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Suggested Citation:"List of Acronyms." National Research Council. 1999. New Directions in Water Resources Planning for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/6128.
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List of Acronyms


AAPA

American Association of Port Authorities

ACT/ACF

Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa/Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint

AEAM

Adaptive Environmental Assessment and Management

AFB

alternative formulation briefing

ASA(CW

Assistant Secretary of the Army (civil works)

ASFPM

Association of State Floodplain Managers


CAP

continuing authority program

CEQ

Council on Environmental Quality

CV/CVM

contingent valuation/contingent valuation methods


EC

engineering circular

EEIRP

of Environmental Investments Research Program

EIS

environmental impact statement

EM

engineering manual

EMP

Environmental Management Program

EOP

Executive Office of the President

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency

EQ

environmental quality

ER

engineering regulation

ERR

ecosystem restoration report

ESA

Endangered Species Act


FCSA

feasibility cost-sharing agreement

FEMA

Federal Emergency Management Agency

FIARBC

Federal Interagency River Basin Commission

FPC

Federal Power Commission

FWS

Fish and Wildlife Service


GNF

general navigation feature


HEP

Habitat Equivalence Program

HQUSACE

Headquarters of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers


ICWR

Interagency Committee on Water Resources

IWC

Inland Waterways Commission

IWR

Institute for Water Resources


LERRD

lands, easements, rights of way, relocations, disposal areas


MBIAC

Missouri Basin Interagency Committee

MRC

Mississippi River Commission


NAS

National Academy of Sciences

NAWQA

National Water Quality Assessment

Suggested Citation:"List of Acronyms." National Research Council. 1999. New Directions in Water Resources Planning for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/6128.
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NED

national economic development

NEPA

National Environmental Policy Act

NFIP

National Flood Insurance Program

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NRC

National Research Council

NRCS

Natural Resource Conservation Service

NRPB

National Resources Planning Board

NWF

National Wildlife Federation

NWS

National Weather Service


O&M

operation and maintenance

OASA(CW

Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army, Civil Works

OMB

Office of Management and Budget

OSE

other social effects

OSTP

Office of Science and Technology Policy


P&G

Principles and Guidelines

P&S

Principles and Standards

PCA

project cooperation agreement

PED

preconstruction engineering and design

PRP

preliminary restoration plan

PSP

project study plan


RED

regional economic development


TVA

Tennessee Valley Authority


UMRBA

Upper Mississippi River Basin Association

USACE

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

USGS

U.S. Geological Survey


WES

Waterways Experiment Station

WRC

Water Resources Council

WRDA

Water Resources Development Act

WSTB

Water Science and Technology Board

Suggested Citation:"List of Acronyms." National Research Council. 1999. New Directions in Water Resources Planning for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/6128.
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has long been one of the federal government's key agencies in planning the uses of the nation's waterways and water resources. Though responsible for a range of water-related programs, the Corps's two traditional programs have been flood damage reduction and navigation enhancement. The water resource needs of the nation, however, have for decades been shifting away from engineered control of watersheds toward restoration of ecosystem services and natural hydrologic variability. In response to these shifting needs, legislation was enacted in 1990 which initiated the Corps's involvement in ecological restoration, which is now on par with the Corps's traditional flood damage reduction and navigation roles.

This book provides an analysis of the Corps's efforts in ecological restoration, and provides broader recommendations on how the corps might streamline their planning process. It also assesses the impacts of federal legislation on the Corps planning and projects, and provides recommendations on how relevant federal policies might be altered in order to improve Corps planning. Another important shift affecting the Corps has been federal cost-sharing arrangements (enacted in 1986), mandating greater financial participation in Corps water projects by local co-sponsors. The book describes how this has affected the Corps-sponsor relationship, and comments upon how each group must adjust to new planning and political realities.

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