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ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT
APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014
U.S. SENATE,
SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS,
Washington, DC.
NONDEPARTMENTAL WITNESSES
[CLERK'S NOTE.-The subcommittee was unable to hold hearings
on nondepartmental witnesses. The statements and letters of those
submitting written testimony are as follows:]
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE-CIVIL
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
CORPS OF ENGINEERS-CIVIL
PREPARED STATEMENT OF THE BOARD OF Mississippi LEVEE COMMISSIONERS
Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee: This statement is prepared by
Peter Nimrod, Chief Engineer for the Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners,
Greenville, Mississippi, and submitted on behalf of the Board and the citizens of the
Mississippi Levee District. The Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners is com-
prised of 7 elected commissioners representing the counties of Bolivar, Issaquena,
Sharkey, Washington, and parts of Humphreys and Warren counties in the Lower
Yazoo Basin in Mississippi. The Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners is
charged with the responsibility of providing protection to the Mississippi Delta from
flooding of the Mississippi River and maintaining major drainage outlets for remov-
ing the flood waters from the area. These responsibilities are carried out by pro-
viding the local sponsor requirements for the Congressionally authorized projects in
the Mississippi Levee District. The Mississippi Levee Board and the Mississippi Val-
ley Flood Control Association support an appropriation of $500 Million for fiscal
year 2014 for the Mississippi River & Tributaries Project. This is the minimum
amount that we consider necessary to allow for an orderly completion of the remain-
ing work in the Valley and to provide for the operation and maintenance, as re-
quired, to prevent further deterioration of the completed flood control and naviga-
tion work.
It is apparent that the Administration loses sight of the fact that the Mississippi
River & Tributaries Project provides protection to the Lower Mississippi Valley from
waters generated across 41 percent of the Continental United States. These waters
flow from 31 States and 2 provinces of Canada and must pass through the Lower
Mississippi Valley on its way to the Gulf of Mexico. We will remind you that the
Mississippi River & Tributaries Project is one of, if not the most cost effective
project ever undertaken by the United States Government. The foresight of the Con-
gress in their authorization of the many features of this project is exemplary.
The many projects that are part of the Mississippi River & Tributaries Project not
only provide protection from flooding in the area, but the award of construction con-
tracts throughout the Valley provides assistance to the overall economy of this area.
The employment of the local workforce and purchases from local vendors by the con-
tractors help stabilize the economy in one of the most impoverished areas of our
country.
In 2011 the MR&T Project successfully passed the greatest flood on the Mis-
sissippi River. Every feature of the MR&T Project including levees, floodways and
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