Operations and results during fiscal year.-No allotment was made and there were no operations during the fiscal year. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Work has not been initiated. Tentative plans and specifications have been prepared by local interests for the New Don Pedro Dam which is to be constructed by local interests, with Federal cooperation in the preparation of plans, and Federal contribution toward construction, tentatively estimated at $5,800,000. Proposed operations.-There are no unexpended balances. Total allotments of $50,000 for new work made in August 1945 will be applied to beginning preparation of project plans for new Melones Reservoir, Stanislaus River, Calif. The additional sum of $785,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal years 1946 and 1947 ($500,000 of this total in 1946) for new work, as follows: New Melones Reservoir: Completion of the project plans and of $285,000 500,000 Amount allotted in August 1945. Unobligated balance available for fiscal year 1946 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project' Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal years 1946 and 1947 for new work 1. 1 Exclusive of available funds. $50,000.00 50,000.00 15, 835, 000.00 785, 000. 00 20. SACRAMENTO RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES, CALIFORNIA FROM COLLINSVILLE TO SHASTA. DAM Location. The works covered by this improvement are on the Sacramento River and tributaries in north central California from Collinsville to Shasta Dam. Existing project.-This project provides for the construction and enlargement of levees along the Sacramento and Feather Rivers in Butte Basin and in Sutter and Yolo By-Passes; local improvements, chiefly levees, on nine minor tributaries of the Sacramento River; the construction of the Black Butte Dam and Reservoir on Stony Creek, westerly from Orland, Glenn County; and for the construction of a low level dam and reservoir, with power facilities at Table Mountain in Tehama and Shasta Counties. The levee construction supplements the program of levee improvements being accomplished pursuant to the Flood Control Act of March 1, 1917, as amended by the River and Harbor Act of August 18, 1941. (See report of California Debris Commission, p. 2436). The existing project was adopted by the Flood Control Act of December 22, 1944 (H. Doc. No. 649, 78th Cong., 2d sess.), which authorized to be appropriated for the initiation of the project the sum of $15,000,000. The estimated Federal cost of the project is $50,100,000. Local cooperation.-See page 5 for requirements. With respect to conservation storage to be provided by the Table Mountain and Black Butte Reservoirs, payment, as determined by the Secretary of War upon the basis of continuing studies by the Bureau of Reclamation, the War Department, and local organizations, is to be made to the United States by the State or other responsible agency for this storage when used. Chapter 1514 of the Statutes of 1945, State of California, approved July 19, 1945, provide for the furnishing of the required measures of local cooperation. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Preliminary investigations and studies for the Table Mountain Dam and Reservoir were initiated at a cost of $34,350.76 for new work. Expenditures were $28,801.06. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Preliminary studies for the Table Mountain Dam and Reservoir have been initiated. The costs and expenditures for new work are $34,350.76 and $28.801.06, respectively. Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year, $21,198.94, plus $300,000 allotted in August 1945, will be applied to accounts payable and to preparation of plans for Table Mountain Dam and the Sacramento River levees. The additional sum of $2,000,000 can be profitably expended in fiscal years 1946 and 1947 for continuation of the preparation of plans and for initiation of construction of Table Mountain Dam. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1945- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1945. $34, 350.76 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1945--Minus accounts payable June 30, 1945--- 34, 350.76 5, 549.70 300,000.00 Unobligated balance available for fiscal year 1946----Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for partial completion of existing project 1. Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal years 1946 and 1947 for new work 1 Exclusive of available funds. 14, 650, 000. 00 2, 000, 000. 00 21. REDMOND AND VICINITY, SEVIER RIVER, UTAH Location.