Almond Village local protection project is an integral part, are estimated to be over $3,000,000. ELMIRA, N. Y. Mr. ENGEL. Item 13, Elmira, N. Y.: Total estimated cost, $6,102,100; allotments to date, $4,568,900; tentative allocation, 1949, $1,175,200; additional to complete after 1949, $358,000. (The justification is as follows:) Item No. 13. Elmira, N. Y.: Total estimated Federal cost.. Allotments to date... Tentative allocation fiscal year 1949 Additional to complete after fiscal year 1949. 1 Includes 1948 appropriation of $1,900,000. $6, 102, 100 1 4, 568, 900 1, 175, 200 358,000 Authorization.-1936 and the 1938 Flood Control Acts. Location and description.—The project consists of a system of concrete flood walls and earth levees along the Chemung River, Newton Creek, Diven Creek, and Seely Creek including a pumping station and a concrete conduit for enclosing Hoffman Brook. Operations, fiscal year 1948.-Construction of the concrete flood walls and the earth levees, under continuing contract, is in progress and construction of the project will be about 73 percent completed by June 30, 1948. Channel clearing in the Chemung River has been completed by separate contract. A continuing contract for construction of a pumping station and levee closure near the confluence of the Chemung River and Newton Creek has been initiated. Proposed operations, fiscal year 1949.-Funds are needed in the fiscal year 1949 for continuation of construction of the project. The allocation of $1,175,200 will be applied as follows: $1,055,700 to the continuation of construction, under continuing contract now in force, of the walls and levees; and the amount of $119,500 will be applied to the construction of a levee closure, intercepting sewer and a pumping station for the disposal of internal drainage.. The latter work is scheduled for completion under separate contracts during the fiscal year 1949. The entire project will be 92 percent complete by June 30, 1949. Justification. The project is a unit of the southern New York project for flood control in the upper Susquehanna River Basin and will provide protection for the city of Elmira. During the flood of May 1946, the city of Elmira suffered flood damages in excess of $9,500,000, which would have been prevented had the protective works been completed. The city has previously suffered flood damages in excess of $9,500,000, which would have been prevented had the protective works been completed. The city has previously suffered severe flood damages in 1935. The project when completed will prevent recurrence of damages on the order of those which Elmira has recently experienced. Construction of the project should be completed at the earliest possible date to remove the existing flood threat to that city. The average annual flood-control benefits of the authorized comprehensive plan for flood control in southern New York, of which the Elmira localprotection project is an integral part, are estimated to be over 3 million dollars. SUNBURY, PA. Mr. ENGEL. Item 15, Sunbury, Pa.: Total estimated Federal cost, $7,271,000; allotments to date, $2,865,700; tentative allocation, 1949, $1,390,600. What was the 1948 appropriation on that? Colonel FERINGA. $1,369,000. (The justification is as follows:) Item No. 15. Sunbury, Pa.: Total estimated Federal cost.. Allotments to date... Tentative allocation, fiscal year 1949. Additional to complete after fiscal year 1949 1 Includes 1948 appropriation of $1,369,000. $7, 271, 000 1 2, 865, 700 1, 390, 600 3, 014, 700 Authorization.-1936 and 1941 Flood Control Acts. Location and description.-A system of concrete flood walls and earth levees and pumping stations, and appurtenant drainage facilities, located on the left bank of the Susquehanna River and the right bank of Shamokin Creek in the city of Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pa. Operations, fiscal year 1948.-For construction purposes the project was divided into three sections. Construction of the first section, along Shamokin Creek, is well under way under continuing contract and is about 80 percent completed. This work includes the construction of earth levees, a pumping station and drainage facilities. Construction of the second section, along the Susquehanna River at the upper end of the city, was started in July 1947 under a separate continuing. contract and is about 35 percent complete. This work includes the construction of earth levees, concrete flood walls and a pumping station. Construction of the remaining flood works consisting of concrete flood walls and earth levees along the Susquehanna River, three pumping stations and pertinent drainage works has been initiated under two continuing contracts. By June 30, 1948, construction of the Shamokin Creek section will be 100 percent completed, the upper Susquehanna River section will be about 60 percent completed and the remaining works well underway. The entire project will be about 36 percent completed on June 30, 1948. Proposed operations, fiscal year 1949.