Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1947: 13, 962. 29 287, 250. 64 5, 928. 33 293, 178.97 290,000.00 INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY WATERS THE INTERNATIONAL ST. CROIX RIVER BOARD OF CONTROL Constitution and duties.-The Board was organized in pursuance to conditions in the orders of the International Joint Commission approving the maintenance and operation of the dam built by the St. Croix Water Power Co. and the Sprague Falls Manufacturing Co., Ltd., across the St. Croix River at Grand Falls in the State of Maine, and subsequent agreements reached between the Governments of the United States and the Dominion of Canada. The Board is charged with the duty of formulating and administering rules under which the power plant and accessories are to be operated to prevent as nearly as possible a level of water at the dam higher than 203.5 (mean sea-level datum), and to secure to the users of water below Grand Falls the flow of water to which they are entitled. The Board is also charged with the supervision of the operation of all fishways on that portion of the St. Croix River that forms the international boundary. On October 2, 1934, the International Joint Commission issued an order approving the reconstruction of the dam, owned by Canadian Cottons-Ltd., extending across the St. Croix River from Milltown in the Province of New Brunswick, Canada, to Milltown in the State of Maine, United States of America, which contained the following conditions: 1. That the reconstructed dam be so operated as to ensure that the forebay levels rise to no higher elevation than that which has heretofore obtained in the operation of the dam now being replaced. 2. That during times of flood the sluiceways of the dam shall be sufficiently open to ensure passage of the river flow. 3. That the operation of the dam, insofar as is necessary to ensure the ob servance of the provisions of this order, be under the supervision of the International St. Croix River Board of Control. Members of the Board. The membership of the Board for the fiscal year 1945 was as follows: Mr. Victor Meek, Controller of the Dominion Water and Power Bureau, served as Canadian member. Lt. Col. H. P. Dunbar, Corps of Engineers, served as United States member until Sept. 21, 1944, when he was succeeded by Col. Homer B. Pettit, Corps of Engineers, who is the present member. Operations during the fiscal year.-Supervision was maintained and inspections made to ensure that the regulations of the International Joint Commission were carried out. Proposed operations.-Only such correspondence and inspections as may be necessary to carry out the regulations of the International Joint Commission. THE INTERNATIONAL LAKE CHAMPLAIN BOARD OF CONTROL Constitution and duties.-The Board was organized pursuant to the provisions of the orders, dated June 10, 1937, of the International Joint Commission, approving the construction and operation of certain remedial works in the Richelieu River at Fryer's Island in the Province of Quebec, Dominion of Canada. The Board is charged with the responsibility of ensuring compliance with the provisions of the order of approval insofar as they relate to the regulation of the levels of Lake Champlain. Members of the Board.-The members of the Board for the fisca year 1945 were Mr. Victor Meek, Controller, Dominion Water and Power Bureau, for Canada, and Col. E. W. Garbisch, Corps of Engineers, for the United States. Operations during the fiscal year.-None. The construction of the Fryer's Island Control Dam was completed in December 1938. Gates have been installed but have not been operated pending excavation of the natural river control upstream from the dam. Proposed operations.--Only such administrative work and inspections as may be necessary to carry out the regulations of the International Joint Commission will be performed. NIAGARA CONTROL BOARD Constitution and duties.-The Niagara Control Board was constituted in August 1923 to measure and supervise the diversion. of waters from the Niagara River so that the level of Lake Erie and the flow of the stream shall not be affected, in accordance with the provisions of article V, treaty between the United States and Great Britain-boundary waters between the United States and Canada-May 13, 1910. Article V of the treaty limits the authorized daily diversion by Canada to 36,000 cubic feet per second and by the United States to 20,000 cubic feet per second. By an exchange of notes between the Secretary of State and the Canadian Minister an additional diversion of 5,000 cubic feet per second for Canada was authorized October 14, 1940. Senate Executive Report No. 8, Seventy-seventh Congress, first session, authorized June 12, 1941, for defense purposes, additional diversion of 3,000 cubic feet per second for Canada, and 5,000 cubic feet per second for the United States. A further exchange of notes. authorized November 28, 1941, additional diversions of 7,500 cubic feet per second for the United States, and 6,000 cubic feet per second for Canada. Members of the Board.--The Board consists of two members, one representing the Dominion of Canada and one representing the United States. During the past year the Canadian representative was Mr. Norman Marr, Chief Hydraulic Engineer, Dominion Water and Power Bureau, Ottawa, and the United States representative was Lt. Col. Norman J. Riebe, Corps of Engineers. In letter to the Secretary of State dated February 26, 1944, the Secretary of War designated the district engineer, Buffalo, N. Y., as ex officio United States member of the International Niagara Board of Control. Lt. Col. Norman J. Riebe has been district engineer since January 3, 1944. Operations during the fiscal year.