effort. The approach that has been adopted is believed to represent a realistic program for completing at reasonable cost the studies underway and for undertaking additional studies to substantially meet the goal of having comprehensive studies for the major basins of the country by 1970. The total cost of the comprehensive studies underway and planned for later years is about $88 million. This figure includes the cost of the comprehensive river basin planning programs of the Departments of Agriculture, Army, and the Interior, as well as that portion of the water quality and water supply studies carried out by the Public Health Service required to provide necessary data to the other three Departments. Of the total $88 million program, the estimated cost of the Corps of Engineers studies is about $42.6 million, compared to an estimate last year of about $175 million. The program continues the 3 framework and 16 more detailed comprehensive studies underway. Six studies previously designated as comprehensive will be carried on as individual studies for flood control and allied purposes. The corps budget request for these comprehensive basin studies is $4,500,000, compared to last year's request of $4,995,000 for comprehensive basin studies. While no new comprehensive framework studies are proposed for starting in 1965, additional such comprehensive surveys will be scheduled, as priorities and fiscal considerations permit, to be completed as nearly as possible by 1970. These studies generally will be carried out in less detail than most of those now underway. They will furnish a broad appraisal of overall water and related land resources problems and general approaches to their solutions, and will constitute a basis for further detailed planning-on a coordinated basis under the regular planning programs of the agencies involvedof projects to be recommended for authorization. Comprehensive studies in detail sufficient to recommend authorization of projects, however, may be proposed on a selective basis should special circumstances warrant. The cost of such studies, if undertaken, would be specifically justified when they are proposed for initiation. Preparation of comprehensive studies will not, of course, deter submission of urgent individual project reports or construction of needed projects in the various basins. With respect to coordination, an interdepartmental staff committee of the four departments has been meeting continuously since last spring. The departments formulated joint guidelines to limit the detail and cost of comprehensive basin studies consistent with the policies and standards approved by President Kennedy on May 15, 1962. Budget estimates for comprehensive studies have been coordinated among departments both in the field and at Washington level. The four departments have agreed on the means of coordinating in the field the activities of the agencies concerned in the planning effort. The departments are jointly giving continued attention to improvements in the conduct of comprehensive basin studies. For the "Construction, general" appropriation, the amount requested is $52.2 million higher than for fiscal year 1964. The budget estimate provides for continuation of construction on 217 projects and for the initiation of 34 projects. Forty-six projects costing $512 million will be completed with the fiscal year 1965 request. Pre construction planning will be continued on 91 projects and initiated on 14 additional projects. As I indicated, not all of the projects will be kept on the schedules previously proposed, since this would have required a substantial increase in the budget request. The request for "Operation and maintenance, general" is $158.7 million as compared to $148.3 million for fiscal year 1964. This increase is essential in that it provides only for added requirements for projects coming into initial or fuller maintenance, and for salary and price increases. I again stress the necessity of providing adequate funds to operate and maintain completed projects; only in this way can we reap the benefits for which they were built. For the flood and hurricane emergency fund appropriation, now listed separately, we are requesting $4,150,000 as compared to last year's appropriation of $5,700,000. The amount included in the budget for the "General expenses" appropriation reflects the austerity with which the budget was prepared. The increase from $15 million last year to $15,575,000 is mainly necessary to cover the Pay Act increase of our civilian personnel. The "Mississippi River and tributaries" appropriation request provides only for maintaining reasonable construction progress on the features of this project and for the proper maintenance and operation of the completed work. The request is actually below the appropriation for fiscal year 1964. We believe the budget represents a balanced program which is consistent with the goals of the administration and the Nation. This concludes my statement. My staff and I are at your disposal to answer questions. PROGRAM DATA Mr. CANNON. Supplementing this statement we shall appreciate it if you will insert tabular data elaborating on your program as follows: (a) Revenues of the Corps, similar to the table at page 31 of last year's hearings. (b) A list of local protection projects, showing local costs, similar to the table on page 52 of last year's hearings. (c) Percentages of contract engineering work and work done by your own forces, similar to the table on page 53 of last year's hearings. (d) A list and explanations on project maintenance deficiencies, similar to those on page 57 of last year's hearings. (e) Your consolidated personnel summary, which appears in the committee print. (f) A tabulation of the comprehensive river basin surveys showing estimated costs as set out last year and this year. (g) A list of the new planning and construction starts. (h) A tabulation showing by project all funds budgeted for recreation facilities at completed projects, and the total amount budgeted for recreation facilities on construction projects. (2) A tabulation showing projects involved in the lump-sum items budgeted under the remaining items' heading Also, will you insert a statement on the policy you are following in allocating recreation costs on your projects. 1 The only project of the Corps of Engineers from which the power is marketed by the Corps is at St. Local protection projects recommended as "new starts," fiscal year 1965 Act in that planning costs have been excluded from total project costs. City of Cumberland performed channel clearing in 1954, the cost of which is not known. 