Port Lions is situated on Kizhuyak Bay in the northern portion of Kodiak Island, Alaska. The village was constructed as a new home for the residents of the village of Afognak after its destruction by the 27 March 1964 earthquake. The townsite is located at the head of Settlers Cove, a small bay on the west shore of Kizhuyak Bay, and is protected from winds and waves from all sectors except the northeast. The total economic base of the Port Lions area is founded on the harvesting and processing of fisheries resources. This, when combined with the fact that the village has no road system, makes the construction of a small-boat harbor to serve waterborne commerce vital to the economic well being of the area. Local interests have requested that protected anchorage facilities be provided to safeguard the small-boat fleet that is often damaged when anchored in Settlers Cove. Presently, there are no Federal improvements in the navigable waters at or near Port Lions. 10,000

St. Paul Island Harbor

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St. Paul Island is one of the remote Pribilof Islands, located in the Bering Sea. It is about 235 miles northwest of Unimak Pass in the Aleutian Islands and 3,300 miles northwest of Seattle, Washington. The Pribilof Islands are famed as fur seal breeding grounds and serves as the center of fur sealing activities under the jurisdiction of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife They are located in an area of potentially rich bottomfish resources, but development of commercial fishing has been Service. precluded by lack of adequate harbor facilities. The existing natural harbor at St. Paul provides limited protection. Water depths are inadequate for ships or barges, and all cargo is handled by lighters. Because of lack of harbor protection, small boats must be beached when not in use. A protected dock is required to allow handling of cargo without lightering and to reduce transportation costs. A protected harbor for small boats is needed to foster development of commercial fishing.

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Henrys Fork and Teton River Basin drain about 3,000 square miles in eastern Idaho and northwestern Wyoming. basin above Ashton, Idaho, consists of a broad high elevation timbered valley. Below Ashton, the basin is relatively flat and approximately 60 percent of the land lies between 6,000 and 7,000 feet in elevation. The economy of the area is based primarily on irrigated agriculture with 170,000 acres of land under irrigation. with a total usable storage capacity of 221,700 acre-feet. These lands are served by three reservoirs ities as well as incidental flood control. These reservoirs also provide excellent recreational opportunRiver. Flood problems exist throughout the basin, especially along the lower Teton ground; and the spring floods caused by snowmelt. Floods of two types occur in the basin; the winter floods composed of warm rains augmented by snowmelt on frozen The most disastrous winter flood occurred in February 1962 when about 11,000 acres of both urban and rural lands were inundated, causing about $700,000 in damages. Sugar City, and Teton were especially hard hit. The urban areas of Rexburg, damage to farm lands along Henrys Fork. The most recent severe spring flood occurred in June 1964 causing extensive The objectives of the study are to develop a flood control plan and establish the other water and related land resource needs and solutions into a comprehensive plan. In development of this plan, evaluation will be made of the use of the existing reservoirs for control of floods along with use of non-structural measures.

Yakima River & Tribs.

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152,000 central Washington. Yakima River drains an area of nearly 6,000 square miles in Yakima, Kittitas, and Benton Counties in central and southmiles to its confluence with the Columbia River near Richland. The river rises near Snoqualmie Pass in the Cascade Mountains and flows east and southeast about 175 Valley and downstream of Yakima. The river is a source of water for irrigation in the Kittitas rigation water and help regulate the flow of the river. The Bureau of Reclamation has six projects on the headwaters above Yakima which store irspring floods resulting from snowmelt. The basin is subject to winter floods resulting from rainfall and and inundated agricultural land. During severe flooding in 1948, water flowed in the streets of Yakima and Toppenish Levees built by the Corps of Engineers protect the city of Yakima. Unprotected river reaches remain in the rapidly growing downstream suburban areas, including Toppenish and adjacent farmlands. Significant flooding also occurs on farmland and suburban areas along small tributaries which join the river downstream of Yakima. The altersurance, floodproofing and flood forecasting. native studies to satisfy flood control needs will include non-structural measures such as flood plain zoning, flood inFlooded areas include lands of the Yakima Indian Tribe, which has expressed All allied water uses will be considered and studied in conjunction with

an interest in obtaining flood control works. flood control.

