Mr. EVINS. Will the chairman yield? Mr. CANNON. Yes. Mr. EVINS. On the New Hogan Reservoir there are several green sheets which indicate a change from the Eisenhower budget to the Kennedy budget. There are substantial changes, are there, General? General MACDONNELL. The original budget figure was $4,500,000. It is now $6 million. Mr. EVINS. He wants to accelerate and speed up the construction? General MACDONNELL. It will. We expect to complete this project approximately 1 year before it would otherwise be completed. Mr. EVINS. Thank you. PINE FLAT RESERVOIR AND KINGS RIVER Mr. CANNON. Pine Flat Reservoir and Kings River, $1,621,000 to complete. We will insert pages 135 through 140. (Pages 135 through 140 of the justifications are as follows:) LOCATION: The reservoir is on Kings River, about 25 miles east of Fresno, California, and the channel improvements are on Kings River downstream from Lemoore Weir. AUTHORIZATION: Flood Control Act of 1944 BENEFIT-COST RATIO: 5.1 to 1(Total Project) (Chan Accumulated nel Imp. Only - 1.3 to 1) of Est. Fed. Cost Total Estimated Project Cost $41,275,000 Local interests are also required to reimburse the Federal Government for costs allocated to irrigation functions in accordance with Reclamation Law. Under the provision of War Dept. Civil Appr. Act of 1947, the Secretary of War, with the concurrence of the Secretary of the Interior, determined the allocation of cost to irrigation should be set at an amount not to exceed $14,250,000. 1,820 feet Flood Control and Irrigation 6-42 x 38 feet tainter gates Capacity (gross pool) .. 292 feet Spillway...... Crest Length Capacity...... 391,000 c.f.s. Levee rehabilitation... 35 miles Kings River Channel Improvements: Intermittent Channel Clearing... 55 miles Penstocks (for future use). Mr. EVINS. Will the chairman yield? Mr. CANNON. Yes. Mr. EVINS. On the New Hogan Reservoir there are several green sheets which indicate a change from the Eisenhower budget to the Kennedy budget. There are substantial changes, are there, General? General MACDONNELL. The original budget figure was $4,500,000. It is now $6 million. Mr. EVINS. He wants to accelerate and speed up the construction? General MACDONNELL. It will. We expect to complete this project approximately 1 year before it would otherwise be completed. Mr. EVINS. Thank you. PINE FLAT RESERVOIR AND KINGS RIVER Mr. CANNON. Pine Flat Reservoir and Kings River, $1,621,000 to complete. We will insert pages 135 through 140. (Pages 135 through 140 of the justifications are as follows:) |