Flood Control: Hearings, Seventy-ninth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 6597, an Act Authorizing the Construction of Certain Public Works on Rivers and Harbors for Flood Control, and for Other Purposes. June 24-26, 1946Considers (79) H.R. 6597. |
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... Levee authorized by and constructed under the Act approved June 22 , 1936 . ( 1 ) Extension of the levee under subparagraph ( k ) to include the levee and drainage improvements , at an estimated cost of $ 6,000,000 substantially in ...
... Levee authorized by and constructed under the Act approved June 22 , 1936 . ( 1 ) Extension of the levee under subparagraph ( k ) to include the levee and drainage improvements , at an estimated cost of $ 6,000,000 substantially in ...
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... Levee authorized by and constructed under the Act approved June 22 , 1936 . ( 1 ) Extension of the levee under subparagraph ( k ) to include the levee and drainage improvements , at an estimated cost of $ 6,000,000 substantially in ...
... Levee authorized by and constructed under the Act approved June 22 , 1936 . ( 1 ) Extension of the levee under subparagraph ( k ) to include the levee and drainage improvements , at an estimated cost of $ 6,000,000 substantially in ...
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... levee system of the authorized project for the lower Mississippi River to include protection of the potential ... levees and drainage , and maintain and operate the works after completion . ( p ) Mcdification of the authorized project ...
... levee system of the authorized project for the lower Mississippi River to include protection of the potential ... levees and drainage , and maintain and operate the works after completion . ( p ) Mcdification of the authorized project ...
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... levee district , Illinois . Mississippi River at and in the vicinity of Perry County drainage and levee districts numbered 1 , 2 , and 3 , Missouri . Little Kanawha River and tributaries , West Virginia . Lost Creek and tributaries ...
... levee district , Illinois . Mississippi River at and in the vicinity of Perry County drainage and levee districts numbered 1 , 2 , and 3 , Missouri . Little Kanawha River and tributaries , West Virginia . Lost Creek and tributaries ...
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... levees , floodwalls , and channel improvements . for more localized flood protection . Completed and essentially com- pleted projects number 49 dams and 114 local protection works . In addition , many of the partially completed projects ...
... levees , floodwalls , and channel improvements . for more localized flood protection . Completed and essentially com- pleted projects number 49 dams and 114 local protection works . In addition , many of the partially completed projects ...
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acre-feet acres ALLEN amendment Anderson Ranch Dam annual Arkansas River Army engineers Arrowrock Dam average benefits bill Board of Engineers Boise project Boise River Boise Valley Bureau of Reclamation Carden's bottom Chairman Chief of Engineers Colonel FERINGA Colonel HERB construction County Covington crops Department detention dams district engineer DIXON drainage Elkin estimated cost farm Federal feet FERGUSON flood damage flood protection flood-control project flow Fredericksburg Gathright going hearings HICKMAN House Document Idaho improvement interests Interior inundated irrigation Jackson River James River June levee Lucky Peak Reservoir miles Mississippi River North Wilkesboro operation percent Petit Jean River Polecat Creek Queen Creek recommendations record River Basin Rivers and Harbors SCHEIDENHELM second-feet Secretary Senator GOSSETT Senator HART Senator HOEY Senator MCCLELLAN Senator OVERTON Senator OVERTON interposing Senator ROBERTSON statement storage stream STRICKLAND substantially in accordance tion town upper Yadkin River
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Page 44 - That the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, created under Section 3 of the River and Harbor Act approved June 13, 1902, be, and is hereby requested to review the...
Page 60 - ... the Federal Government should improve or participate in the improvement of navigable waters or their tributaries, including watersheds thereof, for floodcontrol purposes if the benefits to whomsoever they may accrue are in excess of the estimated costs, and if the lives and social security of people are otherwise adversely affected.
Page 47 - Act shall be expended on the construction of any project until States, political subdivisions thereof, or other responsible local agencies have given assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they will (a) provide without cost to the United States all lands, easements, and rights-of-way necessary for the construction of the project...
Page 15 - After full consideration of the reports secured from the district and division engineers, the Board recommends that the existing project for...
Page 69 - California, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the plans contained in House Document Numbered 630, Seventy-sixth Congress, third session, with such modifications thereof as in the discretion of the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers...