Investigation And Study Of The Utilization Of Inland Waterways In The Us

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce
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Total Pages : 262 pages
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Download or read book Investigation and Study of the Utilization of Inland Waterways in the United States written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Rivers and Harbors
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Total Pages : 258 pages
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Download or read book Investigation and Study of the Utilization of Inland Waterways in the U.S. written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Rivers and Harbors and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines US inland waterways system and its potential use for petroleum shipments.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Rivers and Harbors
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Total Pages : 238 pages
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Download or read book Investigation and Study of the Utilization of Inland Waterways in the U.S written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Rivers and Harbors and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines US inland waterways system and its potential use for petroleum shipments.

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309094364
Total Pages : 101 pages
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Download or read book Review of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Restructured Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway Feasibility Study written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2005-01-22 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the past few years, the Corps has been working on what is known as the Restructured Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway Feasibility Study, the heart of which is a multibillion-dollar proposal to double the length of up to a dozen locks on the river. The Research Council first reviewed the feasibility study in 2001 during controversies over the accuracy of models being used by the Corps to justify lock expansion based on increased demand for barge transportation. More than 100 million tons of cargo-half of it grain destined for international markets, the other half goods such as construction materials, coal, and chemicals-are shipped along the navigation system each year. The locks, which along with dams allow barges to traverse uneven river depths, were originally designed for "tows" of barges up to 600 feet long, but the length of a typical tow has increased, forcing the Corps to look for ways to relieve congestion. The book finds the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has made good progress in broadening its proposed plan for navigation improvements on the Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway system to give greater consideration to ecological restoration. However, the plan still does not provide sufficient economic justification for expanding locks on the rivers because of flaws in the models the Corps used to predict demand for barge transportation. Little attention is paid to inexpensive, nonstructural navigation improvements that could help better manage existing levels of barge traffic. The revised plan has been usefully expanded to include many creative and potentially useful ecosystem restoration measures. These measures, however, should be more firmly grounded in river science principles and more broadly consider ways the river's ecology might affect or be affected by navigation, recreation and other uses.

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 9780309074056
Total Pages : 134 pages
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Download or read book Inland Navigation System Planning written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2001-04-30 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1988, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began an investigation of the benefits and costs of extending several locks on the lower portion of the Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway (UMR-IWW) in order to relieve increasing waterway congestion, particularly for grain moving to New Orleans for export. With passage of the Flood Control Act of 1936, Congress required that the Corps conduct a benefit-cost analysis as part of its water resources project planning; Congress will fund water resources projects only if a project's benefits exceed its costs. As economic analysis generally, and benefit-cost analysis in particular, has become more sophisticated, and as environmental and social considerations and analysis have become more important, Corps planning studies have grown in size and complexity. The difficulty in commensurating market and nonmarket costs and benefits also presents the Corps with a significant challenge. The Corps' analysis of the UMR-IWW has extended over a decade, has cost roughly $50 million, and has involved consultations with other federal agencies, state conservation agencies, and local citizens. The analysis has included many consultants and has produced dozens of reports. In February 2000, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) requested that the National Academies review the Corps' final feasibility report. After discussions and negotiations with DOD, in April 2000 the National Academies launched this review and appointed an expert committee to carry it out.

Author : National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board
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Total Pages : 46 pages
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Download or read book Inland Waterway Transportation written by National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce
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Total Pages : 168 pages
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Download or read book River Regulation, Flood Control and Water Conservation and Utilization written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Charles River Associates
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Total Pages : 164 pages
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Download or read book A Study of the Inland Waterway Use Charge Program written by Charles River Associates and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Charles W. Howe
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131735527X
Total Pages : 144 pages
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Download or read book Inland Waterway Transportation written by Charles W. Howe and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-17 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inland Waterway Transportation explores how tools of economic analysis can improve the efficiency of both public and private investment in inland waterway transportation. Originally published in 1969, this study investigates how waterway transportation has been affected by public operating policy, costs and charges for the use of waterways in the United States as well as the impact of relationships central to waterway policy and individual firms such as the effect of the waterway environment on a firm’s efficiency. This title will be of interest to students of Environmental Studies and professionals.

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 9780309181709
Total Pages : 72 pages
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Download or read book Water Resources Planning for the Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2005-11-18 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently completed its feasibility study for the Upper Mississippi River-Ilinois Waterway, which was one of the agency's longest and most complicated studies in its history. The first two reports from this WSTB committee reviewed analytical aspects of the Corps feasibility study. Water Resources Planning for the Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway considers the broader issue of managing the multiple resources of the Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway, especially with regard to several, recently-issued NRC reports on Corps of Engineers planning procedures. The report finds that a key issue regarding planning decisions on these river systems is the ambiguity related to several different pieces of legislation and acts that govern river management, and thus recommends that the administration and Congress clarify the federal intent for managing this river and waterway system. The report recommends an independent, retrospective reivew of the experience with a federal inter-agency Principals Group, which was convened to provide guidance to the Corps study. It is also recommended that the Corps strive to incorporate flexible, adaptive management principles through its entire water planning program, including operations of the lock and dam system.