600 miles to the Head of Passes, Louisiana, near the mouth of the Mississippi River. The area, varying in width from 30 to 125 miles, includes the lower portions of large tributaries which are subject to inundation by backwater from the Mississippi River during extreme floods. The Flood Control Act of May 15, 1928 authorized a plan for flood protection in the alluvial valley of the Mississippi River, and such bank revetment and contraction works as required to provide a channel depth of 9 feet and a width of 300 feet below Cairo, Illinois. The 1928 Act also authorized the appropriation of $325,000,000 to accomplish the plan of protection, which was designated as the Mississippi River and Tributaries Project (MR&T). Subsequent acts have modified the original plan to include additional projects and have increased the total monetary authorization. The present plan for the Mississippi River and Tributaries Project provides for five reservoirs, hundreds of miles of levees, channel improvements, river cutoffs, and major drainage works throughout the alluvial valley. Also, accomplishment and maintenance of a 12-foot navigation channel from Cairo, Illinois, to Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The monetary authorization provided to date totals $1,948,922,000. Total estimated cost of projects in plan_---. Present monetary authorization. Remaining monetary authorization_‒‒‒‒‒ Additional scheduled obligations thru calendar year 1975- $3, 820, 000, 000 1, 949, 000, 000 1, 904, 000, 000 45, 000, 000 256, 000, 000 211, 000, 000 153, 000, 000 Deficit monetary authorization thru calendar year 1975---Additional scheduled obligations thru calendar year 1976__ Deficit monetary authorization thru calendar year 1976____ Projects and amounts on which requested authorization is planned to be used: Project Atchafalaya basin.. Channel improvement.. Lower Arkansas River. Lower Red River.. Lower White River.. Mississippi River levees.. Old River control.. Recreation facilities. St. Francis Basin. Teche-Vermilion Basin. Tensas Basin.. West Kentucky tributaries. West Tennessee tributaries. Yazoo Basin..... Total requested authorization... 364, 000, 000 The Missouri River drains an area of 519,090 square miles, of which 509,375 square miles are in the United States and 9,715 square miles are in Canada. The basin includes all of Nebraska, most of South Dakota, large portions of North Dakota. Montana, and Wyoming, about half of Kansas and Missouri; and smaller parts of Colorado, Iowa, and Minnesota. From its source in southwestern Montana, it flows for a distance or 2,460 miles to enter the Mississippi River above St. Louis, Missouri. A general comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes in the Missouri River Basin was approved by the Flood Control Act of June 28, 1938. which also authorized $9 million for initiation and partial accomplishment of the plan. The Flood Control Act approved December 22, 1944, expanded the general comprehensive plan for the Missouri River Basin to include the co ordinated plan of the Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation, and authorized the appropriation of $200 million for each agency. Additional projects and monetary authorizations have been included in subsequent acts, bringing the total monetary authorization to date to $1,710,094,000. Total Estimated Cost of Projects in Plan:---- Present monetary authorization---- Remaining monetary authorization (30 June 1974) --- Deficit monetary authorization thru calendar year 1975__. $2, 418, 000, 000 1, 710, 000, 000 1, 639, 000, 000 71, 000, 000 143, 000, 000 72, 000, 000 82, 000, 000 154, 000, 000 Deficit Monetary Authorization thru calendar year 1976___ Projects and Amounts on which requested authorization is planned to be used: NORTH BRANCH SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN The North Branch Susquehanna River Basin drains an area of 11,306 square miles of which 6,270 square miles are in south-central New York and 5,036 square miles are in northeastern Pennsylvania. It has a length of approximately 150 miles and a width of approximately 170 miles. It is bounded by drainage basins of Lake Ontario and the Mohawk River on the north, the Delaware River on the east, the West Branch of the Susquehanna River on the south and the Genesee River on the west. The plan authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1958 provides for construction of the Lake Cowanesque and Tioga-Hammond Lakes projects in Pennsylvania; local flood protection works at Elkland Pennsylvania and Nichols, New York; channel improvements (for flood control) at Cortland, New York and for $30 million to be appropriated for partial accomplishment on the project plan. The River Basin Monetary Authorization Act of 1971 increased the Basin authority to $47 million. Total estimated cost of projects in plan.--. Present monetary authorization____ Remaining monetary authorization_-_ Additional Schedule Obligations thru calendar year 1975--- $164, 000, 000 47, 000, 000 47, 000, 000 0 64, 000, 000 Deficit monetary authorization thru calendar year 1975. 