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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... considered by this committee . The first one is the Yadkin - Pee Dee , N. C. What I would like to know , Is there any opposition to this project or not , and if anybody is here to oppose the project ? ( There was no response . ) Senator ...
... considered by this committee . The first one is the Yadkin - Pee Dee , N. C. What I would like to know , Is there any opposition to this project or not , and if anybody is here to oppose the project ? ( There was no response . ) Senator ...
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... considered by you , that these reports should be filed with the Congress after they have been processed through the Corps of Engineers and have comments of the governors of the States affected which have been received , and of the ...
... considered by you , that these reports should be filed with the Congress after they have been processed through the Corps of Engineers and have comments of the governors of the States affected which have been received , and of the ...
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... 1 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 , while generally accepted as national policy , were not applicable to the projects which were being considered by the House committee . I am delighted that the bill , as passed by FLOOD CONTROL 17.
... 1 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 , while generally accepted as national policy , were not applicable to the projects which were being considered by the House committee . I am delighted that the bill , as passed by FLOOD CONTROL 17.
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... considered some time ago , but was not approved by the Senate , and thus the comprehensive plan was not authorized . Colonel FERINGA . May I interrupt to answer Senator Robertson more fully . The project that Colonel Herb has described ...
... considered some time ago , but was not approved by the Senate , and thus the comprehensive plan was not authorized . Colonel FERINGA . May I interrupt to answer Senator Robertson more fully . The project that Colonel Herb has described ...
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... considered in the upper Yadkin River Valley . The town of Jonesville is situated on the south side of the Yadkin River just across the river from Elkin . Floods and high water on the Yadkin River materially affect the population of this ...
... considered in the upper Yadkin River Valley . The town of Jonesville is situated on the south side of the Yadkin River just across the river from Elkin . Floods and high water on the Yadkin River materially affect the population of this ...
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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...