-Sevier River drains an area of about 11,100 square miles of the Great Basin in southwestern Utah. It rises in the mountains of southern Utah, flows northerly about 240 miles, thence southwesterly 85 miles and empties into Sevier Lake, which has no outlet. Redmond is on the west bank of the river 155 miles above its mouth. San Pitch River enters Sevier River from the east 12 miles below Redmond. The section of Sevier River Valley in this project extends from the crossing of United States Highway No. 89, near Salina, about 3 miles above Redmond, downstream to the head of Sevier Bridge Reservoir, a total distance of 25 miles. The drainage area above Redmond is 3,820 square miles. Upstream from the section under consideration the basin consists of rugged plateaus and mountains cut by narrow stream valleys. Between Salina and the San Pitch River the stream flows through a mountain valley averaging about 4 miles wide. Sediments carried from the steeper upstream areas and deposited in the valley section have raised the stream bed about 10 feet during the past 40 years. The channel, which in 1900 could carry about 2,600 cubic feet per second, now has a bankful capacity of about 400 cubic feet per second and is bordered by extensive swamps. Existing project. This provides for the improvement of Sevier River in the vicinity of Redmond, Utah, by construction of a leveed channel commencing near Salina and extending about 50,000 feet downstream, of a levee extending from the Westview diversion dam at its proposed relocated site to Redmond Lake Dam, and of two diversion dams, at an estimated cost to the United States from Federal funds of $281,000 for construction. The existing project was adopted by the Flood Control Act of December 22, 1944. (See H. Doc. No. 614, 78th Cong., 2d sess., which contains the latest published map.) Local cooperation.-Local interests are to contribute $48,000 to the first cost and furnish 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 necesssary for construction of the works; (b) hold and save the United States free from damages due to the construction works; (c) construct the three new highway bridges and the irrigation flume required, extend and improve the two irrigation canals, extend the outlets of the existing tile drainage system to the improved river channel, and construct the open drainage ditch at Redmond; and (d) maintain and operate all the works after completion in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of War. Responsible local interests have indicated that they will meet these requirements. Operations and results during fiscal year.-No allotment was made and there were no operations during the fiscal year. Condition at end of fiscal year.—Work has not been started. Proposed operations.-There is no unexpended balance as of June 30, 1945. An allotment of $25,000 for new work made in August 1945 will be applied to preparation of project plans and of contract plans and specifications. The additional sum of $256,000 can be profitably expended for new work during the fiscal year 1947, for construction of the project works. Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project1. 256,000.00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending 256,000.00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 22. SNAGGING AND CLEARING UNDER AUTHORITY OF SECTION 2 OF THE FLOOD CONTROL ACT APPROVED AUGUST 28, 1937, AS AMENDED The Flood Control Act approved August 28, 1937, as amended by the Flood Control Acts approved August 11, 1939, and August 18, 1941, authorized the allotment of not to exceed $500,000 from the flood control appropriations for any one fiscal year for the removal of accumulated snags and other debris from, and the clearing and straightening of channels in, navigable streams and tributaries thereof, when such work is advisable in the interest of flood control; provided that not more than $25,000 shall be allotted for this purpose for any single tributary from the appropriations for any one fiscal year. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, snags, brush, and other debris were removed from the flood channel of Fresno Slough, near Burrel, Calif., under contract, at a cost of $25,000 for new work. Clearing of the inlet channel to Buena Vista Lake near Buttonwillow, Kern County, Calif., was 26 percent completed by hired labor with rented plant. The work will be completed early in July, 1945, and total cost will be entered at that time. Total costs and expenditures during the fiscal year were $25,000, for new work. Balance unexpended July 1, 1944 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Ap- Amount to be accounted for. Gross amount expended‒‒‒‒‒‒‒ Balance unexpended June 30, 1945_-. $4,397. 73 $15,000.00 25,000.00 40, 000. 00 44, 397. 73 25,000.00 19, 397. 73 4.50 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1945_ Unobligated balance available June 30, 1945---- 19, 393. 23 23. EMERGENCY FLOOD-CONTROL WORK UNDER AUTHORITY OF PUBLIC LAWS NOS. 138 AND 318, SEVENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS Because of the heavy demands for emergency repair work to flood-control structures damaged or destroyed by the disastrous floods which occurred in the spring of 1943 and again in the spring of 1944, Congress, in the act approved July 12, 1943, Public No. 138, Seventy-eighth Congress, and in the act approved May 29, 1944, Public No. 318, Seventy-eighth Congress, authorized the amounts of $10,000,000 and $12,000,000, respectively, to be appropriated as emergency funds to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers for the repair, restoration, and strengthening of levees and other flood-control works which had been threatened or destroyed by the recent floods. During the year ending June 30, 1945, funds in the amount of $595,000 were allotted for emergency repairs and |