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Baytown levee study hinges on House money bill
Baytown levee feasibility depends on 1970 House appropriations. Rep. Eckhardt told Baytonians at a Chamber luncheon that $40,000 could start the study, not finish it. He urged flood insurance uptake under HUD Act 1968 and outlined four criteria and steps for communities to seek coverage and disaster relief linked to floodplain zoning and HUD rules.
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Baytown
Jean Froneberger
Bob Eckhardt
Chamber of Commerce
Holiday Inn
Army Corps of Engineers
Eckhardt
Joe Allen
Texas House
Brownwood
Housing and Urban Development
Theodore Levin
Federal Flood Insurance Operations Office
Federal Register
Houston
Federals
Rusk
Levin
Department of Housing and Urban Development
District Corps of Engineers
Federal Housing Administration
House
Senate
Farmers Home Administration
Small Business Administration
HUD
Harris County Commissioners Court
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Turner, Collie
Braden
Texas
George) Romney
Gene Muller