Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved Mar. 31, 1945 Balance unexpended June 30, 1945 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1945 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1945 $48, 700 $48, 700 48, 700 250 48, 450 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project1 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1947 for new work' 1 Exclusive of available funds. 685, 300 350,000 Location. 59. COLFAX, PALOUSE RIVER, WASH. This project is located on the Palouse River and the South Fork of the Palouse River at and adjacent to their confluence and on Spring Flat Creek in eastern Washington. Existing project. This provides for flood-control works in the vicinity of and through Colfax, Wash., by channel enlargement and modification, levees, flood walls, and revetments. The estimate of cost of new work, made in 1942, is $290,100. The existing project was authorized by the Flood Control Act approved December 22, 1944 (H. Doc. No. 888, 77th Cong., 2d sess.). Local cooperation.-See page 5 for requirements. In addition to the usual requirements, local interests are required to accomplish at their own expense the street, railroad, and bridge modifications necessary for the construction of the project. Operations and results during fiscal year. A reconnaissance survey was made. Total costs for the fiscal year were $29.20. There were no expenditures. Condition at end of fiscal year. No planning or construction work has been done, but a reconnaissance survey has been made. Total costs have been $29.20. Proposed operations.-The funds unexpended June 30, 1945, amounting to $25,000, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable Preparation of plans Total $29. 20 24, 970.80 25, 000. 00 The additional sum of $265,100 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1947 for completion of contract plans and specifications and for construction of the project. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1945 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1945 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1945 $29.20 29.20 29.20 25, 000.00 25, 000.00 1945 $29,20 Total expended Allotted.. Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved Mar. 31, 1945 Balance unexpended June 30, 1945 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1945 25,000.00 $25,000.00 25,000.00 1,000.00 24,000.00 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project' 265, 100.00 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1945_- Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending 1 Exclusive of available funds. 60. PULLMAN, PALOUSE RIVER, WASH. 265, 100.00 Location. This project is located on South Fork of Palouse River at Pullman in eastern Washington. Existing project. This provides for flood control at Pullman, Wash., by the improvement of the channel of the South Fork of Palouse River, the construction of levees, raising existing flood and retaining wall, and revetment work. The estimate of cost for new work, made in 1942, is $187,900. The existing project was authorized by the Flood Control Act approved December 22, 1944 (H. Doc. No. 888, 77th Cong., 2d sess.). Local cooperation.-See page 5 for requirements. In addition to the usual requirements, local interests are required to accomplish at their own expense the street, railroad, and bridge modifications necessary for the construction of the project. Operations and results during fiscal year. A reconnaissance survey was made. Total costs for the fiscal year were $51.60. Expenditures were $47.60. Condition at end of fiscal year.-No planning or construction work has been done, but a reconnaissance survey was made. Total costs have been $51.60, all for new work. Expenditures have been $47.60. Proposed operations.-The funds unexpended June 30, 1945, amounting to $19,952.40, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable Preparation of plans Total $4.00 19, 948. 40 19, 952. 40 The additional sum of $167,900 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1947 for preparation of the contract plans and specifications and initiation of construction of the project. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1945 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1945 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1945 Net total expenditures Unexpended balance June 30, 1945 $51.60 51.60 4.00 47.60 19, 952. 40 20,000.00 1943 Allotted. Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Gross amount expended Balance unexpended June 30, 1945 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1945 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1945 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project1 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending 1 Exclusive of available funds. 61. CASTLE ROCK, COWLITZ RIVER, WASH. 47.60 20,000.00 $20,000.00 47.60 19, 952. 40 1,000.00 18, 952. 40 167, 900.00 167, 900.00 Location. On the east bank of the Cowlitz River in the vicinity of Castle Rock, Wash., approximately 18 miles above the river mouth and 30 miles south of Chehalis, Wash. Existing project.-The improvements proposed include raising and strengthening the existing levee downstream from the highway bridge at Castle Rock, a total distance of about 4,000 feet, and protecting the river face with gravel fills and stone revetment where necessary for this section of the levee. The project will provide protection for the city of Castle Rock from floods of a magnitude of the maximum flood of record which occurred in December 1933. The existing project was authorized by the Flood Control Act approved 18 August 1941. The estimate of cost for construction is $31,000. Local cooperation.-See page 5 for requirements. Assurances of local cooperation have not yet been received. Operations and results during fiscal year.—Surveys and field investigations were completed and plans and specifications were partially prepared during the year. Total costs and expenditures for the fiscal year were $2,000. Condition at end of fiscal year.-No construction work has been done but plans and specifications are partially complete. Total costs and expenditures have been $2,000. Proposed operations.-The amount of $1,100, allotted in July 1945, will be applied to continuation of the preparation of plans and specifications. No work is contemplated during the fiscal year 1947. Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved Apr. 28, 1942 1,500 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project' 29,000 1 Exclusive of available funds. 62. EMERGENCY FLOOD CONTROL WORK UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE FLOOD CONTROL ACT APPROVED AUGUST 18, 1941 The Flood Control Act approved August 18, 1941, authorized the allotment from flood-control appropriations of not to exceed $1,000,000 for any one fiscal year to be expended in rescue work, or in the repair or maintenance of any flood-control work threatened or destroyed by flood. Funds in the amount of $156,740 were previously allotted for emergency repair work in the Portland district. Operations during the fiscal year included planning in connection with flood damage and evacuation requirements. The costs of work during the fiscal year were $164.20 and expenditures were $561.97. Total costs and expenditures to June 30, 1945, were $152,165.42. The balance unexpended June 30, 1945, amounting to $4,574.58, will be applied to costs to be incurred under this heading. 63. 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 |