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Planning Guidance: Navigation - Coastal
 

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Engineer Circulars (ECs)

  • Engineer Circular 1110-2-6070: Comprehensive Evaluation of Project Datum (2009 Expiration: unlisted)
    This circular provides guidance for a comprehensive evaluation of vertical datum on flood control, shore protection, hurricane protection, and navigation projects.

    Economic Guidance Memoranda (EGMs)

  • Economic Guidance Memorandum 99-05: Deep Draft Vessel Operating Costs (1999)
    This memorandum provides deep draft vessel costs for use in determining potential benefits of waterway improvement projects.
  • Economic Guidance Memorandum 00-06: Fiscal Year 2000 Planning Guidance Deep Draft Vessel Operating Costs (2000)
    This memorandum provides FY 2000 deep draft vessel operating costs.
  • Economic Guidance Memorandum 02-06: Deep Draft Vessel Operating Costs Fiscal Year 2002 (2002)
    General technical support document for deep draft vessel operating costs.
  • Economic Guidance Memorandum 05-01: Deep Draft Vessel Operating Costs Fiscal Year 2005 - General Technical Support Document (2005)
    Deep draft vessel costs for use in determining potential benefits of waterway improvement projects.
  • Economic Guidance Memorandum 08-04: Deep-Draft Vessel Operating Costs Fiscal Year 2008 (2008)
    Deep draft vessel costs for use in determining potential benefits of waterway improvement projects.

    Engineer Pamphlets (EPs)

  • Engineer Pamphlet 1110-2-9: Hydrologic Engineering Study Design (1994)
    Engineer Pamphlet describes activities necessary to design and prepare a Hydrologic Engineering Study for a Corps water resource investigation.
  • Engineer Pamphlet 1165-2-1, Chapter 01: The Federal Responsibility in Water Resources (1999)
    Engineer Pamphlet discusses federal responsibility and authority in water resources policy. Digest of Water Resources Policies and Authorities
  • Engineer Pamphlet 1165-2-1, Chapter 12: Navigation (1999)
    Engineer Pamphlet describes the Corps' role in navigation, federal policies covering navigation, and the construction aspects of navigation projects. Digest of Water Resources Policies and Authorities
  • Engineer Pamphlet 1165-2-1, Chapter 17: Recreation (1999)
    Engineer Pamphlet discusses federal recreation policy and philosophy, different types of recreation projects, project evaluation, and project finance. Digest of Water Resources Policies and Authorities

    Engineer Regulations (ERs)

  • Engineer Regulation 1165-2-25: Navigation Policy- Cost Apportionment of Bridge Alterations (1979)
    This regulation provides policies and guidelines for the apportionment of bridge alteration costs required in connection with navigation improvements.
  • Engineer Regulation 1110-2-1406: Coastal Field Data Collection (1990)
    This regulation describes the Coastal Field Data Collection (CFDC) Program
  • Engineer Regulation 1165-2-123: Water Resources Policies and Authorities - Single-Owner Situations (1992)
    This regulation provides policy guidance regarding Corps interests in civil works projects that would directly serve a single entity.
  • Engineer Regulation 1110-2-1404: Hydraulic Design of Deep-Draft Navigation Projects (1996)
    This regulation prescribes the design procedure and rationale for the hydraulic design of deep-draft navigation projects.
  • Engineer Regulation 1130-2-520: Navigation and Dredging Operations and Maintenance Policies (1996)
    This regulation establishes the policy for the operations and maintenance (O&M) of USACE navigation and dredging projects, as well as their related structures and equipment.
  • Engineer Regulation 1110-2-8151: Monitoring Completed Navigation Projects (1997)
    This regulation states the objective, outlines the scope, discusses funding, assigns responsibility, and establishes the procedures by which the Corps of Engineers (CE) evaluates civil works navigation projects.
  • Engineer Regulation 1110-2-1403: Engineering and Design Studies By Coastal, Hydraulic, and Hydrologic Facilities and Others (1998)
    This regulation prescribes the policy and procedure for approval and technical supervision of coastal, hydraulic, and hydrologic studies related to planning, design, construction, and operation of projects.
  • Engineer Regulation 1105-2-100: Planning Guidance Notebook, Appendix E, Civil Works Mission and Evaluation Procedures (2000)
    This appendix provides policy and planning guidance for project purposes of navigation, flood damage reduction, hurricane and storm damage reduction (shore protection), ecosystem restoration, hydroelectric power, recreation, water supply and multiple purpose projects.
  • Engineer Regulation 1110-2-8160: Policies for Referencing Project Elevation Grades to Nationwide Vertical Datum (2009)
    This regulation provides guidance for proper and accurately referenced materials for flood forecasting, inundation modeling, flood insurance rate maps, navigation charting, and topographic mapping. This ER was later supplemented by Engineer Manual 1110-2-6056: Standards and Procedures for Referencing Project Elevation Grades to Nationwide Vertical Datums (2010).
  • Engineer Regulation 1165-2-209: Studies of Water Resources Development Projects by Non-Federal Interests (2016)
    This regulation provides policy guidance for implementation of Section 203 of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 1986, as amended. Section 203 authorizes non-federal interests to undertake feasibility studies of proposed water resources development projects for submission to the Secretary of the Army. Separate guidance is provided on the construction of water resources development projects under Section 204 of WRDA 1986, as amended. Portions of this ER have been amended by implementation guidance for Section 1126 of WRDA 2016.
  • Engineer Regulation 1165-2-211: Operation and Maintenance of Improvements Carried Out by Non-Federal Interests to Authorized Harbor or Inland Harbor Projects (2016)
    This regulation provides policy guidance for implementation of Section 204(f) of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 1986, as amended. Section 204(f) authorizes the Secretary of the Army to be responsible for the operation and maintenance of improvements to a federally authorized harbor or inland harbor carried out by a non-federal interest when certain conditions are met.

