NATIONAL 

WATERWAYS 

STUDY-CORPS, 

INTERAGENCY 

AND PUBLIC 

INVOLVEMENT 

DRAFT 

National Waterways Study 0 U.S. Army Engineer Water Resources Support Center 0 Institute for Water Resources 
AUTHORITY FOR THE NATIONAL WATERWAYS STUDY 

The Congress authorized the National Waterways Study (NWS) and provided the 

. instructions for its conduct in Section 158 of the Water Resources Development 

Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-587): 

The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief 

of Engineers, is authorized and directed to make a 

comprehensive study and report on the system of 

waterway improvements under his jurisdiction. The 

study shall include a review of the existing system 

and its capability for meeting the national needs 

including emergency and defense requirements and an 

appraisal of additional improvements necessary to 

optimize the system and its intermodal 

characteristics. The Secretary of the Army, acting 

through the Chief of Engineers, shall submit a 

report to Congress on this study within three years 

after funds are first appropriated and made 

available for the study, together with his 

recommendations. The Secretary of the Army, acting 

through the Chief of Engineers, shall upon request, 

from time to time, make available to the National 

Transportation Policy Study Commission established 

by Section 154 of Public Law 94-280, the information 

and data developed as a result of the study. 
NATIONAL 

WATERWAYS 

STUDY- CORPS, 

INTERAGENCY 

AND PUBLIC 

INVOLVEMENT 

National Waterways Study 0 U.S. Army Engineer Water Resources Support Center 0 Institute for Water Resources 
NATIONAL WATERWAYS STUDY 

CORPS, INTERAGENCY AND PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT 

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

Page 

AUTHORITY Inside Cover 

- INTRODUCTION 1 

ROLE OF THE CORPS DIVISIONS AND DISTRICTS IN THE NATIONAL WATERWAYS. 

STUDY 3 

Division Coordinators 3 

NWS Inventory 6 

Field Interview Program 6 

Technical Research Review 7 

Meetings 7 

INTERAGENCY COORDINATION FOR THE NATIONAL WATERWAYS STUDY 8 

A PROGRAM FOR GENERAL PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT IN THE NATIONAL WATERWAYS 

STUDY 

Purpose and Design _ 13 

Informing the Public 13 

Distribution List 14 

Bulletins 14 

Fact Sheets 15 

Meetings and Presentations 15 

General Public Meetings 16 

Briefings for Specialized Audiences 16 

Presentations Before Other Organizations 17 

NWS and the Environmental Community 19 

Results of the Public Involvement Program 20 

CONCLUSIONS 21 

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LIST OF TABLES 

Page 

Table 1: Meetings and presentations for Corps Field and OCE 

Representatives 4 

Table 2:i NWS Steering Committee Meetings 11 

Table 3: National Waterways Study Public Meetings and Presentations 

for Specialized Audiences 17 

LIST OF FIGURES 

Figure 1: Corps, Interagency and Public Activities Time Line 

Figure 2: Public Involvement Activities by State 

LIST OF APPENDICES 

Appendix 1: National Waterways Study Information Bulletins 1-23 

Appendix 2: Lists of Attendees or Preregistrahts for National 

Waterways Study Public Meetings 2-29 

Appendix 3: Briefing for the Environmental Community 3-55 

Invitation 3-57 

Agenda 3-59 

Attendees 3-60 

Summary of the Briefing 3-61 

Appendix 4: Presentations Before Other Organizations 4-65 

Appendix 5: NWS Publications 5-71 

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NATIONAL WATERWAY STUDY 

CORPSiZINTERAGENCY AND PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT 

.INTRODUCTION 

The National Waterways Study (NWS) was authorized by Congress in 1976 

(see P.L. 94-587 inside front cover). The Secretary of the Army, acting 

through the Chief of Engineers; was charged with the task to review the 

.existing waterway system, evaluate its capability to meet existing and future 

needs, assess alternative improvements and make recommendations to Congress. 

NWS management at the Corps' Institute for Water Resources, faced with the 

challenge of developing and conducting a successful study of such a broad 

scope, realized considerable amounts of data and information would need to be 

drawn from both Corps and non-Corps sources. 

Corps of Engineer divisions and districts would be needed to supply 

comprehensive data on the status of the existing waterway system. Information 

on types and volume of traffic, lock characteristics, dredging, navigation 

hazards and many other factors would need to be obtained. Critical input from 

throughout the Corps would be required from the development of the plan of 

study through completion of the final report. 

Such a large scale study would also need to be coordinated with other 

agencies involved in such activities as water resources planning, 

transportation and environmental quality. The efforts of related ongoing 

studies would have to be monitored and drawn from where needed. Experience 

from many agencies would have to be solicited in developing and conducting the 

study. 

It was also apparent that the national framework of a such a study, 

focusing on a topic--waterways--which has an impact on a wide variety of 

interest groups, signaled the need for mechanisms which would bring the 

project into contact with as wide an audience as possible. Many different 

interest groups throughout the general public would need to be informed and 

their expertise utilized. 

NWS management responded by developing comprehensive techniques for 

Corps, interagency and public involvement in the project. First, division 

coordinators were enlisted to obtain support for the study from Corps 

divisions and districts nationwide. Second, an NWS Steering Committee was 

formalized to bring together executives from other Federal agencies and the 

Corps' Office of the Chief of Engineers (OCE) to provide overall policy 

guidance and expertise for the development and conduct of the study. Third, a 

program of general public involvement was designed so that NWS would reach a 

diverse audience among other Federal and state agencies, business and 

industry, academia, trade associations, the media, and any other groups with 

an interest in the national waterways. 

In the following sections the mechanics of each of these efforts and the 

results obtained will be briefly described. 

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ROLE OF THE CORPS DIVISIONS AND DISTRICTS 

IN THE NATIONAL WATERWAYS STUDY 

To organize planning efforts, and gather and analyze the vast quantities 

of data needed for a study, the NWS staff enlisted the aid of U.S. Army Corps 

of Engineer divisions and districts throughout the country, as well as 

components of the Office of the Chief of Engineers (OCE). The Corps' 11 

divisions and 36 districts were asked to help in the NWS effort by providing 

information essential to form a data base for the study, and by frequently 

assisting throughout the course of the study in detailed reviews of draft 

technical findings and evaluations submitted by NWS contractors and final 

products prepared by NWS staff at the Institute for Water Resources. 

Division Coordinators 

A representative in each division was designated during the initial 

planning process for the study. The division coordinators, generally branch 

chiefs, became an integral part of the study planning and design, and served 

as essential conduits for the collection and relay of data and information 

from district level sources. They continued to be deeply involved during each 

phase of study activities, such as technical research, evaluation of the 

existing system, strategy development and conclusions. Frequent meetings were 

held between the NWS staff and division coordinators, particularly during the 

initial planning stages. All division coordinators were also provided with 

letters, informal news updates and NWS quarterly reports to stay abreast of 

study activities, in addition to very frequent individual communications with 

IWR staff. 

Meetings with the division coordinators commenced with a briefing in 

December 1977 in Alexandria, Virginia. (For a summary of all meetings of NWS 

staff with Corps field and OCE representatives, see the list in Table 1.) At 

the initial meeting, division coordinators discussed the NWS Plan of Study, 

and suggestions for areas of field input were solicited. 

The division coordinators were asked to assist in focusing field 

resources in the following areas. 

1. Description of the waterway system, including physical 

characteristics of the system and waterway users; 

2. Review of future waterway traffic; 

3. Analysis of waterway system capability to serve projected traffic; 

4. Review of alternative plans to accommodate the projected traffic; 

5. Participate in the study recommendations. 

Many of the comments from the field at the December 1977 meeting 

concerning the Plan of Study were subsequently incorporated. 

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LOCATION 

NON/IWR 

DATE PARTICIPANTS 

Nov 77 

Nov 77 

CWP Wash., DC 

SUBJECT 

NWS Plan of Study 

Formation of NWS 

Steering Committee 

CWP, CWR, CWO, Wash., DC 

.CWE, BERN • 

Division and 

District staffs 

Vicksburg, MS 

Atlanta, GA 

Chicago, IL 

San Francisco, CA 

Division Coord. * Ft. Belvoir, VA 

Atlanta, CA 

Leesburg, VA 

Wash., DC 

IWR 

Wash., DC 

Vicksburg, MS 

Strategy development for NWS 

Brief Director of Civil Works 

on status of NWS including 

Workplan. 

CWR, SAD, 

Contractors 

CWZ—A, and 

CWZ—B 

Ft. Bilvoir, VA 

Wash., DC 

Apr 79 

May 79 

TABLE 1 

MEETINGS AND PRESENTATIONS 

FOR 

CORPS FIELD AND OCE REPRESENTATIVES 

Dec 77 

• 

Jan—Feb 78 

Feb 78 

Feb 78 

-Mar 78 

Apr 78 

May 78 

Jun 78 

Jun 78 

Aug 78 

Sep 78 

Oct 78 

Nov—Dec 78 

Jan 79 

Mar 79 

Initial division 

coordinators meeting 

on Plan of Study and 

role of field in NWS 

Field briefing on NWS 

and review/comment on 

Plan of Study 

Revise study plan, evaluate 

anticipated field role 

Regional Task Force Meeting on 

Data Collection 

NWS Presentation to District 

Engineers, Water Resources 

Planning Seminar 

Regional Task Force Meeting 

on field data collection, 

Plan of Study and budget 

Meeting on field data collection 

Meeting of Division Coordinators 

to go over status: inventory, 

NWS maps and public involvement 

Public Meeting 

Capability Assessment Workshop 

Navigation Cost Assignment 

Engineering and Environmental: 

potential WES support 

Chiefs of Planning meetings: 

discussion of NWS contract, 

scope and final report outline 

• Draft study *process, reviews. 

Capability Methodology: key 

inputs to capability 

analysis, alternative tools, 

future tasks. Two meetings. 

Division Coord. Alex., VA 

and CWP 

Div and Dist 

Operations and 

Planning 

representatives 

including Coord. 

All District 

Engineers 

Division Coord. Chicago, IL 

and Dist. 

Planning and 

Operations Reps. 

Dist. Staff . New Orleans, 

Division Coord * IWR 

OCE reps., 

Div. Coord. 

General Public 

Division Coord. 

CWP 

Contractors, 

WES Staff 

Division Chiefs Wash., DC 

of Planning, CWP 

Division Coord. • Ft. Belvoir, VA 

Division Coord. Alex., VA 

Division Coord. Atlanta, GA 

and planning and 

operations reps; . 

trade assns; 

other agencies 

Mar 79 Atlanta Workshops: Review and 

identification of data sources; 

technical research delineation 

LA 

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LOCATION 

• NON/IWR 

DATE SUBJECT PARTICIPANTS 

Jun—Aug 79 

Jul 79 

Jul 79 - 

Sep 79 

Sep 79 

Dec 79 

Dec.79 

Jan 80 

Jan 80 

Mar 80 

Apr 80 

Jun 80 

Jul 80 

Sep 80 

Nov 80 

Nov 80 

Jul 81 

Sep 81 . 

ALL CONUS Div., ALL ODNUS Div. 

WES and CREEL WES and CREEL 

offices 

Chief of 

Engineers and 

his staff 

OCE Planning 

Div. and 

Contractors 

Div. Coord. 

CWO,CWE, CWR, 

CUP 

Div. Coord. 

'OCE Division 

reps 

General public, 

Division Coord. 

other fields 

reps; 

contractors 

Div. Coord. 

General Public, 

contractors, 

OCE reps. ' 

Chiefs of 

Planning, CWP 

BERN Planning 

Associates 

Selected Corps 

participants, 

academia, other 

government 

agencies 

OCE Div. Chiefs 

Selected 

participants 

from Corps, 

industry, 

academia, 

contractors. 

Div. Coord. 

OCE reps, 

contractors 

Div. Coord. 

other Div. and 

Dist, personnel, 

reps. from OCE, 

OSA, Contractors 

Div. and Dist. 

reps., General 

Public 

Div. Coord., 

Div. and Dist. 

reps., OCE reps., 

General Public 

Div. Coord., 

Div. and Dist. 

reps. 

Wash., DC 

Wash., DC 

Ft. Belvoir, VA 

Wash., DC 

Ft i Belvoir, VA 

Wash., DC 

Chicago, IL 

Portland, OR 

New Orleans, LA 

Ft. Belvoir, VA 

Dallas, TX 

Ft. Belvoir, VA 

Norfolk., VA 

Wash., DC 

Vicksburg, MS 

Chicago, IL 

Arlington, VA 

Ft. Belvoir, VA 

Arlington, VA 

St. Louis, MO 

Portland, OR 

Arlington, VA 

Ft. Belvoir, VA 

Interview program 

General Staff Briefing on NWS 

status 

Traffic Forecasting Techniques 

Status of NWS, review of 

contractor technical work 

Strategy development work 

sessions 

Presentation for, field on 

contractor's preliminary 

technical findings 

Regional Public Meetings for 

presentation of contractors' . 

preliminary technical findings 

Corps and Public Technical 

Workshops 

Briefing on NWS integration 

process and study overview 

Briefing on NWS for Corps 

Planning Associates 

National Waterways Roundtable: 

Focused on a variety of topics 

including waterways history, 

regional development, technology 

and the future 

Briefing on NWS Scenario and 

Strategy Development 

Waterwly Science and Engineering 

Meetings on topics of locks, 

channel design/river training, 

dredging and season extension 

Briefing on the Evaluation of the 

Present Waterways System 

Meeting on the evaluation of the 

contractors' Strategies for 

for Actions 

Regional Public Meetings on the 

Evaluation of Strategies 

Briefing on the NWS Conclusions 

and Recommendations 

Meet division coordinators and 

representatives regarding their 

concerns and comments on Draft 

Final Report 

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All divisions were then briefed on the revisions during January and 

February 1978 at selected division offices, and then at a joint meeting at 

IWR. The stage was thus set at the district and division level for frequent 

and intense participation in the National Waterways Study over the next 

several years. 

