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Gary A. Loew Chief, Civil Works Programs I ntegration U.S. Army Corps of Engineers December 1, 2006 Gary A. Loew Chief, Civil Works Programs I ntegration U.S. Army Corps of Engineers December 1, 2006

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The Army Civil Works Mission The Army Civil Works Mission The Army Civil Works Mission

Provide the Nation with Responsive ... Provide the Nation with Responsive ...

Development & Management of Development & Management of Water Resources I nfrastructure Water Resources I nfrastructure Protection, Restoration & Protection, Restoration & Management of Environmental Management of Environmental Resources Resources Disaster Response & Recovery Disaster Response & Recovery Engineering & Technical Services Engineering & Technical Services

in an environmentally, economically and technically sound manner in an environmentally, economically and technically sound manner

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The Civil Works Mission: The Civil Works Mission: The Civil Works Mission: Water Resources I nfrastructure Water Resources I nfrastructure

Shore Protection

• 4,330 sites at 456 projects

4,330 sites at 456 projects

• 375 M visits/year

375 M visits/year

• $15 B to local economies

$15 B to local economies

• 153 projects supply cities

153 projects supply cities

• Including Wash. DC area

Including Wash. DC area

• 75 projects, 20,720 MW capacity

75 projects, 20,720 MW capacity

• 3% of total US electric energy

3% of total US electric energy

• $900M in annual power sales

$900M in annual power sales

• 12,000 miles of inland waterway

12,000 miles of inland waterway

• 926 harbors

926 harbors

• 2.5 B tons of commerce/year

2.5 B tons of commerce/year

• 250 M cubic yards dredged/yr

250 M cubic yards dredged/yr

• 383 reservoirs

383 reservoirs

• 8,500 miles of levee

8,500 miles of levee

• Prevent $6 in damage for

Prevent $6 in damage for every $1 invested every $1 invested

• 97 projects protect 284 miles of

97 projects protect 284 miles of shoreline shoreline

• Use of dredged material

Use of dredged material from navigation projects from navigation projects

Navigation Hydropower Water Supply Recreation

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The Civil Works Mission: The Civil Works Mission: The Civil Works Mission: Environmental Resources Environmental Resources

Regulation of Waterways & Wetlands

Formerly Used Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP)

Ecosystem Restoration

• WRDA 86 Sec 1135
• Aquatic Ecosystems
• Everglades
• Coastal Louisiana
• 11.7 M acres at Corps

projects

• Compliance w 70+

environmental laws

• Cleanup of sites with low

level radioactive waste – Transferred from DOE to Corps in 1998

• Sec 10, River & Harbor Act 1899
• Sec. 404, Clean Water Act 1972
• About 90,000 permit cases

processed/year

• Actions permitted on 21,000 acres;

in return, 43,000 acres of wetland restoration or creation required (2003)

Environmental Stewardship

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The Civil Works Mission: The Civil Works Mission: Emergency Response Emergency Response

DeployableTactical Operations Centers Structural Safety Temporary Housing Debris Removal Emergency Power Potable Water & Ice

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Appropriation by Business Program Appropriation Appropriation by Business Program by Business Program

Navigation $2,060 M 38%

Emergency Management $5 M 0.09%

Flood & Storm Damage Reduction $1,512 M 28% Environment Regulatory, & FUSRAP $908 M 17%

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e r $ 2 8 8 M 5 % R e c r e a t i

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$ 2 7 5 M 5 %

• Exec. Dir. & Mgmt.

$154 M 3%

Water Supply $2 M 0.04%

FY06 Total = $5,383 M

Without 1% across the board rescission O t h e r $ 1 7 9 M 3 %

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Water Resources – the Situation Water Resources Water Resources – – the Situation the Situation

• Nation faces large and

Nation faces large and growing water resources growing water resources challenges: challenges:

• Population pressures

Population pressures

• Changes in national

Changes in national priorities and values priorities and values

• Availability of water will

Availability of water will be significant factor in be significant factor in U.S. economic prosperity U.S. economic prosperity and quality of life. and quality of life.

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Challenge: Competing Water Uses Challenge: Competing Water Uses Challenge: Competing Water Uses

Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Flood & Coastal Storm Damage Reduction Hydropower Recreation Navigation Water Supply Fish & Wildlife Indian Treaty Rights

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Challenge: Aging Water Resources I nfrastructure Challenge: Aging Water Resources Challenge: Aging Water Resources I nfrastructure I nfrastructure

• Half of locks 50+ years old
• Investments in water resources

infrastructure declining in real terms

• Result: more frequent closures for

repairs, decreased performance & costly delays

Crumbling lock wall, Lower Mon 3,

• pened in

1907 Concrete deterioration at Chickamauga could result in lock failure Leaking spare miter gates, Upper Miss Lock 19

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Challenge: Water Transportation System Challenge: Water Challenge: Water Transportation System Transportation System

• Demands on Marine

Transportation System to double by 2020

• System can barely accommodate

current traffic

• Aging infrastructure
• Deferred operation and

maintenance

• Current backlog of $9 B of

improvements.

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Challenge: Flood-Prone Areas Challenge: Challenge: Flood Flood-

• Prone Areas

Prone Areas

• Development continues

to increase

• Rapid growth in at-risk

coastal areas

• Investments decreased

by ~ 70% in real terms

• ver past 3 decades.
• Over $15 billion

awaiting construction

Greenville, MS, Matfield

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Challenge: Environmental Sustainability Challenge: Challenge: Environmental Environmental Sustainability Sustainability

Riverlands Demonstration Area at Mel Price Lock & Dam (L&D 26) Alton, IL

• Balance between economic

development, environmental stewardship

• Water quality threatened on 8%
• f nation’s rivers and streams
• Corps has authority and

programs for ecosystem restoration.

• South Florida example

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Challenge: Water Supply I nfrastructure Challenge: Water Challenge: Water Supply Supply I nfrastructure I nfrastructure

• Water supply needs

increasing, supplies are not.

• Demands near or

above safe yields of supplies.

• Water supply has

always been local responsibility, but Federal role can assist.

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Challenge-Past Funding Challenge Challenge-

• Past Funding

Past Funding

1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 Approp. 2007??

No Inflation

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Challenge--Future Funding? Challenge Challenge--

• -Future Funding?

Future Funding?

1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 9000 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 Approp. Needs

Computed Future A? Future B?

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Alliances with State Water Managers Alliances with State Water Managers Alliances with State Water Managers

• Recognize State primacy for water rights
• Become primary Federal support for State-wide

water planning

• Provide technical assistance, data, watershed

analysis

• Bring cooperative solutions to water conflicts that

avoid litigation or heavy-handed regulation

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GUIDING PRINCIPLES: GUIDING PRINCIPLES:

• State & local governments

have primary jurisdiction

• ver water resources.
• Our goal is to support State

& local leaders in meeting their challenges.

• We want to develop

partnerships in planning, managing and integrating

• We can offer expertise with

balancing conflicting requirements.

What Can We Offer Our Partners? What Can We Offer Our Partners? What Can We Offer Our Partners?

• Engineering, scientific

Engineering, scientific and environmental and environmental expertise to assist with expertise to assist with local projects. local projects.

• Watershed/systems

Watershed/systems planning planning

• Coordination of

Coordination of sustainable sustainable development on development on regional scale regional scale

• Avoidance of

Avoidance of duplication and duplication and conflicting projects conflicting projects

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Watershed Approach Watershed Approach Watershed Approach

• New roles – not necessarily projects

facilitator convenor integrator

• Systems view
• Watershed or basin

scale of analysis

• Balanced objectives
• Innovative solutions,

structural/nonstructural

• Focus on results

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I nteraction with States: I nteraction with States: I nteraction with States:

• Currently active associations with ~ 30 states:

TN MS WA, OR, MT, ID IN IL, IO, MN, MO HI OH IL AK KY IO, IL, MO FL PA LA GA MI MO NC WV WA NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, .. OH ND OK TX CA

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I nteraction with States: TEXAS I nteraction with States: I nteraction with States: TEXAS TEXAS

• Regular interaction with the Texas Water

Development Board to seek means to support the State 50-year Water Plan.

• Studied all USACE reservoirs in the State for

the potential to provide additional water supply from existing reservoirs

• Found potential to meet 10-30% of 50-year

needs from existing reservoirs

• Currently conducting reevaluation studies of

selected reservoirs

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I nteraction with States: Several States I nteraction with States: I nteraction with States: Several States Several States

• ‘Section 314’ Program enables states to fund

labor/positions at Corps regulatory offices to streamline/expedite permit actions.

• About 48 positions funded or provided
• nationwide. Many are state employees

detailed to Corps offices

• Corps offices provide regulatory training to

state and local governments

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I nteraction with States: KENTUCKY I nteraction with States: I nteraction with States: KENTUCKY KENTUCKY

• Kentucky interested in pursuing non-project

specific watershed studies on selected watersheds.

