33 U.S.C. § 702a–5 — Back levee north of Eudora Floodway
submitted 90 years ago by ch. 548 to r/title-33-NAVIGATION-AND-NAVIGABLE-WATERS · 160 words · no verdicts yet
A back-protection levee north of the Eudora Floodway must match the opposite levees, with requirements for its location, timing, and temporary openings.
The back-protection levee north of the Eudora Floodway must be built to the same grade and section as the levees on the east side of the Mississippi River opposite it. The part running from the head of the Eudora Floodway north to the Arkansas River must be located so flood waters have enough room to pass without endangering those opposite levees. It must be built at the same time as the Eudora Floodway. Until the Eudora Floodway is operating, openings must remain in this back levee north of the floodway’s head. In the Chief of Engineers’ judgment, the openings must be large enough to let through all flood waters that could reasonably be expected if the riverside fuse-plug levee broke before the Eudora Floodway began operating.
The back-protection levee north of the Eudora Floodway shall be constructed to the same grade and section as the levees opposite on the east side of the Mississippi River: Provided, That this levee extending from the head of the Eudora Floodway north to the Arkansas River shall be so located as to afford adequate space for the passage of flood waters without endangering the levees opposite on the east side of the river and shall be constructed contemporaneously with the construction of the Eudora Floodway; except that, until the Eudora Floodway is in operative condition, there shall be left in this back levee north of the head of the Eudora Floodway openings which shall be sufficient, in the discretion of the Chief of Engineers, to permit the passage of all flood waters to be reasonably contemplated in the event of any break in the riverside fuse-plug levee prior to the time the Eudora Floodway shall be in operative condition.
Source credit: (June 15, 1936, ch. 548, § 11, 49 Stat. 1511.)
- 1936Enacted · Act of June 15, 1936, ch. 548 · 49 Stat. 1511
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