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Show 563 Similarly, the President is authorized by legislation to desig- nate any federal or other specified agency to operate and main- tain certain projects on certain Mexican boundary waters.368 The treaty of February 3, 1944 provided that various projects on the Rio Grande and the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers be con- structed, operated, and maintained by the International Bound- ary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico.369 In 1944, the Army Engineers were authorized to construct, for flood control and other purposes, the Folsom Reservoir in the American River in California.370 In recently directing that the Folsom Dam and Reservoir be constructed with en- larged storage capacity, however, Congress provided that the dam and reservoir be constructed by the Army Engineers and the power-plant features by the Secretary of the Interior.871 It also stipulated that the dam be transferred to the Bureau of Reclamation for operation and maintenance in accordance with Reclamation Law.872 In addition to the foregoing provisions, other statutory arrangements divide operating responsibilities, including pro- vision for nonfederal participation, as we shall now see. Operation by Nonfederal Agencies.-Navigation projects are federally operated by the Army Engineers.373 The same is true of flood-control dam and reservoir projects.374 But it is required by law that maintenance and operation of other flood- control projects be undertaken by local interests furnishing the required assurances prerequisite to construction.375 Title is held by the United States.376 Under the 1902 Reclamation Act, management and opera- 368 Act of August 19, 1935, § 3(a), 49 Stat. 660, as amended, see 22 U. S. C. 277b. 869 Treaty of February 3, 1944, Arts. 7, 12, 24, 59 Stat. 1219, 1231, 1240, 1255, Treaty Series 994. 870 Act of December 22,1944, § 10, 58 Stat. 887, 901. 371 Act of October 14, 1949, § 2, 63 Stat. 852, 853. 872 Id. 373 See supra, pp. 105, 109-112. 874 See supra, pp. 143,147-148. 375 Act of June 22,1936, § 3,49 Stat. 1570,1571, as amended, 33 U. S. O. 701c. 878 Act of June 28,1938, § 2, 52 Stat. 1215, as amended, 33 U. S. C. 701c-l. |