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On the basis of current conditions of development and price levels these damages would amount to about $1,088,000, all of which would be preventable by the project. Damages on the San Joaquin River, below the mouth of Merced River and in the Sacramento-San Joaquin delta during the 1950 flood amounted to about $5,100,000. Under current conditions of development and prices, these damages would amount to about $8,240,000, of which about $1,255,000 would be prevented by operation of New Exchequer Reservoir. Most of the remaining damages would be prevented by authorized projects on the San Joaquin, Mokelumne, Stanislaus, Tuolumne, and Calaveras Rivers. Average annual flood control benefits are estimated at $652,000.

Non-Federal cost.-The Merced Irrigation District will enlarge existing Exchequer Reservoir by construction of a new dam and will provide for specific reservation of storage in the enlarged reservoir to be operated for flood control in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Army. Estimates for the cost allocation report indicate that local interests' cost for the entire Merced River development (New Exchequer, Bagby, and Snelling Reservoirs and power facilities) will be about $101,420,000. The annual cost for maintenance, operation, and replacement for the Merced Irrigation District project is currently estimated at about $1,060,000.

Status of local cooperation.-The State of California has adopted the Merced Irrigation District plan. The Federal Power Commission has issued a permit (project 2179) to that district and has under advisement an application from that district for a license for construction of New Exchequer Reservoir and afterbay as the initial units of a project comprising three multiple-purpose reservoirs on the Merced River, and including also a plan for recreational use of the project. The MID has stated on numerous occasions that it is willing to construct and operate the project in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Army, provided Federal compensation is made commensurate with flood-control benefits and cost of operation for flood control. On August 25, 1960, the State water rights board approved an MID application for assignment of unappropriated Merced River waters. A revenue bond issue of $130 million was approved by voters in June 1961 to finance construction of the project. Local interests anticipate initiating construction of New Exchequer Dam and Reservoir by the end of fiscal year 1964.

Comparison of Federal cost estimates.-The current tentative Federal cost estimate of $9,780,000 is a decrease of $2,220,000 over the latest estimate ($12 million) submitted to Congress. This decrease results from cost allocation studies prepared in response to the requirements of the authorizing legislation.

Mr. CANNON. Any questions?

Mr. KIRWAN. Congressman Sisk of California has asked me to inquire about the Merced River project in California. There is an item of $50,000 in the budget. Would you state for what purpose this is to be used with particular reference as to whether it provides any reimbursement to the Merced Irrigation District for expenditure chargeable to the United States under the flood control allocation of costs on this project?

General FRYE. The budget request of $50,000 is required for reservoir operation studies, contract negotiations and administration, and reviews and audits related to the project. It does not provide for any reimbursement to the Merced Irrigation District for the Federal share of expenditures incurred on the project.

Mr. KIRWAN. Will you state whether or not the district will be entitled to any reimbursements?

General FRYE. The irrigation district estimates that the Federal share of costs incurred for planning and construction through June 30, 1964, will amount to $150,000 and they will be entitled to reimbursement in that amount.

Mr. KIRWAN. In other words, by the end of this current fiscal year the United States will have incurred an obligation of repayment estimated at $150,000 for which no provision is made in the budget?

The funds requested for fiscal year 1965 are required for orderly construction progress to meet scheduled completion dates.

Comparison of Federal cost estimates.-The current Federal cost estimate of $9,400,000 is an increase of $100,000 over the last estimate presented to Congress. This change includes an increase of $83,400 for higher price levels and $16.600 in engineering and design and supervision and administration based on a recent reanalysis of requirements.

Summary construction program (PB-1), fiscal years 1964 and 1965

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Location and description.-Located on the Oregon coast about 50 miles south of the mouth of Columbia River. The rehabilitation project consists of rebuilding the north jetty, a rubble stone structure, 5,700 feet long, which protects the 18-foot bar and entrance channel. The existing structure was completed in 1917 with a top elevation of 14 feet above mean lower low water and a length of 5,400 feet. Subsequently, during the period 1931 to 1933 the jetty was rehabilitated and lengthened to 5,700 feet. Latest maintenance on the jetty was repair of a small break near the shore line in September 1955.

Authorization.-Rivers and Harbors Acts of 1912 and 1913.

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Present condition.-About two-thirds of the jetty has subsided below the top elevation of 14 feet above mean lower low water. The outer 2,300 feet have subsided to below high tide level including about 700 feet that are below mean lower low water. Storm waves overtop the existing structure and cause additional damage to the rubblemound.

Status (January 1, 1964).—North jetty, 19 percent completed.
Completion schedule.-October 1964.

