Pub. L. 83-780, tit. II, sec. 203

Sec. 203. The following works of improvement for the benefit of navigation and the control of destructive floodwaters and other purposes are hereby adopted and authorized to be prosecuted under the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers in accordance with the plans in the respective reports hereinafter designated and subject to the conditions set forth therein: Provided, That the necessary plans, specifications, and preliminary work may be prosecuted on any project authorized in this title with funds from appropriations heretofore or hereafter made for flood control so as to be ready for rapid inauguration of a construction program: Provided further, That the projects authorized herein shall be initiated as expeditiously and prosecuted as vigorously as may be consistent with budgetary requirements: And provided further, That penstocks and other similar facilities adapted to possible future use in the development of hydroelectric power shall be installed in any dam authorized in this Act for construction by the Department of the Army when approved by the Secretary of the Army on the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers and the Federal Power Commission. connecticut river basin That the plan for the control of floods in the Connecticut River Basin, approved by the Act of June 22, 1936 (Public Law Numbered 68 Stat. 1257 738, Seventy-fourth Congress), as amended and supplemented, is hereby modified to provide for the construction, under the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers, of a flood control reservoir on Otter Brook at South Keene, New Hampshire, in lieu of any reservoir or reservoirs heretofore authorized. That the plan for the West River Basin of the Connecticut River in Vermont is hereby modified to consist of three reservoirs at the Ball Mountain, The Island, and Townshend sites, in lieu of the plan of eight reservoirs authorized in section 10 of the Flood Control Act approved December 22, 1944, in general accordance with the plan agreed to by the Secretary of the Army, the Chief of Engineers, and the Vermont State Water Conservation Board in June 1950; and the conditions specified in the plan of the eight reservoirs authorized in section 10 of the Flood Control Act approved December 22, 1944, shall not apply. susquehanna river basin The project, for the Susquehanna River in the vicinity of Endicott, Johnson City, and Vestal, New York, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 500, Eighty-first Congress, at an estimated cost of $4,469,000. The plan for flood protection on the West Branch of the Susquehanna River, Pennsylvania and New York, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in his report dated June 25, 1954, and there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $25,000,000 for partial accomplishment of that plan. central and southern florida The authorization for the comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes in central and southern Florida given by the Flood Control Act of June 30, 1948, as amended, is hereby modified and expanded to include the entire comprehensive plan of improvement as recommended by the Chief of Engineers in House Document numbered 643, Eightieth Congress, with such modifications thereof as the Congress may hereafter authorize, or as in the discretion of the Chief of Engineers may be advisable: Provided, That the conditions of local cooperation for the authorized first phase heretofore approved by said flood control Act shall apply to that authorized first phase, but for all work over and beyond that previous authorization such conditions shall apply on an interim basis only until they shall be modified as deemed appropriate by the Congress, based on recommendations to be submitted at the earliest practicable date by the Chief of Engineers, through the Bureau of the Budget to the Congress: Provided further, That whatever conditions of local cooperation are established by Congress as the result of such recommendations shall be retroactive to any units of the comprehensive plan authorized in this Act which may be started prior to establishment of the exact conditions of local cooperation: And provided further, That in addition to previous authorizations there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $7,000,000 for partial accomplishment of said plan. lower mississippi river The project for flood control and improvement of the lower Mississippi River, adopted by the Act of May 15, 1928, as amended and modified, is hereby further modified and expanded to include the 68 Stat. 1258 following items of work and the authorization for said project is increased accordingly. (a) Control of Old and Atchafalaya Rivers and a lock for navigation substantially as set forth in section XIII of the report of the Mississippi River Commission dated February 2, 1954, and the report of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 478, Eighty-third Congress, with such modifications as the Chief of Engineers in his discretion may find advisable at an estimated additional cost (exclusive of the navigation lock) of $32,000,000, in addition to the $15,000,000 increase in authorization made by subparagraph (a) under the title “Lower Mississippi River” in section 204 of the Flood Control Act, approved May 17, 1950, which $15,000,000 shall be applied to the item