Water Resources: Flooding on Easement Lands Within the Red Rock, Iowa, Reservoir
RCED-95-4
Published: Dec 23, 1994. Publicly Released: Dec 23, 1994.
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Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed: (1) whether the property within the Red Rock, Iowa, reservoir's boundary has been inundated beyond the levels permitted by the easements allowing occasional flooding; (2) whether compensation for the easements should be renegotiated with the landowners; and (3) actions taken to implement section 108(b) of Public Law 99-190, which authorizes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to purchase property with easements from those landowners who are willing to sell.
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Flood control managementFloodsLand use agreementsLand use lawProperty damage claimsReal property acquisitionWater supplyEasementsCompensationFair market value