Yaquina River, located in western Oregon, rises in the Coast Range and empties into the Pacific Ocean 113 miles south of the mouth of the Columbia River. The principal outbound commerce consists of lumber, wood products and pulp and paper. Inbound commerce consists of wood chips, petroleum products and ocean-caught fish. The existing project provides for a 10foot deep by 150-foot wide channel from deep water in Yaquina Bay to the vicinity of Toledo, a distance of nine miles. Local interests desire a deeper navigation channel to permit full utilization of ocean-going barges. This study will consider the feasibility of increasing channel dimensions. Study cost has been increased by $12,000 for additional studies pursuant to Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (PL 91-190), and $4,000 for pay increases. Study was extended one year to be in phase with Department of Interior studies in the estuary. Grays Harbor lies at the mouth of the Chehalis River in the southwestern part of Washington, 45 miles north of the entrance to the Columbia River. Hoquiam River enters Grays Harbor at Hoquiam. The study will consider the feasibility of providing additional small-boat basin facilities at Aberdeen or Ocean Shores; navigation improvements of the Grays Harbor bar and entrance channels; and rehabilitation and extension of the north jetty at the harbor entrance to prevent bar channel shoaling and migration. Modification of the navigation channels and rehabilitation and extension of the north jetty require investigation by hydraulic model. Shipping is hampered because of the restrictive depths in the bar and interior channels. Pleasure boating and sport and commercial fishing have increased rapidly in the Grays Harbor area, creating an urgent demand for increased moorage facilities. Study cost has been increased by $510,800 for additional studies pursuant to Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (P.L. 91-190), $8,000 for increased scope for an interim report on small boat basins and an interim report on the harbor entrance, $130,600 for unanticipated increased costs of the hydraulic model and $30,600 for pay in creases. Siletz Bar or River. The principal industries of the area are associated with forest products. A large potential exists for a. Navigation Studies: Tillamook Bay & Bar C-NP 200,000 0 10,000 10,000 180,000 C-NP 80,000 7,000 9,000 10,000 54,000 This study will consider widening and deepening the East, West and Duwamish Waterways for navigation purposes, and will and related purposes. consider local protection improvements upstream of the present authorized navigation channel to above Auburn for flood control The study area is rapidly being developed through southward expansion of Seattle's industrial section. The area now includes a complex of urban, suburban, and agricultural land use. provements will be completed in 1971. An interim report on the flood control imThe Port of Seattle has developed a master plan of proposed development in this area. minimum of 40 feet. They have requested that the authorized depths of East, West, and lower Duwamish Waterways be increased from 34 feet to a 1969 (PL 91-190) and $5,700 for pay increases. Study cost has been increased by $6,300 for additional studies pursuant to Environmental Policy Act of Seattle Harbor; Elliott Bay, Seattle center. C-NP 208,000 42,000 20,000 60,000 86,000 Seattle, a metropolitan area of about 1,000,000 population, is the largest city in Washington. The waterfront on Elliott Bay and adjacent to the downtown business district is a very important visitor and local interest attraction City planners consider this waterfront to be a blighted area. A variety of commercial and tourist enterprises occupy old, wood-pile piers which are no longer usable by modern ocean-going vessels. Present local plans are to transworldwide trade center. form the area into a recreational and tourist complex oriented to Puget Sound, the Orient, and Seattle's position as a The center of this complex would be a protected moorage for small boats. The boat basin would provide facilities to accommodate visiting boaters attracted by the recreational center, and permanent moorages for historical vessels and pleasure craft used for business purposes. town residential developments. Permanent moorage may also be provided for new downAt the request of the Senate Public Works Committee the study has been expanded to consider the need for boat harbors at Shilshole Bay, West Seattle and Ballard. Study cost has been increased by $2,000 for additional studies pursuant to Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (P.L. 91-190) and $14,000 for pay increases. Snohomish River and its two principal tributaries, the Skykomish and Snoqualmie Rivers, drain 1,780 square miles of land The basin is located just north and east of the rapidly exon the west slope of the Cascade Mountains into Puget Sound. An existing Federal navigation project provides for a channel 150 to 425 panding Everett-Seattle-Tacoma metropolitan area. feet wide and 15 feet deep from deep water in Port Gardner Bay to 14th Street dock and a channel 8 feet deep and 150 feet The project also provides for maintenance of the 700- to 900-foot wide extending from 14th Street upstream about 6.3 miles. There are no existing Federal flood control projects in the basin, however, a multiwide and 30-foot deep East Waterway. purpose dam located on the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River is proposed in a separate interim survey report recently completed Present deep-draft shipping of 2,900,000 tons annually in Everett Harbor is expected to increase by the Division Engineer. to 50,000,000 tons annually by the year 2020. Approximately 3,700 additional mooring spaces for pleasure craft will be reOn the basis of forecast development in the flood plain, the average annual quired in the Everett area by the year 2000. flood damages are expected to increase from the present $2,700,000 to $4,700,000 by the year 2000. The objectives of this study are to make detailed investigations required for authorization of projects needed in the next 10 to 15 years. sideration will be given to the need for basin development through navigation facilities, multiple-purpose storage, floodPlans will include allied water-resource needs such as ways, local protection works, and/or management of flood plains. fishery, wildlife, recreation, power, water quality, water supply, irrigation, open space, and other means of environmental preservation. Study cost has been increased $11,300 for additional studies pursuant to Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (PL 91-190) and $25,700 for pay increases. Con TOTAL NAVIGATION STUDIES 4,051,000 1,128,000 566,000 451,000 1,906,000 Tentative b. Flood Control Studies: The amount of $1,039,000 is requested for the prosecution of eighteen studies during Fiscal Anchorage, with a population of approximately 120,000, is the largest city in Alaska and is located on the east shore at the head of Cook Inlet. Anchorage is the major transportation and supply center for southcentral and interior Alaska, and is one of the main seaports in the State. Ship Creek has been the source of municipal water for the area, serving the City of Anchorage, the Federally-owned Alaska RR, and the military installations of Fort Richardson and Elmendorf Air Force Base. This source has been supplemented in recent years by groundwater supplies, but increased draft has continually lowered the water table. Most of the major operating facilities of the Alaska RR in the Anchorage area are located within the flood plain of Ship Creek, together with a large portion of the thermal power generating facilities of the City of Anchorage and the Chugach Electric Association. Also located in this flood plain is much of the City's industrial and warehousing area. The potential for a damaging flood is ever present, and is growing with the development of the flood plain. The study will develop a plan for flood damage reduction and other water and related land resource development. Skagway 40,000 49,000 A 104,000 15,000 0 Skagway is located in the northern part of southeastern Alaska at the head of Taiya Inlet and the mouth of Skagway River. Several Federal projects for flood control and navigation exist in Skagway. A 6,700-foot long training dike on the left bank of the Skagway River extends downstream from the 23rd Avenue Bridge to a rubble-mound breakwater 1,800 feet long across the tide flats. The existing Federal navigation project provides for dredging at the face of the wharf to a depth of 30 feet for the southerly 700 feet and to a depth of 20 feet for the next 100 feet and for dredging a basin for small boats to a depth of 8 feet over an area of 1 acre. Local interests have requested this new study because they feel the existing flood control project is inadequate and desire that the existing levee be raised, repaired, and extended upstream to tie into high ground. They also desire an extension of the existing breakwater and dredging of the small-boat harbor entrance in the interest of commercial fishing operations. Study cost has been increased $7,500 for additional studies pursuant to Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (PL 91-190) and $1,500 for pay increases. |