    Institute for Water Resources

  • Fleet Forecasts for the United States to 2020 (1991)
    The distribution of vessel sizes that will serve U.S. ports is a critical assumption in Corps of Engineers planning studies to determine potential benefits of harbor improvement projects. The planning horizon for such studies requires fleet forecasts that go beyond those routinely used for shipping industry purposes. The forecast is limited to vessels serving U.S. foreign trade, but is based on analysis of worldwide shipping supply and demand. Global seaborne trade projections were developed by DRI/McGraw-Hill in cooperation with Temple, Barker 4 Sloane, Inc. (TES). Lloyd's Maritime Services, Ltd. (LMIS) provided data on ship utilization, construction, and scrapping. A model developed by TES related supply to demand and accounted for vessel redeployments, retirements, and additions to fleet capacity. The forecasts are in tons of cargo available and tons of ship capacity, by size range for 11 vessel types, for 75 trade routes serving five U.S. coastal ranges (North Atlantic, South Atlantic, Gulf, North Pacific, South Pacific). Forecast intervals are 1995, 2000, 2010, and 2020.
  • Overview of the Commercial Navigation Industry of the United States on the Great Lakes (1992)
  • Annual Report to Congress on the Status of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund for Fiscal Year 1997 (1997)
  • Navigation Operation and Maintenance: Expenditures for Harbors and Waterways (1997)
  • Annual Report to Congress on the Status of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund for Fiscal Year 1998 (1999)
  • Corps of Engineers Harbor Projects: Development of Tools, Measures and Organization of Data for Evaluating Performance; Volume 1 - Technical Report (1999)
    The goal of this study is to develop a rational, performance-based analytical instrument that can be used by decision-makers to evaluate, compare, and update the value of several hundred projects maintained by the Corps.
  • U.S. Cruise Industry - Evaluation of National Economic Development Benefits Final Report (1999)
  • National Dredging Needs Study of Ports and Harbors - Implications to Cost-Sharing of Federal Deep Draft Navigation Projects Due to Changes in the Maritime Industry (2000)
  • Annual Report to the Congress on the Status of Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund for Fiscal Year 1999 (2001)
  • National Dredging Needs Study of U.S. Ports and Harbors - (Updated in 2003) (2002)
  • Annual Report to Congress. Status of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Fiscal Years 2000, 2001, and 2002 (2004)
  • Annual Report to Congress on the Status of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund for Fiscal Years 2003 and 2004 (2005)
  • Maritime Transportation System: Trends and Outlook (2007)
    USACE major responsibilities for waterborne commerce include dredging, development and maintenance of the inland and coastal waterways and related maritime infrastructure, and navigation aids. A firm understanding of marine transportation conditions and trends is critical in discharging those responsibilities. The U.S. Maritime Transportation System (MTS) no longer exists in isolation, but must interact with ports, land carriers, customers, communities, environmental restrictions and security concerns. This second in a series of Water Resources Outlook papers is intended to develop an understanding of the challenges faced by the MTS over the next 30 years and suggests roles for the private and governmental sectors, including the Corps. It is intended to provide a strong, fact-based foundation for policy, planning and priorities.
  • Report to Congress on the Annual Status of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund for Fiscal Years 2005 and 2006 (2007)
    Report of the status of the harbor maintenance trust fund activities over the years FY2005 and 2006.
  • National Economic Development (NED) Manual for Deep Draft Navigation (2010)
    This deep draft navigation NED manual is one of a series of guides to assist Corps field economists in computing National Economic Development benefits. The Manual describes accepted economic analysis procedures for deep draft navigation projects.