NWS Inventory 

The next major task of the division coordinators was assisting with the 

extraction and organization of data for the NWS Inventory. This process 

required several months, and modifications and updates have occurred 

throughout the course of the study. Vast quantities of data were drawn from 

all the districts and developed into a data base maintained by the ADP Center 

of the Corps' North Central Division. The inventory compiled a wide array of 

navigation-related data into a single computer base for use by NWS Corps and 

contractor staffs. Inventory data include: 

o type of project, authorized purpose and current actual usage • 

o primary agency of responsibility 

o construction information and physical and commercial 

characteristics 

o lock data 

o dredging volumes, and dredging and other O&M costs 

The NWS inventory became a primary source of information for the 

contractors' technical research and the description and evaluation of the 

existing waterway system. The computerized data base was Subsequently made 

accessible to all districts for information and data modification purposes. 

Field Interview Program 

One of the major initial activities of the prime contractor involved a 

comprehensive interview program with all Corps CONUS division offices and 

selected Corps laboratories. Advance materials describing the needs of each 

contractor specialist were distributed, followed by a very detailed scheduling 

of personnel for interview purposes. At each CONUS division office (POD met 

with SPD), and at the Waterways Experiment Station (WES) and the Cold Regions 

Research Laboratory (CRREL), a briefing was given by an IWR management team 

member outlining the purpose of the meeting and of NWS itself. Division, 

district, WES and CRREL representatives in turn made presentations on their 

respective facilities and activities, major navigation and related problems, 

and available reports and literature. 

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A very useful part of these meetings occurred with a break-out into 

technical groups for information gathering purposes. The Engineering, 

Planning and Operations branches from both division and district offices met 

with the contractors and IWR/NWS staffs at each of these meetings. These 

lengthy and detailed meetings facilitated the critical transfer of the wealth 

of experience and background from the Corps division and district offices for 

National Waterways Study purposes. This was a crucial phase for the NWS 

objective of understanding and describing the existing system, its problems 

and needs, and the potential solutions. 

Technical Research Review 

Once the prime contractor obtained data and information through the 

inventory and field interviews, products of the contractors' technical 

research efforts began to be submitted. Field review of draft contractor 

products was sought, beginning with the Workplan and continuing through the 

contractors' final report. Division coordinators reviewed contractor products 

themselves and, depending on the subject matter, arranged for additional 

division or district review. 

Widespread review by the field helped to minimize inaccuracies or 

erroneous information in the contractor reports. This was especially useful 

for site-specific and detailed information which would be more familiar to 

division or district personnel than to IWR reviewers. 

For the draft final reports from the contractor under the eight technical 

elements, the evaluation of the present waterways system, and the evaluation 

of alternative strategies, virtually every district and division was 

encouraged to participate in the review. Construction-Operations and Planning 

divisions were involved at the district level. Numerous individuals in the 

Policy, Planning, Engineering and Operations Divisions at OCE were also 

brought into the review process, as were individuals at WES. Comments were 

then consolidated by division, OCE and WES coordinators and submitted to IWR 

for incorporation into the Corps' response to the contractor. Again, tight 

scheduling required an intensive review effort by the field and OCE for each 

of the contractor reports. The field review period for each document was less 

than a month, and often several documents would be distributed for review 

simultaneously. 

Meetings 

Numerous meetings were held throughout the course of the study to gain 

guidance and input from experts throughout the Corps (see Table 1). 

Communications with selected individuals from the field and OCE were an almost 

daily occurrence with respect to one or another aspect of the study. Larger 

meetings involving the division coordinators and other individuals from the 

field and OCE were held periodically, usually in conjunction with study 

milestone points, such as the presentation of the contractors' preliminary 

technical findings and the evaluation of the present system. Such meetings 

provided a useful forum to gain simultaneous reactions and comments from 

throughout the field as well as providing the opportunity for the contractors 

to entertain field questions directly. 

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The division coordinators often participated in NWS public meetings as 

well, and in a number of instances provided essential logistics assistance 

through photographic support and by arranging meetings held in different 

locations around the country. Regional public meetings often drew significant 

field participation that might not have been included in meetings held solely 

in the Washington area, thus they provided an additional vehicle for gaining 

greater input from both the public and Corps field offices. 

The Public Involvement Time Line, presented in Figure 1, provides an 

overview of field, interagency and public participation in the National 

Waterways Study. The time line helps illustrate the range and intensity of 

division, district and OCE involvement in the NWS. The review of contractor 

submissions are not adequately reflected on this time line since the review of 

technical working papers was spread continuously from mid 1979 through 1981. 

These were in addition to the completed draft technical reports. An intense 

field effort was demanded in all cases due to the volume and detairof many of 

_the contractor products. 

INTERAGENCY COORDINATION FOR THE NATIONAL WATERWAYS STUDY 

The Steering Committee was formed to provide policy guidance, technical 

consultation, and interagency coordination for the National Waterways Study. 

Under the leadership of the NWS Study Director, the Deputy Director of Civil 

Works of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, various Corps elements and several 

Federal agencies were enlisted in support of the study. Within the Corps, 

Steering Committee members included: 

o Chief, Planning Division, Office of the Chief of Engineers 

o Chief, Office of Policy, Office of the Chief of Engineers 

• o Chief, Engineering Division, Office of the Chief of Engineers 

o Chief, Construction-Operations Division, Office of the Chief of 

Engineers • 

o Director, Institute for Water Resources 

o Technical Director, Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors 

Other agencies which participated in the NWS Steering Committee were: 

o U.S. Department of Transportation 

o National Transportation Policy Study Commission 

o Council on Environmental Quality 

o Maritime Administration, U.S Department of Commerce 

o U.S. Department of the Interior 

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DISTRICT 

ENGINEERS 

PRESENTATION 

ON NWS L DIVISIONS AND DISTRICTS 

COLLECTION AND REVIEW 

OF DATA FOR NWS INVENTORY 

STEERING 

COMMITTEE 

AITNG 

A 

STEERING -. COMMITTEE 

AITNG 

DIV COOR 

CAPABILITY 

METHODOLOGY 

MTNG 

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OCE DIVISIONS 

STEERING 

COMMITTEE 

AITNG 

I0 IN I I- ENVIRONMENTAL 

BRIEFING 

DIV COOR 

MTNG 

TRAFFIC 

FORECASTING 

CWP 

j 

STRATEGY DEV 

WITH SAD,CWR 

SHIPPERS/CARRIERS 

AITNG 

DRAFT 

WORKPLAN 

BRIEFING 

DIV COOR MTNG 

PUBLIC MTNG ON 

PRELIM TECHNICAL FINDINGS NATIONAL WATERWAYS SCIENCE STEERING 

WATERWAYS AND ENGINEERING COMMITTEE 

ROUNDTABLE MTNGS MTN° 

FIELD REVIEW OF CONTRACTOR 

TECHNICAL SUBMISSIONS AND 

FINAL ELEMENT REPORTS 

CORPS MTNG 

ON STRATEGIES 

FOR ACTION 

REVIEW AND 

UPDATE OF I 

INVENTORY 

DREDGING 

CORPS AND PUBLIC 

MEETINGS ON FINAL 

REPORT 

RECOMMENDATIONS 

AND CONCLUSIONS 

FIGURE 1 

CORPS, INTERAGENCY AND PUBLIC ACTIVITIES TIME LINE 

1977 

0 

ORGANIZATION OF 

STEERING COMMITTEE ' 

1.11 

FORMATION L FIELD _1 

OF STEERING BRIEFINGS 

COMMITTEE ON NWS 

FEDERAL 

INTERAGENCY 

MTNG 

OPEN PUBLIC 

AITNG ON NWS 

PLAN OF STUDY 

NEW ORLEANS 

DISTRICT DATA 

COLLECTION 

I I I : 1 _,' 

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COMMITTEE MTNG ASSESSMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL 

MTNG WORKSHOP SUPPORT MTNG ' 

• STEERING 

• COMMITTEE 

MTNG 

DIV COOR 

MTNG 

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FORCE MTNGS ON 

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STUDY 

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"SHAPING THE FUTURE 

OF THE WATERWAYS" 

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1980 

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REVIEW OF CONTRACTOR f> ir-- FINAL RPTS ON EVALU. --1 

PUBLIC MTNGS ATION OF PRESENT FIELD REVIEW OF • ON STRATEGIES SYSTEMS AND STRATEGIES i CONTRAORS CT FOR ACTIONS FIELD REVIEW r FINDINGS AND 7 FIELD REVIEW 

r-- OF FINAL CONCLUSIONS OF FINAL 1 

- I DRAFT REPORT -I NWS REPORT . . . . 

1981 1982 I 

D I J F M A Al J J A S 0 N D J F M A M J J A 
The NWS Steering Committee met periodically throughout the study in order 

to review the progress of research efforts and to provide guidance for 

successive phases of the project. Meetings were particularly frequent in the 

early plan formulation stages as the study design and composition were 

developed. (Table 2 lists the Steering Committee Meetings by date and primary 

topics of discussion.) 

The Steering Committee yielded valuable support in obtaining data from 

other agencies, coordinating with various ongoing studies, and in providing 

essential planning and policy guidance for a national level study. 

10. 
15 November 1978 

7 December 1978 

17 May 1979 

6 September 1979 

25 June 1980 

16 September 1980 

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TABLE 2 

NWS STEERING COMMITTEE MEETINGS 

Date Principal Topics 

20 January 1978 Organization of Committee; plans ' 

for interagency involvement 

28 February 1978 

17 April 1978 

7 June 1978 

26 July 1978 

19 September 1978 

Overview and Plan of Study; 

membership and role of other 

Federal agencies 

Interagency coordination and role 

in study 

Plans for initial public meeting; 

mailing list; data sources; 

methodology development 

Contracts underway; review of 

proposals for prime contract; 

U.S.G.S. cartographic work 

Definition of the waterway system; 

preparation of a legislative 

history; outline of proposed 

public involvement activities 

Draft Report outline; inventory of 

the existing system and U.S.G.S. 

mapping efforts; presentation on 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

S.205 (User Charge) study 

Discussion of possible study 

components such as intermodal 

• factors. User charges and ports; 

status of contracting efforts 

Completion of NWS waterway system • 

 inventory; review of NWS maps; 

plans for upcoming meetings with 

specialized audiences 

(shippers/carriers; railroads); 

review of Workplan 

Reviews of related ongoing studies 

("User Charge" Study, Mid-America 

Ports Study); status of technical 

research 

Contractor presentation of 

scenario and strategy development; • 

review of draft technical element 

reports; map of waterborne energy 

commodity flows; public meeting 

results 

Completion of NWS technical 

studies; workshops on Waterway 

Science and Engineering; review of 

the existing waterway system; 

environmental content of NWS; 

remaining schedule 

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A PROGRAM FOR GENERAL PUBLIC INVOLVEMNT 

IN THE NATIONAL WATERWAYS STUDY 

Purpose and Design 

The National Waterways Study Public Involvement Program was designed to . 

gain visibility for the project by making a large audience aware of it and of 

the activities which are incorporated by it, and further to provide the - 

opportunity for members of this audience to ask questions, voice comments and 

supply new information concerning aspects of the study. • 

The public involvement approach that was selected signaled a departure. 

from traditional methods of planning, conducting and completing a study 

through the draft report stage, then presenting the draft findings and 

conclusions to the public. An alternative course was selected for the 

National Waterways Study in which public involvement was incorporated as an 

ongoing process throughout the study and all key meetings preceeded the draft 

report. By this method the study sought to gain public feedback and reaction' 

at crucial "milestone" points in the project. "Milestones" occurred at the 

end of principal phases of the study, such as the completion of the 

contractors' technical research, the evaluation of the existing waterway 

system, the evaluation of alternative strategies for actions to meet perceived 

waterway needs, and finally, study findings and conclusions.. 

By maintaining public contact on a frequent and interactive basis, NWS 

was able to evaluate public reactions and incorporate useful reaction until . 

the study draft reports were completed. Ongoing incorporation of public 

comments and new information miuimized disruption to the study design and 

schedule. This methodology was designed to avoid the complications associated 

with failing to gain public reaction until the study draft reports were 

completed. By incorporating public comment and new information incrementally, 

NWS sought to minimize the need for major adjustments or re-evaluations -- 

"returning to the drawing board" -- which may occur when a study is fully 

drafted prior to presentation to the interested sectors of the general public. 

