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APPENDIX E
INTERAGENCY AGREEMENTS RELATED TO WATER RESOURCES
E-1. Army-Interior.
a. 16-17 October 1944, Missouri River Basin (S.D. 247, 78th Con-
gress). Agreement on the coordination of plans and the
responsibilities for development of main stream and tributaries in the
Missouri River Basin.
b. 25 July 1947, Middle Rio Grande Project (H.D. 653, 8lst
Congress). A joint agreement on a unified plan for control of floods,
irrigation, and use of water on the Middle Rio Grande Basin in New
Mexico. Sets forth the works to be constructed by each agency in
completing the unified plan. The comprehensive plan of the two
agencies, in substantial accord with the joint agreement, was approved
by the Congress in the Flood Control Act of 1948.
c. 11 April 1949, Columbia River Basin (H.D. 531 and 473, 8lst
Congress). Agreement between the Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of
Reclamation on principles and responsibilities for the comprehensive
plans of development in the Columbia River Basin. Also provides for
agency construction responsibility for projects under construction,
authorized or recommended in the comprehensive plans of development.
d. 9 September 1953, Snake River Basin. Agreement on division of
planning responsibility and responsibility for recommending projects
on the Snake River. Based upon specific reaches of the main stream
and tributaries entering the main stream in those reaches.
e. 20 August 1954. Agreement between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service (USFWS) and the Corps of Engineers specifies procedures for
carrying out sound planning on fish and wildlife matters related to
river basin projects of the Corps of Engineers under the Coordination
Act of 1946. (P.L.732, 79th Congress).
f. 6 April 1955. Agreement between USFWS and the Corps specifies
the procedures and general provisions for carrying out general plans
for fish and wildlife management as specified in Section 3 of the
Coordination Act of 1946.
g. 31 December 1958, Central Valley Basin, California.
Comprehensive agreement dividing responsibilities for planning and
construction of water resources projects, for integrated operation of
h. 19 February 1962, Joint Policies Relative to Reservoir Project
Lands. Changed the former real estate policy adopted in 1953 to one
providing essentially for fee acquisition.
i. March 1962, Texas River Basins Projects. By direction of the
Vice President, representatives of the Bureau of Reclamation, Corps of
Engineers, Agriculture, and the State of Texas agreed on construction
responsibilities among those agencies for the individual projects in
the basin plan. Transmitted to the Vice President by representatives
of the U. S. Study Commission and endorsed by the State of Texas.
j.
14 March 1962, Alaska, Columbia, and Missouri River Basin.
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