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AMAZON CREEK BASIN <br /> INTERIM REPORT <br /> OCTOBER 1983 <br /> INTRODUCTION <br /> Authority and Purpose <br /> The Amazon Creek interim report is in response to a resolution, made by <br /> the House Committee on Public Works on 14 August 1959, which requested that <br /> the Corps review a report on Amazon Creek, Oregon, submitted in Senate <br /> Document 131, Eighty-third Congress, Second Session, with a view to determin- <br /> ing whether the existing project should be modified to provide additional <br /> flood control. The report is also in partial response to a resolution made by <br /> the Senate Committee on Public Works on 15 November 1961 which authorized the <br /> Corps to undertake a comprehensive review of the Willamette River Basin, in <br /> which Amazon Creek is situated, to determine whether any improvements should <br /> be made to provide for current and future needs of basin residents. <br /> This study was initiated in 1979, when funds were appropriated by <br /> Congress. The primary purpose of the study was to determine flood control <br /> needs of the basin and to evaluate alternative measures to meet these needs. <br /> During the study, opportunities to improve water supply, water quality, <br /> recreation, and fish and wildlife in Amazon Creek Basin were investigated. <br /> The completed interim report was initially submitted to the Division <br /> Engineer for review on 29 January 1981. The report was returned on 1 <br /> 23 February 1982. This action was taken to provide for coordination with <br /> local interests in their Emerald Canal.. Feasibility study_, and to incorporate <br /> findings- of that study into the interim report. <br />