Informing the Public 

The NWS public involvement program incorporated a number of mechanisms by 

which to establish public contacts and generate feedback to help improve the 

project. The study progress, from the initial planning and development 

through the findings and conclusions, have been documented on a regular basis 

through the publication and wide distribution of seven NWS Information 

Bulletins. The public has also been kept informed through open public 

meetings, through specialized technical forums, through numerous briefings by 

NWS staff of specialized audiences, and by the publication and distribution of 

other study materials, such as the contractors' preliminary findings and his 

draft technical element reports. The materials available to the public and 

how to acquire them have been noted periodically in the bulletins, in special 

notice mailouts, and through handouts at NWS public meetings. 

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Distribution List 

One of the first needs for a successful public involvement program was to 

target a public with an interest in the study effort. In this way news 

releases and other study products could find their way into the hands of 

people who would use them. The NWS mailing list was therefore compiled with a 

focus on a broad range of waterways-related interests. Included were: 

members of Congress; numerous individuals in Corps divisions and districts; 

primary Federal agencies involved in water and transportation; state 

governors' offices and waterways-related state agencies; regional river basin 

and waterways commissions; commercial waterway shippers and carriers; other 

related business interests; the news media and trade journals; environmental 

organizations; railroads; local port authorities; schools of engineering and 

other academic institutions; numerous trade associations; and various other 

agencies, organizations, corporations and individuals with an expressed 

interest in navigable waterways. 

The NWS mailing list was initially derived from a list supplied by the 

Public Affairs Office of the Corps' Office of the Chief of Engineers (OCE). 

This original list was edited in consideration of the navigation orientation 

Of the National Waterways Study. At the same time, additions to the list were 

made from around the country based on suggestions by NWS coordinators from 

various Corps division and district offices familiar with local waterway 

interests. 

The resulting NUS mailing list contained over 3,600 entries. Fully 

computerized on the Boeing system and accessible from Fort Belvoir, additions, 

deletions and corrections could be easily made. 'The initial mailing list grew 

substantially during the course of study, due primarily to numerous requests 

from individuals and organizations who shared an interest in commercial 

navigation and wished to be kept informed of the study's progress. 

Bulletins 

Seven NWS Information Bulletins were compiled, published and then 

distributed using the NWS mailing list. Additional copies of the bulletins 

were distributed on request and at public meetings. (A complete list of the 

bulletins and a brief outline of their contents can be found in Appendix 1.) 

. These bulletins, printed periodically since the study was initiated in 

Fiscal Year 1978, contained information about findings to date, recounted past 

meetings and briefings and announced pending ones, discussed activities of NWS 

contractors, and noted what study materials were available to the public, as 

well as other occasional features related to commercial waterways and their 

use. 

Numerous requests for NWS materials and further information about the 

study resulted from the distribution of the bulletins. Several articles 

appeared documenting milestone points in the progress of the study, such as 

the completion and findings of the technical research phase or the evaluation 

of the existing system. Such articles often promoted a new surge in public 
interaction through letters or phone calls concerning study developments. For 

example, after the distribution of the June 1981 bulletin, over 200 requests 

were received for additional information or materials concerning the study. 

The bulletins also provided a vehicle by which the public could be 

informed that many of their comments on the study were being examined 

seriously and incorporated when appropriate. Articles appeared, generally 

after a public meeting, which highlighted important questions or concerns 

raised by the public with respect to NWS. Such issues were studied and• 

evaluated by the Corps NWS staff, in consultation with the contractors, and a 

number of them resulted in important modifications or incorporation of new 

information into the study design and process. Articles in subsequent 

bulletins discussed these modifications and elaborated on their effects. 

Fact Sheets 

In addition to the seven Information Bulletins, three National Waterways 

Study fact sheets were prepared and distributed. The fact sheets summarized 

principal findings to date in the study effort such as highlighting traffic 

forecasts for total waterborne commerce and for several major commodities. 

The first fact sheet appeared in October 1980, and then an updated 

version was prepared in April 1981. The third was released in June 1982 and 

touched on the major study findings and conclusions. All were made available 

to interested people through meetings and upon request. 

Each fact sheet briefly explained the background of NWS and the findings 

of major phases of the study. Waterborne tonnage figures for 1977 and 2003 

projections were discussed by waterway reaches and by major commodity groups. 

The projections were paired against evaluation of waterway system traffic 

handling capability to determine shoptfalls in lock capacity and the tonnage 

not accommodated under the present system. 

The fact sheets further detailed the contractors' alternative strategies 

for future waterway actions, the costs involved, and the implications of each 

with respect to tonnages accommodated on the navigation system in the future. 

The Corps framework from the draft final report was presented in the 

third fact sheet along with significant institutional policy implications of 

study findings and conclusions. For the public, the fact sheets provided 

convenient summarized information about the study and its major findings and 

conclusions. 

Meetings and Presentations 

One of the most useful tools used in the National Waterways Study to 

present developments and receive comments was through the holding of meetings 

and presentations for the general public and specialized audiences. In 

addition, members of the NWS staff were invited to speak before various 

organizations on many occasions. 

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General Public Meetings 

• NWS sponsored numerous public meetings throughout the course of the 

project in locations from Washington, D.C. to New Orleans, Louisiana to 

Portland, Oregon. A complete list and description of NWS public meetings and 

presentations for specialized audiences is shown in Table 3. (For a list of 

public meeting attendees, see Appendix 2.) The map in Figure 2 illustrates 

the broad geographic coverage of meetings and presentations on the National 

Waterways Study. 

Like the Information Bulletins, these meetings have provided useful 

forums to present developments in the study, including findings to date, 

current research activities, and future plans. But perhaps the greatest 

benefit of the public meetings was been the opportunity for on-the-spot 

feedback from participants. Questions, comments and suggestions voiced at 

public meetings, through subsequent phone calls, or submitted in writing by 

meeting participants,-have provided valuable and sometimes crucial information 

for the project effort. 

The study held six meetings which were oriented toward the general 

public. Some of these meetings were on the same topic, but held in multiple 

locations in order to gain broader, national input from a wide variety of 

participants. For example, meetings to present the contractors' preliminary 

findings from their technical research were held in four locations across the 

country -- east, south, central and west. 

The public meetings have provided many useful comments and new 

information for the study effort. Data for study projections was enhanced, 

new or anticipated commodity flows identified, and errors or erroneous 

statistics in the NWS presentation were brought to the attention of the study 

staff. 

Holding public meetings in several locations brought out interesting and 

useful regional variations in public reactions to the same presentations. 

While a few of the same questions or comments were voiced in more than one of 

the regional meetings, variations in topics of primary concern were evident. 

Such localized reactions illustrate both the unique character of many 

individual waterways, as well as the utility of not confining public meetings 

to a single location (i.e., Washington, D.C.) when conducting a study which is 

national in scope. 

Briefings for Specialized Audiences 

The National Waterways Study has generally sponsored two types of public 

meetings -- the open forum, just discussed, and briefings oriented toward the 

interests of specialized groups with waterway concerns. While the open forum 

setting was useful for bringing together a broad spectrum of waterway 

interests, this same spectrum tended to exclude very detailed discussions of 

specific topic areas. Questions and comments generally reflected the diverse 

interests of the attendees, so no individual topic areas could be discussed at 

length in the meetings, although follow-up letters or conversations with 

individual participants were common. 

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Type of Meeting Date Subject Participants Location 

I. Federal Interagency 

2. Public mottos for Plan 

of Study 

4. Shippers and Carriers 

5. Railroad Representatives 

6. Environmental Briefing 

9. National Waterways 

Roundtable 

In. Waterway Science and 

Engineering Sessions 

12.Development and Evaluation ' 

of Alternative Strategies 

13. Final Report Conclusions 

General public (similar to f2). 

General public. ' 

Corps, other governmental agencies, 

industry, academia, trade 

organizations. 

Largely Corps, some representation 

of industry, academia and trade 

associations. 

General Public. 

General Public. 

General Public. • 

Wash., DC 

Chicago, IL 

Portland, OK 

New Orleans, LA 

Ft. Beivoir, VA 

Norfolk, VA 

Vicksburg, MS 

Chicago, EL 

Arlington, VA 

Arlington, VA 

St. Louis, M1 

Portland, UR 

Arlington, VA 

7. Regional Public Meetings on 12/11/79 

NWS Preliminary Findings 12/12/79 

12/14/79 

12/18/79 

R. Public Technical Workshops 1/30/80 

Table 3 

NATIONAL WATERWAYS STUDY 

PUBLIC MEETINGS AND PRESENTATIONS FOR SPECIALIZED AUDIENCES 

3/24/78 Introduction of NWS to other Federal agencies; 

request for input into Plan of Study. 

6/22/78 Presentation of NWS preliminary Plan of Study; 

solicitation of questions and comments. 

1. Shaping the Future of the 3/28-29/79 Workshop to aid in the review and identification 

Waterways of data sources for NWS; suggestions for areas 

of technical research for study. 

Representatives of various Federal Wash., DC 

agencies. 

• 

General public, including water Wash., DC 

transportation industry, other 

industries, Federal agencies, 

members of congressional . 

staffs, trade associations, 

academia, and others. 

Corps, other Federal agencies, state Atlanta, GA 

agencies, national organizations, 

industry and selected experts. 

5/24/79 Presentation of NWS Plan of Study and 

solicitation of industry help in providing 

necessary data and information. 

6114179 Briefing on NWS, techniques for commodity 

forecasting, and general overview of study plan. 

9/11/79 Briefing for representatives of environmental 

interests on NWS and how study will deal with 

environmental aspects-of navigation. 

Members of shipping and water carrier Wash., VC 

industry and trade associations. 

Railroad industry representatives and Wash., DC 

railroad trade associations. 

Environmental groups and organizations, ft. belvolr, VA 

related Federal and state agencies, 

other interested individuals. 

11. Evaluation of the Present 

Navigation System 

Presentation of NWS contractors' preliminary 

findings and forecasts of waterway traffic 

through 2003, including major increases in 

coal and grain movements. 

General meetings and workshop sessions on 

the technical elements of NWS, including 

methodologies involved and preliminary findings. 

4/22-24/80 Presentation of papers and discussions on 

historical, current, and future aspects of the 

waterway system. 

7/1-2/80 Review sessions.by panels of experts on NWS 

7/7/80 contractor products concerning dredging, river 

training/channel design, lock design, and season 

extension. . 

Presentation of contractors' preliminary 

evaluation of the existing waterway system. 

Forecasts of future traffic use were compared 

with capability analysis of the existing system. 

11/13/80 Presentation of the contractors' four alternative 

11/18/80 strategies for dealing with waterway system 

11/19/80 problems as identified in the Evaluation of the 

Existing Waterway System report. 

7/21/81 Presentation of the Corps' draft final report on 

preliminary conclusions and framework plan. 

Framework identifies problems, sequences solutions, 

and specifies investment level. 

9/4/80 

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PENNSYLVANIA

) 

MARYLAND 

'ASHINGTON, D.C. 

riuNoia 

VIRGINIA 

LOUISIANA 

FLORIDA 

013k1 Number of Major Public Meetings 

\-1-1Number of Presentations 

Major public meetings are programmed 

activities designed to contribute to 

achieving the study objective. Presentations 

are general information presentations to 

professional, regional or special interest 

gatherings. 

, 

es 

• 

FIGURE 2 

PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT ACTIVITIES BY STATE 

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In order to facilitate more detailed discussions of specific facets of 

NWS, several briefings were held for key audiences with an interest in 

waterways and in the NWS findings and recommendations. Three of these are 

highlighted below: 

Shippers and Carriers Meeting: This presentation early in NWS helped to set 

the stage for implementation of the Plan of Study. In addition t6 briefing 

representatives of commercial waterway shippers, carriers and their trade 

associations on relevant elements of NWS, the attendees were also invited to 

participate actively in the study. Their assistance and input was requested 

to supply data and information crucial for analyzing existing facets of 

waterborne commerce and anticipated developments in the industry. The 

cooperation of these representatives was essential to conducting the series of 

interviews with the waterway industry incorporated in the NWS contractors' 

workplan. 

Railroad Representatives Meeting: The purpose of this meeting was to 

elaborate on aspects of the National Waterways Study of interest to the 

railway industry and its trade associations and publications. It was 

emphasized that NWS was a water transportation study and that detailed 

analysis of other modes was not feasible considering the study scope and 

resources. Participants were asked to help in supplying data and information 

concerning the railroads in order to help develop the framework for analyztng 

water transportation as component of the total transportation picture. 

Briefing for Environmental Interests: With a scope that encompasses all the 

nation's inland, coastal and Great Lakes commercial waterways and ports, the 

magnitude of areas of potential environmental concern was very significant. 

.NWS therefore sought to address environmental concerns with particular 

diligence throughout the project. As part of this effort, and to reinforce 

other environmentally oriented NWS activities, a briefing was held for 

representatives of organizations, publications and government agencies with 

specific environmental concerns. Participants at the briefing were given an 

overview of the study including objectives, scope and analytical framework, 

then a more detailed presentation was made on specific environmentally 

oriented aspects of the study. Several of the people representing 

environmental organizations and Federal agencies -- such as EPA -- offered to 

cooperate with NWS by supplying available data and information which might be 

of use in the study effort. (Appendix 3 displays invitations, attendees and a 

summary of the briefing for environmental interests.) 

Presentations before Organizations 

Another important means of gaining broad based feedback for NWS has been 

through frequent briefings of other organizations and agencies on the progress 

and findings. The study manager, Mrs. Arlene Dietz, gave numerous 

presentations on NWS, and other staff members gave occasional briefings as 

well. Such briefings often led to follow-up requests for study publications 

and draft reports, which in turn occasionally resulted in review comments with 

new insights and additional data sources. (A list of major briefings given by 

the National Waterways Study staff before other organizations is provided in 

Appendix 4.). 

