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Sustainability Overview

Press Operations — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 18:19:00 GMT

For nearly two decades, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has been seeking balance and synergy between natural systems and human development activities when it comes to its missions, facilities and operations. This includes working to ensure that activities do not negatively impact the resource needs of future generations.

Report to Congress on Future Water Resources Development

Press Operations — Tue, 29 Jun 2021 21:26:00 GMT

The annual Report to Congress on Future Water Resources Development identifies feasibility studies, water resources projects, and environmental infrastructure assistance programs that Congress may consider for modifications to existing authorities or for new authorization. This Report is a requirement of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (WRRDA), Section 7001, and is sometimes known as the “7001 Report.”

Dam Safety Facts and Figures

Press Operations — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 18:05:00 GMT

In 2019, USACE flood risk management projects prevented $348 billion of damages and, from 2010-2019, they prevented an average of $138 billion in damages annually. USACE flood damage reduction projects avoid $12.00 of damages for each $1.00 invested.

Report to Congress on Future Water Resources Development

Press Operations — Mon, 01 Jul 2019 18:20:00 GMT

Since 2015, the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works (ASA(CW)) has transmitted to Congress an annual Report on Future Water Resources Development. The Report identifies feasibility studies and water resources projects that Congress may consider for authorization. This Report is a requirement of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (WRRDA), Section 7001, and is sometimes known as the “7001 Report.”

Section 408 Process

Press Operations — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 17:56:14 GMT

The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Section 408 policy, contained in the document Engineer Circular (EC) 1165-2-220 effective starting September 10, 2018, sets forth the process and criteria USACE uses to review requests to alter USACE Civil Works projects.

Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to Update and Maintain the National Wetland Plant List

Press Operations — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 13:16:00 GMT

The purpose of the MOA among the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is to maintain and update the National Wetland Plant List (NWPL) and to provide for the transfer of Plant Data from the NRCS-National Plants Database (PLANTS) for future updating and maintenance of the NWPL.

Financial Assurances of Compensatory Mitigation Projects

Press Operations — Tue, 21 Feb 2017 15:20:00 GMT

What are financial assurances? A mechanism to help ensure that a compensatory mitigation project is successfully completed. Financial assurances provide resources to correct, complete, or replace a compensatory mitigation project in the event that the responsible party (permittee, mitigation bank sponsor, or in-lieu fee program sponsor) is unable or unwilling to do so. In other words, financial assurances help to manage the risk of failing to successfully complete a compensatory mitigation project, including its performance standards (milestones).

Long-TermManagement of Compensatory Mitigation Projects

Press Operations — Tue, 21 Feb 2017 15:19:36 GMT

Long-Term Management is management of the compensatory mitigation project AFTER the project has met all of the performance standards for the project.

Watershed Approach to Compensatory Mitigation Projects

Press Operations — Tue, 21 Feb 2017 15:19:09 GMT

A watershed approach is an analytical process for making compensatory mitigation decisions that support sustainability or improvement of aquatic resources in a watershed (33 CFR 332.2).

Site Protection of Compensatory Mitigation Projects

Press Operations — Tue, 21 Feb 2017 15:00:47 GMT

All compensatory mitigation plans required for Department of the Army (DA) permits must address 12 fundamental components. One of these components is the “site protection instrument” (see 33 CFR 332.4(c)).

Nationwide Permit Reissuance

Press Operations — Fri, 06 Jan 2017 16:38:03 GMT

Under Section 404(e) of the Clean Water Act, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) can issue general permits to authorize activities that have only minimal individual and cumulative adverse environmental effects. General permits can be issued for a period of no more than five years.

Report to Congress on Future Water Resources Development

Press Operations — Mon, 09 May 2016 17:36:00 GMT

The Report to Congress on Future Water Resources Development Each February since 2015, the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works (ASA(CW)) transmits to Congress an annual Report on Future Water Resources Development. The Report identifies feasibility studies and water resources projects that the Congress may consider for authorization. This Report is a requirement of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (WRRDA), Section 7001, and is sometimes known as the “7001 Report.”

President's Fiscal 2017 Budget for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works

Press Operations — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 14:45:00 GMT

Under the President’s leadership, we have turned our economy around and created 14 million jobs. Our unemployment rate is below five percent for the first time in almost eight years. Nearly 18 million people have gained health coverage as the Affordable Care Act has taken effect. And we have dramatically cut our deficits by almost three-quarters and set our Nation on a more sustainable fiscal path. Yet while it is important to take stock of our progress, this Budget is not about looking back at the road we have traveled. It is about looking forward and making sure our economy works for everybody, not just those at the top. It is about choosing investments that not only make us stronger today, but also reflect the kind of country we aspire to be – the kind of country we want to pass on to our children and grandchildren.

Applicability of Floodplain Management and FFRMS Executive Orders to USACE Permitting Authorities

Press Operations — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 18:00:00 GMT

On January 30, 2015, the president signed Executive Order (E.O.) 13690, Establishing a Federal Flood Risk Management Standard and a Process for Further Soliciting and Considering Stakeholder Input, which amended E.O. 11988, Floodplain Management, issued in 1977. Once implemented by Federal agencies, the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (FFRMS) is intended to reduce the risk and cost of future flood disasters by ensuring that Federal investments in and affecting floodplains are constructed to better withstand the impacts of flooding.

Dam Safety Facts and Figures

Press Operations — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 15:24:00 GMT

Approximately 95 percent of the dams managed by USACE are more than 30 years old, and 52 percent have reached or exceeded the 50-year service lives for which they were designed.

USACE Supports National Dam Safety Awareness Day

Press Operations — Thu, 28 May 2015 14:50:00 GMT

On May 31, 1889, the South Fork Dam in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, failed, making it our nation’s worst dam failure. More than 2,200 people died. Now every May 31, we observe National Dam Safety Awareness Day, which encourages and promotes individual and community awareness and responsibility, and best practices for dam safety.

Civil Works Update 2011

Press Operations — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:34:00 GMT

As we have done for over two hundred years, the Civil Works Program continues to provide value to our Nation by delivering sustainable solutions to meet the water resource requirements.