[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR208.28]

[Page 132-133]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
 CHAPTER II--CORPS OF ENGINEERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, DEPARTMENT OF 
                                 DEFENSE
 
PART 208_FLOOD CONTROL REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  208.28  Foss Dam and Reservoir, Washita River, Oklahoma.

    The Bureau of Reclamation shall operate the Foss Dam and Reservoir 
in the interest of flood control as follows:
    (a) Whenever the reservoir level is between elevation 1652.0, top of 
conservation pool, and elevation 1668.6, top of flood control pool, 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 the flood 
damage below the reservoir. All flood control releases shall be made in 
amounts which, when combined with local inflow below the dam, will not 
produce flows in excess of bankfull on the Washita River downstream of 
the reservoir. In order to accomplish this purpose, flows shall not 
exceed an 18.0 foot stage (3,000 c.f.s.) on the USGS gage on the Washita 
River near Clinton, Oklahoma, river mile 447.4, or an 18.0 foot stage 
(6,000 c.f.s.) on the USGS

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gage on the Washita River near Carnegie, Oklahoma, river mile 353.9.
    (b) When the reservoir level exceeds elevation 1668.6, top of flood 
control pool, releases shall be made at the maximum rate possible 
through the river outlet works and uncontrolled spillway and continued 
until the pool elevation recedes to elevation 1668.6 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 in immediate 
charge of operation of the Foss Dam shall furnish daily to the District 
Engineer, Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army, in charge of the 
locality, on forms provided by the District Engineer for this purpose, a 
report, showing the elevation of the reservoir level; number of river 
outlet works gates in operation with their respective openings and 
releases; canal outlet works, municipal outlet works and uncontrolled 
spillway releases; storage; tailwater elevation; reservoir inflow; 
available evaporation data; and precipitation in inches. Normally, one 
reading at 8:00 a.m. shall be shown for each day. Readings of all items 
except evaporation shall be shown for at least three observations a day 
when the reservoir level is above elevation 1652.0. Whenever the 
reservoir level rises to elevation 1652.0 and releases for flood 
regulation are necessary or appear imminent, the Bureau representative 
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 reservoir level recedes to elevation 1652.0. These 
latter reports shall reach the District Engineer by 9:00 a.m., each day.
    (d) The regulations of this section insofar as they govern use of 
the flood control storage capacity above elevation 1652.0 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 in immediate charge of operations of the Foss 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, 
with a copy to the representative in charge of the Foss Dam.
    (e) Flood control operations shall not restrict releases necessary 
for municipal-industrial and irrigation uses.
    (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 reservoir from major damage or inconsistent with 
safe routing of the inflow design flood.
    (g) All elevations stated in this section are at Foss Dam and are 
referred to the datum in use at that location.

[26 FR 6982, Aug. 3, 1961]