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Questions from Senator Barbara Boxer
1. In your testimony, you discuss the significant and careful review that projects undergo in development of a Chief’s Report.
a. Can you elaborate on the process and criteria for a project with a completed Chief’s Report?
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) planning process, set forth in its Planning Guidance Notebook, ER 1105-2-100, is based upon the Principles and Guidelines (P&G) promulgated in 1983, along with numerous laws applicable to the Corps’ missions and the Civil Works program. The P&G were set forth to provide for the formulation of reasonable plans responsive to National, state and local concerns.
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