Civil Works Program

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Civil Works Program

• Missions
• Select Authorities
• Planning Process
• Project Phases
• Legislative Drafting Services

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Missions

• HIGH PRIORITY
• Commercial Navigation
• Flood Damage Reduction
• Ecosystem Restoration
• LOW PRIORITY
• Storm Damage Reduction
• Water Supply
• Hydro Power
• Recreation

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Select Authorities

• Congressionally Authorized Studies/Projects
• Great Lakes Fishery and Ecosystem Restoration
  Program
• Continuing Authorities
• Program

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Congressionally Authorized Studies / Projects

• Specifically named projects (i.e. Little Calumet
  River, Chicago Shoreline, Des Plaines River II )
• Authorizations usually in laws (i.e. WRDA, RH
  Acts) or Resolutions from House or Senate
  Committees
• Projects are large, usually
• expensive and complex

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Great Lakes Fishery and Ecosystem Restoration
Program

• WRDA 2000, Section 506
• Support Plan - Process
• Projects - Plan, Design Construct
• Evaluation Determine Success of Projects
• Projects in Great Lakes, Great Lakes
• Basin and the Chicago River
• 100M program
• 65/35 cost share

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Continuing Authorities Program (CAP)

• Nine Delegated Programs
• Relatively Small Projects
• Usually Cost Shared
• FY 05 - 108M

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Continuing Authorities Program What is it?

• Program that authorizes the
• Chief of Engineers to plan, design
• and construct projects of limited
• scope and complexity
• Congress does not need to specifically authorize
  projects or provide specific project funding
• Projects often named in appropriations bill

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The Continuing Authorities Program Why is it
useful?

• Start quickly Project sooner
• Projects approved at Divisions, not HQ
• Accelerated planning processlevel of detail is
  consistent with risk
• Environmental authorities
• include not-for-profits as
• local sponsors

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Section 14Emergency Streambank Shoreline
Erosion Protection

• Protection for public facilities threatened by
  streambank erosion
• 1 Million Federal limit
• 65/35 cost-sharing
• for costs gt 40 K
• OMRRR - 100 local
• FY05 - 12M

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Section 205Small Flood Control Projects

• Cost-share
• Studies gt 100K are cost shared 50/50
• Projects 35 non structural
  35-50 structural
• OMRRR 100 local
• 7 million Federal limit
• FY05 - 27M

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Section 107Small Navigation Projects

• General navigation features including
• breakwater, jetties, anchorage
• and turning basins
• 4 million Federal limit
• Local cost-share
• Comm.navigtion 10 - 50
• Recreation navigation - 50
• OMRRR 100 local
• FY05 - 9M

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Section 208Snagging and Clearing

• Minor measures to reduce flooding caused by
  debris and minor shoaling
• Total project costs
• over 40K are
• cost-shared - 35
• OMRRR
• 100 local
• FY05 - 450K

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Section 103Small Beach Erosion Control

• Protect public or multiple private properties and
  facilities against damage from storms
• 3 million Federal limit.
• Cost sharing.
• 65/35, except on Fed lands
• then 100 Fed
• OMRRR local
• FY05 - 3M

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Section 111Shore Damage Mitigation

• Prevent or mitigate damages resulting from
  Federal navigation projects along shorelines.
• Cost-shared same as project causing the problem.
• 5 million Fed limit.
• Limited to damage
• caused by Fed project
• FY05 - 1M

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Section 204Beneficial Use of Dredged Material

• Protection, restoration and creation of aquatic
  habitats in connection with dredging
• Base plan - least costly method of disposal
• Above base plan
• 75 Fed
• 25 non-fed
• FY05 - 6M

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Section 206Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration

• No tie to Corps project required
• 5 million Fed limit
• Recreation features allowed
• not to exceed Fed cost by 10
• 65/35 cost sharing.
• OMRRR - 100 local
• FY05 - 25M

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Planning Process

• Structured approach to solving problems
• Iterative Process
• Interdisciplinary team
• Can we?..Should we?
• Planning weaves the natural,
• social and engineering sciences
  into
  successful solutions

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Project Phases

• Reconnaisance Planning
• Feasibility Planning
• Planning Engineering
• Design
• Construction
• Operation Maintenance

• Specifically Authorized Projects 15 years
• CAP 3-5 years

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Legislative Language Drafting Services

• Authorizations
• Study Resolutions
• Appropriations
• Process
• Congressional Request
• District drafts language
• Language submitted
• to MSC HQ for approval
• Approved language
• provided to Congressional office
• Approved language is not a
• Corps endorsement of the request