Flood Control Act of 1949: Hearing Before the Committee on Public Works, House of Representatives, Eighty-first Congress, First Session, on H.R. 5472, (title II) Authorizing the Construction, Repair, and Preservation of Certain Public Works on Rivers and Harbors for Navigation, Flood Control, Soil Conservation, and for Other Purposes. May 16-20, 23-27, June 1 and 2, 1949H.R. 5472, (title II) authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors for navigation, flood control, soil conservation, and for other purposes. |
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... levee projects on the lower Columbia River beginning in the vicinity of Portland and Vancouver and extending more ... levees and to provide for flood protection in their respective local areas ? I wouldn't detain you further , because ...
... levee projects on the lower Columbia River beginning in the vicinity of Portland and Vancouver and extending more ... levees and to provide for flood protection in their respective local areas ? I wouldn't detain you further , because ...
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... levees shown on this map in green , pro- viding protection to the right bank of the main stem ; at Colmar Manor , the southern edge of Cottage City , a levee on the right bank of the Northwest Branch ; at Brentwood , channel improvement ...
... levees shown on this map in green , pro- viding protection to the right bank of the main stem ; at Colmar Manor , the southern edge of Cottage City , a levee on the right bank of the Northwest Branch ; at Brentwood , channel improvement ...
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... levees are there at present along those branches ? Colonel GEE . None of any consequence . The CHAIRMAN . What existing levees at all are there along those channels there , and if not along the channels of the branches , where are the ...
... levees are there at present along those branches ? Colonel GEE . None of any consequence . The CHAIRMAN . What existing levees at all are there along those channels there , and if not along the channels of the branches , where are the ...
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... levee around the residential portion of that community . We cannot justify the building of a levee to protect only this park system . The CHAIRMAN . About what is the estimated cost of the levees that you are to construct . I am talking ...
... levee around the residential portion of that community . We cannot justify the building of a levee to protect only this park system . The CHAIRMAN . About what is the estimated cost of the levees that you are to construct . I am talking ...
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... levees and the widening for sewer pur- poses . Who is to furnish the rights - of - way for the widening of these channels to dispose of the local water . Colonel GEE . Local interests will furnish all rights - of - way in- volved in the ...
... levees and the widening for sewer pur- poses . Who is to furnish the rights - of - way for the widening of these channels to dispose of the local water . Colonel GEE . Local interests will furnish all rights - of - way in- volved in the ...
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Page 159 - National Park Service" of section 1 of the Act of March 4, 1929 (45 Stat. 1602: 16 USC 14). Section 4 of the Act entitled "An Act authorizing the construction of certain public works on rivers and harbors for flood control, and for other purposes", approved December 24, 1944 (16 USC 460d), as amended by the Flood Control Act of 1962 (76 Stat.
Page 667 - To agree to furnish, free of cost to the United States, all lands, easements, rights-of-way and spoil-disposal areas for the new work in the improvement of the Hudson River and for subsequent maintenance when and if required.
Page 575 - States for flood-control purposes shall be turned over to the States for the benefit of public schools and public roads of the counties in which the land is situated.
Page 45 - Congress approved this project as part of "the comprehensive development of the Savannah River Basin for flood control and other purposes.
Page 394 - I do have a prepared statement that I would like to submit for the record, and I also have a brief comment on some of those projects.
Page 503 - The committee met at 10 am, Hon. Will M. Whittington (chairman) presiding. The CHAIRMAN. The committee will be in order.
Page 43 - The general comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes in the Arkansas River Basin, as set forth in Flood Control Committee Document No. 1, Seventy-fifth Congress, first session, with such modifications thereof as in the discretion of the Secretary of War, and the Chief of Engineers may be advisable...
Page 156 - January 17, 1944, forwarding copies of the reports of the district and division engineers, and of the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors on the Savannah River SC and Ga., and requesting comments thereon.
Page 420 - ... hear the justification for the budget estimates of the Commodity Stabilization Service. This agency is under the direction of Dr. James Ralph, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture. I believe this is the first time you have appeared before the committee, Dr. Ralph. We are pleased to welcome you here and we will be glad to have any statement you desire to make and for you to present any witnesses you desire to present to the committee. Dr. RALPH. Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, it is a...
Page 381 - One of our projects dealing with snow melt forecasting involves the Corps of Engineers, the Soil Conservation Service, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Bonneville Power Administration and agencies in the states of Colorado, California and Arizona. A complementary project with the Corps of Engineers, using test sites in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Texas and California deals with water runoff and its effect on peak flows, while another project...