NON-FEDERAL COST: In accordance with the cost-sharing and financing concepts reflected in the initial authorization and subsequent authorized modifications of the Tensas Basin project including the Water Resources Development Act of 1986, the non-Federal sponsor must comply with the requirements listed below: Provide lands, easements, rights-of-way, and dredged material disposal areas. Pay one-half of the separable costs allocated to recreation (except recreational navigation) and bear all costs of operation, maintenance, and replacement of recreation facilities. Subtotal Non-Federal Costs Local interests estimate that they have expended at least $5,900,000 in the Tensas Basin on the construction of drainage improvements prior to initiation of the Federal project. They estimate they will spend an additional $47,012,000 in construction on connecting ditches, main laterals, and on-farm drainage improvements. This work is being accomplished as the major outlets are opened. Local drainage and levee districts have reported that they expended approximately $5,388,032 on construction and maintenance of drainage improvements between 1950 and 1985. Provide lands, easements, rights-of-way, and dredged material disposal areas. $ 8,402,000 Modify or relocate buildings, utilities, roads, bridges (except railroad bridges), and other facilities, where necessary in the construction of the project. 10,971,000 Pay 5 percent of the costs allocated to flood control to bring the total non-Federal share of flood control costs to 25 percent, and bear all costs of operation, maintenance, and replacement of flood control facilities. Provide lands, easements, rights-of-way, and dredged material disposal areas. Pay 5 percent of the costs allocated to flood control to bring the total non-Federal share of flood control costs to 25 percent, and bear all costs of operation, maintenance, and replacement of flood control facilities. Vicksburg District 112,000 $1,889,000 Tensas Basin, AR and LA 29 JAN 1992 178 Formal assurances have been furnished by eight levee and drainage districts to operate and maintain all units of the project except the Kirsch Lake Canal. Assurances for Lake Chicot Pumping Plant required by PL 91-611 and PL 91-646 were accepted 16 April 1976 and a cost sharing agreement with the Chicot County Rural Development Authority was executed 28 May 1976. All lands for Lake Chicot recreation development were furnished by 30 March 1976. The local development authority, which provided assurances that it would operate and maintain Corps constructed recreation facilities in the Tensas Basin at Lake Chicot, AR, has since notified the Vicksburg District that it is unable to comply with the assurances previously furnished regarding operation and maintenance of two remaining recreation facilities, and that the two remaining facilities are not needed. The local authority has been informed that based on the fact that the two remaining facilities are not needed, all programmed construction is considered complete and payback of their cost share for construction should begin in accordance with executed assurances. No response has been received from the local development authority. Red River Backwater Area Formal assurances were received 12 February 1947 and accepted 24 April 1947 for all project features except the Sicily Tensas River and Below Red River Areas Local cooperation agreements for the Tensas River and Below Red River separable elements will be obtained consistent with the cost sharing and financing concepts reflected in the Water Resources Development Act of 1986. The local sponsor for the Tensas River and the Below Red River elements is the Fifth Louisiana Levee District. A draft Local Cooperation Agreement was sent to the local sponsor 2 May 1988 for review. The local sponsor indicated in October 1988 that they are unable to cost share these elements in accordance with the Water Resources Development Act of 1986. By resolution dated 15 November 1989, the Levee District has requested the East Carroll and Madison Parish Police Juries to cosponsor this project. However, no formal agreement was received from either police jury. COMPARISON OF FEDERAL COST ESTIMATES: The current cost estimate of $534,000,000 is an increase of $16,000,000 from the latest estimate ($518,000,000) presented to Congress (FY 1992). This change includes the following items: STATUS OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT: The final Environmental Impact Statement was filed with the Environmental Protection Agency on Tensas River, LA, on 18 May 1984; Lake Chicot Pumping Plant on 29 August 1975; and the Red River Backwater Area, Sicily Island Area, on 21 May 1982; Below Red River Area on 30 October 1981; Tensas-Cocodrie Pumping Plant on 24 September 1976; and Tensas-Cocodrie Levee Item on 24 September 1976. OTHER INFORMATION: Funds to initiate construction were appropriated in FY 1947 on Red River Backwater Area and in FY 1948 on Boeuf and Tensas River, Etc. APPROPRIATION TITLE: Flood Control, Mississippi River and Tributaries, AR, IL, KY, LA, MS, MO, and TN PROJECT: Yazoo Basin, Mississippi (Continuing) Construction LOCATION: The project is located in Mississippi and extends generally from Memphis, Tennessee, southward to Vicksburg, DESCRIPTION: The project provides for protection against headwater floods of streams in the basin; against backwater floods AUTHORIZATION: Flood Control Acts of 1936, 1937, 1938, 1941, 1944, 1946, 1950, 1962, 1965, and the Water Resources REMAINING BENEFIT-REMAINING COST RATIO: 3.9 to 1 at 2-1/2 percent. TOTAL BENEFIT-COST RATIO: 4.3 to 1 at 2-1/2 percent. INITIAL BENEFIT-COST RATIO: 2.1 to 1 at 2-1/2 percent (FY 1967). BASIS OF BENEFIT-COST RATIO: Benefits and costs for the Yazoo Backwater Pumping Plant are from the latest evaluation |