-Funds are needed in the fiscal year 1949 to continue construction of the project. The allocation of $1,390,600 will be applied as follows: $113,300 to the completion of construction of the upper Susquehanna River section; and $1,277,300 to the continuation of construction under the two remaining continuing contracts for the pumping stations, concrete flood walls and earth levees along the lower Susquehanna River section. By the end of the fiscal year 1949 the entire project is expected to be approximately 58 percent completed. Justification. The project will provide protection for the city of Sunbury against Susquehanna River floods 3 feet above the highest of record, which occurred in March 1936 and which inundated over 80 percent of the city and caused damages estimated at $3,108,000. It will eliminate 97 percent of the annual flood losses caused by floodwaters which have at times reached a depth of 12 feet in some of the developed areas. The recent May 1946 flood caused damages to this city in excess of $1,800,000. Had the project been completed these damages would have been prevented. The average annual flood-control benefits are estimated at $364,800. WILLIAMSPORT, PA. Mr. ENGEL. Item 16, Williamsport, Pa.: Total estimated Federal cost, $12,785,800; allotments to date, $5,744,700; tentative allocation, 1949, $2,244,400. What was the appropriation last year? Colonel FERINGA. Last year $2,236,000 was appropriated. (The justification is as follows:) Item No. 16. Williamsport, Pa.: Total estimated Federal cost. Allotments to date... Tentative allocation fiscal year 1949. Additional to complete after fiscal year 1949. Includes 1948 appropriation of $2,236,000. Authorization.-1936 Flood Control Act. $12, 785, 800 1 5, 744, 700 2, 244, 400 4,796, 700 Location and description.-The project consists of a system of earth levees and concrete flood walls, pumping stations, and appurtenant drainage facilities along both banks of the West Branch of the Susquehanna River, Lycoming Creek, and Millers Run within the cities of Williamsport and South Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pa. Operations, fiscal year 1948.—For construction purposes the project was divided into three major sections, and subunits. Section I provides for the flood protective works on the left bank of Lycoming Creek and the Susquehanna River and the right bank of Millers Run. Section II provides for protection on the right bank of Lycoming Creek and the left bank of the Susquehanna River west of Lycoming Creek. Section III provides protection on the right bank of the Susquehanna River for South Williamsport. Construction is in progress on section I under continuing contracts and a contract has been initiated for construction of a portion of section III. Construction of the entire project will be about 46 percent completed by June 30, 1948. Proposed operations, fiscal year 1949.-Funds are needed in the fiscal year 1949 for the continuation of construction of the project under the separate continuing contracts now in force and for two continuing contracts to be initiated during the fiscal year 1949. The allocation of $2,244,400 will be applied as follows: $1,589,500 to the construction under continuing contracts for earth levees, pumping facilities, and miscellaneous structures of section I; $654,900 to the continuation of construction, under continuing contract, of earth levees, and concrete flood walls and a concrete pressure conduit in section III. With the expenditure of the funds allocated for the fiscal year 1949 the project will be carried from 46 percent completion to about 63 percent completion at the end of fiscal year 1949. Justification. The project will provide flood protection to the city of Williamsport and the borough of South Williamsport against Susquehanna River floods of magnitude 4 feet higher than the greatest flood of record, which occurred in March 1936, and it will eliminate 86 percent of the annual flood losses. Total losses suffered by the cities during the March 1936 flood amounted to $10,594,000. The city was again severely damaged during the flood of May 1946, with damages estimated at $8,800,000. Had the protective works been completed, damages from the second disastrous flood within a 10-year period would have been prevented. The recent flood has demonstrated the urgency of completing the project at the earliest possible date to remove the threat of a recurrence of such severe flood damage. The average annual flood-control benefits are estimated at $991,500. YORK, PA. Mr. ENGEL. Item 17, York, Pa.: Total estimated cost, $5,012,100; allotments to date, $4,809,000; allocations, 1949, $203,100, to complete the project. What was it for 1948? Colonel FERINGA. No money was appropriated for 1948; work was carried on with previously appropriated funds. (The justification is as follows:) Item No. 17. York, Pa.: Total estimated Federal cost. Allotments to date. Tentative allocation fiscal year 1949 Additional to complete after fiscal year 1949. Authorization.