ATTACHMENT A: LIST OF MAJOR BUREAU OF RECLAMATION OVERSEAS PROJECTS FOR WHICH WORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED Country Date Afghanistan 1960-1971 Assistance in planning and operation & maintenance of Valley Project * AID 65.0 Australia 1951-1967 Assistance to Snowy Mountain Hydro Electric Authority on design construction of transmountain diversion & storage projects 700 SMILEA 56.0 Brazil 1963 Reconnaissance of Piranhas River Basin & inspection of 30 Piranhas Dam AID 0.8 Brazil 1964-1973 Planning of land and water resources of San Francisco River Basin and advise on project design and operation 3,400 AID 51.5 Brazil 1984 Review of the Sao Francisco River Diversion to the semiarid northeast region of Brazil Canada 1964-1967 Lab & design studies on Portage Mountain Dam B.C. high-head outlet works Advise to Irrigation Department, Public Works Ministry Diguillin dam design 12 ICA 0.4 Plans for resettlement of people displaced by Volta River Dam & Reservoir 10 AID 0.5 India 1962-1967 Review of studies on Beas Dam and design assistance 67 AID 4.8 Japan 1961 Advise to GOJ on irrigation development # GOJ 0.3 Jordan 1958-1967 Intermittent advisory services to Jordan Government on organization and operation for East Ghor Canal Authority and design of Wadi Arab Dam 32 AID 1.2 Nigeria 1965-1968 Juan River Project and Tipitapa-Tamarindo Project. Feasibility investigations on Brito Project never completed. Reconnaissance investigations of Northern Region for land & water resource potential, primarily in Kano River Basin 700 IDB 11.0 Panama 1959-1960 Review of project planning reports on Las Guias llydroelectric Project Feasibility investigations on 8 small and medium size irrigation projects. Philippines 1963-1974 Reconnaissance investigation of 7 major river basins. Feasibility investigations on Magat Project. Incountry training and other assistance Saudi Arabia 1962 Advice on developing contracting procedures for investigations of water resources Saudi Arabia 1964 Review feasibility of Riyadh combined water desalination 9 OSW & power plant 0.4 Advise on management procedures for operation of water '8 AID 0.2 1953-1961 Advise on planning design & construction of Wu Sheh Project 51 ICA 3.5 Taiwan 1957-1961 Laboratory studies on Shihmen Dam 8 ICA 0.7 Advise on feasibility investigations of Tseng Wen Project 80 1953-1970 Variety of advisory services, studies and design review 200 for the Royal Irrigation Department Reconnaissance and feasibility investigations of the AID 0.8 5 AID 0.4 1973-1982 Cooperative Agreement covering several areas of water resources development under the 1972 Science and Technology Agreement * USSR In addition, the Bureau has a number of reimbursable temporary assignments overseas to assist other countries (e.g., in Fiscal Year 1983, there were 35 assignments of this type). STATEMENT DR. BRUCE B. HANSHAW before the SUBCOMMITTEE ON PUBLIC LANDS COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS October 8, 1985 Mr. Chairman, thank you for this opportunity to testify before this subcommittee on the international programs of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). From the early days of the establishment of the Geological Survey in 1879, USGS scientists and engineers have maintained active professional contacts and exchanged ideas, concepts, and knowledge with counterparts in countries around the world. The USGS has long recognized the scientific benefits to the United States resulting from interaction with scientific colleagues abroad and from conducting research and investigations in other countries. Participation of the Geological Survey in international activities results in transfer of knowledge and expertise to other countries as well as in improving the competence of the Survey to carry out its domestic responsibilities. The Survey's international activities are authorized under the Geological Survey's Organic Act, as amended, the Foreign Assistance Act, as amended, the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act, and related legislation when studies are deemed by the Departments of State and Interior to be in the interests of the United States. The principal objectives of these international activities are: to facilitate domestic research objectives through the comparative study of scientific phenomena worldwide; to obtain information about existing and potential foreign energy and mineral resources of interest to the United States, including those in areas in which international boundaries are in dispute; to develop and maintain relations with counterpart institutions and programs which will facilitate scientific cooperation and exchange; and to provide technical support for the international programs of other Federal agencies, including those of the Department of State, that contribute to foreign policy objectives. Technical assistance provided by the USGS to other countries or international organizations is reimbursed by other Federal agencies, international agencies, international organizations, or foreign governments. These programs generally involved technology transfer through training and demonstration. programs depend on USGS expertise for recommendations for project implementation. Some Bilateral and multilaterial scientific cooperation to achieve common research objectives with foreign counterpart organizations under government-approved cooperative agreements utilize both funds appropriated to the Survey and funds or other financial resources made available by the cooperating countries or organizations. The majority of such cooperative research activities are supported on the basis that each participating nation pays its own expenses. Activities in this category range from informal scientist-to-scientist discussions and correspondence, to formal, jointly staffed, research projects. Activities that form integral parts of these programs include institutional development, exchange of scientists, training of foreign nationals, and representation of the Survey or the U.S. Government in international organizations, commissions, or associations. |