Navigation Projects

 

To provide the most practicable and economic means of fulfilling the needs of general navigation, through projects not specifically authorized by Congress.

Deleted 04/02/2020 (Archived.) 12.107 Agency: Department of Defense
Office: Department of the Army, Office of the Chief of Engineers PROVISION OF SPECIALIZED SERVICES Not Applicable. River and Harbor Act of 1960, Section 107, as amended, Public Law 86-645, 33 U.S.C. 577. States, political subdivisions of States or other responsible local agencies established under State law with full authority and ability to undertake necessary legal and financial responsibilities. States, political subdivisions of States or other responsible local agencies established under State law with full authority and ability to undertake necessary legal and financial responsibilities. Applicants must furnish evidence of legal authorization, financial capability, and willingness to provide all necessary local participation and required cooperation. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-87. Preapplication coordination is required. An environmental impact statement is required for this program. This program is eligible for coverage under E.O. 12372, "Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs." An applicant should consult the office or official designated as the single point of contact in his or her State for more information on the process the State requires to be followed in applying for assistance, if the State has selected the program for review. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-102. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-110. A formal letter to the District Engineer from a prospective sponsoring agency indicating clear intent to provide all required local participation. Advertisement and award of construction is subject to availability of funds from the Chief of Engineers. The Division Engineer approves an individual project upon the basis of a comprehensive investigation and report by the District Engineer. Not Applicable. Not Applicable. Not Applicable. Not Applicable. Not Applicable. Corps of Engineers designs and constructs the project. Each project selected must be engineering feasible, complete within itself, and economically justified. The nonfederal sponsoring agency must agree to assume full responsibility for all project costs in excess of the Federal cost limit of $4,000,000; equally share with the Federal government the cost of feasibility studies; contribute toward project costs for construction and maintenance in view of recreational benefits, land enhancement benefits or other special local benefits; provide all necessary lands, easements, rights-of-way; hold and save the United States free from damages; and, provide adequate public landing or wharf, piers, access roads, parking areas and other needed public facilities open and available to all on equal terms. Local cost participation requirements and procedures for determining the local share of project cost are similar to those for navigation projects specifically authorized by Congress under regular authorization procedures. No project is to be recommended for implementation under the Section 107 authority for which the total constant dollar Federal costs over 50 years exceed the greater of $4,500,000 or 2.25 times the Federal construction cost, both discounted at the current water project discount rate. Not Applicable. In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-133 (Revised, June 27, 2003), "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations," nonfederal entities that expend financial assistance of $500,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal entities that expend less than $500,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in Circular No. A-133. Not applicable. This program has no statutory formula.
Matching Requirements: Project planning studies are undertaken a single feasibility phase. The first $100,000 is Federally funded. Additional study costs are cost-shared 50/50 with local sponsor. Cost-sharing is required for project construction and consists of cash; provision of lands, easements rights-of-way and relocations necessary for the project and other requirements.
MOE requirements are not applicable to this program. Not applicable. See the following for information on how assistance is awarded/released: Not applicable. See Regional Agency Offices. See Appendix IV of the Catalog for listing of District Engineers. Lee Tew 441 G. Street. NW
, Washington, District of Columbia 20314 Email: Donnie.L.Tew@usace.army.mil Phone: 202-761-1504 http://www.usace.army.mil/business.html. 96-3122-0-1-301. (Provision of Specialized Services) FY 10 Not Available; FY 11 Estimate Not Available; and FY 12 Estimate Not Available No Data Available. Engineer Regulation 1105- 2-10, App. E (33 CFR 263) and information sheets describing this program are available from the District Engineer. Not Applicable.