-1936 Flood Control Act. $5, 012, 100 4,809, 000 203, 100 Location and description.-The project consists of a rolled earth-fill dam on Codorus Creek at Indian Rock, Pa., about 3 miles above York, Pa., and about 12 miles above the junction of Codorus Creek and the Susquehanna River together with channel deepening and widening and bank protection along Codorus Creek through the city of York, Pa. Operations, fiscal year 1948.-The construction of the dam at Indian Rock is completed except for a highway bridge to be erected over the spillway. Construction on the channel rectification through the city of York with current funds has been completed. Payments for lands and rights-of-way acquired for the channel work is continuing and will be completed this fiscal year. The entire project will be about 96 percent complete. Proposed operations, fiscal year 1949.-Funds are needed in the fiscal year 1949 to complete the project. The allocation of $203,100 will be applied as follows: $53,100 to the erection of the steel girder highway bridge; and $150,000 to the construction of bank protection and reinforcement of structures abutting the river channel. Upon expenditure of funds allocated for fiscal year 1949, the project will be 100 percent complete. Justification. The project will provide flood protection for the city of York against floods of discharge magnitude up to and 25 percent greater than the maximum flood of record which occurred in August 1933 and will eliminate 95 percent of the average annual flood losses. Additional benefits will be derived from the project by the reduction of flood damages by the reservoir to rural areas and communities downstream on Codorus Creek. The average annual flood control benefits are estimated at $312,000. SAVAGE RIVER DAM, MD. Mr. ENGEL. Item 18, Savage River Dam, Md.: Total estimated cost, $2,492,000; allotments to date, $35,000; tentative allocation, 1949, $500,000, additional to complete, $1,957,000. (The justification is as follows:) Item No. 18. Savage River Dam, Md.: Tentative allocation, fiscal year 1949. Additional to complete after fiscal year 1949 Authorization.-1946 Flood Control Act. Location and description. The completion of an earth and rock fill dam on the Savage River, in Garrett County, Md., approximately 4.5 miles above the mouth and about 4 miles northwest of Bloomington, Md. The project was started in 1939 as a project of the Works Project Administration and was sponsored by the Upper Potomac River Commission for the purpose of flood control, water supply and low-flow regulation in the North Branch of the Potomac River. Work was suspended in December 1942, due to war restrictions. The Operations, fiscal year 1948.—No construction funds for this project have been appropriated to the Corps of Engineers under the existing authorization. dam was approximately 60 percent complete when WPA activities were suspended. Plans and specifications for the remaining work will be completed by June 30, 1948. Proposed operations, fiscal year 1949.-Funds are needed in the fiscal year 1949 for initiating construction of the remaining work. The allocation of $500,000 for the fiscal year 1949 will be applied to the initiation of construction under a continuing contract which will cover the completion of the embankment, spillway and outlet works including the control equipment. The work to be accomplished in the fiscal year 1949 will consist of placement of embankment material to the extent of 25 percent of the total fill required for the completion of the dam; delivery of outlet gates and work in the outlet structure to the extent of 40 percent of the work required and 20 percent of the work required for completion of the spillway. About 22 percent of the remaining work on this project will be completed with funds requested for fiscal year 1949. Justification.-The project is a reservoir for regulation of river flow for flood control, pollution abatement, domestic water supply, and power. It will provide a substantial measure of flood-control protection for the towns of Westernport and Luke, Md., and Piedmont and Keyser, W. Va. Industrial expansion in the area requires an adequate water supply of good quality. During dry periods the concentration of pollution in the rivers below the project produce offensive conditions and cause excessive damage to manufacturing equipment and products and forces unemployment. Completion of Savage River Dam will substantially relieve those conditions. The public health offices of the States of Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, and Pennsylvania, as represented on the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin, are