Justification.-A number of commercial fishermen have their vessels based at Garibaldi and Bay City. Adjacent offshore fisheries also attract other fishermen who obtain fuel and supplies in the Tillamook area. All are dependent upon

the project channels for safe navigation. The small boat basin completed at Garibaldi in August 1958 accommodates up to 150 fishing and pleasure craft during the peak of the fishing season. The subsidence of the north jetty creates a navigational hazard for small craft and subjects these vessels to extended attack by dangerous ocean waves.

Barging of timber products existed when the jetty was in good repair. Commerce has declined as the jetty deteriorated until no timber products have been shipped since 1959. Restoration of the north jetty would help to stabilize the entrance channel and permit barging of an estimated 150,000 tons of timber products processed in the area annually.

Fiscal year 1965.-The requested appropriation of $500,000 will complete the project and will be applied as follows:

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Comparison of Federal cost estimates.-The current estimate of $2,030,000 is a decrease of $110,000 from the latest estimate ($2,140,000). The decrease is due principally to favorable bidding.

Summary construction program (PB-1), fiscal years 1964 and 1965

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GRAYS HARBOR AND CHEHALIS RIVER, WASH.-SOUTH JETTY

(Initiation of rehabilitation)

Location and description.-At the entrance to Grays Harbor on the Washington coast, 45 miles north of the Columbia River. The rehabilitation consists of restoring the south jetty from about station 110 to station 150. The south jetty was originally constructed from station 72 to station 209 (13,700 feet) during the period 1898 to 1902. The jetty was reconstructed during the period 1935-39 to a top elevation of 20 feet above mean lower low water. Authorization.-1896, 1910, and 1935 River and Harbor Acts.

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Present condition.-From the landward end, at about station 80 to station 110, the jetty is in good condition. The outer 9,900 feet of jetty is in various stages of deterioration as follows:

Station 110 to 150 (4,000 feet): Top elevation generally above mean lower low water but with foundation severely undercut.

Station 150 to 198 (4,800 feet): Top elevation varying from mean lower low water to 5 feet below mean lower low water.

Station 198 to 209 (1,100 feet): Severely damaged with little of the rock remaining in position.

Status (January 1, 1964).-Construction not started.

Completion schedule.-South jetty (stations 110 to 150), June 1966.

JUSTIFICATION

Repairs to south jetty between stations 110 and 150 should be initiated at an early date to preserve the existing undisturbed portion of the jetty landward of station 110, and to prevent further destruction in the portion of the jetty between stations 110 and 150 where the present rate of progressive deterioration is greatest. The jetty is essential to the retention of the self-maintaining deepdraft navigation channel through the entrance bar. Jetty deterioration results, in part, from a movement of the entrance channel, through natural causes, from a central location between the jetties to one adjacent to the south jetty. Swift ebb currents are undercutting and eroding the foundation material beneath the channel toe of the south jetty. Unless this undercutting is stopped soon, it will cause material loss of this portion of the jetty and require excessive reconstruction expenditure, rather than the rehabilitation costs now proposed. Early rehabilitation will permit salvage of most of the existing rock landward of station 150. (Rehabilitation of the submerged outer portion of the south jetty between stations 150 and 209 is deferred for further study.)

Traffic through the entrance channel during the calendar year 1962 totaled 517,380 tons, as compared to the 10-year average tonnage of 498,386 tons. The tonnage consists primarily of petroleum products inbound and forest products outbound. During 1962, outbound cargo totaled 288,831 tons, and inbound cargo 228,549 tons. The commercial fishing fleet operates through the channel on a daily basis whenever weather permits. During the summer, thousands of recreation and charter craft also utilize the protection afforded by the facilities. Fiscal year 1965.-The requested appropriation of $500,000 will be applied as follows:

Initiate rehabilitation of south jetty between stations 110 and 150_.
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Comparison of Federal cost estimates.-The current Federal cost estimate of $4,770,000 is the same as the latest estimate submitted to Congress.

Summary construction program (PB-1), fiscal years 1964 and 1965

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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, GENERAL

Mr. CANNON. Turning now to Operation and maintenance, General, we shall insert the justifications in the record at this point. (The justifications follow :)

1. Navigation

JUSTIFICATION OF ESTIMATE

(a) Channels and harbors.-The budget estimate of $6,540,000 provides for essential maintenance work on 23 channel and harbor projects named in the list which follows. The work to be accomplished under this activity consists of maintaining the navigation channels and harbors of costal harbors by means of dredging, removal of navigation obstructions, and repair of navigation structures, as authorized in the laws adopting river and harbor projects.

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