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<br />~;" ,....,,) <br />-" ~' '..- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY <br />OMAHA DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS <br />7410 U. S. Post Office and Court House <br />Omaha, Nebraska 68102 <br /> <br />MROGR-A <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Review Report, South Platte River and Tributaries, <br />Colorado, Wyoming, and Nebraska; Interim Report, <br />Sand and Toll Gate Creeks, Colorado <br /> <br />Division Engineer <br />Missouri River Division <br /> <br />I. INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />1. AUTHORITY <br /> <br />a. Authority for preparation of a report on the South <br />Platte River basin was contained in the following resolution <br />by the Committee on Public Works of the United States Senate, <br />adopted 14 June 1956: <br /> <br />"RESOLVED BY TIlE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS OF TIlE <br />UNITED STATES SENATE, That the Board of Engineers for <br />Rivers and Harbors, created under Section 3 of the River <br />and Harbor Act, approved June 13, 1902, be, and is hereby, <br />requested to review the reports of the Chief of Engineers <br />on the South Platte River and tributaries, Colorado, Wyoming, <br />and Nebraska, published as House Document Numbered 669, <br />Eightieth Congress, Second Session, and other reports, <br />with a view to determining whether any modification of <br />the existing project is advisable at this time, with <br />particular reference to the construction of flood control <br />and related improvements in the vicinity of and upstream <br />from the City of Denver, Colorado." <br /> <br />b. Authori ty for preparation of an interim report on flood <br />control and allied purposes for Sand. and Toll Gate Creeks was <br />contained in the 1st Indorsement to a letter from the Division <br />Engineer, Missouri River Division, to the Chief of Engineers, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />