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ASA(CW) Perspectives on Ecosystem Restoration

Policy Mark McKevitt

Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works)

May 2010Chapter 8

•Army background•Administration perspectives•Restoration information sources and POCs •Policy development•Document review•Additional thoughts

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U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers

• Army Values• Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless Service, Honor, Integrity,

Personal Courage

• Secretary of the Army Mr. John McHugh • Chief of Staff General George W. Casey, Jr.• ASA(CW) Jo-Ellen Darcy

• USACE Campaign Plan• Civil Works Strategic Plan• Organizational Chart Handouts

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Current Items • Corps of Engineers

• LTG Van Antwerp 17 May 2007 52nd Chief of Engineers• Deputy Commanding General for Civil Works and

Emergency Operations – MG Grisoli• Director of Civil Works – Steve Stockton• PL COP Chief-Theodore A. “Tab” Brown, P.E.

• WRDA 2007 • Jan Rasgus – Implementation guidance• 9 Titles / hundreds of sections• Bill available on line

• Corps reform history• Section 2031-P&G Revisions

• Implementation guidance • http://www.usace.army.mil/CECW/PlanningCOP/Pages/ArticleTemplat

e.aspx(Internet PCoP – site restricted to Corps computers – hit WRDA 2007

tab• Mitigation Data Base• IEPR

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Current Items • Administration

• Significant Ecosystems• Bay Delta, Gulf Coast, Great Lakes, Chesapeake Bay• Everglades, Columbia River, Puget Sound, Upper Mississippi River

• Roadmaps

• Corps • Dam Safety Levee Safety• Watershed Planning Collaboration• Program Execution Mitigation • IEPR P&G

• Congress• WRDA generally considered unlikely• Considerable budget pressure

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Budget Information• Budget Development

• Rennie Sherman Business Line Manager• Construction guidelines (Budget

Appendix at pages 9xx)• Budget EC 11-2-187 for FY12 30 April

2010

• President’s FY Budget released February 2010

• Budget/Performance Integration

• Mitigation Budget hand-out

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Engineering Expertise

• Geomorphology and hydrology• wetland• riverine and riparian• coastal restoration

• Sediment continuity• Experience in planning, engineering, design, and

construction.• Cost engineering • Don’t re-invent the wheel

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Sediment Continuity

Sediment discharge * Mean Sediment Size = Stream flow * Slope

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Points of Contact• Sources

• District and division staff, including your supervisor• RITs and Division Environmental Chiefs• Harry Kitch – Deputy Chief, Policy Division• Susan Hughes – Deputy, Planning Community of

Practice • Wes Coleman – Chief, Office of Water Project

Review• Mark Matusiak - OWPR• Jeanette Gallihugh – OWPR• Jeff Trulick-OWPR• Bruce Carlson – Policy Advisor• http://eco-pcx.usace.army.mil/index.cfm• WOTS and DOTS Programs• Don’t re-invent the wheel

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Where is the USACE AER Mission?

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“A Job of Work”“There is no writing, only rewriting."

More than simple proofreading. You should always spend a lot of time revising your work — looking not only for outright grammatical errors, but also hunting down wasted words, improving clarity and precision, and working on your transitions.

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Reading is Fundamental

Budget Time and Money for Review

2-D Reports

4-D Comments

3 Review Outputs

Concur

Document and Support All Assumptions, Present Consistent Data

Maps, Tables, Figures

Decision Document Review

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Some Thoughts

• Make a difference• All the customers• If not NED or NER,

go with LPP• Your personal

style for survival• Continual

Learning• No grenades• Five-Year Plan• NSPS ?• IDP / Training• Reading List• It is up to you

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