[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR208.29]

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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
         CHAPTER II--CORPS OF ENGINEERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
 
PART 208--FLOOD CONTROL REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 208.29  Arbuckle Dam and Lake of the Arbuckles, Rock Creek, Okla.

    The Bureau of Reclamation, or its designated agent, shall operate 
the Arbuckle Dam and Lake of the Arbuckles in the interest of flood 
control as follows:
    (a) Flood control storage in Lake of the Arbuckles between elevation 
872 (top of conservation pool) and elevation 885.3 (top of flood control 
pool) initially amounts to 36,400 acre-feet. Whenever the lake level is 
within this elevation range the flood control discharge facilities shall 
be operated under the direction of the District Engineer, Corps of 
Engineers, Department of the Army, in charge of the locality, so as to 
reduce as much as practicable of the flood damage below the lake. In 
order to accomplish this purpose, flood control releases shall be 
limited to amounts, which when combined with local inflows below the dam 
will not produce flows in excess of bankfull on Rock Creek downstream of 
the lake and on the Washita River, from the confluence of Rock Creek to 
Durwood, Okla. Operating stages and corresponding flows are as follows: 
An 11-foot stage (15,000 c.f.s.) on the U.S.G.S. gage on Rock Creek near 
Dougherty, Okla., river mile 1; and a 20-foot stage (15,000 c.f.s.) on 
the U.S.G.S. gage on the Washita River near Durwood, Okla., river mile 
63.4.

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    (b) When the level in Lake of the Arbuckles exceeds elevation 885.3 
(top of flood control pool), releases shall be made at the maximum rate 
possible through the river outlet works and the uncontrolled spillway 
and continued until the lake level recedes to elevation 885.3 when 
releases shall be made to equal inflow or the maximum release 
permissible under paragraph (a) of this section, whichever is greater.
    (c) The representative of the Bureau of Reclamation or its 
designated agent in immediate charge of operation of the Arbuckle Dam 
shall furnish daily to the District Engineer, Corps of Engineers, 
Department of the Army, in charge of the locality, a report, on forms 
provided by the District Engineer for this purpose, showing the lake 
elevation; the number of river outlet works gates in operation with 
their respective openings and releases; uncontrolled spillway release; 
municipal pumping rate; tailwater elevation; available evaporation data; 
and precipitation in inches. Normally, a reading at 8 a.m., noon, 4 
p.m., and midnight shall be shown for each day. Whenever the lake level 
rises to elevation 872 and releases for flood regulation are necessary 
or appear imminent, the representative of the Bureau of Reclamation or 
its designated agent, shall report at once to the District Engineer by 
telephone or telegraph and unless otherwise instructed shall report once 
daily thereafter in that manner until the lake level recedes to 
elevation 872. These latter reports shall reach the District Engineer by 
9 a.m. each day.
    (d) The regulations of this section, insofar as they govern use of 
flood control storage capacity above elevation 872, are subject to 
temporary modification in time of flood by the District Engineer if 
found desirable on the basis of conditions at the time. Such desired 
modifications shall be communicated to the representative of the Bureau 
of Reclamation and its designated agent in immediate charge of operation 
of the Arbuckle Dam by any available means of communication, and shall 
be confirmed in writing under date of the same day to the Regional 
Director in charge of the locality, and his designated agent, with a 
copy to the representative in charge of the Arbuckle Dam.
    (e) Flood control operation shall not restrict pumping necessary for 
municipal and industrial uses and releases necessary for downstream 
users.
    (f) Releases made in accordance with the regulations of this section 
are subject to the condition that releases shall not be made at rates or 
in a manner that would be inconsistent with emergency requirements for 
protecting the dam and lake from major damage or inconsistent with the 
safe routing of the inflow design flood (spillway design flood).
    (g) The discharge characteristics of the river outlet works (capable 
of discharging approximately 1,880 c.f.s. when the lake level is at 872) 
shall be maintained in accordance with the construction plans (Bureau of 
Reclamation Specifications No. 6099 as modified by the ``as built'' 
drawings).
    (h) All elevations stated in this section are at Arbuckle Dam and 
are referred to the datum in use at that location.

[33 FR 263, Jan. 9, 1968]