-The Board received daily reports of operations of the six hydroelectric generating stations on the Niagara River, all of which divert water above the Falls. These reports, submitted in form prescribed by the Board, showing for each hour the units in operation, the power output of each station, and quantities of water diverted, were checked by the Board. Monthly and annual summaries were prepared. Weekly and intermittent inspections of all plants were made by representatives of the Board members, jointly and individually, to obtain independent watt-meter readings of power output and to assure that all provisions of article V were complied with. The new DeĊew Falls Hydro-Electric Power Development was placed in operation October 15, 1943. Reports of daily diversions from the Niagara River by the DeCew plant beginning September 29, 1943, and continuing since that date have been received by the Board. Joint inspections of the DeCew plant were begun on February 9, 1944, and have continued at biweekly intervals since that date. Records of water levels in the Niagara River above and below the Falls were obtained by means of four self-registering gages on the United States side. Self-registering gages for determining water levels in the New York State Barge Canal eastward from the Niagara River were installed, and recording operations cover the following periods: June 16, 1943, to December 16, 1943, and May 10, 1944, to June 30, 1944. On November 4, 1940, additional diversions by Canada were begun under the agreement between the Secretary of State and the Canadian Minister. On June 13, 1941, and November 28, 1941. additional diversions by Canada and the United States were begun under the authorization in the Senate executive report and the exchange of notes cited above. SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL NIAGARA BOARD In 1926 the Niagara Control Board was enlarged by the addition of two members-Dr. J. Horace McFarland being the additional United States member and Dr. Charles Camsell the additional Canadian member-for an extended investigation into the preservation of the scenic beauty of the Falls and analysis of all factors relative thereto. The Enlarged Board was constituted into a Special International Niagara Board for the purpose of carrying on this investigation. On December 11, 1929, the Special International Niagara Board. submitted its final report to the two Governments, with recommendations in regard to remedial works, additional diversions, etc. This report was printed as Senate Document No. 128, Seventy-first Congress, second session. On January 17, 1931, a large mass of rock forming a part of the crest of the American Falls collapsed and fell into the gorge. A supplementary report, which reviewed the basic findings of the Board as presented in its final report of December 11, 1929, and which discussed the relationship of the rock fall to these findings was prepared and submitted on November 10, 1931. This supplementary report confirmed the conclusions and recommendations made in the final report. This was the last investigation undertaken by the Special International Niagara Board. INTERNATIONAL MASSENA BOARD OF CONTROL Constitution and duties.-An order of the International Joint Commission issued after a hearing on the application of the St. Lawrence River Power Co. for permission to continue to maintain the submerged rock weir constructed by the company in the south Sault Channel of the St. Lawrence River, authorized the maintenance of the weir and, among other things, provided for a board of engineers to pass upon and control the new and old works involved. Members of the Board.-The members of the Board for the fiscal year were Mr. Norman Marr, Chief Hydraulic Engineer. Dominion Water and Power Bureau for Canada; Lt. Col. Norman J. Riebe, Corps of Engineers, for the United States. In letter to the Secretary of State dated February 26, 1944, the Secretary of War designated the district engineer, Buffalo, N. Y., as ex officio United States member of the International Massena Board of Control. Lt. Col. Norman J. Riebe has been district engineer since January 3, 1944. Operations during the fiscal year.-The Board kept in touch with conditions by means of inspections and with respect to the diversion by means of monthly reports of the power company. showing the amount of water diverted and powerhouse performance from day to day. The weir was inspected by the district engineer April 24, 1945. INTERNATIONAL LAKE SUPERIOR BOARD OF CONTROL Constitution and duties.-The Board, organized in pursuance of orders issued by the International Joint Commission, May 26, 1914, is charged with the supervision of the operations of all compensating works and all power canals and accessories with a view to maintaining the level of Lake Superior between elevations 602.1 and 603.6 above mean tide at New York. Members of the Board.-The members of the Board were Mr. Norman Marr, for Canada, and Col. Allison Miller, Corps of Engineers, for the United States. Operations during the fiscal year.-The Board kept in touch during the year with conditions pertaining to the diversion, Chrough representatives of the United States and Canada on the ground, and by means of regular and systematic reports of the water levels in Lake Superior and in the channels above and below the Sault Locks and in Lake Huron. Records of discharge through the rapids, navigation canals, and power plants at the Sault were also systematically reported to the Board. LAKE OF THE WOODS WATERSHED The members of the International Lake of the Woods Board of Control and of the International Prairie Portage Board of Engineers for the fiscal year were Mr. I. R. Strome, engineer, Dominion Water and Power Bureau, for Canada, and Col. Schenk H. Griffin, Corps of Engineers, for the United States. LAKE OF THE WOODS The convention between the United States and Great Britain proclaimed July 17, 1925, provides for the regulation of the level of the Lake of the Woods in order to secure to the inhabitants of the United States and Canada the most advantageous use of the waters thereof, and of the waters flowing into and from the lake on each side of the boundary between the two countries. The convention also provides for the establishment and maintenance of a Canadian Lake of the Woods Control Board to regulate and control the outflow of the waters of the lake, and for the establishment and maintenance of an International Lake of the Woods Control Board, composed of two engineers, one representing the United States and the other representing Canada, to whose approval the rate of total discharge shall be subject whenever the elevation rises above elevation 1,061 or falls below elevation 1,056, sea-level datum. Operations during the fiscal year.--Supervision was maintained and inspections were made to ensure that the provisions of the convention were carried out. |