[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 33, Volume 3]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 33CFR223.1]



[Page 311-312]

 

                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

 

 CHAPTER II--CORPS OF ENGINEERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, DEPARTMENT OF 

                                 DEFENSE

 

PART 223_BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  223.1  Mississippi River Water Control Management Board.











    (a) Purpose. This regulation establishes and prescribes the 

objectives, composition, responsibilities and authority of the 

Mississippi River Water Control Management Board.

    (b) Applicability. This regulation is applicable to the Board 

members and to all field operating agencies concerned with water control 

management within the Mississippi River Basin.

    (c) Objectives. The objectives of the Board are:

    (1) To provide oversight and guidance during the development of 

basin-wide management plans for Mississippi River Basin projects for 

which the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has operation/regulation 

responsibilities.



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    (2) To serve as a forum for resolution of water control problems 

among U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Divisions within the Mississippi 

River Basin when agreement is otherwise unobtainable.

    (d) Composition. The Mississippi River Water Control Management 

Board is a continuing board consisting of the Director of Civil Works 

and Division Engineers serving in LMVD, MRD, ORD, NCD and SWD. The 

Director of Civil Works serves as permanent chairperson.

    (e) Responsibilities. The Board functions under the general 

direction of the Chief of Engineers and is responsible for:

    (1) Oversight of procedures for maintaining and improving inter-

divisional coordination of water control management activities within 

the Mississippi River Basin.

    (2) Oversight of the development and use of facilities (physical and 

computer models, Automatic Data Processing Equipment, and communications 

and information dissemination networks) needed to provide the best 

obtainable water control system for the entire Mississippi River Basin, 

utilizing the coordinated capabilities of projects now in operation and 

scheduled to be placed in operation in the reasonably near future.

    (3) Oversight of basin-wide operating/regulation plans for U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers projects in the Mississippi River Basin.

    (4) Periodic reports to the Chief of Engineers regarding the Board's 

activities and its plans.

    (f) Procedures. The procedures used by the board to carry out its 

responsibilities are as follows:

    (1) The Board meets periodically to review past activities and 

project operations, and to discuss new or revised basin-wide operating/

regulation plans.

    (2) The Board acts on all proposals for (temporary or permanent) 

deviation from approved basin-wide operating plans.

    (3) The Board provides instructions to committees under its 

jurisdiction and reviews their recommendations for improvements in 

basin-wide water control management.

    (g) Board authority. The Mississippi River Water Control Management 

Board is delegated authority to establish continuing or ad hoc inter-

divisional operating or study committees comprised of U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers personnel to facilitate the work of the Board.

    (h) Funding. Routine activities of the Mississippi River Water 

Control Management Board and its committees, such as travel and meeting 

expenses, will be funded by the separate members' offices using General 

Expense funds otherwise available. Major expenses connected with special 

studies or activities will be funded through the normal budgetary 

process. Budget requests will be supported by appropriate justification 

material.



(Act of Congress approved 1 March 1917, (33 U.S.C. 701) and sec. 2 of 

the Act of Congress approved 28 June 1938 as amended (33 U.S.C. 701c-1))



[43 FR 52236, Nov. 9, 1978]