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COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-SEVENTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT7

TOM BEVILL, Alabama, Chairman

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HUNTER L. SPILLAN, GEORGE A. URIAN, M. C. GREER, and DONALD P. SMITH, Staff

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DELAWARE AND SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASINS ...
INTERSTATE COMMISSION ON THE POTOMAC RIVER
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1982 pt.2

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

JAMIE L. WHITTEN, Mississippi, Chairman

EDWARD P. BOLAND, Massachusetts
WILLIAM H. NATCHER, Kentucky
NEAL SMITH, Iowa

JOSEPH P. ADDABBO, New York
CLARENCE D. LONG, Maryland
SIDNEY R. YATES, Illinois
DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin
EDWARD R. ROYBAL, California
LOUIS STOKES, Ohio
TOM BEVILL, Alabama
BILL CHAPPELL, Florida
BILL ALEXANDER, Arkansas

JOHN P. MURTHA, Pennsylvania
BOB TRAXLER, Michigan

JOSEPH D. EARLY, Massachusetts
CHARLES WILSON, Texas

LINDY (MRS. HALE) BOGGS, Louisiana
ADAM BENJAMIN, JR., Indiana
NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington
MATTHEW F. MCHUGH, New York
BO GINN, Georgia

WILLIAM LEHMAN, Florida
JACK HIGHTOWER, Texas

MARTIN OLAV SABO, Minnesota

JULIAN C. DIXON, California

VIC FAZIO, California

W. G. (BILL) HEFNER, North Carolina

LES AUCOIN, Oregon

DANIEL K. AKAKA, Hawaii

WES WATKINS, Oklahoma

WILLIAM H. GRAY, III, Pennsylvania

BERNARD J. DWYER, New Jersey

SILVIO O. CONTE, Massachusetts
JOSEPH M. McDADE, Pennsylvania
JACK EDWARDS, Alabama
JOHN T. MYERS, Indiana

J. KENNETH ROBINSON, Virginia
CLARENCE E. MILLER, Ohio
LAWRENCE COUGHLIN, Pennsylvania
C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida
JACK F. KEMP, New York
RALPH S. REGULA, Ohio

CLAIR W. BURGENER, California
GEORGE M. O'BRIEN, Illinois
VIRGINIA SMITH, Nebraska
ELDON RUDD, Arizona

CARL D. PURSELL, Michigan
MICKEY EDWARDS, Oklahoma
BOB LIVINGSTON, Louisiana
BILL GREEN, New York
TOM LOEFFLER, Texas
JERRY LEWIS, California
CARROLL A. CAMPBELL, JR.,
South Carolina

JOHN EDWARD PORTER, Illinois

KEITH F. MAINLAND, Clerk and Staff Director

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ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT

APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1983

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1982.

SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION

WITNESSES

MAJ. GEN. HUGH G. ROBINSON, DIVISION ENGINEER

CHARLES P. RINGENBERG, JR., CHIEF, PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT OFFICE FRED MONTOYA, PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT OFFICE

GEORGE T. CARLSON, PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT OFFICE

ARTHUR DENYS, CHIEF, ENGINEERING DIVISION

BARRY G. ROUGHT, CHIEF, PLANNING DIVISION

INTRODUCTION

Mr. BEVILL. Next we have General Robinson, Southwestern Division.

General Robinson, we are pleased to have you and your staff here. You may want to introduce the members of your staff for the record and proceed as you wish.

General ROBINSON. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

It is a pleasure for me to be back before this distinguished committee. I am Major General Hugh G. Robinson, Division Commander of the Southwestern Division. I have with me on my left Mr. Art Denys, Chief of Engineering; Mr. Barry Rought, Chief of Planning; on my right Mr. Charlie Ringenberg, my Chief of Program Development; and his assistant, Mr. Fred Montoya, Program Development. This is my second appearance before this committee, Mr. Chairman. With your permission, I will give you a brief status report on the division. I would like to read my statement, which I will also submit for the record.

Mr. BEVILL. We will insert the statement for the record at this point

[Statement follows:]

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STATUS REPORT

SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION

MR. CHAIRMAN AND DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE:

I AM

MAJOR GENERAL HUGH G. ROBINSON, DIVISION ENGINEER FOR THE SOUTH-
WESTERN DIVISION.

THIS IS MY SECOND APPEARANCE BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE. IT IS MY

PLEASURE TO ONCE AGAIN GIVE YOU A BRIEF STATUS REPORT ON THE
ACTIVITIES OF MY DIVISION.

DIVISION AREA

THE SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION EMBRACES ALL OR PARTS OF EIGHT STATES

IN A 556,000 SQUARE MILE AREA THAT HAS 15 PERCENT OF THE LAND AND
10 PERCENT OF THE US POPULATION.

THE DIVISION EMCOMPASSES FIVE DISTRICTS, WITH DISTRICT OFFICES IN
FORT WORTH AND GALVESTON, TEXAS; LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS; TULSA,
OKLAHOMA; AND ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO.

THE DIVISION'S MISSION CENTERS ON THREE RIVER BASINS; THE TEXAS
GULF, THE ARKANSAS-WHITE-RED, AND THE RIO GRANDE.

FISCAL YEAR 1983 BUDGET REQUEST

OUR FISCAL YEAR 1983 BUDGET REQUEST FOR STUDIES AND PROJECTS IS
$315.4 MILLION. ABOUT THREE PERCENT WILL BE USED FOR GENERAL
INVESTIGATIONS, 48 PERCENT FOR CONSTRUCTION AND 49 PERCENT FOR
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF COMPLETED PROJECTS. OUR CURRENT
FISCAL YEAR ALLOCATION FOR STUDIES AND PROJECTS IS $335.8 MIL-

LION.

GENERAL INVESTIGATIONS

THE FISCAL YEAR 1983 REQUEST OF $10.6 MILLION FOR GENERAL INVES-
TIGATIONS WILL PROVIDE FOR THE CATEGORIES OF SURVEYS, CONTINUJA-
TION OF PLANNING AND ENGINEERING STUDIES, PHASE I AE&D STUDIES
AND ADVANCE ENGINEERING AND DESIGN EFFORT. THIS COMPARES WITH
$11.7 MILLION ALLOCATED FOR THE CURRENT YEAR.

FOR THE SURVEY CATEGORY, $3.2 MILLION IS REQUESTED FOR CONTINUA-

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