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Environmental Policy Review and Project Implementation: Lessons Learned

Learn about common problem areas, policy review key areas analysis, project formulation, and common policy review topics. Understand the importance of mitigating risks and uncertainties, economic factors, real estate concerns, and sponsorship issues. Explore environmental compliance and the Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, and other relevant legislation.

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Environmental Policy Review and Project Implementation: Lessons Learned

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  1. Lessons Learned Common Environmentally Related Review Comments Chapter 8 Mod 1 HO # 27

  2. COMMON PROBLEM AREAS Analysis Process

  3. POLICY REVIEW KEY AREAS ANALYSIS Plan Selection Formulation Project Description Plan Implementation

  4. Common Policy Review Topics • Without and With-Project Conditions • Range of Alternatives • Separable Elements • Mitigation • Risk & Uncertainty • Measure All Effects • Economic • Real Estate • Legal • Sponsorship Issues • Policy Consistent

  5. Environmental Concerns ER 1105-2-100, App. C • Documentation of Scoping Activities and Environmental Compliance (summarize views, partial vs. full compliance) • Clean Water Act • Clean Air Act • F&W Coordination Act • Endangered Species Act • Historic Preservation Act • Environmental Justice

  6. Real Estate Concerns • Incomplete Real Estate Plan (See ER 405-1-12) • LERRD incorrect/incomplete • Recreation features not limited to project lands • Inadequate mapping • Trend toward more RE issues • Interest in lands (fee typically) • Land costs exceed 25% target of total project • Willing seller issues

  7. Purpose Specific • Flood & Coastal Storm Damage Reduction • Historical Damages • Future Development • Induced Flooding • Recreation • Public Access and Land Use (Coastal) • Monitoring • Mitigation vs. Restoration

  8. Purpose specific • Navigation • Construction/Dredging Windows • Beneficial use of Material • Disposal Areas • Mitigation

  9. Purpose specific • Ecosystem Restoration • Mitigation generally isn’t proposed/ provide justification • Cost-Shared Monitoring (1%, 5 years) and Adaptive Management (3%)- not research • Alignment with budget criteria- allows comparison nation-wide • (Woodley/DCW memos- 29 July 2005 & 30 March 2007 • Significance and Scarcity of Outputs • Nationally or Regionally significant? • Significance demonstrated by Institutional, Technical, and Public recognition • Environmental Operating Principles-#1, #2, #5.

  10. Other Environmental Concerns • Federal Interest • Is the Corps right for this effort vs. others? • Is it mission-related? • Mission Compatible • Is the proposal really aquatic ecosystem restoration? • Terrestrial restoration should be funded by others • Corps should not do enhancement or protection alone • Define a reasonable/ technically supportable outer limit, trend of using the 100-year flood plain isn’t appropriate • Public Access • (Open to all, if provided. Guidance is evolving)

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