64, 000, 000 29, 000, 000 Deficit monetary authorization thru calendar year 1976----- 93, 000, 000 Projects and amounts on which requested authorization is planned to be used: The Ohio River is formed by the junction of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers at Pittsburgh, and flows in a general southwesterly direction to join the Mississippi River at Cairo, Ill. Its length is 981 miles, and its basin, comprising 204,000 square miles, lies between the Allegheny Mountains on the east and the Mississippi River Basin on the west. The basin is about 800 miles long along the northeast-southwest axis, and about 500 miles wide along its northwestsouthwest axis. Lying in the basin are major portions of Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee; large areas in Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, Alabama, and Illinois; and parts of New York, Maryland, Georgia, and Mississippi. The Flood Control Acts of June 22, 1936, August 28, 1937, and June 28, 1938, approved a general comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes in the Ohio River Basin, consisting of reservoirs, levees, floodwalls, and drainage structures for protection of cities and towns. Those acts were amended and supplemented by subsequent acts, which also included monetary authorizations for further prosecution of the comprehensive plan. The monetary authorization provided to date totals $1,218.8 million. Total estimated cost of projects in plan___ Present monetary authorization__ Remaining monetary authorization____. Additional scheduled obligations thru calendar year 1975-- Deficit monetary authorization thru calendar year 1975- $1,670, 157, 000 1, 218, 883, 000 1, 230, 277, 000 -11, 444, 000 109, 028, 000 120, 472, 000 41, 424, 000 Deficit monetary authorization thru calendar year 1976---Projects and amounts on which requested authorization is planned to be used: 161, 896, 000 OUACHITA RIVER BASIN The Ouachita River Basin, comprising about 25,000 square miles within the Red River Basin, is located in the southern half of Arkansas and the northern part of Louisiana. The River and Harbor Act of May 17, 1950, approved the general plan for flood control and other purposes in the Ouachita River Basin and authorized the appropriation of $21,300,000 for initiation and partial accomplishment of the plan. This plan consists of channel improvements for flood control for Bayou Bartholomew, Arkansas and Louisiana; and Pine Bluff, Arkansas; DeGray Lake, Arkansas; Murfreesboro Lake, Arkansas; and a floodwall at Monroe, Louisiana. The monetary authorization has been increased by subsequent acts bringing the total monetary authorization to $69,300,000. Total estimated cost of project in plan---- Present monetary authorization__ Remaining monetary authorization___ Additional Scheduled Obligations thru calendar year 1975. Deficit monetary authorization thru calendar year 1975. $95, 000, 000 69, 000, 000 63,000,000 6,000,000 10, 000, 000 4, 000, 000 3, 000, 000 7, 000, 000 Deficit Monetary Authorization thru calendar year 1976_----Projects and amounts on which requested authorization is planned to be used: The Red River Waterway Project is located in northwest Louisiana, southwest Arkansas, northwest Texas, and southern Oklahoma. The River and Harbor Act of 1968 approved the plan for navigation and bank stabilization for the Red River and authorized the appropriation of $50,000,000 for initiation and partial accomplishment of the plan. The plan consists of providing a stabilized navigation channel 294 miles long, 9 feet deep, and 200 feet wide from the Mississippi River to Daingerfield, Texas. Also bank stabilization would be provided from Shreveport, Louisiana to Denison Dam, Texas. The monetary authorization has not been increased since the original authorization. Total estimated cost of projects in plan_--- Present monetary authorization.......... Remaining monetary authorization___. Additional Scheduled Obligation through calendar year 1975__ $850, 000, 000 50, 000, 000 8, 000, 000 42, 000, 000 51, 000, 000 9, 000, 000 42, 000, 000 51, 000, 000 Deficit monetary authorization through calendar year 1975Additional Scheduled Obligations through calendar year 1976_ Deficit Monetary Authorization through calendar year 1976___ Project and amounts on which requested authorization is planned to be used: The Sacramento River, the principal stream in the State of California, has a drainage area of approximately 26,300 square miles and an average annual runoff of about 18 million acre-feet. The major tributary streams are the American and Feather Rivers which enter the Sacramento River at Sacramento, California, and 20 miles above that city, respectively. Construction of the projects included in the Sacramento River Basin plan is essentially completed except for the Sacramento River Bank Protection project which is discussed below. The Flood Control Act approved 14 July 1960 modified the existing project for Sacramento River Flood Control by authorization of a long-range program of bank erosion control works and set-back levees within the limits of the existing levee system with specific authorization of the initial phase of work contemplated during the first 10 years (430,000 lineal feet of erosion control works). Monetary authorization of $14,240,000 was approved for the initial phase of the bank protection project by the 1960 Flood Control Act; the Act of 1967 (PL 90-17), authorized completion of the initial phase now scheduled for June 1974, at an estimated cost of $7,000,000. Extension of bank protection beyond the initial phase requires approval of the Congress. Total estimated cost of projects in plan.... Present monetary authorization. Remaining monetary authorization____. Additional scheduled obligations thru calendar year 1975---. $192, 000, 000 57, 000, 000 53, 000, 000 4, 000, 000 9, 000, 000 5, 000, 000 5, 000, 000 Deficit monetary authorization thru calendar year 1975__. Additional scheduled obligations thru calendar year 1976____ Deficit monetary authorization thru calendar year 1976______ Projects and amounts on which requested authorization is planned to be used: 10, 000, 000 Project Sacramento River bank protection (phase 2),1 total requested authorization.... 1 Construction of phase 2 requires specific approval of the Congress. SAN JOAQUIN RIVER BASIN The San Joaquin River, the only exterior drainage channel for an area of about 32,000 square miles, has its source in the Sierra Nevada Range about 25 miles southeast of the Yosemite Valley, California. The Flood Control Act approved December 22, 1944, adopted the plan of improvement for flood control and other purposes on the lower San Joaquin River and tributaries, including the Tuolumane and Stanislaus Rivers, and |