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US Army Corps of Engineers
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USACE Planning 101 Planning Basics for Partners
Bret Walters
(901-544-0777)
Conservation Partnering Conference
Memphis, TN
November 2011
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Topics of Discussion
Corps Organization
Corps Mission Areas
Corps Programs
Planning Process
Cost-Share Agreements
Reports
Post Construction Commitments
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USACE Organizational Structure
Project
Sponsor
Project
Manager
Planning
Engineering
Real
Estate
Construction
Operations
Counsel
Corps HQ
Washington, DC
ASA (CW)
Washington, DC
Divisions:
8 C/W
Regions:
4 Regional Offices
Districts:
38 Civil Works District Offices
District Deputy For
Programs & Project
Management
District
Corporate Board
Project Delivery Team
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Civil Works Mission Areas
Flood Risk
Management
Navigation
► Inland & Deep Draft
Ecosystem
Restoration
Other Missions ► Hydropower
► Storm Damage Reduction
► Water Quality/Supply
► Recreation
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Primary Programs
Larger Projects
► General Investigations to Construction General
Smaller Projects
► Continuing Authorities Program – CAP
► Planning Assistance to States – PAS
► Floodplain Management Services – FPMS • Technical Services such as Base Flood Elevations and
Geographic Information Systems
► Environmental Infrastructure – Section 219 • Water and Wastewater Infrastructure
► Interagency Intergovernmental Support – IIS
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It Takes Two to Tango
Appropriation Authorization
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Advantages Disadvantages Ability to adequately
implement large scale, complex projects
Federal Funding
Often take advantage of interagency cooperation and expertise
Projects completed to Federal standard
Cumbersome process
not ideally suited to
small scale projects
Use of funds
constrained by
Congressional
authorization
Maintaining federal
standard may increase
total project costs
8-10 year timeframe
GI/CG Projects
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Advantages Disadvantages Better suited to small to
medium sized projects
“Fast-track” project
implementation
Do not require new
Congressional
authorization
Funding Available from
national allotment
Program limits prohibit implementation of large scale projects
Great demand for assistance within limited budget
CAP/Smaller Project Programs
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There is a Federal planning process
►Codified in 1983 in the Principals and Guidelines
(Reagan)
►Applies to Corps and other Federal Agencies
►Establishes national priorities and criteria
►Non-Federal Cost-Share Requirements (1986)
• Cost-Share Percentages depend on the program
Planning Process (For water resource Projects)
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4-Phase Planning Process &
Cost-Share Agreements
►Reconnaissance Phase - No Cost-Share or
Agreement - (Reconnaissance Report)
►Feasibility Phase - Feasibility Cost Share
Agreement (FCSA) – (Feasibility Report)
►Pre-construction Engineering and Design
Phase - Design Agreement (DA) – (Design)
►Construction Phase - Project Partnership
Agreement (PPA) – (Completed Project)
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Four Accounts to Quantify Improvements
►National Economic Development
►Environmental Quality
►Regional Economic Development
►Other Social Effects
Planning Process
(Quantifying Benefits)
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Planning Process
What is the problem?
How can it be solved?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of
solutions?
What is the best solution?
Feedback
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Problems (negative)/Opportunities (positive)
Define Objectives (what you are working towards)
► These bridge from problems to plans
Identify Constraints
Objectives guide data inventory, data collection,
forecasting, and evaluation of effects
Step 1
Specify Problems and Opportunities
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Collect relevant data to for alternative evaluation
Four conditions: ► Historic
► Existing
► future with project
► future without project
A good „future without project‟ condition is essential to a good decision
Step 2
Inventory and Forecast
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„No Action‟ is always the baseline
All plans must be better than „No Action‟
Management Measure - feature or activity at a site
Alternative Plan - one or more management measures combined into self-sufficient plan
Alternative plans must address one or more of the planning objectives
Step 3
Formulate Alternative Plans
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Screen out alternatives that fail to meet most
objectives early
Looking at remaining plans:
► Based on their merits
► Forecast „with project‟ and “without project” conditions
► Compare „with‟ and „without‟ conditions effects
► Describe effects
► Benefit-Cost analysis (including non-economic benefits)
Step 4
Evaluation
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Contrasting the merits among plans
► Describe cost differences
► Describe trade-offs
► Compare effects
Step 5
Comparison
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Formulation Criteria
Formulation criteria are used to determine when
adequate iterations have been accomplished
Effectiveness
Efficiency
Completeness
Acceptability
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Comparison Example
Item Alternative 1 Alternative 2 Alternative 3
Cost $ $$$ $
Benefits $$ $$ $$$
Ecosystem + Habitat ++ Habitat - Habitat
Other Comparison Congress Likes Public Accept Opposition
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Decision makers can disagree on what is most important.
Different selection criteria will lead to different decisions.
Corps makes recommendations but Congress/President make the decision.
Step 6
Selection
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Once construction is complete, the project is
accepted and transferred to the local sponsor for
OMRR&R (operations, maintenance, repair,
replacement, and rehabilitation)
► 100% non-Federal (Excluding Navigation)
O&M manual and PPA provide the guidelines as
to responsibilities and procedures required of
the local sponsor after construction
After Construction: (Sponsor Commitments)
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Questions?