Issue 266
March 20, 2007
In this issue:
Corps issues 2007 work plan, channel deepening at $30 million
Corps issues 2007 work plan, channel
deepening at $30 million
Yesterday,
the Army Corps of Engineers submitted its FY2007 work plan to Congress. The
plan is required under the terms of the year-long joint resolution funding
the Corps� Civil Works program. Please note that the Corps was not able to
fund any new starts in the FY2007 work plan.� This means that if a project was not
funded in the President�s budget for FY2006, it could not receive funding
in the FY07 work plan.
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The
big winner in the process is the Columbia River
channel deepening, which was increased from $15 million (M) in the
President�s budget to $30M in the work plan. This will allow the project to
move forward at a faster pace and full benefits of the deepening should be
realized a year earlier than expected.
Overall,
total funding for PNWA priority projects increased by $18.51 million.
Fourteen projects received increases in funding levels over the amount
originally proposed in the President�s budget. PNWA appreciates the work of
our Congressional delegation and the Corps of Engineers in working with us
to accomplish our funding goals.
Work
plan funding with the change from the President�s original budget proposal
for PNWA�s priority projects follows:
Construction:
Columbia River Channel Improvements: increased from
$15M to $30M.
Lower Columbia River Ecosystem Restoration: remains
at $2.2M
General Investigations:
Elliott
Bay Seawall (Seattle): increased from zero to $260,000.
Humboldt Bay Sediment Management Plan: remains at
zero.
Operations and Maintenance, Deep Draft
Harbors:
Columbia River at the Mouth: increased from $18.273M
to 19.073M.
Columbia & Willamette R. below Vancouver
& Portland:
increased from $15.945M to $17,332M.
Columbia River between Vancouver
& The Dalles:
remains at $415,000.
Coos
Bay: increased from
$4.189M to $4.389M.
Yaquina Bay & Harbor (Newport):
remains at $1.566M.
Humboldt
Harbor and Bay:
increased from $4,916M to $5,046M.
Operations and
Maintenance, Columbia Snake
River Inland Navigation System:
Bonneville Lock and Dam: increased from $8,829M to $8,939M.
The Dalles Lock and Dam: increased from $3,432M to $3,683M.
John Day Lock and Dam: increased from $5,570M to $5,728M.
McNary Lock and Dam: increased from $5,845M to $6,318M.
Ice
Harbor Lock and Dam:
increased from $4,538M to $4,606M.
Lower Monumental Lock and Dam: increased from $2,398M to
$2,486M.
Little Goose Lock and Dam: decreased from $2,755M to $2,312M.
Lower Granite Lock and Dam: increased from $3.280M to $3.308M.
Shallow Draft Commercial
and Recreational Ports:
Coquille
River (Bandon):
remains at $275,000.
Chetco River (Brookings
Harbor): remains at
$451,000.
Tillamook Bay and Bar
(Garibaldi): increased from $16,000 to $50,000.
Rogue River (Gold
Beach): remains at
$483,000.
Siuslaw
River: remains at $486,000.
Yaquina River (Toledo):
decreased from $9,000 to zero.
Umpqua
River: remains at
$979,000.
Swinomish Channel (Skagit
County): decreased
from $27,000 to zero.
Columbia River at Baker
Bay: remains at
$38,000.
Columbia River between Chinook and Sand Island
(Chinook): remains at $31,000.
These numbers represent the Corps� work plan for the remainder
of the current fiscal year. PNWA will continue to work with our members and
the Corps to ensure that projects receive the funding they need. We are
also hard at work on the Corps� FY 2008 budget. The Corps 2007 work plan
funding levels are reflected in an updated version of PNWA�s FY 2008 Energy
and Water Appropriations Request matrix, available at PNWA.net.
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Waterways
Association
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