assigned for various periods during the year to membership on the Board: Maj. Gen. William W. Lapsley, Division Engineer, U.S. Army Engineer Division, North Pacific; and Brig. Gen. Carroll H. Dunn, Division Engineer, U.S. Army Engineer Divi- sion, Southwestern. A summary of investigations authorized by the Congress from establishment of the Board in 1902 to the end of fiscal year 1965, the number of authorizations completed, the number of authori- zations remaining to be reported on, and the number of reports submitted under continuing authorizations are in the following table: Reports submitted Authorities Authorities Authorities Authorities Authorities this fiscal received received completed completed remaining year Authority for investigation triort this prior to this to be re- (under JulyI, 1964 fiscal year July 1, 1964 fiscal year ported on continuing, multiple and special authority) Flood Control and River and Harbor Acts, exclusive of 1909 River and Harbor Act. 5,111 3 4,784 13 317......... River and Harbor Act of 1909-Continuing authority for major modification...... 1 .................... 1 2 Congressional resolutions ex- clusive of Great Lakes Har- bors............... ..... 3,960 94 2,742 90 1,222 ......... Congressional resolutions mul- tiple Great Lakes Harbors studies. .. 2 ............... ....... 2 1 Public Law 71-84, authority. .......... for multiple hurricane studies.... .... ............ .... ........... 1 16 River and Harbor Act, July 3,1930, cooperative beach erosionstudies ............. 1 .................. .... ............ 1 5 Total................. 9,076 97 7,526 103 1,544 24 BOARD OF ENGINEERS FOR RIVERS AND HARBORS 1581 From 1902 through June 30, 1965, the Board took final action on 7,678 reports, recommending favorably on 3,379 and unfav- orably on 4,299. By Public Law 85-500, Congress eliminated Preliminary examinations. During fiscal year 1965 the Board held five 2-day meetings in Washington. No public hearings Were held. The Board considered 143 reports, acted favorably on 54, unfavorably on 69, deferred action on 8, and returned 12. The Board recommended construction of projects totaling $800,- 943,200, of which $674,982,300 was estimated U.S. cost, and $125,960,900 the cost to local interests for work and cash con- tributions. Of the 69 unfavorable reports acted on by the Board, 22 involved construction costs estimated at $94,594,140, consist- ing of $91,166,640 Federal, and $3,427,500 non-Federal. The remaining 47 reports contained no cost estimates as they dealt with improvements that were obviously unfavorable or no longer necessary. The Board's staff submitted reports or comments on reports as follows: 11 reports by other Federal agencies on water resources development; 78 reports prepared under special, con- tinuing authorities for beach erosion control, small flood control and small navigation construction projects; and 51 special reports on civil works planning, including the review and sub- mission of comments on revisions to procedures published or to be published in Engineer Regulations. Studies prescribed by various River and Harbor Acts and sec- tion 8, Merchant Marine Act of 1920, continued, and the results were published in three series of reports titled Port Series, Trans- portation Series, and Waterborne Commerce of the United States. The following reports were published during the year: Port series No. 1 -The Ports of Portland and Searsport, Maine, and Portsmouth, N.H. No. 6 -The Port of Albany, N.Y. No. 14-The Port of Savannah, Ga. No. 33-The Ports of Coos Bay, Oreg., and Longview and Vancouver, Wash. No. 35-The Ports of Tacoma, Grays Harbor, and Olympia, Wash. No. 36-The Port of Seattle, Wash. Transportation series No. 4 -Transportation Lines on the Mississippi River Sys- tem and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, 1964 No. 5 -Transportation Lines on the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pa- cific Coasts, 1964 Waterborne Commerce Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Part 5, National Summaries, 1963 Supplement 1 to Part 5-Domestic Inland Traffic, Areas of Origin and Destination of Principal Commodities Supplement 2 to Part 5-Water Carriage Ton-Miles 1582 REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1965 At the end of the year the following reports were in progress: Port series No. 5 -Port of New York, N.Y. and N.J. No. 16--Ports on South Atlantic Coast (Morehead City, N.C., Georgetown, S.C., Brunswick, Ga., and Fernandina, Palm Beach, Port Everglades, and Miami, Fla.) Transportation series No. 4 -Transportation Lines on the Mississippi River Sys- tem and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, 1965 No. 5 -Transportation Lines on the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific Coasts, 1965 At the end of the year the following reports were being printed: Port series No. 4 -Ports of Southern New England (Providence, R.I., Fall River, Mass., and New London, New Haven, and Bridgeport, Conn.) No. 37-The Ports of Port Angeles, Anacortes, Everett, and Bellingham, Wash. No. 38-The Port of Ketchikan, Alaska Transportationseries No. 3 -Transportation Lines on the Great Lakes System, 1965 MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION Mississippi River Commission consisting of three officers of the Corps of Engineers, one from the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and three members from civil life, two of whom are civil engi- neers, was created by an act of Congress on June 28, 1879. All members are appointed by the President with the advice and consent ' of the Senate. During the fiscal year the Commissioners were: Maj. Gen. Ellsworth I. Davis, U.S.