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<br />"'l~Ol. General;" - Presented herein is thE? project report, on Pinon'
<br />Canoh Dam, a detention dam to p):'Ovide local flood protection for,a
<br />po~tion of the city of Trinidad, Colorado, from flash fioods originat-
<br />ing on Pinon Canon Arroyo, a tributary of the ,Purgatoire Riyer,.,
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<br />1-02 ~ . Authority. - Congressional authority' for const'ruction. of
<br />smaH flood control prpjects is contained in sect;Lo~ 205. of the Flood ".
<br />Control Act of 30 June, 1948. (P'ublic law 858,. 80th.,Congress, :'2d.Session),
<br />and as ,amended by sec1;:j.on 212 of the Flood Con~rol Act .of 17 Hay 1950' .
<br />(Public Law 516, 81stCongress,. 2d Session). Section 212 or the 1950'
<br />Act reads in part as follows:
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<br />"'~~:~:,fTha:tthe Secretary of the Army is hereby authorized. "
<br />'to'anotXfrofu iuw.appropriations heretofore or hereafter made"
<br />. for'fiooiY control, not tQ exceed ~i3,000,000 for.a.ny one ,fisca];.
<br />rear; feYi'. the .00'ns1;.r11ction o~ ,s~al1 flood-control project13 not
<br />specifical~ autnorized,by .Congress" and not within areas in-'
<br />" , ','tended to be protecte/i by projects so aUyhorized, which, come
<br />'within'the provis~9ris 'of section 1 of ,the Flood Control Act of
<br />June 22, 1936, when in the opinion of the Chief of Engineers
<br />such work is advisable,: Provided" That. ,not more .than ~~15Q,000
<br />'''shall be allottedJoI' this' purpose at.any"sip.glenq!:ialiiy from
<br />" " the" appropriations' for, a.ny.one fiscaf year: Provided further ,
<br />,: 'That the prov:i.~i,9I1S"9f lQcalcooperi'tionspecified in section 3 ,'~:C
<br />or the' 'FloOd Q6nt,rol'Ac1;; of JUne 22, 1936, as ame.nded.shall apply:
<br />. And prov1ded,Mi'hei-; That the work shall..be complete. in..itself
<br />... arid rtol c6Jnnit'tJ:1e' United States to a.ny ;\idd;Lt.i.onal: improvement,. to
<br />", insur~'''iYJ? successj.'ul.operation, ErXCept il-S IDi3y:result. from. the
<br />norm~l proce~ure,applYing to px:ojects . authorized ,after subridsllion
<br />of pr~linUn~y' examipation and survey,reports." '", " "
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<br />Preparation of the project report was authorized by 'the Office, Chief of
<br />Engineers in the 2din<;lor,l?ement .to le.tter SW~GC"Subject: "Preliminary
<br />aeconnaissance Report -Flood Control Construction under Section 205 of
<br />the Flood Cont~ol Act of. ~948, P:i,.non Canol;), ,Tr.:i:l1:J;dacl, COlorado, 'I dated
<br />16 Mlo/ 1951;' '. The pt'6ject report "fUnds w:erea.llbt ten by Advice. of.. Allot-
<br />ment'C-S191" 'ctate'd 1614ily 1.951.. . .... \ .' p ,
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<br />\ 1-03.' ThE!' preliminary reconnaissance report plan provides for local
<br />flood protection at Trinidad by construction of a small earthen detention
<br />dam with an ungated outlet to control the flood discharge from Pinon Canon.
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