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Title: U'S' Army Corps of Engineers


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U.S. ArmyCorps of Engineers
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U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
  • Worldwide organization --- 8 divisions, 41
    districts
  • 230 years of service to the Nation
  • Corps Mission Areas
  • Water Resources
  • Environment
  • Infrastructure
  • Homeland Security
  • Warfighting

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USACE Environmental Operating Principles
  • 1. Strive to achieve Environmental
    Sustainability. An environment maintained in a
    healthy, diverse, and sustainable condition is
    necessary to support life.
  • 2. Recognize the interdependence of life and
    the physical environment. Proactively consider
  • environmental consequences of Corps
    programs and act accordingly in all appropriate
    circumstances.
  • 3. Seek balance and synergy among human
    development activities and natural systems by
    designing economic and environmental solutions
    that support and reinforce one another.
  • 4. Continue to accept corporate responsibility
    and accountability under the law for activities
    and decisions under our control that impact human
    health and welfare and the continued viability of
    natural systems.
  • 5. Seeks ways and means to assess and mitigate
    cumulative impacts to the environment
  • bring systems approaches to the full life
    cycle of our processes and work.
  • 6. Build and share an integrated scientific,
    economic, and social knowledge base that supports
    a greater understanding of the environment and
    impacts of our work.
  • 7. Respect the views of individuals and groups
    interested in Corps activities, listen to them
    actively, and learn from their perspective in the
    search to find innovative win-win solutions to
    the Nations problems that also protect and
    enhance the environment.

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Districts in Texas
Tulsa District
Albuquerque District
Fort Worth District
Galveston District
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Galveston District Boundary
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Corps Regulatory Program Purposes
  • Protect Navigation Sections 9 and 10 of the
    Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899
  • Restore and maintain the physical, chemical and
    biological integrity of the Nation's waters
    Section 404 of the Clean Water Act
  • Protect marine resources associated with ocean
    disposal of dredged material Section 103 of the
    Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act
    of 1972

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Somewhat Recent News
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Corps Regulatory Update
  • Guidance to Implement the U.S. Supreme Court
    Decision for the Rapanos and Carabell Cases
  • Regional Supplements to Corps Delineation Manual
  • Final Compensatory Mitigation Rule
  • North Houston Mitigation?

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Serving The Army and The Nation
"America and the world share this common goal we
must foster economic growth in ways that protect
our environment -- President
George W. Bush
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Questions?
  • Regulatory Program Information
  • Galveston District (409) 766-3930
  • Galveston District Regulatory Home Page
    www.swg.usace.army.mil/reg/
  • National Regulatory Program Home Page
  • http//www.usace.army.mil/cw/cecwo/reg/citizen.ht
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