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 58 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 2 D SESS.-CH. 665 -DEC. 22, 1944 the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 649, Seventy- eighth Congress, second session, at an estimated cost of $50,100,000; and in addition to previous authorizations there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $15,000,000 for the prosecution of the modified projects: Provided, That this modification of the project shall not be construed to authorize the construction of a high dam at the Table Mountain site but shall authorize only the low-level project to approximately the elevation of four hundred feet above mean sea level, said low-level dam to be built on a foundation sufficient for such dam and not on a foundation for future construction of a higher dam. The project for the Folsom Reservoir on the American River, Cali- fornia, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the plans contained in House Document Numbered 649, Seventy-eighth Con- gress, second session, with such modifications thereof as in the dis- cretion of the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers may be advisable, at an estimated cost of $18,474,000. SAN JOAQUIN RIVER The project for the Isabella Reservoir on the Kern River for flood control and other purposes in the San Joaquin Valley, California, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommenda- tions of the Chief of Engineers in his report dated January 26, 1944, contained in House Document Numbered 513, Seventy-eighth Con- gress, second session, at an estimated cost of $6,800,000. The plan for the Terminus and Success Reservoirs on the Kaweah and Tule Rivers for flood control and other purposes in the San Joaquin Valley, California, in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in Flood Control Committee Document Numbered 1, Seventy-eighth Congress, second session, is approved, and there is hereby authorized $4,600,000 for initiation and partial accomplishment of the plan. The project for flood control and other purposes for the Kings River and Tulare Lake Basin, California, is hereby authorized sub- stantially in accordance with the plans contained in House Document Numbered 630, Seventy-sixth Congress, third session, with such modi- fications thereof as in the discretion of the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers may be advisable at an estimated cost of $19,700,000: Provided,That the conditions of local cooperation speci- fied in said document shall not apply: Provided further, That the Secretary of War shall make arrangements for payment to the United States by the State or other responsible agency, either in lump sum or annual installments, for conservation storage when used: Provided further, That the division of costs between flood control, and irriga- tion and other water uses shall be determined by the Secretary of War on the basis of continuing studies by the Bureau of Reclamation, the War Department, and thelocal organizations. The plan of improvement for local flood protection on various streams in the Merced County Stream Group in the San Joaquin Valley is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the rec- ommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Num- bered 473, Seventy-eighth Congress, second session, at an estimated cost of $1,300,000. The plan of improvement for flood control and other purposes on the Lower San Joaquin River and tributaries, including Tuolumne and Stanislaus Rivers, in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in Flood Control Committee Document Num- bered 2, Seventy-eighth Congress, second session, is approved, and there is hereby authorized $8,000,000 for initiation and partial accom- plishment of the plan. Additional appro- priation authorized. Table Mountain. Folsom Reservoir, Calif. Isabella Reservoir, Calif. Terminus and Suc- cess Reservoirs, Calif. Kings River and Tulare Lake Basin, Calif. Local cooperation. Payment for con- servation storage. Division of costs. Merced County Stream Group. Lower San Joaquin River; Tuolumne and Stanislaus Rivers.

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