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1 Corps of Engineers Missions, Projects, and Planning
1 Corps of Engineers Missions, Projects, and Planning
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By contrast, at the close of the twentieth century, the Corps was operating in a more complex legal context (including the 1969 National Environmental Policy Act, the 1973 Endangered Species Act, and various Clean Water Acts) , was addressing a broader range of water-related needs such as recreation, and had assumed a new environmental restoration mission.
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The coordinating committee tracked progress and promoted dialogue among the four study panels and also produced its own report. The studies were organized under the auspices of the NRC's Water Science and Technology Board, in collaboration with the Ocean Studies Board, and with input from the Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology and the Transportation Research Board.
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CORPS OF ENGINEERS PROJECT PLANNING METHODS AND GUIDANCE Corps of Engineers planning studies are guided by many sources. The two most important are the 1983 federal Economic and Environmental Principles and Guidelines for Water and Related Land Resources Implementation Studies (also known as the Principles and Guidelines, or BOX 1-1 Charge to the Panel on Methods of Project Analysis This panel will review the Corps' project formulation and evaluation techniques and methods, including the use of models for project-specific applications (i.e., benefits, costs, optimization, etc.)
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This is the planning alternative that reasonably maximizes net national economic benefits, consistent with the federal objective of, as specified in the P&G principles, "protecting the Nation's environment, pursuant to national environmental statutes, applicable executive orders, and other Federal planning statutes" (WRC, 1983)
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A limited degree of standardization within these detailed analytical methods, however, makes it difficult to draw agency-wide conclusions regarding Corps planning methods, models, or approaches. Moreover, the Corps of Engineers recognizes and uses few models universally in all of its district offices.
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The Corps is aware of this and typically hosts public meetings and other events to solicit public input on the agency's highly visible planning studies. Changes in budgetary constraints and congressional priorities, changes in philosophies of successive administrations, shifts in social preferences, and changing planning paradigms have converged to create a dynamic setting for the Corps' civil works program.
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