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Presentations on NWS have been given before a wide variety of audiences 

with diverse fields of interests. Among the organizations briefed have been 

trade associations for the waterways carrier industry, for major waterborne 

commodities, and for the dredging industry. Presentations on the National 

Waterways Study have also been made before representatives other Federal 

agencies, regional commissions, and state officials. In addition delegations 

from other nations, including the People's Republic of China, hive heard 

briefings on NWS. The study has also received attention through presentationE 

and papers at professional societies and symposiums such as Transportation 

Research Forum, Transportation Research Board, American Water Resources 

Association and American Society of Civil Engineers. These groups have 

provided excellent forums for bringing NWS to the attention of many 

individuals in the commercial waterborne commerce, transportation and 

construction industries. Such contacts often resulted in new sources of 

information useful to the NWS effort, in addition to wider dissemination of 

the products of NWS research. 

NWS and the Environmental Community 

In addition to sponsoring the briefing for environmental •interests, the 

NWS public involvement program sought to involve the environmental community 

in as many of the study's public activities as possible. The NWS mailing 

list, which includes many environmentally oriented organizations, journals and 

government agencies at both the state and Federal levels, was used to 

distribute announcements and bulletins noting each upcoming NWS open public 

meeting. Special invitations, either by telephone or by mail, were also made 

before a number of the later NWS meetings detailing findings and/or 

conclusions. Many of these invitations were directed at environmental 

interest organizations and agencies and also to various components of the news 

media in the form of press releases. 

The National Waterways Study also made copies of its draft technical 

element report, "Analysis of Environmental Aspects of Waterways Navigation," 

available to the public for review. The document examined at a generic level 

the various environmental problems associated with commercial navigation, and 

also gave a more detailed presentation on the impacts associated with 

dredging. This document, in its revised final form, is available through 

National Technical Information Service (NTIS), as are the other contractor 

technical element reports. (See Appendix 5.) 

An Environmental Assessment (EA) accompanies the NWS Final Report. The 

EA briefly relates the environmental concerns to anticipated waterway system 

needs and the framework contained in the Final Report. 

Results of the Public Involvement Program 

The Public Involvment Program of the National Waterways Study provided 

benefits to both the general public and to the study management. Many 

different individuals and organizations with an interest in navigation were 

kept informed of the study progress, findings and conclusions through NWS 

bulletins and fact sheets. Meetings and presentations on the study provided 

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further opportunities for learning more about the project, obtaining NWS 

publications and providing important comments based on their own perceptions 

and expertise. Requests received at public meetings alone resulted in the 

distribution of hundreds of the contractors' draft technical reports, fact 

sheets, NWS Waterway System Commerce, and numerous other publications (see 

Appendix 5). 

Likewise, the Public Involvement Program provided considerable data and 

information to the study management which helped to shape the direction of the 

project and to modify, certain contractor efforts. In particular, public • 

meetings and presentations before specialized audiences provided on-the-spot 

reactions directly to NWS contractors as well as to the Corps management. ' 

Meetings with Shippers and Carriers and with the environmental community 

opened new avenues of communication and provided information which might not 

otherwise have been obtained; but which was crucial in evaluating the future 

direction of the navigation industry. 

New information received as a result of several public meetings, 

especially during the fall of 1980, provided considerable new data for the 

study and led to the creation of an additional scenario for projections of 

waterborne commerce. For example, underreporting of traffic on the Ohio and 

Monongahela Rivers was corrected for the base year, resulting in changes in 

tonnage projections throughout the forecast period for a number of waterway 

segments. Anticipated commodity flows were increased for the Arkansas River 

and the Columbia-Snake System reflecting new local information. Also, 

sensitivity analyses -were performed to analyze the potential impacts on 

projected waterborne commerce of such factors as transportation deregulation, 

changes in environmental policies, higher coal exports, and other developments 

occurring during later stages of the study. The public involvement effort 

helped bring such potential new factors to the attention of NWS contractors so 

that they could be addressed in the context of the study. 

CONCLUSIONS 

The Corps divisions and districts, other Federal agencies and numerous 

interested groups from the general public played a crucial role in completing 

the National Waterways Study. Without their cooperation and support, 

principal data could not have been assembled, errors could not have been as 

readily detected, and many important pieces of information might not have been 

obtained. Through their roles as sources, reviewers and commentators, a 

comprehensive national study of the waterways became feasible. 

The Corps divisions and districts provided essential basic data and 

ongoing support to NWS management for the duration of the project. Their aid 

in developing a study format, providing information, and reviewing contractor 

and IWR reports for content and accuracy, was vitally important to producing a 

successful product. 

The interagency coordination provided by the Steering Committee was also 

a great asset to the NWS management. By bringing together skilled individuals 

from several agencies with related interests, NWS received useful new 

information and valuable planning and policy guidance. The Steering Committee 

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provided an open channel of communication between NWS and the activities of 

other agencies. 

The Public Involvement Program of the National Study tested new ideas and 

concepts for interacting with a broad range of interested individuals and 

organizations. As an ongoing domponent of the study, the program kept the 

public informed of each new study stage from the inception of NWS through the 

final report. The program provided a vehicle for obtaining public reactions 

and ideas as the study progressed, and allowed the study to address and 

incorporate useful new information and comments. The program provided a tool 

which proved beneficial to both the Corps and the public, and the experience 

. gained from the effort should be useful in future national level studies. 

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APPENDIX 1 

NATIONAL WATERWAYS STUDY 

INFORMATION BULLETINS 

1-23 
APPENDIX 1 . 

NATIONAL WATERWAYS STUDY 

INFORMATION BULLETINS 

Summary of Contents 

Issue 1, October 1978 

o Discussion of June 1978 open public meeting concerning the 

initiation of the National Waterways Study. 

o Goals of the study itself, and utility and purpose of the 

information bulletins. 

o Agencies involved in coordination and review of the study. 

o Contracting efforts for the technical research and the Waterway 

System and Commodity Movement Maps. 

o Availability of the report "Domestic and International 

Transportation of U.S. FOREIGN TRADE: 1976." 

o Public Involvement efforts and functions to date. 

Issue 2, March 1979 

o Awarding of technical support contract to A.T. Kearney, Inc. 

o Atlanta Workshop schedule for April: "Shaping the Future of the 

Waterways." Over 120 invitations issued. 

o Availability and individual descriptions of NWS 19-map series. 

o NWS data base inventory, purpose and scope. • 

o Discussion of National Dredging Program and other national studies 

of importance to WS. 

o Preliminary identification of NWS technical research elements. 

Issue 3, September 1979 

o Completion of NWS contractor Workplan, with outline and description 

of the study phases and the role and content of the technical 

research elements. 

o Discussion of NWS sponsored Shippers and Carriers Meeting. 

o Outline of planned public involvement activities. 

1-25 
o Description and ordering procedures for NWS 19-map series. 

o Description of the April Atlanta Workshop and the NWS priorities 

established at that meeting. 

o Discussion of NWS sponsored briefing for railroad represenatives. 

o Presentation concerning NWS made to the Pacific Northwest Waterways 

Association. 

Issue 4, November 1979 

o Announcement of four December public meetings on the NWS 

contractors' preliminary technical research finding. 

o Overview of past and planned public involvement activities. 

• Discussion of contractors interviews with Corps personnel nationwide 

in gathering technical information. 

o Announcement of January 1980 NWS Technical Workshops at Fort 

Belvoir. 

o Discussion of September 1979 meeting with environmental interests to 

review environmental components of NWS. 

o Notice of availability of Part 1 of "History of Commercial Waterways 

and Ports. of the United States," and Part 1 of "U.S. Waterways and 

Ports, a Chronology." 

o First announcement of April 1980 National Waterways Roundtable in 

Norfolk, Virginia. 

Issue 5, March 1980 

o Extensive discussion of four regional public meetings held in 

December. Topics of controversy and suggestions for further 

research which resulted from the meetings were highlighted. 

o An order form was provided for NWS maps, staff papers and revised 

version of "Trends in Water Commerce of the United States." 

o Announcement of availability of NWS Map 20, "Energy Movements by 

Water." 

1-26 
• . 

Issue 6, August 198u 

o Article discussing the eruption of Mount St. Helens and its impacts 

on Columbia River navigation with respect to NWS Defense and 

Emergency technical element. 

o Announcement of upcoming public meetings in September and November, 

1980. The topic of the September meeting was to present the 

contractors' findings on the "Evaluation of the Existing System." 

The topic announced for the November meeting was to present the . 

contractors' strategies to meet problems identified by the waterway 

system evaluation. 

o Order form for NWS 20-map sets and other study publications. 

o Question and answer section from public involvement activities, 

based on questions and comments submitted by public and responses by 

NWS contractors. Reviewed forecasts, research on shippers and 

carriers, capacity issues, strategies, environment and 

emergency/defense waterway issues. 

o Discussion of waterway science and technology meetings held during 

July 1980, concerning river training/channel design, lock design, 

dredging issues and navigation season extension. 

Issue 7, June 1981 

o Article on 

evaluation 

forecasts. 

strategies 

NWS as it nears completion. Results of forecasts, 

of the existing system, scenario and sensitivity 

Modifications, problems isolated and analyzed, 

and ultimate recommendations. 

o Availability notice of the "National Waterways Roundtable: 

Proceedings." Ordering procedures noted. 

o Discussion of November 1980 regional public meetings on the 

"Evaluation of Strategies." Issues raised by participants which led 

to forecast modifications were highlighted. 

o Announcement of final public meeting to present conclusions and 

preliminary recommendations scheduled for July 1981. 

o Order form for study materials, including technical element reports. 

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APPENDIX 2 

LIST OF ATTENDEES OR PREREGISTRANTS FOR 

NATIONAL WATERWAYS STUDY PUBLIC MEETINGS 

2-29 
NATIONAL WATERWAYS STUDY 

WORKSHOP ON PLANNING THE FUTURE OF THE WATERWAYS 

LIST OF ATTENDEES: ATLANTA, GA, 27-29 MARCH 1979 

• Anderson, David 

Data Resources, Inc. 

Anderson, George 

Western Railroad Association 

Barclay, Commander 

Military Traffic Mgmt. Command 

Barker, Bruce 

Division of Water Resources 

Illinois DOT 

Barschdorf, Milton 

Greenville, MS, Port Commission 

Behrhorst, Vernon 

Water Resources Congress 

Belcher, Doug 

USACE, South Atlantic Division 

Blelloch, R. Andrew 

Louis Berger & Associates, Inc. 

Botts, Mrs. Lea 

Great Lakes Basin Commission 

Brown, George 

Data Resources, Inc. 

Carey, W.N., Jr. 

Transportation Research Board 

Carruth, Gordon 

Georgia Dept. of Planning & Budgeting 

Chandler, Alan 

USACE, Ohio River Division 

Chase, Samuel 

USAGE, New Orleans District 

Churchw3rd, Victor 

A. T. Kearney, Inc. 

Clesceri, Dr. Nicholas L. 

Fresh Water Institute 

Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute 

Collins, Clarence 

Director of Emergency Transportation 

US DOT 

Cook, Harry 

National Waterways Conference 

Cook, Peter 

Louis Berger & Associates, Inc. 

Crook, Leonard 

Leonard Crook and Associates 

Crossan, Brook 

Louis Berger & Associates 

Daggett, Dr. Larry 

USACE, Waterways Experiment Station 

Denny, Pete 

USACE, Seattle District 

Derthick, Henry 

Division of Waterways and Rail 

Tennessee DOT 

Doran, Thomas 

USACE, Board of Engineers for 

Rivers and Harbors 

Dunn, Frank 

USACE, South Pacific Division 

Egan, John 

A. T. Kearney, Inc. 

Ellis, William H. N. 

Florida DOT 

Feinstein, Arthur . 

Louis Berger & Associates, Inc. 

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District 

Experiment Station 

Fitzgerald, Bob 

USACE, Vicksburg 

Ford, Alfred 

USACE, Waterways 

Fredrich, A. J. 

USACE, Institute for Water Resources 

French, Cpt. John D. 

HQ, US Coast Guard 

Gallaher, Dr.. Walter • 

USACE, Waterways Experiment Station 

Glanz, Christopher 

USACE, North Central Division 

Godwin, Bill 

USACE, Office of the Chief 

Gossard, William 

National Transportation 

Safety Board 

Haefner, Dr. Lonnie 

Department of Civil Engineering 

Washington Unversity 

Hasmonek, Joyce 

A. T. Kearney, Inc. 

• Hawnn, Arthur 

USACE, Office of the Chief 

Hebrich, Dr. John 

Center of Marine Resources 

Texas A & M Unversity 

Heimburger, Ronald 

A. T. Kearney, Inc. 

•Hochstein, Anotoly - 

Louis Berger & Associates, Inc. 

Hull, William 

Sea Island, GA 

Hutchinson, T. 

. U.S. Department of Agriculture 

Johnson, Edward 

Div. of Interindustry Analysis 

U.S. Bureau of Mines 

Johnson, Jim 

Water Resources Council 

Kaicher, Anthony 

USACE, North Atlantic Div. 