described in this paragraph: Provided, That the United States shall acquire such lands, rights-of-way and spoil-disposal areas as may be necessary for construction of the project except that local interests shall comply with the provisions of section 3 of the Flood Control Act approved May 15, 1928, as amended, with regard to the enlargement and extension of the main line Mississippi River levee below Shaw, Louisiana: Provided further, That no flow-age rights are to be acquired by the United States in connection with this item: And provided further, That when the type and dimensions of the required navigation lock are approved by the Chief of Engineers, construction thereof may be initiated with funds herein authorized to be appropriated. (b) The plan for an adequate channel from the Mississippi River via Old and Atchafalaya Rivers to Morgan City, Louisiana, substantially in accordance with the report of the Chief of Engineers in Senate Document Numbered 53, Eighty-second Congress, at an estimated additional cost of $440,000. (c) Modification of the authorized project for the Vicksburg-Yazoo area substantially in accordance with the report of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 85, Eighty-third Congress. (d) Modification of the authorized project for the New Madrid Floodway substantially in accordance with the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 183, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $1,743,000. (e) The plan for flood control in the Reelfoot Lake Area, Tennessee and Kentucky, substantially in accordance with the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers in his report dated June 17, 1954, at an estimated cost of $748,100. trinity river basin, texas The project for the Navarro Mills Reservoir on Richland Creek, Texas, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in his report dated May 28, 1954, at an estimated cost of $4,969,000. buffalo bayou basin, texas The project for Buffalo Bayou and tributaries, to provide flood protection for the city of Houston, Texas, as authorized by the Flood Control Act approved August 11, 1939, and previous Acts, is hereby modified substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 250, Eighty-third Congress, at an additional estimated cost of $16, 191,600. 68 Stat. 1259 brazos river basin, texas The plan for flood protection and other purposes on the Brazos River and tributaries, Oyster Creek and Jones Creek, Texas, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 535, Eighty-first Congress, and there is hereby authorized to lie appropriated the sum of $40,000,000 for partial accomplishment of that plan. The project for the Belton Reservoir, Leon River, Texas, authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1946, is hereby modified to provide for the reservation, without reimbursement, of twelve thousand acre-feet of conservation storage to be used as a permanent source of water supply for Fort Hood and adjacent military installations. guadalupe and san antonio rivers, texas The project for flood protection on the Guadalupe and San Antonio Rivers, Texas, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 344, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $30,254,000. guadalupe river, texas The works of improvement on Guadalupe River, Texas, authorized by section 2 of the Act entitled “An Act authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes”, approved March 2, 1945 (59 Stat. 17), insofar as such authorization provides for construction of the Canyon Dam and Reservoir, is hereby modified to provide for the construction, operation, and maintenance under the direction of the Secretary of the Army and supervision of the Chief of Engineers of the Canyon Dam and Reservoir in accordance with the provisions of this Act. The Canyon Dam and Reservoir shall be constructed with a gross reservoir capacity of approximately seven hundred and fifty thousand acre-feet (of which three hundred and eighty thousand acre-feet shall be for flood control and sedimentation) for purposes of flood control, conservation, stream-flow regulation, and provision for sedimentation, and, if practicable, for purposes of development of electric power, at an estimated total cost of $13,300,000. The Chief of Engineers, in consultation with the Federal Power Commission, shall at appropriate times allocate to local interests such of the costs of construction, operation, and maintenance of the Canyon Dam and Reservoir as may appropriately be allocated to water conservation, stream-flow regulation, and development of electric power. Such allocation shall be made in accordance with the separable costs-remaining benefits method, taking into account the net increase in regulated flow which is practical with the storage capacity which will be provided by the Canyon Dam and Reservoir for water conservation and stream-flow regulation. No allocation of costs with respect to any installation for development of electric power shall be made under this section unless the Chief of Engineers determines that such installation will actually be constructed. The costs allocated to local interests under this section shall be not less than $1,400,000, and shall be paid by them to the Chief of Engineers as provided in this Act. The portion of such costs determined by the Chief of Engineers to be allocable to operation and maintenance