Merrimack River Valley and Connecticut River Valley Interstate Flood Control Compacts: Hearings Before the Committee on Flood Control, House of Representatives, Seventy-fifth Congress, First Session, on H.J. Res. 482, H.J. Res. 435, H.J. Res. 436, and H.J. Res. 430. August 16,17, and 18, 1937 |
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... opinion may be required of those navigable streams of the United States and their tribu- taries , whereon power development appears feasible and practicable , with a view to the formulation of general plans for the most effective ...
... opinion may be required of those navigable streams of the United States and their tribu- taries , whereon power development appears feasible and practicable , with a view to the formulation of general plans for the most effective ...
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... opinion , the construction of Federal projects , to be participated in by contributions by those States and political subdivisions or localities to be directly benefited by the con- struction of flood - control dams and reservoirs . It ...
... opinion , the construction of Federal projects , to be participated in by contributions by those States and political subdivisions or localities to be directly benefited by the con- struction of flood - control dams and reservoirs . It ...
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... opinion , that those compacts would give a peculiar sectional preferential advantage to those States over all the other States in the Union . In the case of all the other flood - control projects constructed under the Flood Control Act ...
... opinion , that those compacts would give a peculiar sectional preferential advantage to those States over all the other States in the Union . In the case of all the other flood - control projects constructed under the Flood Control Act ...
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... opinion about it , as to whether or not it would deprive the Federal Power Commission of its juris- diction . The CHAIRMAN . You are doubtful about that ? Mr. McNINCH . Yes , sir . The CHAIRMAN . You say that the proposed compacts place ...
... opinion about it , as to whether or not it would deprive the Federal Power Commission of its juris- diction . The CHAIRMAN . You are doubtful about that ? Mr. McNINCH . Yes , sir . The CHAIRMAN . You say that the proposed compacts place ...
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... opinion about it . The CHAIRMAN . All right . In your testimony you have stated that under the terms of this act the Federal Government is to ad- vance 75 percent of the total cost of the project . Mr. MCNINCH . My information is that ...
... opinion about it . The CHAIRMAN . All right . In your testimony you have stated that under the terms of this act the Federal Government is to ad- vance 75 percent of the total cost of the project . Mr. MCNINCH . My information is that ...
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acquire advance consent agency amendment approved ARTICLE attorney authorized benefits built Casey resolution CHAIRMAN Chief of Engineers committee Commonwealth of Massachusetts connection construction contemplated contribution controlling a drainage DALY damages DEMPSEY Department DEVER drainage area easements and rights electric England Federal Government Federal Power Act Federal Power Commission FENTON FERGUSON Flood Control Act flood-control dams flood-control projects flood-control purposes funds Governor Hampshire hereby hereinafter House Joint Resolution interests interstate compact JACOBSON Joint Resolution 482 language legislatures levees located maintenance McNINCH ment Merrimack River Valley navigable streams necessary operation opinion percent power companies power dam power development power storage provide for flood question relocated representatives reservation reservoir or reservoirs respect rights-of-way SECREST Secretary Secretary of War Senate signatory square miles Stamford statement thereto tion TOBEY tributaries understand United Vermont VOORHIS War Department water conservation
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Page 10 - Each commissioner may be removed or suspended from office as provided by the law of the state from which he shall be appointed.
Page 48 - Local Interests are required to provide without cost to the United States all rights-of-way for levee foundations and levees on the main stem of the Mississippi River between Cape Girardeau, Mo., and the Head of Passes, except for maintenance setbacks.
Page 78 - United States all lands, easements, and rights-of-way necessary for the construction of the project...
Page 30 - It is hereby recognized that destructive floods upon the rivers of the United States, upsetting orderly processes and causing loss of life and property, including the erosion of lands, and impairing and obstructing navigation, highways, railroads, and other channels of commerce between the States, constitute a menace to national welfare...
Page 26 - 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 22 - This compact shall become binding and obligatory when it shall have been approved by the Legislatures of each of the signatory States and by the Congress of the United States.
Page 17 - The port authority shall have such additional powers and duties as may hereafter be delegated to or imposed upon it from time to time by the action of the legislature of either State concurred in by the legislature of the other.
Page 23 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress is hereby given to...
Page 31 - Federal investigations of watersheds and measures for runoff and waterflow retardation and soil erosion prevention on watersheds shall be under the jurisdiction of and shall be prosecuted by the Department of Agriculture under the direction of the Secretary of Agriculture, except as otherwise provided by Act of Congress...
Page 11 - States. The commission shall make, or cause to be made, such studies as it may deem necessary, in cooperation with the corps of engineers and other federal agencies, for the development of a comprehensive plan for flood control and for utilization of the water resources of the Connecticut River Valley.