Keough, Pat 

USACE, Portland District 

Kissel, Lawrence 

USACE, Southwestern Division 

Lane, L. Lee 

Association of American 

Railroads 

Lawhun, D. E. 

USACE, Office of the Chief 

Levin, James 

A. T. Kearney, Inc. 

Lowry, Paul 

Bureau of Business and Economic Research 

Memphis State University 

MacGillivary, C. I. 

Planning and Research Division 

Iowa DOT 

MacLauchlin, Robert 

USACE, North Central Division 

Mallette, Frank 

USACE, Board of Engineers 

for Rivers and Harbors 

Mankus, Dick 

USACE, St. Louis District 

Margolin, Edward 

Chevy Chase, MD 

Martin, Philip A. 

Arkansas Dept. of Industrial Dev. 

McCann, John 

USACE, Board of Engineers for 

Rivers and Harbors 

2-32 
Sands, Samuel 

USACE, Board of Engineers for 

Rivers and Harbors 

McGown, Carole 

A. T. Kearney, Inc. 

Miller, Mark • 

A. T. Kearney, Inc. 

Miller, Richard L. 

Harry Lindberg School 

Morehouse, James 

A. Kearney, Inc. 

Nachtsheim, John J. 

Maritime Administration 

Newstrand, William 

Office of Multi-Modal Planning 

Minnesota DOT 

Norris, Jack, Jr.. 

USACE, Board of Engineers 

for Rivers and Harbors 

Ohnstad, Don 

Missouri River Basin Commission 

Olgeirson, J. W. 

Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company 

Pattison, David 

USACE, Ohio River Division 

Patton, Roger 

Louis Berger and Associates, Inc. 

Pletka, Robert 

USACE, Missouri River Div. 

Porterfield, Jim 

American Farm Bureau Federation 

Reitz David 

A. T. Kearney, Inc. 

Roberts, Ron 

USACE, Missouri River Div. 

Robinson, BG Hugh . 

USACE, Office of the Chief 

Schuessler, Robert 

Data Resources, Inc. 

Schuster, Neil 

American Waterway Operators 

Sharp, Frank 

USACE, Office of the Chief 

Shows, Jack 

USACE, Waterways Experiment 

Smith, Glenda 

USACE, Mobile District 

Smith, Michael 

A. T. Kearney, Inc. 

Smith, Ralph 

USACE, North Central Div. 

Stevenson, Walter 

Alabama Office of Planning and 

Federal Programs 

Thomas, Robert C. 

Regional Planning Engineers 

Vadlamani, Desh 

USACE, Memphis District 

Veatch, James 

U.S. Coast Guard 

Warnock, Dr. John 

Dept. of Biological Sciences 

Western Illinois University 

Waugh, Richard 

USACE, Board of Engineers for 

Rivers and Harbors 

Week, Thomas 

Louis Berger & Associates, Inc. 

Rosen, Stan 

USACE, Jacksonville District 

2-33 • 
Case, Edward 

U.S. DOT 

Greene, Ed 

Office of the Chief, USACE 

Halton, Linda C. 

Assn. of American Railroads 

Hawkins, Joseph 

Washington, D.C. 

Hawnn, Art 

WRSC, USACE 

Crawford, Mark 

National Press Building 

Washington, D.C. 

Creedy, John A. 

New York, NY 

' 

NATIONAL WATERWAYS STUDY 

' PUBLIC MEETING ON PRELIMINARY FINDINGS 

LIST OF UTENDEES, WASHINGTON, D.C., 11 DEC 1979 

Anderson, David 

Data Resources, Inc. 

Anderson, Robert H. 

Stanley Consultants, Inc. 

Richmond, VA 

Dempsey, Raymond 

Alexandria, VA 

Delli Priscoli, Dr. Jerry 

WRSC, USACE 

DeRemer, Craig, W. 

Armstrong, Armour Office of the Chief, USACE 

Maritime Administration 

Dietz, E. G. 

Belcher, Owen D. Union Carbide Corporation 

USAGE, S. Atlantic Div. 

Ford, Capt. Francis J., Jr. 

Blumenfeld, Michael U.S. Maritime Administration 

Asst. Sec. of the Army 

French, Capt. John D. 

BreakIron, Phil L. U.S. Coast Guard 

Alexandria, VA 

• Giaizi, Michael 

Carlson, Peter Washington, D.C. 

Washington, D.C. 

Goddin, Penny 

Caron, Jim Nat'l Assn. of Dredging Contractors 

U.S. Dept. of Agriculture 

Gump, Davie 

Cazalas, Robert P. Washington, D.C. 

Inland Waterway Weekly 

Hall, Gunnar 

Cook, Harry N. New York State DOT 

National Waterways Conference 

Crook, Leonard T. 

Leonard Crook and Associates Herald, Harry M. 

Pittsburgh, PA 

2-34 
Hesse, Richard J. 

Harza Consulting Engineers 

Hewitt, John L. 

AASTO 

Washington, D.C. 

Hoffnar, Ann 

Office of the Chief, USACE 

Hook, Mrs. F. 

Washington, D.C. 

Hull, William J. 

Sea Island, GA 

Jacobson, I. Bernard 

Booz-Allen and Hamilton 

Kapco, Norman G. 

Harrisburg, PA 

Kastens, Royal F. 

Washington, D.C. 

Kreiser, Janis L. 

U.S. Department of Energy 

Le Compte, J. H. 

Bethlehem, PA 

Lehman, Charles 

American Commercial Barge Line 

Lema, Joseph E. 

National Coal Association 

Lougee, Duane 

U.S. DOT 

Mallette, Frank 

BERH, USACE 

Moritz, Cdr. C. A. 

Office of-Coastal Zone Management 

NOAA 

Murphy, R.D. 

U.S. DOT 

Nachtsheim, John 

Maritime Administration 

Newton, James 

Washington, D.C. 

Nicholas, C. J. 

Silver Spring, MD 

Orr, Duane 

Port of Corpus Christi 

Paxson, David 

Association of American RR 

Rogers, Edward Lee . 

Office of ASA 

Rosapepe, James U. 

Maritime Administration 

Sanford, Robert 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Schuster, Neil 

American Waterway Operators 

Sherman, Rexford B. 

American Association of Port Authorities 

Tangerose, J. G. 

Consultant 

Teters, Robert 

Office of the Chief, USACE 

Tralka, Edward 

Maritime Administration 

Van Riper, Drew 

U.S. Coast Guard 

Waddell, Judy 

Bunge Corporation 

Waring, John A. 

Research Writer and Consultant 

Waters, Robert C. 

George Washington University 

Whitfield, Ed 

Washington, D.C. 

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PUBLIC MEETING ON PRELIMINARY FINDINGS 

LIST OF ATTENDEES, CHICAGO, IL, 12 DEC. 1979 

Anderson, George E. 

Western Railroad Association 

Anderson, Lowell E. 

Chicago, IL 

Avery, Ed 

Chicago, IL 

Behm,. A. L. 

USACE, North Central Div. 

Benson, Jeff 

Iowa D.O.T. 

Berg, Gerald 

Rochelle, IL 

Bauer, David R. 

Harza Engineering Co. 

Borek, Paul J. 

City of Chicago 

Braslan, David 

Minneapolis, MN 

Busking, Lawrence 

Chicago, IL 

Cordner, W. F. 

Standard Oil Company 

Doyle, Col. Verne L. 

USACE, North Central Division 

Gallo, Pat, P.E. 

Consulting Engineer 

Glanz, Christopher 

USACE, North Central Division 

Hanok, Max 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Johnson, James A. 

Illinois, DOT 

Karabatosos, Gus J. 

Omaha, NE 

Kennedy, Michael 

Madison, LUI 

Klotz, Mrs. Themis A. 

Glencoe, IL 

MacLauchlin, Robert M. 

USACE, North Central Division 

Ongley, Craig G. 

Iowa DOT, River Division 

Selleck, Col. C. A., Jr. 

USACE, Missouri River Div. 

Soyke, Paul 

USACE, Rock Island Dist. 

Stoerker, Holly 

Upper Miss. R. Basin Comm. 

Taylor, B.J. 

USACE, Chicago District 

Vellhradsky, John 

USACE, Omaha District 

Wolf, Norman B. 

Illinois D.O.T. 

Division of Water Resources 

Zuber, Steven 

Park Ridge, IL 

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PUBLIC MEETING ON PRELIMINARY FINDINGS 

LIST OF ATTENDEES, PORTLAND, OR, 14 DEC 1979 

Allen, Craig 

Portland, OR 

Bach, William 

Port of Portland 

Bernson, Becky 

Portland, OR 

Bertinchamps, Frank J. 

USACE, North Pacific Division 

Connell ?Col. T. J. 

USACE, Portland Dist. 

Cooml Robert 

Olympia, WA 

Ebert, Larry 

Eagle Creek, OR 

Fischer, Ted 0. 

Portland, OR 

Flaherty, Carolyn A. 

USACE, Portland Dist. 

Flowers, Capt. R. B. 

Vancouver, WA 

Fodrea, Jim 

USACE, North Pacific Division 

Giger, Richard D. 

Portland, OR 

Harman, Greg 

Jefferson, OR 

Hibbits, Darrell D. 

USACE, Portland District 

Hodges, John 

Portland, OR 

Huxtable, Frank 

Portland, OR 

Jacques, Alene 

Portland, OR 

Johnson, Delbert W. 

Portland, OR 

Keough, Pat 

USACE, Portland Dist. 

Kinney, Richard 

Tualatin, OR 

Klapper, Jeff 

Portland, OR 

Lanson, Kim W. 

Portland, OR 

Lee, Cathy 

Portland, OR 

Lindstrom, Steve 

Pacific N.W. Waterways Assn. 

Miller, R. M. 

Aloha, OR 

Moore, Pamela A. 

USACE, Portland Dist. 

Nisbett, D.L. 

Portland, OR 

Norris, Paul R. 

Oregon, D.O.T. 

Olson, Deb 

USACE, North Pacific Div. 

Pavitt-Ryan, Dawn 

Port of Portland 

Proctor, Karl 

Portland, OR 

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Ramatowski, Helen 

Vancouver, WA 

Riber, Jim 

Portland, OR 

Rinehart, Ginny 

USACE, Portland District 

Royer, Bob 

Oregon, DOT 

Scheel, Pion N. 

Vancouver, WA 

Shuee, Dan 

USACE, Portland District 

Simpson, David 

USACE, Portland District 

Simpson, L. J. 

USACE, North Pacific Division 

Smith, C. Walter 

the Dalles, OR 

Tuck, Nandranie S. 

USACE, Portland District 

Turnbull, Bill 

Redmond, WA 

Welling, Charles L. 

USACE, Alaska Dist. 

Winslow 

USACE, Portland Dist. 

Woodruff, Ed 

Vancouver, WA 

, Young, Cpt. R. E., Jr. 

Beaverton, OR 
NATIONAL WATERWAYS STUDY 

PUBLIC MEETING ON PRELIMINARY FINDINGS 

LIST OF ATTENDEES, NEW ORLEANS, LA, 18 DEC 1979 

Alost, Joseph A., III 

New Orleans, LA 

Andrus, Pierre S. 

USACE, New Orleans Dist. 

Arnoult, Charles 

New Orleans, LA 

Balfour, Sharon J. 

Baton Rouge, LA 

Barschdorf, Milton 

Greenville, MS 

Bates, John C. 

Baton Rouge, LA 

Behrhorst, Vernon 

Louisiana Intracoastal 

Seaway Association 

Breerwood, Gregory 

Metairie, LA 

Brown, David M. 

New Orleans, LA 

Chase, Samuel F., Jr. 

USACE, New Orleans Dist. 

Cliffe, Dan M. 

New Orleans, LA 

Constan, Nick 

USACE, New Orleans District 

Coombis, Jasper 

USACE, Albuquerque District 

Corbin, Joe 

USACE, Little Rock District 

Currie, Less 

USACE, Mobile District 

Deery, Brian P. 

Associated General 

Contractors of AMerica 

DeRemer, Craig, W. 

Office of the Chief, USACE 

Eberhardt, Betty Mae E. 

USACE, Ohio River Division 

Evans, William A., Jr. 

Gretna, LA 

Gilpin, Joann 

Austin, TX 

Golden, Lt. Paul C. 

U.S. Coast Guard 

Grallanza, Sam 

New Orleans, LA 

Harbourt, Merle 

New Orleans, LA 

Harrington, Thomas E., Jr. 

Belle Chasse, LA 

Hindiu, Cpt. E. B. 

New Orleans, LA 

Johnson, Karl 

USACE, New Orleans Dist. 

Jordan, Percy A. 

USACE, New Orleans Dist. 

Keenan, John B., Jr. 

New Orleans, LA 

Kissell, Lawrence 

USACE, Southwestern Div. 

Knox, Hugh H. 

Mobile, AL 

2-3.9 
Lyle, Don 

Westlake, LA 

McNemar, A. Jay 

Shell Oil Company 

Meyers, Daniel R., Jr. 

Metairie, LA 

Morley, Kevin J. 

Baton Rouge, LA 

Pearse, P. M. 

New Orleans, LA 

Philen, Diane 

South Dakota Dept. of 

Water Resources 

Prather, Larry J. 

USACE, New Orleans District 

Reeder, James M. 

Agri—Trans Corporation 

Rhodes, George H., Jr. 

