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 58 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 2 D SESS.-CH. 665 -DEC. 22, 1944 The project for flood control on the Big Sunflower, Little Sun- flower, Hushpuckena, and Quiver Rivers and their tributaries, and on Hull Brake-Mill Creek Canal, Bogue Phalia, Ditchlow Bayou, Deer Creek, and Steele Bayou, Mississippi, is hereby authorized sub- stantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 516, Seventy-eighth Con- gress, second session, at an estimated cost of $3,752,000. The project for flood protection in the backwater area of the Yazoo River authorized in the Flood Control Act of August 18, 1941, is hereby amended to authorize the Chief of Engineers, in his discre- tion, to include improvements for the protection of the Satartia area at an estimated additional cost of $1,061,000 or, in his discretion, to include improvements for the protection of the Satartia area plus its extension at an estimated additional cost of $1,952,000. RED-OsuAirA RIVER BAsIN In addition to previous authorizations, there is hereby authorized the completion of the plan approved in the Act of August 18, 1941 for the Little Missouri River in Arkansas, at an estimated cost of $3,800,000. The project on Red River in the vicinity of Shreveport, Louisiana, for flood control and bank protection is hereby authorized, substan- tially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engi- neers in House Document Numbered 627, Seventy-eighth Congress, second session, at an estimated cost of $3,000,000, except that, in view of the large expenditure already made by local interests, they shall not be required to contribute to the construction cost. The project for the Blakely Mountain Dam on the Ouachita River, for flood control and other purposes in the Ouachita River Basin, Arkansas, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 647, Seventy-eighth Congress, second session, at an esti- mated cost of $11,080,000. ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN In addition to previous authorizations, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $35,000,000 for the prosecution of the comprehensive plan approved in the Act of June 28, 1938, as modified by the Act approved August 18, 1941, for the Arkansas River Basin. The projects for local flood protection on the Arkansas River are hereby modified and authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Num- bered 447, Seventy-eighth Congress, second session, at an estimated additional cost of $10,299,400. The project on tributaries of the Fountaine Que Bouille River for flood protection at Colorado Springs, Colorado, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 186, Seventy-eighth Con- gress, first session, at an estimated cost of $500,000. The project on Purgatoire River for local flood protection at Trinidad, Colorado, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Docu- ment Numbered 387, Seventy-eighth Congress, second session, at an estimated cost of $909,000. WHmTE RIVE BAsBI In addition to previous authorizations, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $45,000,000 for the prosecution of the 895 Flood control proj- ect, Miss. Yazoo River, Satar- tia area. 55 Stat. 642. Little Missouri River, Ark. 55 Stat. 645. Red River at Shreveport, La. Blakely Mountain Dam. Additional appro- priation authorized. 52 Stat. 1218; 55 Stat. 645. Local flood protec- tion. Fountaine Que Bouille River at Colo- rado Springs, Colo. Purgatoire River at Trinidad, Colo. Additoiml appro- pration autborsed.

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