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<br />cr <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />CORPS OF ENGINEERS. U.S. ARMY <br />SOARD OF ENGINEERS FOR RIVERS AND HARBORS <br />WASHINGTON 25, D.C. <br /> <br /> <br />ENGER <br /> <br />18 February 1964 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />Arkansas River and Tributaries, Las Animas, Colorado, <br />and Vicinity <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />Chief of Engineers <br />Department of the Army <br /> <br />1. Authorit~.--This report is in partial response to the <br />fOllowing resolutions adopted 30 September 1942 and 2 July 1943, <br />respectively: <br /> <br />Resolved by the Committee on Commerce of the United <br />States Senate, That the Board of Engineers for Rivers <br />and Harbors, created under Section 3 of the River and <br />Harbor Act approved June 13, 1902, be, and is hereby, <br />requested to review the report on the Arkansas River <br />and its tributaries, publislled in I!ouse Document <br />Numbered 308, Seventy-fourtll Congress, First Session, <br />with a view to determining if further improvement of <br />the Arkansas River and its tributaries in Colorado in <br />the interests of flood control is advisable at the <br />present time. <br /> <br />Resolved by the Committee on Flood Control, I!ouse <br />of Representatives, That the Board of Engineers for <br />Rivers and I!arbors, created under Section 3 of the <br />River and Harbor Act approved June 13, 1902, be, and <br />is hereby requested to review the reports on the <br />Arkansas River and tributaries contained in House <br />Document 308, Seventy-fourth Congress, First Session, <br />with a view to determining whether any modification <br />should be made therein at this time with respect to <br />local flood protection along the main stem of the <br />Arkansas River. <br /> <br />It is confined to consideration of the flood problems at and in the <br />vicinity of Las Animas, Colorado. A comprehensive report under the <br />resolutions will be submitted later. <br />