Great Lakes Dredging Team

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Legislative Update WRDA 2005
US Army Corps of Engineers

• Senate House both out of Committee
• Floor action unlikely till September
• Language of interest
• Beneficial use of dredged material
• Small projects for navigation (Sec 107)
• Dredged material disposal (Sec 217)
• Soo Replacement Lock

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WRDA 2005 Beneficial Use of Dredged Material
US Army Corps of Engineers

• Projects in public interest for purposes
  including
• property protection and ecosystem (Senate)
• navigation, flood damage reduction, hydropower,
  water supply, recreation, storm damage reduction,
  and ecosystem (House)
• Regional Sediment Management Plan at full
  Federal cost
• Nonprofit entities may be sponsors
• Non-Federal share may include other Federal
  funding (House)
• 5M limit on projects (Senate)

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WRDA 2005 Other Language
US Army Corps of Engineers

• Small Navigation Projects (Sec 107)
• Increase project limit from 4M to 7M (Both)
• Dredged Material Disposal (Sec 217)
• Partnerships for construction of facility for
  disposal, processing and treatment of dredged
  material, including demonstration of beneficial
  use
• Soo Replacement Lock
• Build at 100 Federal cost (House)

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Energy Water Appropriations FY 2006
US Army Corps of Engineers

• House and Senate Bills Passed
• Conference likely in September
• Major differences in language on reprogramming
  and Adds
• Sec 107 program not in Budget
• Great Lakes regional programs and projects cut
  short across the board
• OM funding trend continues
• Adds for deep and shallow draft harbors 4.4M in
  House and 7.8M in Senate

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Great Lakes Operations
Maintenance
US Army Corps of Engineers
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EWA FY 2006 Great Lakes Regional Programs
US Army Corps of Engineers
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Events Calendar

• Jul 7 - GLRC Summit I, Duluth, MN
• Sep 27-29 GL Commission, Ann Arbor, MI
• Oct 6-7 GLRC Meeting, Rochester, NY
• Dec 12 GLRC Summit II, Chicago, IL