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<br />, <br /> <br />"- <br />~, <br />~" <br /> <br /> <br />- <br />- <br /> <br /> / .~ <br /> t, \. <br />, . <br /> ~ <br /> , <br /> '>-.. <br /> . ,-.. <br />- - <br />- <br /> - <br /> - <br /> -- . - <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />th(' pnclllllp'rf'd ,~'lt'Cib lis!. Thl: luping- plm-f'f ha" IJI't'1l <br />Jj"lt'd as <t Inrt"lttf'lled ..-pt'ei...", Thf' pallid st\lrgf'OIl is <br />'winl: ('ollsld{'ff'd Rs 11I1 t"ndafl~f'n.d fish "lIl:-cie". The <br />lit" tl'quin'" ("Ullsll!tatjon with thf' 1 :.S. Fish and \rild. <br />]jfl:' S(,T\-ict' and the ITlltigation of impltl"t:< !hilt lilt' <br />fedt'ral at'tion ha" found toif'opardizf' (In{' 01 tht-.s!;" <br />t'ndangt'Tt'd spt'cit's. <br /> <br />in 1971:1 Congress df"signlttf'd lh", .\Ii...snuri Hivt"r hl:"_ <br />1""10'('11 (;;l\"in" Point Dum and !'lInea :-italf- I'lItk Ib 11 <br />"{'",ment oftht' :\atiunal \rildJiff' SCf"ni(' Riwr System. <br />This ft'll('h hH" IWt>n df'signalf'd /I';; II ff't'rpiltinna] river. <br />With su{'h Ii df'si!{lllllion it i." eflCllmhf:red upon tht' <br />Corps and Olht'r f{'clt'raJ Bg"encit-s [() in"llre that tht' <br />uniqu{' felltUff''' or thi" rellch of Ihe ri\-er are prolec!e-d_ <br /> <br />Se-ction 10 01 the Rivers and Harhors A(,t and ~t'l'- <br />tion ..;0..; (If lhe- Clelln Water An e-fft'cl actions a](ln~ <br />the- ri\"N. A]on~ tne,,<, authorit ie~, t he Corp,; is teqUlre-d <br />to pro!e-rt tht' n<wig"ation capahilitie" of lht' ti\'e-t and <br /> <br />20 <br /> <br />to in..ure that dil"pol"al of dre-dgt- and fill matt'rials will <br />nOI ad\"f'r..t'ly effect the quality, <br /> <br />I mt-ntiont-d earlier the- )'fissouri Hiwr Hank :-lta- <br />hilizlition and :'\a\'igation Projerl. The purpo,;t- of this <br />project, as envisioned in tht- W:Ws when we- propose-d <br />dt-epening the- channel to nillt- feet. was to pro\'ide a <br />nint' foot cnannp] [rom Sioux City to:-il. LOlli" and to <br />!-mwidt' hank Hahiliz/ltion along- rt'achps uf th{. ri\'er. <br />Its inte-nI was to reclaim the rivt'r and We! land areas <br />to tX' ('oll\'ertt-d to farmland. Thm projt'('t wa.. wry <br />SUl'('essfu] in conn-fling some ;'\00,000 anf"S of previ. <br />ously ri\'t't hahilat to primt' farmland. which is being <br />u~t-d in fOllrduwnslrt'llm I"tlltt's. ThL.. ('hHnrlt'] strHight- <br />t'nin;:- ann thp work thaI was propost'd in this projt'et <br />Illso pro\'idt'd upportunitw,; to {'on,;truct It.\t-t'_s which <br />wert' authoriz(.d in tIlt' F]ood Control At't of 19-H and <br />laler rt'alfirlT1f'd U1 Ihe Flood ('UnlroJ A('t of 19-H. But <br />thi... art a[,;o spt'cifif:'n /l11od WII.\"S, III ]ea;;t th{. projPct <br />doeurnenl~ includt.d 1100<1 wa.\"s :1,0(10 ff'et in the upper <br />[lltrt III the "ystenl bt't.....t't-'n :,iOllX City and Omuha, <br />.J.!HI(I fe-f't in Ihe \icinity of Kansas ('It;... and ]arg:t't <br />amOllnI.~ flf flood way downst re3m. It wa~ intt-n<led <br />that tht-'rl' .....OU]c!llot ht' mlljllr acti\"ities hetwf'f'n Ihe <br />]e\'f'es thllt wt'te nfllstruelt'd. Yel tuday .....e jinn Ihere <br />are el'onomie Hl"livities goinJ::. Th{'rf' arf' arPHS that are <br />Ilt'ing eHeeted h;.' f100dillg thai art' heing farrnf'd 11{'_ <br />twel'n tht' [t'vet's.. <br /> <br />Dr. :-ihepr talked t'arlit'r ahout IitiKlllion in Wyo_ <br />ming. Previous litigHliun in the late 19iOs on thf' (;re-at <br />Hoeks J'roje('t, which was a rfc'<:i'rvoir that was {'on- <br />...truned in \\";.-oming b;.' Basin EI('ctric POWi'r Coop- <br />t'rativl:' to provide {'Uoling waler for the Laramie Hh"er <br />I'llwer :-;tlltion.1t effpetPd the Endangered ~pt'cies An. <br />We .....ere f'njoined hy th(. Ff'clt'ral District ('ourt in <br />I.inn']n llhe Corps of EnJ!ill/:"ers wasl we issUt'd a fX'r- <br />mil Ulldpt :'t'(.tion -Ill";. IIlPH' was /in injunction that <br />.....as issll!'n. ThaI injunction would han' Slt)Pfwd the <br />projPt'1. Congress pll,;sed leg-is]at ion which pf(ertl'd <br />that projt.ct. the Tpllne('(, Ollm I'rujert ill Tennes1't't', <br />provided II proct'ss whl'rf' I't'dt'ral is,;IIt'l' whieh effected <br />{'ndanJ!t'red spe-t'if's cou]d ht' e-]p\,ated to tht- fpdt'ra] <br />agpn('it',; at the Washington Ie-\'I"I to ht- rpsoh'pc! at that <br />]evel. <br /> <br />There has been leg-islation ('[fe('ling ]ewt' units <br />H6I1J, ]l"\"{'P unils till. flI..;. which also ha\"e- impllcts on <br />how ~'/:" g-o about doing Im..iness in con;;t ructing len'es <br />along thl' )'!issouri Hiwr. Thl' nio..t rl"{'elll litigtllion <br />wa" argu!.'d twforl' tht' Supreml' Court in :-':owmher <br />and that is the Enl:'rg;.' Tramportlltion Sy,;tl'lns. Inc. <br />t ETSlllawsuit. The- deri,;ions on thai Illw~uit may also <br />haw impact,; on thf' WilY thl' Corp;; of Eng-inf'efS and <br />thl' Rurl'au of Reclamation and othl:'r fffiefll] agencil's <br />manage the 'ti~;;ouri Ri\-er for il" \'ariou~ purpo"es, <br />