Stream Bank Erosion on the Missouri River and Other Water Resources Problems in North Dakota: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Water Resources, Transportation, and Infrastructure of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, One Hundredth Congress, First Session, February 11, 1987-Bismarck, ND. |
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... considered in the language of the O'Ma- honey - Milliken Amendment to the Flood Control Act of 1944 . Our dissatisfaction with certain positions of the Omaha District of the Corps of Engineers should not be construed as a criticism of ...
... considered in the language of the O'Ma- honey - Milliken Amendment to the Flood Control Act of 1944 . Our dissatisfaction with certain positions of the Omaha District of the Corps of Engineers should not be construed as a criticism of ...
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... considered by the Corps of Engineers as a means of reducing sediment reaching this delta formation , thus de- laying the time when operational changes would be necessary . This is an indication that bank protection is part of the ...
... considered by the Corps of Engineers as a means of reducing sediment reaching this delta formation , thus de- laying the time when operational changes would be necessary . This is an indication that bank protection is part of the ...
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... considered a low - flow period and erosion rates were below that which have normally occurred . To base a prediction for continued losses on such figures is unrea- sonable . To reference economic losses , J. A. Lietch , from the ...
... considered a low - flow period and erosion rates were below that which have normally occurred . To base a prediction for continued losses on such figures is unrea- sonable . To reference economic losses , J. A. Lietch , from the ...
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... considered a high - priority project for funding by the Red River Joint Water Resource Board and should be constructed at the same time as the Sheyenne diver- sion and bypass are constructed . Public opinion is strongly in favor of the ...
... considered a high - priority project for funding by the Red River Joint Water Resource Board and should be constructed at the same time as the Sheyenne diver- sion and bypass are constructed . Public opinion is strongly in favor of the ...
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... considered in any new loan program . MAP , our organization , has been a forerunner in the private foundation realm of working with private founda- tions to fund communities conducting water audit and leak detec- tion surveys as a means ...
... considered in any new loan program . MAP , our organization , has been a forerunner in the private foundation realm of working with private founda- tions to fund communities conducting water audit and leak detec- tion surveys as a means ...
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acre-feet authorized Baldhill Dam bank protection bank stabilization benefits Bismarck BOMMM Joint Burleigh Cass County Chairman channel communities completed Congress construction Corps of Engineers cost-sharing Dakota Water dam safety Devils Lake DOMINY downstream erosion problem estimated five-foot raise Flood Control Act Flood Control Project flood plain flood protection flows funds Garrison Dam Garrison Diversion hearing Heart River high valley lands Hill Dam irrigation Joint Board Lake Ashtabula Lake Oahe Lake Sakakawea levee losses maintenance Mandan Maple River miles million dollars Missouri Basin Missouri River navigation non-federal North Dakota Oahe Reservoir Omaha District operation percent Pick-Sloan Plan proposed Quentin Burdick Quentin N recreation Red River result River Basin River Flood Control Rural Water Systems sediment Senator BURDICK Sheyenne River Souris River statement testimony Thank United Valley City Water Commission Water Resource Board Water Resource District water supply Water Users West Fargo wildlife
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Page 6 - The use for navigation, in connection with the operation and maintenance of such works herein authorized for construction, of waters arising in States lying wholly or partly west of the ninety-eighth meridian shall be only such use as does not conflict with any beneficial consumptive use, present or future, in States lying wholly or partly west of the ninety-eighth meridian, of such waters for domestic, municipal, stock water, irrigation, mining, or industrial purposes.
Page 78 - 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 56 - The greatest tyranny has the smallest beginnings. From precedents overlooked, from remonstrances despised, from grievances treated with ridicule, from powerless men oppressed with impunity, and overbearing men tolerated with complacence, springs the tyrannical usage which generations of wise and good men may hereafter perceive and lament and resist in vain.
Page 78 - States all lands, easements, and rights-of-way necessary for the construction of the project, except as otherwise provided herein; (b) hold and save the United States free from damages due to the construction works; (c) maintain and operate all the works after completion in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Army...
Page 119 - Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming— states in which the Missouri and its tributaries drain an area of about 525,000 square miles (1,360,000 sq km).
Page 78 - Such channel rectification works or other measures at or below the Muskingum River reservoirs as in the discretion of the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of War may be found necessary to provide for the most efficient operation of those reservoirs, at an estimated cost of $2,200,000...
Page 157 - Please let me know if there is anything I can do to help in this drive to get us classified.
Page 74 - The serious problems in this reach of the river are being caused by the operations of the Garrison Dam. This is due primarily to two causes. First, the water is released from Garrison Dam in a silt free condition. This means that the water has a silt carrying capacity approximately 2%0 percent of the weight of the water itself.
Page 62 - SEC. 6. [None Assigned] All property declared to be held in trust for the benefit and use of the Pueblo of Zia pursuant to this Act, and all the receipts therefrom referred to in section 5 of this Act, shall be exempt from Federal, State, and local taxation so long as such property is held in trust by the United States. Any distribution of such receipts to tribal members shall neither be considered...
Page 185 - In the case of the Maple River project, the corps did not consider the economic Impact of agricultural losses. This Is indeed unfortunate. The Federal Government must consider the major reductions in flood levels or flood damages on agricultural lands. In 1975. the President twice announced disaster declarations for eastern North Dakota. The cprinc Pood WM dftCliirrrj on May 2r; the summer flood on July 11.