active in their endorsement of early completion of the project. The population, distributed throughout those same four states that is directly affected by flood protection and security of employment in the local industries is in excess of 53,000 and includes the residents of the major centers of Luke, Westernport, and Cumberland, Md., and Piedmont and Keyser, W. Va. The project in its incompleted status is accumulating a loss of interest on the nearly $4,000,000 thus far invested, at a rate of $124,000 annually and annual monetary benefits, estimated to exceed $180,000, are not being realized. Its completion is warranted at this time to prevent recurring losses from floods and to insure an adequate supply of water during periods of low flow for domestic and industrial use and for abatement of pollution. Mr. ENGEL. This was formerly a WPA project? Colonel FERINGA. Yes. No money has been appropriated as yet to carry on the work as a regular authorized project. Mr. ENGEL. How much did the WPA put in on that project? Mr. ENGEL. What kind of a project is it? Colonel FERINGA. It is a combination flood-control, pollution-abatement, water-conservation, and water-supply project. It was authorized as a Federal project in the 1946 Flood Control Act. BUGGS ISLAND RESERVOIR, VA. AND N. C. Mr. ENGEL. Item 19, Buggs Island Reservoir, Va. and N. C.: Total estimated Federal cost, $68,900,000; allotments to date, $8,900,000; tentative allocation, 1949, $10,200,000. (The justification is as follows:) Item No. 19. Buggs Island Reservoir, Va. and N. C.: Total estimated Federal cost.. Allotments to date.. Tentative allocation, fiscal year 1949... Additional to complete after fiscal year 1949 1 Includes 1948 appropriation of $4,800,000. Authorization.-1944 Flood Control Act. $68, 900, 000 18. 900, 000 10, 200, 000 49, 800, 000 Location and description.—A concrete dam and power plant located on the Roanoke River about 179 miles above its mouth, about 18 miles upstream from the Virginia-North Carolina State line, and 20 miles downstream from Clarksville, Va. Operations, fiscal year 1948.-Construction of an access highway, construction camp, and the first stage cofferdam and foundation excavation therein has been completed. The access railroad will be completed within the next 30 days. Construction of the concrete dam has been initiated. The project will be 13 percent complete by June 30, 1948. Proposed operations, fiscal year 1949.-Funds are needed in fiscal year 1949 for continuation of construction of the project. The allocation of $10,200,000 for the fiscal year 1949 will be applied as follows: $4,900,000 to construction. of the dam and power plant; $1,000,000 for the procurement of appurtenant equipment; $2,000,000 to railroad and highway relocations required in the reservoir; $2,000,000 to land acquisition; and $300.000 to reservoir clearing. With the expenditure of the funds allocated for fiscal year 1949 the project will be carried to about 28 percent completion by June 30, 1949. Justification. The project is the most important unit in the comprehensive plan approved by Congress for flood control and other purposes in the Roanoke River Basin. It will be operated for the multiple purposes of flood control, generation of hydroelectric power at the dam, increase the river flows at a downstream existing hydroelectric plant, and regulate the downstream river flows for pollution abatement, commercial fishing, and navigation. The reservoir will be operated to protect from floods the large agricultural areas in the valley of the Roanoke River downstream from the dam site and the industrial and commercial towns of Roanoke Rapids, Weldon, and Williamston in North Carolina. recurrence of the record flood of August 1940 would cause damage in the lower Roanoke River of about $5,700,000 and the operation of the reservoir would reduce this damage to a negligible amount. Estimates by the Federal Power Commission indicate that the power to be produced can be absorbed readily in the rapidly growing contiguous power market area. The average annual evaluated benefits are estimated at $4,063.000. A Mr. CASE. With reference to the $1,000,000 for the procurement of appurtenant equipment: Is that equipment which will be needed in the fiscal year 1949? Colonel FERINGA. It is for the operating machinery for the dam and for the hydroelectric equipment; we have to buy this equipment and it is necessary to put in the orders sometimes 3 or 4 years before the dam is completed. Contracts for this equipment will be entered into during fiscal year 1948 and will be continued with the funds requested for 1949. Mr. CASE. Will the railroad and highway relocations be needed in fiscal year 1949? Colonel FERINGA. They should be started; there is a large amount of relocation work to be accomplished and it should not all be left to the last year or so. |