of Canyon Dam and Reservoir shall be deposited to the credit of the appropriation available for maintenance and operation of such dam and used by the Chief of Engineers for such operation and maintenance; the $1,400,000 to be contributed during the construction period 68 Stat. 1260 shall be deposited to the credit of the appropriation available for construction of the dam and used by the Chief of Engineers for that purpose; and the balance of such costs determined by the Chief of Engineers to be allocable to construction of Canyon Dam and Reservoir shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States. Facilities for the development of electric power at Canyon Dam and Reservoir may be constructed and operated by the Corps of Engineers, or by local interests in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Power Act and in accordance with this Act, with all expenses of construction, operation, and maintenance of such facilities to be paid by local interests and with such power to be made available to such local interests. Of the contributions to be paid by local interests toward the cost of construction of Canyon Dam and Reservoir, $1,400,000 shall be paid in such manner, and at such time or times during the period of such construction, as the Chief of Engineers shall determine. The remainder of the contributions allocated to local interests, with interest thereon at the rate of 2% per centum per annum, shall be paid as prescribed by the Chief of Engineers over a period not in excess of fifty years. The Chief of Engineers shall enter into an agreement with local interests providing for the payments heretofore described and for all other matters relating to the operation and maintenance of the Canyon Dam and Reservoir which require the cooperation of local interests. Such agreement may provide for utilization of the water impounded for water conservation and stream-flow regulation for development of electric power; except that the agreement shall provide that the utilization of water for power development shall not be allowed to conflict with the flood-control and sedimentation purposes of the Canyon Dam and Reservoir. pecos river basin The project for flood protection on the Pecos River, Texas and New Mexico, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, dated March 26, 1954, at an estimated cost of $9,540,000: Provided, That no appropriations shall be made for construction of Los Esteros Reservoir until satisfactory arrangements have been made by the State of New Mexico for the transfer of irrigation storage from the Alamagordo Reservoir. rio grande basin The project for flood protection in the Rio Grande Basin at Albuquerque, New Mexico, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 464, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $7,500,000. The project for flood protection on the Rio Hondo River at Roswell, New Mexico, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 436, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $5,658,000. white river basin The general comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes for the White River Basin approved by the Flood Control Act of June 28, 1938, as amended, is hereby modified to provide for the generation of power in conjunction with flood control at the Greers 68 Stat. 1261 Ferry Reservoir and the addition of Beaver Reservoir for flood control, power generation, and other purposes, substantially as recommended by the Chief of Engineers in his report dated February 19, 1954. arkansas river basin The project for flood protection on the Arkansas River and tributaries at Enid, Oklahoma, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 185, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $965,000. The project for flood protection on the Arkansas River, Conway County Drainage and Levee District Numbered 1, Arkansas, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 167, Eighty-second Congress, at an estimated cost of $230,600. The project for flood protection on the Arkansas River, Holla Bend Bottom, Arkansas, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House. Document Numbered 157, Eighty-second Congress, at an estimated cost of $312,000. upper mississippi river The project for flood protection on the Mississippi River in urban areas at Alton, Illinois, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 397, Eighty-third Congress, at an additional estimated cost of $2,500,000. The project for flood protection on Bear Creek at Hannibal, Missouri, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 435, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $3,326,000. The project for flood protection on the Mississippi River, Guttenberg, Iowa, to Hamburg Bay, Illinois, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers, in House Document Numbered 281, Eighty-third Congress, excepting only the improvements recommended for Credit Island and for Henderson County Drainage District No. 3, at an estimated cost for improvements authorized of $30,551,000. The project for flood protection on the Mississippi River, Fish Lake Drainage and Levee District No. 8, Monroe County, Illinois, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 396, Eighty-third Congress, at an additional estimated cost of $480,000. The project on the Mississippi River for local flood protection in the Sny Island Levee Drainage District, Illinois, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 247, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $7,046,300. The project for flood protection on the Upper Iowa River, Iowa, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 375. Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $979,600. missouri river basin In addition to previous authorizations, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $144,000,000 for the prosecution of the comprehensive plan for the Missouri River Basin to be undertaken by the Corps of Engineers, approved by the Act of June 28, 1938, as amended and supplemented by subsequent Acts of Congress. 68 Stat. 1262 The comprehensive plan for the Missouri River Basin, approved by the Act of June 28, 1938, and as amended and supplemented, is hereby further modified to include the project for flood protection on the Kansas River and tributaries, Colorado, Nebraska and Kansas substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 642, Eighty-first Congress, at an estimated additional cost of $73,710,000, and there is authorized to be appropriated such sum in addition to previous authorizations for the Missouri Basin plan. The comprehensive plan for the Missouri River Basin, approved by the Act of June 28, 1938, and as amended and supplemented, is hereby further modified to include the project for flood protection on the Osage River and tributaries, Missouri and Kansas, substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers, in House Document Numbered 549, Eighty-first Congress. The project adopted by the Flood Control Act of June 22, 1936, to provide flood protection for the Kansas Citys. Kansas and Missouri, as modified and extended by the Flood Control Act of December 22, 1944, is hereby further modified to provide that the Chief of Engineers may contribute not to exceed $2,750,000 to the cost of an alternate plan of flood protection to be constructed by local interests in the lower Armourdale area of the Kansas Citys project: Provided, That the actual amount so paid by the Federal Government shall not exceed the estimated Federal cost of the approved Government plan of protection in this area nor shall it exceed the total actual costs of the alternate project reduced by the estimated costs for lands, easements, rights-of-way, and public relocations which local interests would have been required to bear had the approved Government plan been constructed: Provided further, That the total amount shall be paid in installments during progress of the work to satisfactory completion of the alternate plan. The project for flood protection on the Chariton River, Iowa and Missouri, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers, in House Document Numbered 561, Eighty-first Congress, at an estimated cost of $19,612,000. The project for flood protection on the Big Sioux River and tributaries at Sioux Falls, South Dakota, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors in its report dated March 15, 1954, at an estimated cost of $3,430,000. The project for flood protection on the Little Sioux River, Iowa, authorized by the Act of August 4, 1947, is hereby modified and supplemented substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers, in Senate Document Numbered 127, Eighty-third Congress, at an additional estimated cost of $10,076,000. The general comprehensive plans for flood control and other purposes in the Missouri River Basin set forth in House Document numbered 475 and Senate Document Numbered 191, as revised and coordinated by Senate Document Numbered 247, Seventy-eighth Congress, second session, approved in the Flood Control Act of December 22, 1944, are hereby modified to include the payment by the Corps of Engineers for construction or provision of adequate water supply and sewage facilities in the new relocated municipality of Pollock. South Dakota, at a cost not to exceed $200,000, which is to compensate for the acquisition of and to replace facilities in the town which are located within areas which have been or will be acquired by the United States because of the construction of the Oahe Dam and Reservoir project in the basin. 68 Stat. 1263 The project for flood protection on the Little Missouri River and tributaries at Marmarth, North Dakota, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers, in Senate Document Numbered 134, Eighty-first Congress, at an estimated cost of $212,300. The project for flood protection on the Lower Heart River in the vicinity of Mandan, North Dakota, authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1946, and modified by the Flood Control Act of 1950, is further modified substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in his report dated July 27, 1954, at an estimated cost of $1,727,000. coal creek and tributaries, tennessee The project for flood protection on Coal Creek and tributaries, Tennessee, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers, in House Document Numbered 154, Eighty-second Congress, at an estimated cost of $745,200. ohio river basin The project for flood protection on Sandy Lick Creek at and in the vicinity of Reynoldsville. Pennsylvania, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers, in House Document Numbered 716, Eighty-first Congress, at an estimated cost of $570,000. The project for flood control and related purposes on the Paint