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<br /> <br />tJ" 1" -, <br />i.J - I:' <br /> <br />c. The Flood Cont~ol Ac~ of 19S4 aut~or1zed local p=otectlc& <br />works at B~atrice. ;,ebraska. As conceived in that dccurr.ent. tile pr(i~- <br />eet would Inc:ude nev levees, raising existing Ie~ees. chanr.el ~pruv~- <br />roents, floodwalls. ~d ~rldge alterations. The project. which ~oul~ <br />p~c:ect the city from flooJs on t~e Bl& Blue River ~nd on Inuian Cree~ <br />will be re-c~"luated durl~g the current investigations. <br /> <br />d. 8u=eau of Reclamation Studies. <br /> <br />(1) The Bureau of Reclacatlon has conducted a feasibility <br />study of the Angus Reservoir on the Little Blue Rl~er. The Angus prOject <br />~~uld include storage for irrigating lands 1n the Little Blue Valley, but <br />irrigation would be deferred and its ~edlate prlm~ry purpose would be <br />for flood control along the Littl~ Blue and Big n:ue Rivers and alone thli:: <br />Kansas River when operated in conjunction ~ith Tuttle Creek Reservoir. <br /> <br />(2) The Bureau has also completed a reconnaissance report <br />of the entire Big Blue River basin. This report outlines a plan for <br />development which would include a system of four reservoirs, each of <br />which ~ould provide for irrigation. flood control, and recreation and <br />fish ~d wildlife. The studies did not include an inventory of needs <br />outside the basin for water supply or ~ater quality control which might <br />be satisfied by providing conservation storaee in the proposed reservoirs. <br /> <br />e. The Soil Cor.servation Service, Lincoln, ~ebrnska, has cco- <br />pleted work plans for 10 \/atersheds in the Big Dlue River basin in <br />~:ebraska. One pilot '-'atershed project. the Little Indian Cree~ h'ater- <br />shed in Gage County, has been co~pleted. A preliminary investigation <br />covering tbe Big Blue River in ::ebra:;ka, \lith a view to detennining the <br />extent of additional watershed development necessary to realize the <br />full utilization of the soil and water resources, is in progress. The <br />extent of watershed development 1n the B1g Blue Basin in Kansas is con- <br />siderably less than that of Nebraska. There is one completed pilot <br />project, the Snipe Creek \oIatershcd in l!arst:all County. tJork plans haOle <br />been co~pleted for the Upper Black Vermillion, ~orth Black Vermillion, <br />and Irish Creek Uatersheds in !larshall, j:emaha, and Potta\..'lltornie <br />counties, immediately upstream from the ~utt:e Creek Reservoir. <br /> <br />f. Public Law 86-489, June 1960, granted to the States of <br />~ansas and ::ebraska the right to negotiate and enter 1roto a compact <br />relating to the 1nr.erests of such States in the water of the Hig Blue <br />River and all its tributaries. A c~ission, "'Ith a representatIve of <br />the Corps of rr.sln~ers as Chai~an, was organized "'ith representatives <br />free both States. This co--mission is to be assisted in the preparation <br />of the compact by various cOccltt~es havin~ representatives free the <br />Federal Po"'er Cornm1$sion. the Departments of Justice, ComQeree. Agricul- <br />ture. Interior, and Health, Education and t!elfare, and interested State <br />agencies as required. Engineering studies are continuing. but no <br />specific reco~endatlons have been cade as to the apportioncect of <br />uaters of the B~g Blue River at this t~e. <br /> <br />J <br /> <br />