Buffalo Metropolitan Area, New York Water Resources Management. Tonawanda Creek Watershed. Interim Report on Feasibility of Flood Management. Main Report. Addendum

Book excerpt: This addendum to the Final Feasibility Report, Tonawanda Creek, NY, was prepared to address issues presented by North Central Division and OCE reviewers. An Issue Resolution Conference Meeting was held initially on 17 February 1982 at the North Central Division Office. Two major issues were discussed among Divisions and Buffalo District representatives; (1) Regional Protection/Cost Sharing, and (2) Design of the Selected Structural Plan and Spillway, Hydraulics, and the Degree of Safety. Further Issue Resolution Conference meetings were held 24, 25, March 1982 at the Buffalo District Office. Representatives from OCE, WES, NCD, and Buffalo District were in attendance. For Issue 1, it was agreed among OCE, NCD, and Buffalo District representatives that the selected plan, Batavia Reservoir Compound-Modified, was a regional plan. Therefore, the plan should be constructed, operated, and maintained with cost-sharing policies and financing arrangements with the responsible non-Federal agencies sponsoring the project which are satisfactory to the President and the Congress. For Issue 2, an alternative design concept to the selected plan, but one which provides the same degree of protection as the selected plan, was developed by Buffalo District that addresses all OCE, WES, and NCD concerns. The benefit-cost ratio of this alternative design, referred to as the PMF design, is 1.09.