4 Planning started prior to fiscal year 1962 and not subject to 20 percent standard. Local flood protection projects deficient in maintenance as of December 1963 Red River below Denison Dam: Bowie County Levee and Drainage BLACK RIVER, POPLAR BLUFF, MO. TO KNOBEL, ARK. (a) Big Gum Drainage District, Black River, Ark.-This project was inspected on October 21, 1963, and again maintenance was reported deficient. These deficiencies consisted principally of severe erosion and heavy growth of trees, brush, and briar. The levee has had no organized maintenance for several years. The estimated cost for restoration of the project is $15,000 and the estimated cost for maintenance thereafter is $500 per annum. Local interests have consistently failed to fulfill their obligation to maintain the project. The matter was referred to the Arkansas State attorney general, by letter dated August 11, 1959, for action under authority of Act 72, General Assembly, State of Arkansas. Subsequent correspondence and a meeting with officials of the State attorney general's office have as yet yielded no results. (b) Western Clay Drainage Districts, Nos. 2 and 5, Black River, Ark.—This project was inspected in October 1963 and again project maintenance was found deficient. The deficiencies consisted primarily of badly eroded slopes and berms, badly rutted roadways on the levee crown. Levees and berms are heavily overgrown with weeds, briars, vines, and trees. There has been no organized maintenance on this project since 1950. The estimated cost for restoration of the project is $15,000 and the estimated cost for maintenance thereafter is $500 per annum. This project was referred to the Arkansas State attorney general for action under authority of Act 72, General Assembly, State of Arkansas on August 11, 1959, with no results to date. Cardens Bottom Drainage District No. 2, Arkansas River, Ark.-This project was inspected in November 1963 and again maintenance was found to be unsatisfactory. Deficiencies included erosion at several locations on the levee slopes and around several drainage structures. The levees are heavily overgrown and culverts were silted and obstructed. Indications are that there has been no organized maintenance on this project since completion in 1951. The estimated cost for restoration of the project is $20,000 and the estimated cost for maintenance thereafter is $2,000 per annum. This project was initially referred. to the Arkansas State attorney general for action under authority contained in Act 72, General Assembly, State of Arkansas on August 19, 1958. Followup efforts by letters dated September 9, 1958, June 17, 1959, and December 6, 1961, have been fruitless. McKinney Bayou and Barkman Creek, Miller County Improvement and Drainage District. This project was inspected in November 1963. No maintenance work was accomplished during the past year and project maintenance is considered unsatisfactory. The levees are heavily overgrown and willow growth is starting in the landside drainage ditches. Erosion is evident at several locations. Cattle trails have been cut into the levees. Considerable debris has accumulated in the drainage structure and the road requires resurfacing at several locations. The estimated cost of restoration of the project is $7,500. Estimated normal annual maintenance is $4,500. Local interests were advised of existing deficiencies by letter dated November 29, 1963. Little Creek Levee and Drainage District, Ill.-No formal inspection was made during 1963 as the levee district organization is still in a defunct status. The levee is heavily overgrown with weeds and brush with many scattered trees on the slope and riverside toe. Rodent dens are plentiful in certain reaches. Restoration of the project to a satisfactory condition is estimated to be $4,000. Estimated annual maintenance cost is $1,500. Miller Pond Drainage District, Ill.-This project was inspected on November 14, 1963 and again maintenance by local interests was found to be unsatisfactory. The project is heavily overgrown in certain reaches and overgrazed in others. The Clear Creek Channel is filled with logs and debris and the levees require mowing. Haul roads and the levee crown need reshaping and resurfacing. A little maintenance work has been accomplished in the reach between Station 891+00 and 945+00. The estimated cost for restoration of the project is $8,600 with an annual maintenance cost thereafter estimated to be approximately $4,000 per year. The sponsoring agency for this project is no longer active. Shawneetown, Ill.-Recent inspections indicate that general conditions on this project are improving due to the continued efforts of local interests. The major deficiency remaining to be corrected is the excessive growth of trees and brush on the levee. Emergency repair work under Public Law 99, 84th Congress, was approved with certain qualifications following damage to the levees in March 1963. Local interests have renewed assurances that the correction of maintenance deficiencies would be expedited. The estimated cost of restoration of the project is $25,000. The estimated annual maintenance cost is $1,200. Local interests have been notified of the remaining deficiencies. Willow Creek Drainage District, Illinois River.-This project was inspected on September 26, 1963, and maintenance was found to be unsatisfactory. The major deficiencies noted were siltation of the channel, timber growth in the channel, and overgrown levees. The estimated cost of restoration of this project is $6,300 and the estimated annual cost of maintenance is $4,000. This is the first year that maintenance on this project has been reported unsatisfactory. Local interests were notified of the existing deficiencies by letter dated October 25, 1963. Muncie, Ind.-This project was inspected during October 1963. The continued lack of maintenance has resulted in a dense growth of trees, brush, and weeds against and over the concrete floodwall and levees. The levee crown has been damaged by vehicular traffic. Most of the drainage structures are in poor condition due to neglect. Maintenance work performed by local interests during the past several years has been confined primarily to the pumping plants. During the past year channel and levee clearing work has been initiated. The estimated cost of restoration of the project is $35,100. Estimated cost of annual maintenance is $5,000. Local interests were notified of the existing deficiencies by letter dated November 1, 1963. Dry Run flood control project, Decorah, Iowa.-Considerable work has been accomplished by local interests toward restoration of this project. The major deficiencies noted during the most recent inspection are the continued filling of ponding areas without provisions for adequate drainage, accumulation of debris |