Public Works Appropriations for 1968: Hearings ... 90th Congress, 1st Session, Part 1

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1967 - Public works

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Page 420 - Preference in the .sale of such power and energy shall be given to public bodies and cooperatives.
Page 805 - That penstocks or other similar facilities adapted to possible future use in the development of hydroelectric power shall be installed in any dam herein authorized when approved by the Secretary of War upon the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers and of the Federal Power Commission.
Page 227 - State shall be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury to such State; and 50 per centum of the charges arising from all other licenses hereunder is hereby reserved and appropriated as a special fund in the Treasury to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War in the maintenance and operation of dams and other navigation structures owned by the United States or in the construction, maintenance, or operation of headwater or other improvements of navigable waters of the United States.
Page 640 - System or a public land area, which, although it is part of a larger area, is commonly used by the public as a means of travel between two places, either or both of which are outside the area...
Page 239 - ... adopt and promote uniform and coordinated policies for water conservation, control and development in the basin; and to encourage the planning, development and financing of water resources projects according to such plans and policies.
Page 676 - Army that they will : (1) provide, without cost to the United States, all lands, easements, and rights-of-way necessary for the construction of the project...
Page 767 - USCS § 702d]; (c) provide without cost to the United States, all rights-of-way for levee foundations and levees on the main stem of the Mississippi River between Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and the Head of Passes.
Page 236 - ARTICLE 3 Powers and Duties of the Commission Section 3.1. PURPOSE AND POLICY. The commission shall develop and effectuate plans, policies and projects relating to the water resources of the basin.
Page 902 - Costs of regulation of streamflow features incorporated in any Federal reservoir or other impoundment under the provisions of this Act shall be determined and the beneficiaries identified and if the benefits are widespread or national in scope, the costs of such features shall be nonreimbursable.
Page 409 - The value of power to the users is measured by the amount that they should be willing to pay for such power. The usual practice is to measure the benefit in terms of the cost of achieving the same result by the most likely alternative means that would exist in the absence of the project.

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