United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1994-12-23 monographic deposited born digital 65 p. GA 1.13:RCED-95-4 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-4 P0b002ee180381863 f:rc95004 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-4 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-4 RCED-95-4 Water resources development Water supply management Inland waterways Flood control management Land use agreements Land use law Land reclamation Expropriation Real property acquisition Des Moines River (IA) Mississippi River Lake Red Rock Project (IA) Red Rock Reservoir (IA) Chapter Report RCED Before the Red Rock Dam and Lake Project near Des Moines, Iowa, began operating in 1969, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers purchased easements from landowners on 29,000 acres within the reservoir's boundary. The easements give the Corps the right to occasionally flood the easement lands when the dam is forced to hold back water upstream in the reservoir to prevent flooding downstream. Because of heavier-than-expected rainfall during the 1970s and 1980s, the easement lands were flooded more often than the Corps had estimated. In 1985, Congress authorized a buyout program for easement landowners who were willing to sell their land to the Corps; however, few owners have been interested in selling, and their complaints about flooding have persisted. This report (1) determines whether the property within the Red Rock reservoir's boundary has been inundated beyond the levels permitted by the easements; (2) recommends whether compensation for the easements should be renegotiated with landowners; and (3) reports on actions that the Corps has taken to implement the buyout program. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-4/html/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-4.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-4/pdf/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-4.pdf GAO/RCED-95-4 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-4 Chapter Report GAO/RCED-95-4; Water Resources: Flooding on Easement Lands Within the Red Rock, Iowa, Reservoir; Water resources development Water supply management Inland waterways Flood control management Land use agreements Land use law Land reclamation Expropriation Real property acquisition Des Moines River (IA) Mississippi River Lake Red Rock Project (IA) Red Rock Reservoir (IA) Public Law 75-761 Public Law 99-190 Public Law 102-377