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Page 1226 - It shall be the duty of said commission to take into consideration and mature such plan or plans and estimates as will correct, permanently locate and deepen the channel and protect the banks of the Mississippi river; improve and give safety and ease to the navigation thereof; prevent destructive Hoods; promote and facilitate commerce, trade and the postal service...
Page 1226 - PL 99 is under the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers.
Page 1767 - State agency for the purpose of determining the possible damage to wildlife resources and for the purpose of determining means and measures that should be adopted to prevent the loss of or damage to such wildlife resources...
Page 1723 - States of $2,252,000 for construction; provided that local interests give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army...
Page 1723 - 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 1767 - ... .shall consult with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, and with the head of the agency exercising administration over the wildlife resources of the particular State wherein the impoundment, diversion, or other control facility is to be constructed, with a view to the conservation of wildlife resources by preventing loss of and damage to such resources as well as providing for the development and improvement thereof in connection with such water-resource development.
Page 1723 - War is hereby authorized and directed to acquire in the name of the United States title to all lands, easements, and rights-of-way necessary for any dam and reservoir project or channel improvement or channel rectification project for flood control...
Page 1226 - The Mississippi River Commission, created by an Act of Congress on June 28, 1879, consists of three officers of the Corps of Engineers, one from the National Ocean Survey, and three civilians, two of whom must be civil engineers.
Page 1359 - Act authorized a 3-year program to demonstrate the practicability of extending the navigation season on the Great Lakes and the St.
Page 1359 - Such a program shall include, but not be limited to, ship voyages extending beyond the normal navigation season; observation and surveillance of ice conditions and ice forces; environmental and ecological investigations; collection of technical data related to improved vessel design; ice control facilities, and aids to navigation; physical model studies; and coordination of the collection and dissemination of information to shippers on weather and ice conditions.

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