USACE, Lower Mississippi 

Valley Division 

Roth, Col. Bernard 

USACE, Alburquerque District 

Seaman, Cmdr. T. L. 

U.S. Coast Guard 

Smith, Glenda C. 

USACE, Mobile District 

Sossaman, Bruce 

USACE, New Orleans District 

Trimble, Adm., Paul E. (Ret) 

Lake Carriers Association 
Goddin, Penny 

National Association of 

Dredging Contractors 

Goddier, J. L. 

Battelle Memorial Institute 

Halston, Linda C. 

Association of American Railroads 

Harm, D. H. 

Union Pacific Railroad 

Hodgdon, Harry E. 

The Wildlife Society 

Hutchinson, T. Q. 

US Dept. of Agriculture 

Johnson, Jim 

USACE, Office of the Chief 

Johnson, John S. 

Agri-Trans Corporation 

Johnson, Milton G. 

NOAA 

US Dept. of Commerce 

Keating, William J. 

National Grain and Feed 

Association 

Kurshaw, Jerry F. 

USACE 

Lisle, L. D. 

US Army Engineer School 

Lougee, Duane 

US DOT 

Lundstrom, Harry 

Construction Engineer 

NATIONAL WATERWAYS STUDY 

TECHNICAL WORKSHOPS ON PRELIMINARY FINDINGS 

LIST OF ATTENDEES, FORT BELVOIR, VA, 30 JANUARY 1980 

r., 

Anderson, George 

Western Railroad Association 

Ashmore, Stanley 

USACE, Rock Island Dist. 

Blackburn, John G., Jr. 

American Petroleum Institute 

Buonocore, Anna O. 

St. Lawrence Seaway Dev. Corp. 

USDOT 

Burke, Roger A. 

USACE, Mobile Dist. 

Bushnell, Robert C. 

Bushnell, Pearsal and Trozzo 

Cook, Kenneth 

Transportation Research Board 

Cordero, Joseph 

Mid Western Grain 

Corrigan, Richard L. 

American Consulting 

Engineering Council 

Crawley, Bob 

Faig, Earl 

Ohio River Company 

Feldsott, Steve 

Consad Research Corporation 

Forbes, Kenneth 

Maritime Administration 

Ford, CPT Francis J., Jr. 

US Maritime Administration 

French, CPT John D. 

OCE, HQ - USCG 

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Skie, Charles 

Ohio River Company 

Slott, Joe 

DRI 

Smith, Glenda 

USACE, Mobile District 

Soyke, Paul 

USACE, Rock Island District 

Sternlieb, Steve 

General Accounting Office 

Walton, Dr. Raymond R. 

Water Resources Engineers 

Waters, Robert C. 

George Washington Univ. 

Whittock, Palmer 

URS Madigan—Praeger 

' 

Luzwick, Richard 

Conti Carrier and Terminals 

Martino, Paul 

Ecology and Environ., Inc. 

Matthews, Reynold J. 

US Coast Guard 

McCleery, Martin 

St. Paul District 

McGinnis, MG (ret) Charles I. 

American Dredging Association 

McHugh, C. J. 

Shell Oil Co. 

McIntyre, CPT John 

Battelle Memorial Institute 

Meanor, John 

Newberger, Johnathan 

DRI 

Newton. J. A. 

Conrail Corp. 

Olander, Ron 

Dravo Corp. 

Paxson, David S. 

Assn. of American Railroads 

. Pearsall, Edward 

Bushnell, Pearsall & Trozzo 

Pierce, Phillip 

OCE 

Przelomski, Skip 

Office of Marine Transportation 

US DOT 

Reeder, James M. 

Agri—Trans Corp. 

Roemer, Art 

DOE 

Wilner, Frank 

Assn. of American Railroads 

Zimmer, Kathie Schear 

NRECA 
NATIONAL WATERWAYS STUDY 

PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF THE EXISTING SYSTEM 

LIST OF ATTENDEES, ARLINGTON, VA, 4 SEPTEMBER 1980 

Fetter, Robert P. 

Southern Railway System 

- 

Alexander, Tom J. 

US Maritime Administration 

Armstrong, Armour 

US Maritime Administration 

Bagley, David 

The Consulting Center, USA Inc. 

Barker, Bruce 

Illinois Div. of Water Resources 

Bobolubov, Helen 

American Consulting Engineers 

Council 

Bracken, Darcia 

US Maritime Administration 

Brister, William 

US Maritime Administration 

Case, Edward 

Office of the Secretary of 

Transportation 

Chambers, A. Michael 

US Patent Office 

Covinsky, Jeff 

SCNO Barge Lines 

Dolley, Scott 

National Wildlife Federation 

,Duffy, Tom 

Conti Carriers and Terminals 

Eastman, Samuel E., Pres. 

Economics Sciences Corp. 

Feldsott, Steve 

Consad Research Corp. 

Fields, C. H. 

American Farm Bureau 

Forbes, Paul 

New York State Dept. of Transp. 

Frank, Steven 

Maryland DOT 

Gawinski Michael J. 

Dravo Corp. 

Goddin, Penny 

National Association of Dredging 

Contractors 

Goodier, J. Leslie 

Battelle Northwest 

Harman, David 

South Carolina State Ports Auth. 

Hersrud, CPT Daniel J. 

US Coast Guard 

Hickman, William D. 

Engineer News Record 

Hung, Stephen C. 

St. Lawrence Seaway 

Development Corporation 

Johnson, Dr. Milton G. 

NOAA 

Keating, William J. 

National Grain and Feed Association 

Kelnhofer, Guy J., Jr. 

National Waterways Conference 

2-43 
Kursban, Jerry 

US Coast Guard 

Rector, David M. 

Energy and Environmental Branch 

Interstate Commerce Commission 

2-44 

Margolin, Edward 

Martin, Dr. John C. 

Booz, Allen and Hamilton 

Milder, Nelson 

NASA Headquarters 

Miller, Glen 

Conrail Corp. 

Muncy, Dorothy 

City Regional Planner 

and Technical Institute 

Murphey, Bob 

Office of Intermadal Trans. 

US DOT 

Mushovic, Paul 

Energy and Environ. Branch 

Interstate Commerce Commission 

McDonald, Douglas I. 

U.S. Water Resources Council 

McGinnis, MG Charles I. (Ret.) 

Fru-Con Corp. 

McHugh, John 

Morrison--Knudsen Co. 

McNemar, A.J. 

Shell Oil Company 

Nachtsheim, John J. 

U.S. Maritime Admin. 

Page, Richard P. 

US Coast Guard 

Peterson, T. R. 

Booker Associates 

Pitts, George T. 

Delmarva Water Transport 

Commission 

Romine, CMDR 

US Coast Guard 

Rosapepe, James 

Office of the Secretary of 

Transportation 

Ruiz, Charles 

ASA (CW) 

Schubert, Rear Adm. Fredrick P. 

U.S. Dept. of Trans. 

Schultz, Virgil L. 

Bean Dredging Corp. 

Seely, Jim 

U.S. Dept. of Energy 

Siclari, Robert 

Battelle Northwest 

Stoerker, Holly 

Upper Mississippi River 

Basin Commission 

Veatch, James 

U.S. Coast Guard 

Vogel, Herbert D. 

H.D.V. Associates 

Waddel, Judy 

Bunge Corporation 

Whipple, Howard 

Maritime Administration 

White, George 

Ohio River Basin Commission 

Whitlock Norb 

American Waterways Operators 

Wolfe, K. Eric 

Assn. of American Railroads 

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PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF THE EXISTING SYSTEM 

AND STRATEGIES FOR ACTION 

LIST OF ATTENDEES, ARLINGTON, VA, 13 NOVEMBER 1980 

Alexander, Tom J. 

Dept. of Energy 

Angell, Gordon 

Maritime Administration 

Armstrong, Armour 

Maritime Admin. 

Ayres, Joe 

American Farm Bureau Fed. 

Baldwin, Peter 

Assoc. of American Railroads 

Barker, Bruce 

Illinois DOT 

Barley, David 

Office of State Planning 

and Federal Programs 

Beachler, Ed 

Port Aughority of Pittsburg 

Belcher, Owen D. 

USACE, South Atlantic Division 

Bond, Thomas J. 

US Fish & Wildlife Service 

Brown, Samuel J. 

Johns Hopkins University 

Brunsell, Joyce 

Office of the Chief of 

Engineers, USACE 

Bryan, Don 

Penns. DOT 

Canvin, CPT George A. 

Sandy Hook Pilots 

Case, Edward 

US DOT 

Cass, James R., Jr. 

James C. Buckley, Inc. 

Conrad, Ardts 

US Dept. of Agriculture 

Crowe, Debra 

St. Lawrence Seaway 

Development Corporation 

Davies, Edward H. 

Office of Operations 

OCE, USACE 

Dexter, K. T. 

National Association of 

Dredging Contractors 

Dietz, E. G. 

Union Carbide Corporation 

Donahue, Marla 

Council of American Flag 

Ship Operators 

Egan, John 

A. T. Kearney, Inc. 

Fetter, Robert P. 

Southern Railway System 

Frank, Stephen 

Maryland DOT, Planning Div. 

Freeman, Raymond L. 

American Soc. of Landscape 

Architects 

Gearhart, James E. 

National Ocean Survey, NOAA 

2-45 
Johnson, Jim 

Office of the Chief of 

Engineers, USACE 

Murray, CPT Joseph A. 

New Jersey Sandy Hook Pilot Commission 

Koch, DuWayne 

Office of the Chief of ' 

Engineers, USACE 

Kepler, Paul 

US Dept. of Agriculture Russell, Randolph 

American Road & Transporation 

Builders Association 

Sands, Samuel E. 

BERH, USACE 

Kozlowski, Jim 

National Recreation and 

Parks Association 

Saul, Richard 

Transportation Institute 

Goddin, Penny _ _ _ _ _ Lambert, D. R. 

Exxon Company, USA 

Hanchey, James R. 

Institute for Water Resources 

Harman, Dave 

SC State Ports Authority Lewis, Lynn M. 

US Fish & Wildlife Service 

American Assoc. of Port. Auth. 

Lehman, Charles F. 

American Commercial Barge 

Line Company 

Hawnn, Arthur F. 

Institute for Water Resources 

Helfand, Glori? 

Defense Council, Inc. 

Hesse, Richard J. 

Consulting Engineers 

Hibbard, Thomas H. 

Office of the Assistant 

Secretary of the Army 

Hunter, Thomas C., Jr. 

Law Engineering Testing Company 

Lougee, Duane 

US DOT 

McGinnis, Charles I. 

Fru-Con Corporation 

Miller, G. R. 

Consolidated Rail Corporation 

Morehouse, James E. 

A. T. Kearney, Inc. 

Mpras, Nick 

US DOT 

Janeiro, Max R., Jr. Muckece, Archie 

Michael Baker, Jr., Inc. US Coast Guard 

Randall, Kenneth S. 

Keller, Peter Maritime Administration 

Citicorp 

Reitz, David 

Kelnhofer, Guy J., Jr. A. T. Kearney, Inc. 

National Waterways 

Conference, Inc. Robertson, COL George R. 

Office of the Chief of Engineers, 

Kern, BG Richard S. USACE 

Office of the Chief 

of Engineers, USACE Roche, CPT Richard S. 

New York Sandy Hook Pilots Assn. 

2-46 
Schultz, Richard L. 

Tera Corporation 

Schuster, Neil 

American Waterways Operators 

Simmons, Malcolm 

Congressional Research Service 

Sleeper, Paul F. 

Exxon Company, USA 

Sliter, J. Thomas 

US Senate Budget Committee 

Snead, Jim 

Citicorp 

Thompson, Katherine S. 

Office of the Chief of 

Engineers, USACE 

Thompson, Steven 

Congressional Research Service 

Tralka, Edward F. 

Maritime Administration 

Vale, Stanley 

Pennsylvania DOT 

Veatch, James F. 

US Coast Guard 

Waddell, Judy 

Bunge Corp. 

White, Richard H. 

Title XI, Maritime Admin. 

Willgers, George F. 

DOT 

Wilkinson, Cyndy 

Coast Guard Subcommittee 

Wolfe, K. Eric 

Association of American Railroads 
4., 

NATIONAL WATERWAYS STUDY 

PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF THE EXISTING SYSTEM 

AND STRATEGIES FOR ACTION 

LIST OF PREREGISTRANTS, ST. LOUIS MO, 18 NOVEMBER 1980 

Anderson, George E. 

Western Railroad Association 

Arnold, Robert 

Minnesota Water Planning Board 

Barker, Bruce 

Illinois DOT 

Bensinger, Rick 

G.W. Gladders Towing Co. 

Burnett, Jr., John E. 

The Valle Line Co. 

Carter, Lee 

Registered Professional Engineer 

Clodfelter, Charles A. 

SCNO Barge Lines, Inc. 

Crawley, Robert E. 

Sverdrup and Parcel Assoc. Inc. 

Dare, Charles E. 

University of Missouri-Rolla 

Falhart, B. J. 

U.S. Coast Guard 

Franco, Chuck 

USACE, St. Louis Dist. 

Geho, Ralph W. 

Missouri Dept. of Highways and 

Public Transportation 

Goding, George S. 

NILO Barge Line, Inc. 

Goodwin, Robert G., Jr. 

American Waterway Operators, Inc. 

