[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: 33CFR208.32]

[Page 134-135]
 
                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.  208.32  Sanford Dam and Lake Meredith, Canadian River, Tex.

    The Bureau of Reclamation, or its designated agent, shall operate 
the Sanford Dam and Lake Meredith in the interest of flood control as 
follows:
    (a) Flood control storage in the reservoir, Lake Meredith, between 
elevation 2941.3 (top of conservation pool) and elevation 2965.0 (top of 
flood control pool) initially amounts to 462,100 acre-feet. Whenever the 
reservoir 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 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 Canadian River downstream of the 
reservoir. In order to accomplish this purpose, flows shall not exceed 
25,000 c.f.s. at the Sanford Dam site or an 8.0-foot stage (75,000 
c.f.s.) on the U.S.G.S. gage on the Canadian

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River near Canadian, Tex., river mile 433.9.
    (b) When the reservoir level exceeds elevation 2965.0 (top of flood 
control pool) releases shall be made at the maximum rate possible 
through the flood control outlet works, the river outlet works and the 
uncontrolled spillway and continue until the pool level recedes to 
elevation 2965.0 when releases will 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 Sanford Dam 
will 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 pool 
elevation; the number of flood control outlet works gates in operation 
with their respective openings and releases; the uncontrolled spillway 
release; and the municipal outlet works release; storage; tailwater 
elevation; reservoir inflow; 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. Readings of all items except 
evaporation shall be shown for at least four observations a day when the 
reservoir level is at or above elevation 2941.3. Whenever the reservoir 
level rises to elevation 2941.3 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, will report once daily thereafter in that manner until the 
reservoir level recedes to elevation 2941.3. 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 
the flood control storage capacity above elevation 2941.3, 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 Sanford Dam by the best 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 Sanford Dam.
    (e) Flood control operation shall not restrict pumping necessary for 
municipal and industrial uses and releases necessary for downstream 
users.
    (f) Release 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 
the safe routing of the inflow design flood (spillway design flood).
    (g) The discharge characteristics of the flood control outlet works 
(capable of discharging approximately 22,000 c.f.s. with the reservoir 
level at elevation 2941.3) shall be maintained in accordance with the 
construction plans (Bureau of Reclamation Specifications No. DC-5725 as 
modified by revised drawings and criteria in Designers' Operating 
Criteria, Sanford Dam, dated October 1965).
    (h) All elevations stated in this section are at Sanford Dam and are 
referred to the datum in use at that location.

[31 FR 7751, June 1, 1966]