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United Stacces Senate LM090789
y. Dear Senator Bayh:
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in response 1t0 Your reqluest ofApril 14, 195 and 'Latr
discussions with your office, WE gathered infor~mation concern-
Igthan benefits alid cosrs ag d t~he current status_ of the os
0f Sngineer--- Big Pine Lake projec t]froil Cc rp
'-he Corps' district ottice in Louisiville, Kentucky;
--the regional office of thle Bureau of Outdoor Recrea-
tion, r-epartment -f tihe !ntrrior, -. Ann ?A r b7-, Mihi
ganC- and
--off icials of the intcana of .....lpsolre
ie et witrh three Proponents and two L0tics of the project,
to lea-n their vitws of and .oncernr aoit th14, 19,cda
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The Big Pine Lake project, authofrze by the Flood Con-
t -ol Act approved October 27,1965 ihl o r.,, e-, c;
part of a comprehensive network of wctez p*vroj.cts .. in the
Wabash River Basin, Indiana The projecto is to reuce flood-
.... alog e river and to provide sesonal wat.r storage
for general recreation and fish and wildof e conU;ervation.
AS Of Mav 31:179- ., -t - of ngie
allocated to the project is being usedL primarily Wor real
estate anninvc ongfned in cen ab. tt ....
In February 1975 he orpc authorlze _. the poject
Would cost $oe Ico , 19un about , mi!-9.1on as
,-raiana's share of the costs of general recreation and tfih
and .fe conservation. The Corp - estoat annual proj-
ect benerits at 2,801,00 ainh costs at 1,672,000 for a
benefit-cost ratio oft 1.7 to I t
Because of conc5eerns environm2entaists roi! in
n1975 the Corns ctin .nat; tant Lr jes.cn
which, if adopted, woni The conn.,_; hc- ni-ta anua . oj-
and costs of $1,437,000 for a ceneft-cout ratio of 1.4 to 1.
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