Grand, Gary 

Wisconsin Barge Line, Inc. 

Hoffmeister, Kent E. 

St. Louis Ship Division 

Pott Industries, Inc. 

Hunter, Robert N. 

Missouri Highway and Transportation 

Commission 

Jensen, Paul 

Espey, Huston and Associates, Inc. 

Jester, Guy E. 

J.S. Alberici Construction Company 

Johnson, John S. 

Agri-Trans Corporation 

Kellow, James H. 

Louisvile and Jefferson 

County Riverport 

Kennedy, Stephen 

Community Development Agency 

City of St. Louis 

Lay, Jim E. 

Oklahoma Department of 

Industrial Development 

Leeker, Don 

Consolidated Grain and Barge 

Linton, William E. 

Granite City Steel 

MarGraff, Howard D. 

St. Louis Terminals Corporation 

Markus, Howard 

Missouri Department of Natural 

Resources 

2-48 
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Masters, Sam 

Missouri Dept. of Highways 

and Public Trans. 

McFarland, Rollard W. 

Sverdrup, Parcel and Associates 

McNemar, A. J. 

Shell Oil Co. 

Moody, Randy 

State of Nebraska, Missouri 

River Marketing Office 

Morris, Charles D. 

University of Missouri--Rolla 

Munger, Paul R. 

University of Missouri--Rolla 

Authority 

Norman, Charles J., III 

Norman Brothers, Inc. 

Nutter, James H., Jr. 

Kentucky Port and River 

O'Berney, Larry 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

Orr, Duane 

Port of Corpus Christi 

Parsonage, N. Jeffery 

Marine Equipment Management Corp. 

Phillips, James H. 

Arkansas Waterways Commission 

Poe, CPT. E. A. 

NILO Barge Lines 

Reeble, Stanley L. 

Kaskaskia Region Port Dist. 

Roseman, W. W. 

NILO Barge Lines 

Schulte, Fred W. 

DRAVO Corporation 

Skie, Chuck 

Ohio River Company 

Smith, Roger H. 

University of Missouri-Rolla 

Stevens, Glendon T., Jr. 

University of Missouri--Rolla 

Stuart, R. L. 

Monsanto Company 

Swift, James V. 

The Waterways Journal 

Tolliver, Jerry 

Kentucky DOT 

Twyman, W. F. 

City of St. Louis, 

Port Authority 

Weidemann, Wayne 

Bi-State Development Agency 

Weiss, Gordon E. 

University of Missouri--Rolla 

Wiseman, Clyde H., Jr. 

St. Louis Regional Commerce 

and Growth Association 

Yates, William J. 

City of St. Louis Port Authority 

2-49 
Bach, William 

Port of Portland 

Hutchinson, Bill 

Pacific Northwest River Basins Commission 

Hopman, Robert J. 

USACE, North Pacific Division Zelenka, Tom 

NATIONAL WATERWAYS STUDY 

PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF THE EXISTING SYSTEM 

AND STRATEGIES FOR ACTION 

LIST OF PREREGISTRANTS, PORTLAND, OR 19 NOVEMBER 1980 

Bertinchamps, Frank J. Johnson, Jim 

USACE, North Pacific Div. Office of the Chief, USACE 

Brugo, Mary Logan, CPT Bruce J. 

Port of Portland Columbia River Pilots 

Malloch, Donald P. 

Charlton, David B. Washington State DOT 

MEI-Charlton Inc. 

Norris, Paul R. 

Crosby, COL Robert L. Oredon DOT 

USACE, North Pacific Div. 

Nothraft, Walter J. 

Ellis, Edmund G. Seattle University 

Cascade Shipping Co. 

Ellison, Jim 

Izaak Walton League of America 

Forsbert, Brent O. 

Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife 

Quan, Edison L. 

Oregon Department of 

Environmental Quality 

Rose, Christine 

• Oregon Department of 

Environmental Quality 

Ruff, James D. 

Gorini, Richard F. Oregon Water Resources Dept. 

Port of Vancouver, WA 

Greiner, CPT J. K., Jr. 

Coast Guard Marine Safety Office 

Shelton, Floyd 

Oregon Department of 

Economic Development 

Tyrpak, Alex 

Hemingway, John W. Port of Vancouver, WA 

Port of Klickitat County 

Warden, Virgil 

Hendrickson, Larry Port of Longview, WA 

Port of Skamina County 

Van Deene, Gerry 

Swan Wooster Engineering, Inc. 

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NATIONAL WATERWAYS STUDY 

PRESENTATION ON FINAL REPORT 

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 

LIST OF ATTENDEES, ARLINGTON, VA, 21 JULY 1981 

Anderson, A. L. 

Anderson, George E. 

Western Railroad Association 

Aultfather 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

Baldwin, Peter A. 

Association of American Railroads 

Barker, Bruce 

Illinois DOT 

Berhorst, Vernon 

Louisiana Intracoastal Seaway Assn 

Belcher; Owen D. 

USACE, South Atlantic Division 

Bond, Thomas J. 

US Fish and Wildlife Service 

Boyd, Robert D. 

National Waterways Conference 

Brunsell, Joyce 

USACE, Office Chief of Engineers 

Chandler, Alan 

USACE, Ohio River Division 

Churchward, Victor 

A. T. Kearney, Inc. 

Cook,.Harry N. 

National Waterways Conference 

Corbino, Constance 

American Consulting Engineers Council 

Crowe, Debra 

St. Lawrence Seaway 

Development Corporation 

Davis, George H. 

Consultant 

Dietz, Ed 

Union Carbide Corporation 

Dixon, Carl D. 

Kentucky Department of Energy 

Eastman, Samuel Ewer 

Economic Sciences Corporation 

Egan, John W. 

A. T. Kearney, Inc. 

Eichel, Kathleen 

Economic Sciences Corporation 

- Franklin, Richard A. 

Cook, Purcell, Hansen and Henderson 

Hall, Gunnar 

New York State DOT 

• Hasmonek, Joyce 

A. T. Kearney, Inc. 

Hobson, Ivan L. 

USACE, Southwestern Division 

Hodgdon, Harry E. 

The Wildlife Society 

Hunn, David 

US Coast Guard 

Ingersoll, David L. 

US Water Resources Council 

Isely, Ed 

A. T. Kearney, Inc. 

Jackson, Janice C. 

US Coast Guard 

25.1 
MacLauchlin, Robert 

USACE, North Central Division 

Mackwell, •Arthur M. 

Phibra Corporation Rhodes, George 

USACE, Lower Mississippi 

Valley Division 

Mpras, Nick 

US Coast Guard 

Simmers, Darlene A. 

National Association of 

Dredging Contractors 

Johnson, Jim Orr, Duane 

USACE, Office of the Chief Port of Corpus Christi 

Kelnhofer, Guy Osterhoudt, Frank 

National Waterways Conference, Inc. •US Department of Energy 

Kinzeler, C. William Pearsall, Edward 

Ohio Valley Improvement Assn. Bushnell, Pearsall & Trozzo 

Kissell, Larry Phillips, James H. 

USACE, Southwestern Division Arkansas Waterway Commission 

Lambert, Doug Pierce, Phillip 

USACE, Office of the Chief 

Lehman, Charles 

American Commercial Barge Line Puettmann, Scott H. 

SCNO Barge Lines 

Lennox, Cheryl 

Ohio River Corporation Rasgus, Jan 

USACE, Office of the Chief 

Lindstrom, S. R. 

Pacific Northwest Waterways Association Revis, Paul N. 

USACE, Little Rock District 

Schad, Ted 

Malone, David W. National Academy of Sciences 

The American University 

Schultz, Richard L. 

• Matzzie, Dr. D. Consultant 

Consad Research Corporation 

Schuster, Neil 

McHugh, Charles J. The American Waterways Operators 

Shell Oil Company 

Shwartz, Tom 

Miller, Glenn R. Office of Rep. Bill Chappell 

Conrail Corporation 

Scott, Larry 

Morehouse, James USACE, Office of the Chief 

A. T. Kearney, Inc. 

Murphy, Robert D. Simmons, Malcolm 

US DOT Library of Congress 

Nachtsheim, John J. Smith, Janet M. 

National Academy of Sciences US Fish & Wildlife Service 

2-52 
Smith, Mark L. 

Missouri Pacific Railroads 

Stout, Glenn E. 

Water Resources Center 

University of Illinois 

Sverdloff, Carl 

US DOT 

Totten, Max 

Chemical Manufacturers Union 

Tralka, Edward 

US Maritime Administration 

Trimble, Adm. Paul E. (Ret.) 

President, Lake Carriers Association 

Vale, Stan L. 

Pennsylvania DOT 

Veatch, James F. 

US Coast Guard 

Velsmid, Helen 

Royal Volker Stevin 

Waters, Robert C. 

George Washington University 

Wilkie, George T. 

Sverdrup, Parcel and Associates 

Wolf, Eric 

Association of American Railroads 
APPENDIX 3 

BRIEFING FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITY 

Invitation • 

Agenda 

Attendees 

Summary of the Briefing 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 

INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESOURCES. CORPS OF ENGINEERS 

KINGMAN BUILDING 

FORT BELVOIR, VIRGINIA 22060 

REPLY TO 

ATTENTION On 

IWR 13 August 1979 

Dear 

The Congress has directed the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to undertake 

a national level study of the nation's waterway transportation system. 

This study, the National Waterways Study (NWS), needs your views on the 

important environmental issues related to the navigation system. To 

obtain these views you or your designated representatives are invited to 

• attend an informal meeting to be held on 19 September 1979, at 9:00 a.m. 

in the Hearing Room of the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, 

Kingman Building, Ft. Belvoir, Virginia. 

Responsibility for conducting the National Waterways Study has been 

assigned to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Institute for Water 

Resources. The Corps is being assisted by several experienced 

consulting firms: A. T. Kearney, Inc., Louis Berger and Associates, 

Inc., and Data Resources, Inc. The Corps-Contractor study team will 

assess the impacts of changes in traffic volume, methods of operations, 

new technologies, and physical changes in the system. Part of the study 

will describe the effects that navigation has and could be expected to 

have on the environment. 

Full use will be made of the extensive body of environmental information existing within the Corps, other agencies and private organizations. Your assistance will be important to insure that we do not 

overlook any important environmental issues or sources of information. 

To assist you in preparing for the meeting I. have inclosed an agenda, 

a brief description of the overall project, the current statement of 

study objectives, and a recent National Waterways Study Bulletin. The 

inclosed map will assist you in finding the Kingman Building. 

Invitations have been extended to known environmentally concerned 

individuals and organizations. To insure that we have adequate space, 

we would like to have your response about attendance on the inclosed 

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GUSTINE J. FREDRICH .c1) 

irector 

IWR 13 August 1979 

post card by 4 September 1979. Please include the names, addresses and 

phone numbers of people who will attend. 

We are looking forward 

questions, please call 

Manager,Mrs. Arlene L. 

to meeting with you. Should you have any 

me at (202) 325-7422 or the NWS Study 

Dietz at (202) 325-7141. 

Sincerely yours, 

5 Incl - 

I. Agenda 

2. NWS Brochure 

3. Study Objectives 

4. NUS Study Bulletin 

5. Direction Map 

6. Return Post Card 

2 

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NATIONAL WATERWAYS STUDY 

Environmental Meeting 

19 September 1979 

Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors Hearing Room 

Kingman Building, Fort Belvoir, Virginia 

AGENDA 

Opening Remarks 

0910 Overview of National 

Waterways Study (NWS) 

0935 Discussion of Environmental Aspects of the 

Study 

1010 • Coffee Break

1030 Questions and Comments 

1200 Conclusions 

BC Hugh G. Robinson 

Deputy Director of Civil Works 

National Waterways Study Director 

Office of the Chief of Engineers 

Arlene L. Dietz 

NWS Study Manager 

Thomas E. Odle • 

NWS Environmental Element Manager 

Thomas L. Weck . 

Vice President 

Louis Berger and Associates 

Participants 

Thomas E. Odle 

0900 

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NATIONAL WATERWAYS STUDY 

Environmental Meeting Attendees 

19 September 1979 

Boone, LTC George F. 

Office of the Chief of Engineers 

Byrd, L. G. 

Am. Soc. of Civil Engineers 

Clark, Curtis 

Office of the Chief of Engineers 

Clesceri, Dr. Nicholas J. 

Rennselear Polytechnic Institute 

Costanzo, COL A. C. 

Office of the Chief of Engineers 

Dunn, Major Ken 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Duscha, Lloyd A. 

Office of the Chief of Engineers 

Godin, Penny 

National Assn. of Dredging 

Contractors 

Meyer, Eric L. 

U.S. Geological Survey 

Morgan, W. C. 

Materials Transportation Bureau 

Olander, Ronald C. 

Dravo Corporation 

Paige, Harvey C. 

Maritime Trans. Research Board 

Peterson, Donald J. 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

Pullen, Edward J. 

Coastal Engineering Research Center 

Riedel, Bill 

U.S. Coast Guard 

Hines, CMD S. H. 

Department of Transportation 

Hodgdon, Harry 

The Wildlife Society 

Keller, Dan 

Bethesda, MD 

Martin, Bob 

American Fisheries Society 

McCann, J. M., Jr. 

Board of Engineers for Rivers and 

Harbors 

McLindon, Dean Gerald 

Louisiana State University 

Meyer, Christopher . 

