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PALMETTO BEND RECLAMATION PROJECT, TEXAS

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON

IRRIGATION AND RECLAMATION

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETIETH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H.R. 5117

TO AUTHORIZE THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR TO CONSTRUCT, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN STAGE 1 OF THE PALMETTO BEND RECLAMATION PROJECT, TEXAS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

HELD IN

WASHINGTON, D.C., AUGUST 14, 1967
EDNA, TEX., DECEMBER 8, 1967

Serial No. 90-17

Printed for the use of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs

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LLOYD MEEDS, Washington

ABRAHAM KAZEN, JR., Texas

SANTIAGO POLANCO-ABREU,

Resident Commissioner, Puerto Rico

SIDNEY L. MCFARLAND, Professional Staff Director
T. RICHARD WITMER, Counsel

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NOTE.

SIDNEY L. MCFARLAND, Engineering Consultant

The chairman, Hon. Wayne N. Aspinall, and the ranking minority member, Hon. John P. Saylor, are ex officio members of each subcommittee.

(II)

Hearings held—

CONTENTS

Edna, Tex., December 8, 1967: Morning session_

Text of H.R. 5117____

Report of the Secretary of the Interior.

Reevaluation statement of the Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Reclamation, region 5, Amarillo, Tex., April 1967-----

Hutchens, George, rancher, Edna, Tex-

Koop, Arnold, member, board of directors, Jackson County Flood
Control District__

Moore, Joe G., Jr., executive director of the Texas Water Develop-
ment Board_.

Newman, Hon. Terry, State representative, Cuero, Tex..

Patman, Hon. William N., State senator, State of Texas..

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Stanford, Dick, assistant director, Texas Water Development Board.
Texas Water Development Board, presented by Joe G. Moore, Jr..
Thedford, Hon. Larkin T., county judge, Jackson County, Tex............
Wine, Chester C., vice president, Central Power & Light Co.
Young, Hon. John, a Representative in Congress from the State of
Texas.

Letters:

Bauer, W. H., Port Lavaca, Tex., to Hon. Harold T. Johnson, dated
December 8, 1967____

Connally, Hon. John, Governor of Texas, to Hon. Floyd E. Dominy,
Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, dated March 1, 1967-
Fenner, Ivan, Edna, Tex., to Hon. Harold T. Johnson, dated Decem-
ber 13, 1967_ _

Hartzog, Hon. Howard G., county judge of Calhoun County, Tex., to
House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, dated Septem-
ber 27, 1967_ _ _

Koop, Arnold, president, Jackson County Flood Control District,
Edna, Tex., to Mr. Harry P. Burleigh, Bureau of Reclamation,
Austin, Tex., dated April 17, 1967..

Mayfield, Eli, attorney for district, Matagorda County Navigation

District No. 1, Palacios, Tex., to whom it may concern, dated

October 9, 1967..

Moore, Joe G., Jr., executive director, Texas Water Development

Board, to Harry P. Burleigh, engineer in charge, Bureau of Rec-

lamation, dated February 14, 1967-

Owens, Adrian, president, Mid-Coastal Sportmen's Club, Victoria,
Tex., to Congressman Harold T. Johnson, dated December 12, 1967.

Regional director, midcontinent region, to regional director, Bureau of

Reclamation, region 5 (memorandum)__

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Letters-Continued

Selby, Roy, president, Texas Mid-Coast Water Development Associ-
ation, Palacia, Tex., to Congressman Harold T. Johnson, dated
December 12, 1967.

Stormont, Charles, W., Edna, Tex., to Representative Harold T.
Johnson, dated December 13, 1967.

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96

101

Stormont, John W., Victoria, Tex., to Hon. Harold T. Johnson, dated
December 12, 1967_-.

102

Udall, Hon. Stewart L., Secretary of the Interior, to Hon. Wayne N.
Aspinall, dated August 11, 1967 (report of the department).

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Table:

State and local taxation on lands within the Palmetto Bend Reservoir area (based on 1963 records).

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H.R. 5117, TO AUTHORIZE THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR TO CONSTRUCT, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN STAGE 1 OF THE PALMETTO BEND RECLAMATION PROJECT, TEXAS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 1967

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

SUBCOMMITTEE ON IRRIGATION AND RECLAMATION

OF THE COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 9:45 a.m., in room 1324, Longworth House Office Building, Hon. Harold T. Johnson (subcommittee chairman) presiding.

Mr. JOHNSON. The Subcommittee on Irrigation and Reclamation will come to order.

The purpose of our meeting this morning is to hear witnesses concerning the Palmetto Bend reclamation project in Texas, and for other purposes.

Without objection, the bill, H.R. 5117, will be printed in the record at this point, and also the report that was sent up from the Secretary of the Interior's Office recommending certain amendments and otherwise in support of the project; also the Bureau of the Budget has no objection.

And then I would ask that the reevaluation statement be placed in the record also.

Is there objection?

Hearing none, it is so ordered.

(The documents referred to follow:)

[H. R. 5117, 90th Cong., first sess.]

A BILL, To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain stage 1 of the Palmetto Bend reclamation project, Texas, and for other purposes

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to construct, operate, and maintain the first stage of the Palmetto Bend Federal reclamation project, Texas, in accordance with the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388), and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto) for the purposes of storing, regulating, and furnishing water for municipal and industrial use, conserving and developing fish and wildlife resources, and enhancing outdoor recreation opportunities. The stage 1 development of the project shall consist of the following principal works: Palmetto Bend Dam and Reservoir on the Navidad River near Edna, Texas, and recreation facilities.

SEC. 2. (a) Costs of the project or any unit or stage thereof allocated to municipal or industrial water supply shall be repayable with interest, by the municipal and industrial water users over a period of not more than fifty years from the date that water is first delivered for that purpose, pursuant to contracts with municipal corporations or other organizations, as defined in section 2(b) of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (53 Stat. 1187). Such contracts shall be precedent to the

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