[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: 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]