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<br />'3-669 <br /> <br />MISSOURI RIVER BASIN <br /> <br />of Engineers, and tbat the utilization of storage reserved for flood <br />control in all multiple-purpose reservoirs on tributaries be in accord. <br />ance witb regulations prescribed by the Secretary of War, iu order to <br />secure necessary unified control of the flood waters of tbe Missouri <br />River itself, flnd to coordinate reservoir operation in this basin witq <br />that of other basins to obtnin the mnximum prnctical results for flood <br />control on the Mississippi River. Conversely, utilization of storage <br />reserved for irrigntion in all mul tiple-purpose reservoirs should be in <br />accord Dnce with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior. <br />10. The amount of storago in the main-stem reservoirs and the <br />loeatiou and size of these reservoirs is of vital importance to the <br />ultimate development of the entire basin. I am convinced in ths <br />light of all information now available that the plan of the division <br />engineer and t.he Board provides a fle"ible basis for securing that <br />stornge and obtaining the full multiple-purpose use of the waters of <br />tbe Missouri Valley. The plan coutemplates further expansion with <br />" view to solving the flood and other problems in the upper tributary <br />basins. Many of these solutions will doubtless bo acoomplished <br />through the oonstruotion, by appropriate agencies, of additional <br />multiple-purpose reservoirs on those tribntaries and headwator <br />streams. <br />11. The Department reooguizos wator-flow retardation, soil-orosion <br />prc.vention, and production of hydroelectric power lIS important parts <br />of the Missouri Bll8in program. The generation of power, in multiple- <br />purpose projeots now authorizod for flood control and in those pro- <br />posed in tho expltnded plnn of development, is a definite part of the <br />recommended program. Plans for the production, transmission, and <br />sale of hydroelectric power should be worked out with the ooopemtion <br />of the Federal Power Commission. Installation of power facilities <br />so as to meet the eoonomio needs of the Missouri Basin should be <br />approved from time to time by the Sooretary of War upon recom- <br />mendations by the Fedoral Power Commission and the Chief of <br />Engineers. <br />12. The proposed reservoirs will inundate Indian lands at several <br />points. The estimates submitted on the over-all cost of the projects <br />mclude funds to cover the cost of takiug such lands and buildings, <br />including relocation of burial grounds. It is to be understood, there- <br />fore, that approval of this plnn includes authority for the Indians <br />through their tribal councils, with the approval of the Secretary of <br />the Interior, to convey and relinquish such property to the United <br />States, and authority for the Secretary of War to enter into appro- <br />priate agreements with tho Secretary of the Interior and the Inilian <br />tribes concerned for the payment of the fnir value of the property <br />taken, or for the contribution of a sum approximating such value <br />toward locating or constructing or toward relocnting or reconstruct.ing <br />buildIngs, works, fncilities, or water projects in the vicinity of the <br />1vIissouri River or its tributaries. <br />13. In summary, I believe that the expanded plan of development <br />for the Missouri River Basin as recommended by the division engineer <br />and the Board, estnblishes a broltd framework for comprehensive <br />basin-wide improvements that will derive the maximum benefits from <br />tbe full mul tiple-purpose use of the water resources of that basin. <br />That plan is flexible in that it proposes sufficient Ilttitude to permit <br />such modifications thereof nnd c!tnuges therein as may be found <br />advisable, and it should be augmented by nppropriate work of other <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />j <br />