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I nteraction with States: MI SSI SSI PPI I nteraction with States: I nteraction with States: MI SSI SSI PPI MI SSI SSI PPI

• Quarterly meetings:

– Upper Miss River navigation and ecosystem sustainability – Upper Miss River environmental management program – Watershed strategic planning

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I nteraction with States: I OWA, I LLI NOI S, MI SSOURI I nteraction with States: I nteraction with States: I OWA, I LLI NOI S, MI SSOURI I OWA, I LLI NOI S, MI SSOURI

• Annual Tri-State summit to discuss water

resources development activities that are integral to states’ economic development initiatives

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I nteraction with States: MI SSOURI I nteraction with States: I nteraction with States: MI SSOURI MI SSOURI

• Series of public open houses to gather input
• n a proposed framework to establish a

Missouri River Recovery Implementation Committee (MRRIC).

• Next step (of Federal/State working group) is

to revise framework and solicit applications from basin stakeholders and draft formal charter for MRRIC.

• Agency Coordination Team prioritizing

mitigation site development and operations

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I nteraction with States: WASHI NGTON I nteraction with States: I nteraction with States: WASHI NGTON WASHI NGTON

• Coordinating with State on their Water Supply

Initiative

• Coordinate with Governors’ offices of WA, OR,

MT and ID on operation of Columbia River Power System and fish mitigation measures.

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Partnerships – Key to Success Partnerships Partnerships – – Key to Success Key to Success

We will:

• Work with local or regional watershed

councils to develop watershed management plans

• Facilitate discussion among stakeholders

with complementary or competing water needs

• Partner with other Federal agencies to

address regional water issues

• Provide technical assistance to States

and local communities

• Share data and information
• Improve watershed models in

cooperation with others

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Desired End State Desired End State Desired End State

• Water collaboratively managed
• Systems principles balance

economic, social and environmental objectives

• Purposes achieved:
• World class navigation system
• Economic losses and human

suffering from flooding reduced

• Environment protected and

restored

• State and local governments

manage resources in harmony with, and supported by, Federal government

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Collaborative Planning Collaborative Planning Collaborative Planning

• Planning studies (recon through feasibility)

completed in three years

• Watershed plans - Components to be implemented by Corps

and other agencies

Plan Selection:

• Compare full range of alternatives across all four Principles

and Guidelines accounts.

• Plan may be candidate if, on balance, net beneficial effects.
• May select any one of candidate plans
• Must identify National Economic Development (NED) plan for

comparison

Adaptive Management:

• Take into account uncertainties about performance that exist

when decisions made to undertake project

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Corps or Local Sponsor Maintains Corps or Local Sponsor Maintains

Steps to a Civil Works Project Steps to a Civil Works Project Steps to a Civil Works Project

Corps Designs & Builds Corps Designs & Builds Congress Authorizes & Appropriates Congress Authorizes & Appropriates Corps Recon. Determines Fed. Interest Corps Recon. Determines Fed. Interest Congress Passes Resolution Congress Passes Resolution Constituent Identifies Problem Constituent Identifies Problem

Construction Study

Corps Assesses Feasibility Corps Assesses Feasibility Corps or Local Sponsor Maintains Corps or Local Sponsor Maintains

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Study Process: Reconnaissance Phase Study Process: Study Process: Reconnaissance Phase Reconnaissance Phase

• Preliminary determination that a problem and

at least one potential solution warrant Federal participation

• Support of non-Federal sponsor
• 6 to 12 months
• 100% Federally

funded

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Study Process: Feasibility Phase Study Process: Study Process: Feasibility Phase Feasibility Phase

• Feasibility cost sharing

agreement and management plan for feasibility study

• Cost share 50 / 50
• Complete in 3-4 years
• Recommend plan for

authorization

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Project Authorization And Funding By Congress Project Authorization Project Authorization And Funding By Congress And Funding By Congress

• Project Authorization: Bi-

annual Water Resources Development Act (WRDA)

• Federal Portion of

Construction Funding Provided by Congress via Appropriations Acts

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Project Cooperation Agreement Project Cooperation Agreement

• Legally binding contract
• Signed by non-Federal Government and Army

Corps of Engineers

• Fully describes responsibilities of both parties
• Fully describes project and cost sharing

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Construction Cost Sharing Construction Cost Sharing

• Based on Federal law
• Varies by project purpose
• Generally: non-Federal

sponsor provides lands and cash to equal 35% to 50% of project costs

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Environmental Operating Principles Environmental Operating Principles Environmental Operating Principles

• 1. Environmental Sustainability.
• 2. Interdependence of life and physical

environment.

• 3. Balance and synergy among human

development and natural systems

• 4. Corporate responsibility and

accountability

• 5. Assessment & mitigation of cumulative

impacts

• 6. Shared integrated scientific, economic &

social knowledge base

• 7. Respect for views of interested

individuals & groups