# WASHINGTON - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Releases Work Plan for Fiscal Year 2016 Civil Works Appropriations

**Washington (February 9,2016)** - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) yesterday delivered toCongress its Fiscal Year 2016 (FY 2016) work plan for the Army Civil Worksprogram.

On December 18, 2015,President Obama signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016,Public Law 114-113, of which Division D is the Energy and Water Development andRelated Agencies Appropriations Act (the Act) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2016.  The Act provides $5.989 billion in FY 2016appropriations for the Army Civil Works program, of which $5.465 billion isappropriated in four accounts: Investigations; Construction; Operation and Maintenance;and Mississippi River and Tributaries. The Act’s accompanying Statement of Managers report designates nearly$4.153 billion of the total for these four accounts for specified programs,projects and activities (PPA).  USACE isresponsible for allocating the remaining balance of nearly $1.313 billiondesignated as additional funding in the four accounts to individual PPAs,consistent with the categories and criteria provided in the Statement ofManagers. 

"The Army CivilWorks' Fiscal Year 2016 work plan will significantly advance and completestudies and construction projects that support the Nation's economy,environment and quality of life," said The Honorable Jo-Ellen Darcy,Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works. 

The Army Civil Works budgetfunds the planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance of waterresources projects and focuses on the highest performing work within the threemain Civil Works mission areas: commercial navigation, flood and storm damagereduction, and aquatic ecosystem restoration. It also funds programs that contribute to the protection of the nation’swaters and wetlands; the generation of low-cost renewable hydropower; therestoration of certain sites contaminated as a result of the nation’s early atomicweapons development program; and emergency preparedness and training to respondto natural disasters. 

The nearly $1.313 billionin additional funding not allocated to specified projects in the fourappropriations by the Statement of Managers is subdivided into numerouscategories within these broad areas:
          -  Navigation:    $677 million 
          -  Flood    Risk Management: $434 million 
          -  Other    Authorized Project Purposes: $202 million 

Work eligible forconsideration for the additional funding generally included projects, programsand activities funded in the three previous fiscal years, and other ongoingprojects, programs and activities that can attain a significant milestone orproduce significant outputs in FY 2016.

The work plan identifieswhich projects, programs, and activities within the Civil Works program willreceive the funding provided in FY 2016 to USACE, and how much each of themwill receive, and includes in these amounts that the Army allocated earlierthis fiscal year under a continuing resolution. With the total funding for this fiscal year, the work plan funds tocompletion nine feasibility studies, two projects in the PreconstructionEngineering and Design phase, and 24 construction projects or elements ofprojects. 

Feasibility Studies Fundedfor Completion in FY 2016:
          -  Illinois    River Basin River Restoration – Fox River, IL 
          -  Illinois    River Basin River Restoration – Ten Mile River, IL 
          -  Passaic    River Above Dundee Dam, NJ (Phase I) 
          -  Sabine    Pass to Galveston Bay, TX 
          -  Saginaw    River Deepening, Saginaw, MI 
          -  St.    John’s County, FL 
          -  St.    Lucie County Beaches, FL 
          -  Sulphur    River Basin Reallocation, TX 
          -  Westchester    County Streams (Byram River), NY 

PreconstructionEngineering and Design Funded for Completion in FY 2016:
          -  American    River Watershed, Common Features Project, Natomas Basin, CA  
          -  Boston    Harbor Deep Draft, MA 

Construction ProjectsFunded for Completion in FY 2016:
          -  Alamogordo,    NM  
          -  Bethel    Bank Stabilization, AK  
          -  Cape    Girardeau (Floodwall), MO  
          -  Charleston    Harbor, SC (Dredged Material Placement Facility) 
          -  Chicago    Sanitary and Ship Canal Dispersal Barrier, IL 
          -  Coyote    & Berryessa Creeks, CA 
          -  Des    Moines and Raccoon Rivers, IA 
          -  Grays    Harbor (38-foot Deepening), WA 
          -  GIWW,    Chocolate Bayou, TX (Dredged Material Placement Facility) 
          -  Greens    Bayou, Houston, TX  
          -  Indianapolis    White River (North), IN 
          -  Lower    Colorado River Basin (Onion Creek), TX 
          -  Lower    Snake River Fish and Wildlife Compensation, WA, OR & ID 
          -  Manatee    Pass Gates, FL 
          -  Marsh    Lake, MN 
          -  McCook    Reservoir, IL (Stage I) 
          -  Missouri    River Levee System (Unit L385), IA, NE, KS & MO (Deficiency Correction) 
          -  Oakland    Harbor, CA 
          -  Port    Lions Harbor (Deepening and Breakwater), AK 
          -  Pine    Creek Lake, OK (Dam Safety) 
          -  Rio    Grande Floodway, NM 
          -  Savannah    Harbor Disposal Areas, GA & SC (Dredged Material Containment Area 13A) 
          -  Tropicana    and Flamingo Washes, NV (Deficiency Correction) 
          -  Upper    St. Johns, FL 

Public Law 114-113authorizes USACE to fund up to 10 previously unfunded studies and up to sixpreviously unfunded construction projects. The Army selected 10 previously unfunded studies and six previouslyunfunded construction projects for funding based on performance and onconsiderations provided in the Statement of Managers.  

The Statement of Managersstipulates that of the 10 new studies, three will be navigation studies, threewill be flood risk management studies, three will be environmental restorationstudies, and the tenth can be either a navigation or flood risk managementstudy.  The 10 selected studies are:
          -  Dutch    Harbor, Unalaska Channels, AK 
          -  GIWW,  Brazos River Floodgates and Colorado River    Locks, TX 
          -  Grand    River Basin, IA & MO 
          -  Lowell    Creek Flood Diversion, AK    
          -  Matagorda    Ship Channel (Widening and Deepening), TX 
          -  Rio    Grande Basin, Sandia Pueblo to Isleta Pueblo, NM 
          -  Savannah    River Below Augusta Ecosystem Restoration, GA 
          -  Souris    River, ND 
          -  Sweetwater    Creek, GA 
          -  Water    Resources Priorities Study 

The Statement of Managersalso stipulates that of the six Construction new starts, one will benavigation, one will be flood risk management, one will be environmentalrestoration, and the remaining three can be either navigation or flood riskmanagement.  Construction new starts inFY 2016 are:
          -  American    River Watershed, Common Features Project, Natomas Basin, CA 
          -  Atlantic    Intracoastal Waterway Bridge Replacement at Deep Creek, Chesapeake, VA 
          -  Coyote    and Berryessa Creeks, CA (Berryessa Creek) (Funded to completion) 
          -  Fargo,    ND – Moorhead, MN Metropolitan Area 
          -  Marsh    Lake, MN (Funded to completion) 
          -  Port    Lions (Deepening and Breakwater), AK (Funded to completion) 

The work plan listing theamounts provided to various programs, projects and activities for each of thefour appropriations accounts can be found at http://www.usace.army.mil/Missions/CivilWorks/Budget.aspx. 

The Statement of Managers(Congressional Record, December 17, 2015, page H10056 et seq.) can be found at https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record/2015/12/17/house-section. 

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