Rock River, Alabama, is hereby authorized substantially as recommended by the Chief of Engineers in his report dated June 23, 1954, at an estimated cost of $1,001,300: Provided, That in lieu of the local cooperation recommended in that document, local interests shall comply with the provisions of local cooperation contained in section 3 of the Flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936, as amended, and shall also construct and maintain local drainage works required to fully and effectively utilize the improved outlet system, generally as outlined in said document. kalamazoo river, michigan The project for flood protection on the Kalamazoo River at Battle Creek, Michigan, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers, in Senate Document Numbered 98, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $4,201,550: Provided. That local contribution toward the project will be in accord with the recommendation of the Secretary of the Army contained in the aforesaid document. little calumet river, indiana The project for flood protection on the Little Calumet River and tributaries, Indiana, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers, in House Document Numbered 153, Eighty-second Congress, at an estimated cost of $509,900. los angeles river basin In addition to previous authorizations there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $12,500,000 for the prosecution of the comprehensive plan for the Los Angeles-San Gabriel River Basin, and Ballona Creek. California, approved in the Act of August 18, 1941, as amended and supplemented by subsequent Acts of Congress. 68 Stat. 1264 santa maria river basin The project for flood protection on Santa Maria River and tributaries, California, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 400, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $10,182,000 for levees and channel improvements to be prosecuted under the direction of the Secretary of the Army and supervision of the Chief of Engineers. san lorenzo river basin The project for flood protection on San Lorenzo River. California, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 447, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $2,665,000. sacramento river basin The project for flood protection on Middle Creek, California, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers, in House Document Numbered 367, Eighty-first Congress, at an estimated cost of $1,110,000. The plan of improvement for flood control on the American River, California, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers, in House Document numbered 367, Eighty-first Congress, at an estimated cost of $1,600,000 for levees. lower san joaquin river basin In addition to previous authorizations, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $5,000,000 for the prosecution of the comprehensive plan for the Lower San Joaquin River Basin, California, approved in the Act of December 22, 1944. as amended and supplemented by subsequent Acts of Congress. san lorenzo creek basin The project for flood protection on San Lorenzo Creek, Alameda County, California, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 452, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $3,790,000. truckee river basin The project for flood protection on Truckee River and tributaries, California and Nevada, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in his report dated April 15, 1954, at an estimated cost of $791,000: Provided, That the authorization for improvement for flood control on Truckee River, California and Nevada, contained herein shall not become effective unless and until the “Washoe Reclamation Project” on the Truckee and Carson Rivers, California and Nevada, shall have been authorized pursuant to law. columbia river basin In addition to previous authorizations, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $180,000,000 for the prosecution of the projects and plans for the Columbia River Basin, for which the sum of $75,000,000 was authorized in the Flood Control Act approved 68 Stat. 1265 May 17, 1950, and these projects and plans are hereby modified to include power development in the following projects in tributary basins, substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 531, Eighty-first Congress: Cougar Reservoir on South Fork of McKenzie River, Oregon, and Green Peter Reservoir on Middle Fork of Santiam River, Oregon, including White Bridge reregulating reservoir on Middle Fork of Santiam River, Oregon. The project for flood protection on Amazon Creek at Eugene and vicinity, Oregon, authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1946, and modified by the Flood Control Act of 1950, is further modified substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers, in Senate Document Numbered 131, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $893,600. territory of alaska The project for flood protection on Gold Creek and tributaries, Alaska, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers, in House Document Numbered 54, Eighty-second Congress, at an estimated cost of $380,000. territory of hawaii The project for flood protection on the Wailoa Stream and its tributaries, Island of Hawaii, Territory of Hawaii, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers, in House Document Numbered 529, Eighty-first Congress, at an estimated cost of $347,000.