National Wildlife Federation 

Rogers, Lee 

Deputy Asst. Secretary for 

Civil Works, Dept. of the Army 

Sather, Dr. J. Henry 

Western Illinois University 

Schuster, Neil D. 

American Waterways Operators 

Shank, William 

.American Canal Society 

Smith, Jack 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Steinman, George 

Maritime Administration 

Tralka, Edward 

Maritime Administration 

Verstraete, Jerry 

Heritage Cons. Resources Service 

Robinson, BC Hugh G. 

Office of the Chief of Engineers 

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MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD 

SUBJECT: Summary of Environmental Meeting, 19 September 1979 

1. This meeting was conducted as a key component of the National Waterways 

Study's (NWS) Public Participation Program. It's purpose was to: 

a. brief the environment-oriented public sector on NWS emphasizing 

environmental aspects and 

b. to gain input and guidance from that sector on the relationship and 

interaction of waterway usage and environmental concerns. 

2. Speakers included: 

a. BG Hugh Robinson, NWS Study Director, OCE, 

b. Arlene L. Dietz, NWS Study Manager, IWR, 

c. Tom Weck, Environmental Aspects Element Leader, Louis Berger and 

Associates (LBA), and 

d. Tom Odle, Environmental Aspects Element Manager, BERH. 

3. BG Robinson emphasized the need eb plan for a first class waterway system 

by concentrating on the reduction or elimination of bottlenecks in the waterway system. 

4. Arlene Dietz presented an overview of NWS objectives, scope, needs identification, and strategy development, study elements and schedule, and 

expected products. She stressed that study output will be in the form of 

sets of management and/or policy decisions appropriate to alternative scenarios. The decisions would be categorized as follows: 

a. Maintenance Management Decisions 

b. Operational Management Decisions 

c. Capital Investment Management Program - 

d. Management and Policy (budgetary) 

e. Institutional and Regulatory 

f. Legal and Authority 

5. Tom Weck discussed the environmental aspects component of relS. 

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SUBJECT: Summary of Environmental Meeting, 19 September 1979 

He covered the purpose and objectives of this component stressing the environmental analysis and impacts evaluation, integration with other components, and recent activities in the environmental component. 

6. Tom Odle discussed the type of NWS output expected. He said that study 

findings pending various scenarios would be made by NWS staff and contractors. 

The findings would then be passed to OCE for refinement in terms of the relative likelihood of NWS suggested alternative strategies expected to occur 

given the specific scenarios. OCE then would forward its conclusions to 

Secretary of Army who would then submit recommendations to Congress. Those 

recommendations are expected to be in the form of: 

a. recommendations for feasibility and special studies, and 

b. recommendations for review of operations and maintenance practices, 

policies, and procedures. 

7. NWS is not expected to result in direct construction recommendations, 

overlap details of on-going studies or directly recommend modifications 

in Corps of Engineers guidelines. 

8. A question and answer forum followed the formal presentations. One of 

the major areas of inquiry regarded NWS coordination with other groups and 

studies in many study areas including: 

a. requests for data input to NWS, and 

b. participation of other groups in environmental impacts ranking, 

scenario development, element integration, draft deliverables and reports 

review, and strategy evaluation matrix development. 

9. The most opportune time for input to the Environmental Aspects development would be by the end of October. Scenarios (once drawn up) and 

evaluation matrices review can be arranged in small meetings for interested 

groups. There is insufficient time in the review process to allow for 

interagency review of draft scenarios except through the NWS Steering 

Committee. 

10. The multimddal aspects of the study were discussed in terms of the degree 

to which NWS would address modal comparison, whether an optimum modal split 

would be recommended, and integration of multimodal aspects throughout the 

the NWS. The involvement of other modes including possible modal splits will 

be addressed under various sets of assumption (per scenario) and will be 

integrated through all appropriate NWS elements. 

11. Examination of the environmental impacts of strategies under the various 

scenarios was discussed in terms of level of detail of impact assessment and 

evaluation and the procedure for impacts ranking. The level of study detail 

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SUBJECT: Summary of Environmental Meeting, 19 September 1979 

12. The subject of an ultimate Environmental Statement (ES) for NWS was 

discussed. No formal ES is planned for NWS since no project level 

recommendations will emerge from NWS and all environmental aspects are 

to be handled within the framework of the study itself. Should the processing of the study findings lead to recommendations for feasibility 

and special studies, ES's would be appropriate for those studies at that 

time. 

13. Other areas of discussion included: 

a. NWS Data in terms of distribution process and completness, 

b. Sediment transport, 

c. Array of alternatives strategies, 

d. Conclusions, 

e. Approach to capability analysis, 

f. Water supply, 

g. Cumulative effects of Corps projects on the environment, and 

h. Use of mathematical environmental impact modeling. 

EDWARD H. DAVIES 

Civil Engineer 

National Waterways Study 

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APPENDIX 4 

Presentations Before Other Organizations 

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Host Organization and Event Date Location 

EXHIBIT 4 

PRINCIPAL BRIEFINGS BY IWR STAFF ON THE NATIONAL WATERWAYS STUDY 

BEFORE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS 

Propeller Club's Joint Conference Panel on "The 

Government's Role in Water Transportation." 

American Waterways Operators 

Coal Outlook Conference, "Mine to Market" 

National Waterways Conference, "Waterways and 

Public Policy: Adapting to New Realities" 

Briefing for Representatives of the Ministry 

of Communications, People's Republic of China 

National Energy Transportation Study 

Technical Society of Knoxville 

US DOT "User Charge Study" 

Pacific Northwest Waterways Association, 

Annual Meeting 

Society for Military Engineers, Fort Belvoir 

Chapter 

National Waterways Conference 

Transportation Research Board, Inland Waterways 

Section; Semi-Annual Meeting 

Upper Mississippi River Basin Commission 

Transportation Research Forum, Annual Meeting 

National Dredging Meeting 

Inter-Agency Coal Export Task Force, 

Briefings for Foreign Delegations 

American Water Resources Association, 

Washington, DC Chapter 

Briefing for the Ambassador of Colombia 

June 78 

August 78 

August 78 

Sept 78 

October 78 

Dec 78 

January 79 

March 79 

June 79 

July 79 

Sept 79 

Sept 79 

multiple 

occasions 

Dec 79 

Winter/ 

Spring 80 

May 80 

June 80 

Louisville, Ky 

Jackson, MS 

Lexington, KY 

Birmingham, AL 

Washington, DC 

Washington, DC 

Knoxville, TN 

Washington, DC 

Richland, WA' 

Ft. Belvoir, VA 

Nashville, TN 

Washington, DC 

Minneapolis, MN 

Norfolk, VA 

Washington, DC 

Washington, DC 

Washington, DC 

October 79 Chicago, IL 

4-6 7 
June 80 

June 80 

June 80 

June 80 

August 80 

August 80 

Sept 80 

October 80 

October 80 

October 80 

October 80 

Nov 80 

Nov 80 

January 81 

January 81 

March 81 

April 81 

May 81 

June 81 

Washington, DC 

Cincinnati, OH 

Washington, DC 

Blacksburg, VA 

Rolla, MO 

Norfolk, VA 

Tulsa, OK. 

 Knoxville, TN 

Philadelphia, 

PA 

Columbus, OH 

Hollywood, FL 

College 

Station, TX 

Las Vegas, NV 

Washington, DC 

Washington, DC 

Little Rock, AR 

Washington, DC 

Norfolk, VA 

Washington, DC 

July 81 Washington, DC 

August 81 Ft. Belvoir, VA 

August 81 

August 81 

Sept. 81 

Ft. Belvoir, VA 

Norfolk, VA 

St. Louis, MO 

Federal Railroad Administration 

Transportation Research Board, National Meeting 

Society of American Military Engineers 

National Dredging Symposium 

Transportation Research Board 

Dredging Technology in 1980 

National Waterways Conference 

Tennessee Valley Authority 

Transportation Research Forum, "Inland 

Waterways Planning and Management" 

American Waterways Operators, Inc. 

American Society of Civil Engineers 

Dredging Conference 

State Highway and Transportation Officials 

Transportation Research Board 

National Waterways Rountable 

Arkansas Navigation Conference 

US Department of Agriculture 

National Dredging Meeting 

Briefing for Officials from the People's 

Republic of China 

Staff Briefing, Senate Subcommittee on Water 

Resources 

Review of NWS Recommended Plan with NCD 

Review of NWS Recommended Plan with SWD 

Dredging Convention 

Water Resources Conference 

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U.S. Naval Academy Symposium 

Society of American Military Engineers 

Society of American Military Engineers 

American Society of Civil Engineers 

American Assn. of State Highway and 

Transportation Officials 

Dredging Conference 

Transportation Research Forum 

Transportation Research Board 

Inland Rivers, Ports and Terminals 

Propeller Club of the U.S. 

October 81 Annapolis, MD' 

October 81 Pittsburg, PA 

October 81 Chicago, IL 

October 81 St. Louis, MO 

October 81 Chicago, IL 

Nov 81 New Orleans, LA 

Nov 81 Washington, DC 

January 82 Washington, DC 

March 82 Pine Bluff, AK 

June 82 Nashville, TN 
APPENDIX 5 

NWS PUBLICATIONS 
Appendix 5 

NWS PUBLICATIONS 

A variety of study publications and draft technical reports have been 

distributed to interested organizations and individuals. The availability of 

these materials was noted in NWS Information Bulletins and in handouts at the 

various open public meetings. 

The materials made available to the public include: 

1. NWS Plan of Study 

2. NWS 24—map series "Waterway System and Commodity Movement Maps" 

3. NWS Abridged Workplan 

4. General pamphlets and brochures 

5. NWS Histories: 

a. History of Commercial Waterways and Ports of the United States; 

Volume 1: From Settlement to Completion of the Erie Canal, by 

Robert W. Harrison. 

b. The United States Waterways and Ports: A Chronology; Volume 1, 

1541-1871; by Robert W. Harrison. 

c. The Evolution of Vessels Engaged in the Waterborne Commerce of 

the United States, by Robert Taggert. 

d. Western Tributaries of the Mississippi, by D. Clayton Brown. 

e. History of Great Lakes Navigation, by John W. Larson. 

f. History of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, by Lynn M. Alperin. 

g. History of Navigation and Navigation Improvements on the Pacific 

Coast, by Anthony Turhollow, Benjamin F. Gilbert, and K. Jack 

Bauer. 

h. A History of Transportation on the Upper Mississippi and Illinois 

Rivers, by Roald D. Tweet. 

i. A History of the Waterways of the Atlantic Coast of the United 

States, by Aubrey Parkman. 

j. A History of Navigation on the Lower Mississippi River, by Floyd 

M. Clay. 

k. A History of Navigation in the Ohio River Basin, by Michael C. 

Robinson. 

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6. Trends in Waterborne Commerce of the United States, 1947-1979. 

7. Reports of NWS Technical Elements (draft reports distributed by 

IWR and final reports available through NTIS): 

a. Traffic Forecasting Methodology 

b. Commercial Water Transportation Users 

c. Overview of the Transportation Industry 

d. Review of National Defense, Emergency and Safety Issues Affecting 

the Waterways 

e. Analysis of Navigation Relationships to Other Water Uses 

f. Waterway Science and Technology 

g. Engineering Analysis of Waterways Systems 

h. Evaluation of the Present Navigation System 

i. Evaluation of Alternative Future Strategies for Action 

j. Analysis of Environmental Aspects of Waterways Navigation 

k. Findings and Conclusions 

8. Summary Documents for NWS Public Meetings: 

a. Preliminary Evaluation of the Existing Waterway System, September 

1980. 

b. Preliminary Evaluation of the Existing Waterway System and 

Strategies for Action, November 1980. 

c. NWS Preliminary Staff Conclusions and Recommended Plan, Summary 

Document, July 1981. 

d. Speeches presented and meeting summary, NWS Public Meeting, July 

1981. 

9. National Waterways Study Fact Sheets: October 1980, April 1981, and 

June 1982. 

10. National Waterways Roundtable, Papers and Proceedings, April 1980. 

(Available from the U.S. Government Printing Office.) 

Most of these materials have been distributed on request to interested 

organizations and individuals. In many instances the NWS maps and literature 

have proved to be valuable tools for individuals doing waterway related 

research, investment planning, transportation and marketing research, as well 

as a host of other activities. 

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The MWS final report A Framework for Decision Making, along with a 

summary document, the map set, history volumes, roundtable proceedings and 

final technical element reports, are available to the public by ordering 

through NTIS or the U.S. Government Printing Office. 
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AND PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT Final 

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7. AUTHOR(a) S. CONTRACT OR GRANT NUMBER(a) 

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IS. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES 

Documentation of the National Waterways Study program of Corps, Interagency and 

Public Involvement. The study was authorized by Congress in Section 158 of the 

Water Resources Development Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-587). 

19. KEY WORDS (Continue on remorse aide if necessary end identify by block number) 

US Army Corps of Engineers, coordinators, meetings, interviews, steering 

committee, interagency and public. 

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This publication briefly discusses the philosophy of public involvement - -Corps, 

interagency and general public - -throughout the term of the National Waterways 

Study, 1977-1982, and documents the nature of that involvement. Each meeting 

is identified and in the case of public meetings attendees are listed. The 

publications distributed to the public are also listed. 

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