U.S. Citizens

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Who Does the Corps Work For?

• U.S. Citizens?
• Chief of Engineers?
• President?
• Congress?
• ASA(CW)?
• Project Sponsors?
• Others who?

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President George W. Bush
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Who Does the Corps Work For?

• Administration or the Executive Branch
• President George W. Bush
• The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfield Secretary of
  Defense
• The Honorable Francis J. Harvey Secretary of
  the Army
• The Honorable John Paul Woodley, Jr.
  Assistance Secretary of the Army (Civil Works)
• LTG Carl A. Strock Chief of Engineers
• BG Michael Walsh Commander, South Atlantic
  Division
• LTC Edward Fleming Commander, Charleston
  District

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USACE Missions
Plus Homeland Security
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Who Is the Corps!

• The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is the Federal
  Governments largest water resources development
  agency...

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Civil Works Missions
The Corps provides local communities and sponsors
with opportunities to meet water resources needs
where there is both a local and federal Interest.
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Civil Works Missions

• Navigation
• Flood Damage Reduction
• Ecosystem Restoration
• Watershed Planning

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Unbudgeted CW Missions
Project Planning, Design and/or
Construction Which must be directed by the
Congress
Congressional Adds Studies and projects which
are not Included in the Presidents Budget
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Unbudgeted CW Missions

• Environmental Infrastructure
• Waterfront Development
• Master Planning
• Combined Sewer Overflows
• Single Purpose Recreation
• Single Purpose Water Supply
• Erosion control/protection
• Pollution Abatement
• Siltation Sedimentation
• Waste Management

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South Carolina Congressional Delegation
Senator-elect Jim DeMint (R) Senator Lindsey
Graham (R)
1) Congressman Henry Brown 2) Congressman Addison
Joe Wilson 3) Congressman J. Gresham Barrett 4)
Congressman-elect Bob Inglis 5) Congressman John
Spratt 6) Congressman James E. Clyburn
R
Myrtle Beach
R
R
R
Charleston
D
D
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Water Resources Development Act of 1986
Re-established and redefined by purpose, the
Federal interest in water resource Development. C
ost Sharing
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Who are our State and Local Partners

• Counties, Cities, Towns
• Council of Governments (10 in SC)
• SC State Ports Authority
• Water Authorities
• S.C. Dept of Natural Resources (SCDNR)
• S.C. Dept of Transportation (SCDOT)
• S.C. Public Service Authority (Santee Cooper)
• Office of Ocean Coastal Resource Management
  (OCRM)
• Department of Health and Environmental Control
  (DHEC)
• S.C. Parks, Recreation and Tourism
• Commissioner of Public Works (CPW) City of
  Charleston

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Federal Partners

• Federal Agencies
• Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
• Department of Homeland Security (FLETC, US
  Coast Guard)
• Naval Weapons Station (NWS)
• Space and Naval Warfare System (SPAWAR) Command
• Department of Energy (DOE) -- Savannah River
  Site
• DoD -- U.S. Marine Corps Air Station/Beaufort
• Federal Aviation Authority (FAA)
• Federal Prisons
• U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
• Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  (NOAA)
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region IV
• National Park Service
• Other Partners
• Native American Tribes - Catawba

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will
participate in partnership with non-Federal
sponsors in the development and management of the
Nations water and related land
resources within our high priority
missions and all applicable laws and policies.