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<br />."""" <br />\?:;.} <br /> <br />~~ <br />'~:},:;:l <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />information may be adequate to warrant an endorsed status. We find that on <br /> <br />7 proposals, surveys have been authorized but the reports of said surveys have <br /> <br />not been completed and we therefore recommend in these cases that Congress ap- <br /> <br />propriate sufficient funds to permit completion of these surveys as soon as <br /> <br />practicable in order that action may be taken toward classification by this <br /> <br />Congress. We find five proposals which on preliminary examination appear to <br /> <br />be desirable and needful, and we accordingly recommend that engineering and <br /> <br />economic investigations of survey scope be made in these cases with a view <br /> <br />to developing projects for subsequent authorization. <br /> <br />Appendix A of this report sets forth in detail a list of all proposals <br /> <br />and projects examined and the action taken thereon. <br /> <br />The water resources projects now in operations by the Corps of Engi- <br /> <br />neers have reduced transporta~ion costs and flood damages and provided elec- <br /> <br />tric energy, improved water supplies, public recreation, and benefits from <br /> <br />the preservation and enhancement of fish and wildlife resources. <br /> <br />In calendar year 1962, the waterborne commerce of the United States <br /> <br />amounted to 1,129 million tons, consisting of 534 million tons on coastal <br /> <br />harbors and channels, 177 million tons on the Great Lakes, and 418 million tons <br /> <br />on inland and intracoastal waterways. Each of these three systems has, by <br /> <br />savings in transportation costs, more than justified construction and operating <br /> <br />costs. Coastal harbors and channels are being progressively improved to pro- <br /> <br />vide the greater depths required for ocean carriers of today. Depths of 35 <br /> <br />feet now generally prevail at major harbors on the Atlantic and gulf coasts, <br /> <br />ranging up to 45 feet in New York Harbor. Depths of 30 to 40 feet are generally <br /> <br />available along the Pacific coast. Harbors and channels of lesser depth also <br />