{"product_id":"water-resources-flooding-on-easement-lands-within-the-red-rock-iowa-reservoir-rced-95-4-9781289065294","title":"Water Resources: Flooding on Easement Lands Within the Red Rock, Iowa, Reservoir: Rced-95-4","description":"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. \u003cbr\u003e GAO found that: (1) the Red Rock easement documents do not specify a permitted flooding frequency, level, duration, or timing, only that the flooding would be occasional; (2) flooding has occurred on easement lands more frequently than the Corps estimated, and landowners believe that they should receive additional compensation for the easements; (3) Congress must decide whether additional compensation should be provided to the landowners, since the easement documents do not provide for renegotiating easement compensation if the flooding is greater than expected; (4) crop losses have exceeded easement payments by up to $2.3 million; (5) the Corps' long-term flooding estimates may have been too low; (6) too few years have passed since the beginning of the project to judge the validity of the flood-frequency estimates; (7) few landowners have sold their lands to the Corps, since they believe that the Corps' offered purchase prices are too low to allow them to buy comparable farmland; and (8) the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works believes that the Corps should consider leasing the lands back to those owners who are willing to sell.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e U. S. Government Accountability Office (\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bibliogov\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/27\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 68\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.14d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781289065294\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bibliogov","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44704222052467,"sku":"9781289065294","price":17.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_38e5cbbb-d284-41fa-8dd7-3c2542122df2.jpg?v=1775565835","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/water-resources-flooding-on-easement-lands-within-the-red-rock-iowa-reservoir-rced-95-4-9781289065294","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}