    Guidance

  • Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)/U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Joint Actions on Planning for Flood risk Management Projects (2012)
    This memorandum addresses the requirement to perform mitigation when proposed USACE flood-risk reduction projects increase the Base (1-percent-annual-chance) Flood Elevation (BFE). National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) regulations (44 C.F.R. 65.12) require revisions to flood insurance rate maps to reflect BFE and/or floodway changes caused by encroachments permitted by an NFIP participating community.
  • Implementation Guidance for Section 125(a)(2)(C) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020, Beneficial Use of Dredged Material (2022)
    Section 125(a)(2)(C) of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2020 amends Section 204(d) of WRDA 1992 (33 U.S.C. 2326(d)) to authorize the Secretary of the Army for Civil Works to use funds appropriated for construction or operation and maintenance of a project involving the disposal of dredged material when selecting a disposal method that is not the least cost option based on a determination that the incremental costs of the disposal method are reasonable in relation to the environmental benefits or the hurricane and storm or flood risk reduction benefits. This memorandum provides guidance and direction on implementation of Section 125(a)(2)(C) and rescinds and replaces the implementation guidance for Section 1038 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014.

    National Dredging Needs

  • National Dredging Needs of Ports and Harbors in the U.S., Literature Search (1995)

    NETS

  • HarborSym Manual (2004)
    This document is descriptive of version 1.5.5.2 (October 2013) and includes details on the latest HarborSym functionality.
  • Long-Term Forecasting of World Grain Trade and U.S. Gulf Exports (2004)
    NETS activity: Long-Term Forecasting of World Grain Trade and U.S. Gulf Exports: Submitted to the Transportation Research Board for Publication in Transportation Research Record
  • Long-Term Forecasting of World Grain Trade and US Gulf Exports (2004)
    NETS activity: Long-Term Forecasting of World Grain Trade and US Gulf Exports
  • 2005 Depaepe-Willems Contest Submission (2005)
    NETS activity: 2005 Depaepe-Willems Contest Submission: Determining Economic Efficiency in Harbors
  • Econometric Analysis of Stated-Preference Experiments Constructed from Revealed-Preference Choices (2005)
    NETS activity: Econometric Analysis of Stated-Preference Experiments Constructed from Revealed-Preference Choices
  • HSAM (2005)
    NETS activity: HSAM: An Interactive Immersive Animation Deep-Draft Maritime Traffic Simulations
  • Analysis of Towboat Operating Areas (2006)
    NETS activity: Analysis of Towboat Operating Areas
  • Analysis of Towboat Operating Areas: Addendum Presenting Findings from Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center Data (2006)
    NETS activity: Towboat Operating Areas
  • Development of Commodity Driven Vessel Movements for Economic Analysis of Port Improvements (2006)
    NETS HarborSym paper
  • Navigation Economics Technology Research Program (2006)
  • Navigation System Simulation (NaSS) Design Document (2006)
    NETS activity: Navigation System Simulation Design
  • New Measures of Port Efficiency Using International Trade Data (2006)
    NETS activity: New Measures of Port Efficiency Using International Trade Data
  • Port Efficiency and Trade Flows (2006)
    NETS Port Development, Internal Transport Systems and International Trade Report
  • Visualization for Navigation Simulation Models - Why, What, and How (2006)
    NETS HarborSym Paper

    Webpage

  • Tales of the Coast
    "Tales of the Coast" describes the coasts of the United States and the varied ways that people interact with and affect coastlines. These discussions provide an understanding of the dynamic nature of coasts and their importance to the social and economic fabric of the U.S.

    White Paper

  • Implications of Panama Canal Expansion to U.S. Ports and Coastal Navigation Economic Analysis (2008)
    This paper summarizes experiences in the field along with challenges to the Panama Canal Expansion project. The paper also provides several recommendations for follow-up studies, which should ultimately lead to standardized assumptions and a revised framework for National Economic Development analyses considering the canal's expansion.


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