Anchorage Harbor is located adjacent to the City of Anchorage on the east shore of Cook Inlet. Greater Anchorage is a metropolitan area of over 120,000 population and serves as the major transportation and supply center for Southcentral and Interior Alaska. The tides at Anchorage have a range of nearly 40 feet which, in conjunction with the broad mud flats bordering the shore, make navigation improvements difficult. In addition, the inlet waters are heavily laden with silt from tributary glacial rivers making sedimentation a major concern in any harbor improvement. The existing project, the deepwater Port of Anchorage, requires frequent maintenance dredging to maintain the project depth. Anchorage has no protected facility for small vessels, which must beach on the mud flats and are alternately floated and beached by the tidal cycles and are subject to damages both from this action and from storms. Local interests desire a protected small-boat harbor to serve some 125 boats. These include the Anchorage salmon fleet, work and supply boats involved in the offshore oil industry and private boats used for transportation.

The

The northwestern coast of Alaska is characterized by shoalwater and a lack of sheltered anchorage. Ice restricts the navigation season progressively from 4-1/2 months in the south to not more than two or three weeks in the extreme north. principal port serving the northwestern Alaska coast is at Nome, located on the southerly shore of the Seward Peninsula. Ocean-going vessels anchor offshore about 1 mile and freight is lightered to shore in barges drawing less than 8 feet. The development of deep water harbor facilities in western Alaska is vital to the continued economic development of the area. The study will consider the feasibility of providing a deep-draft harbor at one of several alternative sites on the Seward

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Cook Inlet, a 200-mile long tidal estuary of the Gulf of Alaska, heads near Anchorage, Alaska. The width of the inlet navigable by deep-draft vessels varies from about 30 miles at the mouth to less than one mile just westerly of Pt. Woronzof, near Anchorage. Adequate depths are available for navigating Cook Inlet at all tide stages except in a shoal area just westerly of Pt. Woronzof where a rock with an indicated depth of -12 MLLW divides the channel into two separate navigation channels. These separate channels have indicated depths of only 28 to 35 feet and are reported shoaling. Year-round use of the Port of Anchorage by both tankers and general cargo vessels maintaining tight operating schedules, combined with seasonal ferry traffic and navigation support of the offshore oil industry, has intensified the need for navigation improvements. study will consider the feasibility of rock removal and/or deepening of the channel in the shoal area in the interest of commercial navigation.

The

The Kamishak-Iniskin Bay area covers a coastal section of 40 to 50 miles on the east coast of the Alaska Peninsula bordering the west side of Cook Inlet, Alaska. Coves and small bays indent this coastal area lying 250 miles southwest of Anchorage. The area is rugged, remote, and largely unpopulated. Large ore deposits of copper, iron, and other minerals adjoin Kamishak Bay, but are inaccessible for lack of transportation. The State desires to open access and development through construction of a highway across the Alaska Peninsula and establishment of a ferry service across Cook Inlet from Homer. Development of the area is dependent upon the establishment of a deep-draft harbor facility capable of handling ferry service and other deep-draft shipping. Study cost has been increased $1,000 for additional studies required pursuant to Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (P. L. 91-190) and $4,000 for pay increases.

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Alaska's northwestern coastline from Nome to Prudhoe Bay on the north slope lacks sheltered anchorages or harbors. conditions limit tug and barge operations to a short period from July through September when waterborne shipments can be landed on the north slope. Adverse wind and wave conditions frequently cause further delays before barges can be towed around Point Barrow. At present there are no deep-draft unloading facilities on the northern coast of Alaska: ocean going barges anchor offshore and cargo is reloaded to shallow draft craft for lightering to shore. Navigation interests desire development of protected harbor areas with adequate depths to handle increased barge movements to the North Slope. Oil companies are also studying the feasibility of shipping oil by deep-draft tanker via the northwest passage and the navigation facilities required for loading tankers on the northern coast of Alaska. The study will consider the means and feasibility of providing safe harbors of refuge and ports for ocean going tugs and barges and navigation facilities for the accommodation of tankers.

Oregon Slough is a 4-1/2-mile long side channel of the Columbia River flowing between Hayden Island and the Oregon mainland near Portland. An existing project provides for a channel 20 feet deep and 200 feet wide extending from deep water in the Columbia River upstream for a distance of about 4 miles. Existing traffic consists primarily of rafted logs and recreational craft. The study will give consideration to a deep-draft channel to serve a new industrial area being developed by the Port of Portland. Study cost has been increased by $4,000 for additional studies required pursuant to Environmental 91-190.)

Policy Act of 1969 (P. L.