responsible under the treaties of March 1, 1889, 

 and subsequent treaties of 1905, 1933, and 1944. 

 This section also operates under certain Congres- 

 sional Acts of 1935, 1936, and 1950. Principal 

 water related activities of the Commission deal 

 with construction, operation, and maintenance of 

 diversion dams, storage reservoirs, hydroelectric 

 plants, and flood control projects along the U.S.- 

 Mexico Rio Grande boundary. 



The International Joint Commission was 

 organized in 1911, pursuant to the treaty of Jan. 

 11, 1909, between the United States and Great 

 Britain. The Commission's purpose is to prevent 

 disputes over the use of boundary waters and 

 settle questions arising between the United States 

 and Canada involving rights, obligations, or in- 

 terests in boundary waters. The Commission has 

 jurisdiction over all cases involving use, obstruc- 

 tion, or diversion of boundary waters between the 



Commission approval is required to construct 

 and maintain any works that change the natural 

 level of boundary waters. The International Joint 

 Commission is not an action agency, but issues 

 reports and recommendations to the two govern- 

 ments dealing with such international water re- 

 source problems as the Niagara Falls beautifica- 

 tion, Passamaquoddy tidal power project, pollu- 

 tion of the Great Lakes, and control of Great 

 Lakes' water levels. 



Annual State Department funding in these 

 programs is about $ 1 milHon. 



XVIII. CORPS OF ENGINEERS" 



The Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, has per- 

 haps the greatest impact on the coastal zone of 

 any Federal agency. 



San Francisco 



Santa Barbara 

 Port Hueneme 

 Santa Monica 

 El Segundi 



SoalB.- 



Surfside 



Newport B 



Dotieny B. 



Oceanslde 



Imperial B, 



^lesouf ' ;^»^ — Coney Island 



IHampton B. 

 Lynn 



Revere B. 

 Winthrop B. 



Coney Island 

 Seabrlght 

 Ocean City 

 Avalon 

 Cape May 

 Ft. Story 

 ^Virginia B. 



Wrightsvllle B. 

 Carolina B. 



Savannati B. 



Jekyll Island 

 -Fernandina B. 

 Jacksonville B. 



Jupiter Island 

 Patm B. 

 Delray B. 

 Miami B. 



Figure 6. Corps of Engineers demonstration projects in beach erosion control. (Source: In- 

 formation on Federal Shore Activities, Army Corps of Engineers, Nov. 28, 1967.) 



United States and Canada. Also concerned are 

 waters flowing from boundary waters and waters 

 at a lower level than the boundary in rivers flowing 

 across it. 



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Information for this section was furnished by 

 Brigadier General H. G. Woodbury, Jr., Director of Civil 

 Works, Office of the Chief of Engineers to the Com- 

 mission on Marine Sciences, Engineering and Resources, 

 Oct. 9, 1967. 



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