City of Enid is proposing to provide alternate water supply from Kaw Lake a USACE project near Ponca City in Kay and Osage Counties, Oklahoma
Components of the proposed project including access roads, intake and pump station, and a pipeline, would lie within the Kaw Lake Project boundaries. As such, the City is requesting 33 U.S.C Section 408 approval from USACE-SWT to occupy and alter portions of the Kaw Lake Project to accomplish the proposed project. Proposed alterations and modifications related to the proposed project are operation and maintenance responsibilities of the non-federal sponsor, the City of Enid, and would be implemented at no cost to the federal government
The purpose of a 33 USC 408 (Section 408) review [as described in EC 1165-2-220] is to ensure that the Congressionally-authorized benefits of a USACE project are not undermined or impaired by an alteration made by others, and to ensure the alteration is not injurious to the public interest.