Rivers and Harbors Omnibus Bill (Title I--H.R. 9859).: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Rivers and Harbors of the Committee on Public Works, House of Representatives, Eighty-third Congress, First and Second Sessions, on H.R. 9859, a Bill Authorizing the Construction, Repair, and Preservation of Certain Public Works on Rivers and Harbors for Navigation, Flood Control, and for Other Purposes ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1954 - Beach erosion |
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... reservoirs instead of the au- thorized Osceola and South Grand Reservoirs , and a revised Pomme de Terre Reservoir . The estimated cost of this plan as given in House Document 549 , 81st Congress , is $ 178,094,000 . Of this amount ...
... reservoirs instead of the au- thorized Osceola and South Grand Reservoirs , and a revised Pomme de Terre Reservoir . The estimated cost of this plan as given in House Document 549 , 81st Congress , is $ 178,094,000 . Of this amount ...
Page 87
... reservoirs in the northern part of New Jersey , using more of the swamp bottoms to expand the reservoirs , so that totally agricultural land would not be taken for it . However , in recent years industry has gone in and occupied ...
... reservoirs in the northern part of New Jersey , using more of the swamp bottoms to expand the reservoirs , so that totally agricultural land would not be taken for it . However , in recent years industry has gone in and occupied ...
Page 98
... reservoirs were in and constructed ; and under the assumption that these reservoir benefits were taken away , first , and only the benefits that were to remain could be assigned to structures downstream . The annual charges for the ...
... reservoirs were in and constructed ; and under the assumption that these reservoir benefits were taken away , first , and only the benefits that were to remain could be assigned to structures downstream . The annual charges for the ...
Page 99
... reservoirs have been built to date in the 17 years since they were authorized . We find if we use a more fair method of distributing benefits to the combined system of reservoirs and levees - 1 in which we consider this downstream ...
... reservoirs have been built to date in the 17 years since they were authorized . We find if we use a more fair method of distributing benefits to the combined system of reservoirs and levees - 1 in which we consider this downstream ...
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... reservoirs . This procedure of benefit allocation was adopted as an expedient in the interim report because time and funds then did not permit a complete analysis of reservoir effects or of the need for further reservoir con- trol , and ...
... reservoirs . This procedure of benefit allocation was adopted as an expedient in the interim report because time and funds then did not permit a complete analysis of reservoir effects or of the need for further reservoir con- trol , and ...
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acre-feet acres additional agricultural ANGELL annual approved approximately Army engineers Atchafalaya authorized Battle Creek BECKER benefit-cost ratio benefits bill board of directors Brazos bridge Chairman DONDERO channel Chief of Engineers Colonel STARBIRD committee completed Congress Congressman construction Corps of Engineers cost County cubic feet damage drainage district estimated farm Federal Government feet per second flood protection flow gentlemen hear House Document 642 improvement industrial interests Iowa Kans Kansas City Kansas River Lake land levee located loss MACK Manhattan Marais des Cygnes Melvern ment miles Milford million Mississippi River Missouri River Muscatine navigation Osage County Osage River Ottawa percent Pick-Sloan plan POTTER present problem proposed questions railroad recommended record represent reservoirs resolution Richardson County SCRIVNER Senator soil conservation square miles statement storage stream subcommittee Thank tion Topeka tributaries United upstream Valley Waco watershed Whereas White River
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Page 9 - The committee will come to order. This is a meeting of the Subcommittee on Flood Control of the Public Works Committee of the House for the consideration of HR 2310.
Page 514 - Chairman and members of the committee, I have a prepared statement which I will not take the time of the committee to read.
Page 411 - Corporation, which, to the extent provided in said resolution or resolutions or in the bylaws of the Corporation, shall have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may have power to authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it.
Page 411 - The act of a majority of the Directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors unless the act of a greater number is required by law or by these By-Laws.
Page 9 - PL 99 is under the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers.
Page 238 - SEC. 3. That hereafter no money appropriated under authority of this 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...
Page 431 - A majority of each of said boards shall form a quorum for the transaction of business, and in the absence of any officer of the board, another member may be appointed pro tempore to fill his place and perform his duties.
Page 219 - 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 415 - The affairs of the association shall be managed by a board of not less than five directors, elected by the members or stockholders from their own number.
Page 751 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatires of the United States...