§ 702a-11. — Morganza Floodway; Eudora Floodway.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC702a-11]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15--FLOOD CONTROL
Sec. 702a-11. Morganza Floodway; Eudora Floodway
The United States may, within the discretion of the Chief of
Engineers, irrespective of other provisions of law, proceed to acquire
all easements needed and of the character considered advisable in the
Morganza floodway and to construct said Morganza floodway. Said Morganza
floodway may, within the discretion of the Chief of Engineers, be
modified as to its design and inflow.
The said Morganza floodway may be initiated and constructed without
delay; and the United States may, within the discretion of the Chief of
Engineers, irrespective of other provisions of law, proceed to the
acquisition of flowage rights and flowage easements in the Eudora
floodway, and to its construction as authorized by existing law:
Provided, That the intakes of such Eudora floodway shall include an
automatic masonry weir with its sill at such an elevation that it will
not be overtopped by stages other than those capable of producing a
stage of fifty-one feet or over on the Vicksburg gage: Provided further,
That a fuseplug levee loop may be constructed behind said sill to
prevent flow into the floodway until the predicted flood exceeds the
safe capacity of the main river leveed channel, with a free-board of at
least three feet, but said fuseplug levee may be artificially breached
when in the opinion of the Chief of Engineers such breaching is
advisable to insure the safety of the main river controlling levee line:
Provided further, That the authority to acquire lands, flowage rights,
and easements for floodways shall be confined to the floodways proper
and to the northward extension of Eudora: Provided further, That within
the discretion of the Chief of Engineers, the guide line levees of the
Eudora floodway may be extended south toward Old River: Provided
further, That the Chief of Engineers is authorized to construct the said
Eudora floodway at such location as he may determine, in the vicinity of
Eudora. The United States may, within the discretion of the Chief of
Engineers irrespective of other provisions of law, proceed to acquire
flowage rights and flowage easements in the northward extension of the
Eudora floodway, as authorized by existing law, provided that pending
the completion of such northward extension all the Riverside fuseplug
levee extending south from the vicinity of Yancopin to the vicinity of
Vau Cluse, Arkansas, and so as to connect with the existing levee of
1928 grade and section, shall be reconstructed to the 1914 grade and
1928 section: Provided further, That if the back protection levee is
constructed prior to the construction of Eudora floodway, it shall be
connected with the main Mississippi River levee and subsequently
connected with the Eudora floodway when constructed: Provided further,
That the Chief of Engineers is authorized, in his discretion, to
negotiate options, make agreements and offers with respect to lands,
flowage rights, easements, and rights-of-way involved, as provided by
law, at prices deemed reasonable by him.
The United States, irrespective of other provisions of law, may,
within the discretion of the Chief of Engineers, acquire flowage
easements over all lands not subject to frequent overflow in the
Atchafalaya Basin below the latitude of Krotz Springs.
Said Morganza floodway shall not be operated until the Wax Lake
outlet has been put into operative condition.
The fuseplug levees at the head of the Atchafalaya Basin on the east
side of the Atchafalaya River shall be reconstructed to the 1928 grade
and section.
The United States may, in the discretion of the Chief of Engineers,
acquire all flowage rights, flowage easements, rights-of-way for levee
foundations, and titles in fee simple as herein provided, either by
voluntary acquisition or in accordance with the condemnation proceedings
by the Secretary of the Army as provided for in section 702d of this
title.
In the event the United States acquires or owns title to any lands
in fee simple under the provisions of sections 702a, 702b to 702d, 702e
to 702g, 702h, 702i, 702j, 702k, 702l, 702m, and 704 of this title, as
amended and supplemented, the United States may retain the ownership
thereof, or any part thereof instead of turning over such lands to the
ownership of States or local interests as provided in section 702d of
this title, and may lease such lands: Provided, That 25 per centum of
all moneys received and deposited in the Treasury of the United States
during any fiscal year on account of such leases shall be paid, at the
end of such year, by the Secretary of the Treasury to the State in which
such property is situated, to be expended as the State legislature may
prescribe for the benefit of the public schools and public roads of the
county or counties in which such property is situated: Provided further,
That when such property is situated in more than one State or county the
distributive share to each from the proceeds of such property shall be
proportional to its area therein: Provided further, That no part of the
appropriations herein or heretofore authorized for said Morganza and
Eudora floodways and extension shall be used for any other purpose.
(June 15, 1936, ch. 548 (pt.), as added June 28, 1938, ch. 795, Sec. 4,
52 Stat. 1220; amended July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, Sec. 205(a), 61
Stat. 501.)
References in Text
Herein, referred to in text, means act June 15, 1936, ch. 548, 49
Stat. 1508, as amended, which enacted sections 642a, 702a-1, 702a-2 to
702a-12, 702g-1, 702j-1, 702j-2, 702k-1, and 702k-2 of this title. For
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Change of Name
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of
act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section 205(a) of
act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch.
1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted ``Title 10,
Armed Forces'' which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued Department of
the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Army.
Effect of Amendment
Act June 28, 1938, provided that, except as amended therein, the act
of May 15, 1928, ch. 569, 45 Stat. 534, as amended by the act of June
15, 1936, as amended, should remain in full force and effect. Act May
15, 1928, is classified to sections 702a, 702b to 702d, 702e to 702g,
702h, 702i, 702j, 702k, 702l, 702m, and 704 of this title.
Abandonment and Repeal of Projects
For abandonment of Boeuf Floodway and Eudora Floodway as well as
Northward Extension and back protection levee extending from head of
Eudora Floodway north to Arkansas River and repeal of provisions
relating to prosecution of work, see section 702a-12 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 701b-4, 701f-1, 701j, 702a-
1, 702a-1\1/2\, 702a-1\3/4\, 702j-1, 702k-1, 702k-2 of this title.
