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THE WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AQ OF 1994 AND ISSUES REUTED TO REAUTHORIZATION OF THE CIVIL WORKS PROGRAM OF THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS (103-84) Y 4. P 96/11:103-84 The Hater Resources Developnent Act BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON WATER RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION HOUSE OF REPRESENTATR^S ONE HUNDRED THIRD CONGRESS SECOND SESSION JUNE 22; JULY 19 AND 26, 1994 Printed for the use of the Committee on Public Works and Transportation /'^'"^SSS^.,: Hflff 6 fi» ssasa^^^^ THE WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AQ OF 1994 AND ISSUES REUTED TO REAUTHORIZATION OF THE CIVIL WORKS PROGRAM OF THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS (103-84) HEAKINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON WATER RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED THIRD CONGRESS SECOND SESSION JUNE 22; JULY 19 AND 26, 1994 Printed for the use of the Committee on PubUc Works and Transportation U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 85-091 WASHINGTON 1995 : ForsalebytheU.S.GovernmentPrintingOffice SuperintendentofDocuments,CongressionalSalesOffice,Washington,DC 20402 ISBN 0-16-046474-9 COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION NORMAN Y. MINETA, California, Chair JAMES L. OBERSTAR. Minnesota BUD SHUSTER, Pennsylvania NICK J. RAHALL II, West Virginia WILLLAM F. CLINGER, Jr., Pennsylvania DOUGLAS APPLEGATE, Ohio THOMAS E. PETRI, Wisconsin RON DE LUGO, Virgin Islands SHERWOOD L. BOEHLERT, New York ROBERT A. BORSKI, Pennsylvania JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma TIM VALENTINE, North CaroUna BILL EMERSON, Missouri WILLLAM O. LIPINSKI, IlUnois JOHN J. DUNCAN, Jr., Tennessee ROBERT E. WISE, Jr., West Virginia SUSAN MOLINARI, New York JAMES A. TRAFICANT, Jr., Ohio WILLLAM H. ZELIFF, Jr., New Hampshire PETERA. DeFAZIO, Oregon THOMAS W. EWING, IlUnois JAMES A. HAYES, Louisiana WAYNE T. GILCHREST, Maryland BOB CLEMENT, Tennessee JENNIFER DUNN, Washington JERRY F. COSTELLO, Illinois Y. TIM HUTCHINSON, Arkansas MIKE PARKER, Mississippi BILL BAKER, CaUfornia GREG LAUGHLIN, Texas MICHAEL A. "MAC" COLLINS, Georgia PETE GEREN, Texas JAY KIM, CaUfornia GEORGE E. SANGMEISTER, lUinois DAVID A. LEVY, New York GLENN POSHARD, ILLINOIS STEPHEN HORN, CaUfornia DICK SWETT, New Hampshire BOB FRANKS, NewJersey BUD CRAMER, Alabama PETER I. BLUTE, Massachusetts BARBARA-ROSE COLLINS, Michigan HOWARD P. "BUCK" McKEON, CaUfornia ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, District of JOHN L. MICA, Florida Columbia PETER HOEKSTRA, Michigan LUCIEN E. BLACKWELL, Pennsylvania JACK QUINN, New York JERROLD NADLER, New York VERNON J. EHLERS, Michigan SAM COPPERSMITH, Arizona LESLIE L. BYRNE, Virginia MARLA CANTWELL, Washington PAT DANNER, Missouri KAREN SHEPHERD, Utah ROBERT MENENDEZ, New Jersey JAMES E. CLYBURN, South CaroUna CORRINE BROWN, Florida NATHAN DEAL, Georgia JAMES A. BARCIA, Michigan DAN HAMBURG, California BOB FILNER, California WALTER R. TUCKER III, California EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas PETERW. BARCA, Wisconsin Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment DOUGLAS APPLEGATE, Ohio, Chair JAMES A. HAYES, Louisiana, Vice Chair SHERWOOD L. BOEHLERT, New York MIKE PARKER, Mississippi WILLLAM F. CLINGER, Jr., Pennsylvania KAREN SHEPHERD, Utah THOMAS E. PETRI, Wisconsin CORRINE BROWN, Florida JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma NATHAN DEAL, Georgia BILL EMERSON. Missouri JAMES A. BARCLA, Michigan SUSAN MOLINARI, New York BOB FILNER, CaUfornia WILLL\M H. ZELIFF, Jr., New Hampshire JAMES L. OBERSTAR, Minnesota THOMAS W. EWING, IlUnois NICKJ. RAHALL II, West Virginia WAYNE T. GILCHREST, Maryland ROBERT E. WISE, Jr., West Virginia Y. TIM HUTCHINSON, Arkansas PETE GEREN, Texas STEPHEN HORN, CaUfornia GEORGE E. SANGMEISTER, IlUnois PETER HOEKSTRA, Michigan GLENN POSHARD, IlUnois JACK QUINN, New York ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, District of BUD SHUSTER, Pennsylvania Columbia (Ex Officio) JERROLD NADLER, New York LESLIE L. BYRNE, Virginia ROBERT MENENDEZ, New Jersey DAN HAMBURG, California WALTER R. TUCKER III, CaUfornia ROBERT A. BORSKI, Pennsylvania TIM VALENTINE, North CaroUna WILLLAM O. LIPINSKI, IlUnois NORMAN Y. MINETA, CaUfornia (Ex Officio) (II) CONTENTS Proceedingsof: Page June 22, 1994 1 July 19, 1994 107 July 26, 1994 283 JUNE 22, 1994 SummaryofSubjectMatter XXIII H.R. 4460 VII TESTIMONY Bates, Jimmy F., Deputy Director ofCivil Works, U.S. Army Corps ofEngi- neers, accompaniedbyHughWright, DeputyChief, PlanningDivision 40 Zirshky, Dr. John H., ActingAssistantSecretaryoftheArmyforCivilWorks 9 PREPARED STATEMENTS SUBMITTED BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS Mineta, Hon. NormanY., ofCalifornia 27 Rahall, Hon. NickJ., II, ofWestVirginia 5 Tucker, Hon. WalterR., Ill, ofCaUfomia 3 PREPARED STATEMENTS SUBMITTED BY WITNESSES Bates,JimmyF 51 Zirshky, Dr. JohnH 73 SUBMISSIONS FOR THE RECORD Zirshky, Dr. John H., ActingAssistant Secretary oftheArmy forCivil Works, responsestoposthearingquestionsfromRep. Shuster 34 ADDITION TO THE RECORD Fuller, Thomas S., President, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of GreaterChicago 97 JULY 19, 1994 TESTIMONY Barlow, Hon. ThomasJ., Ill, a Repiesentativein Congress from Kentucky 145 Deutsch, Hon. Peter, a Representativein Congress from Florida 160 Dooley, Hon. Calvin M., a RepresentativeinCongress from CaUfomia 140 Farr, Hon. Sam, aRepresentativeinCongressfrom CaUfomia 151 Fazio, Hon. Vic, a RepresentativeinCongressfrom CaUfomia 126 Gunderson, Hon. Steve, a Representativein Congress fromWisconsin 113 Hamilton, Hon. Lee H., a Representativein Congress from Indiana 108 Holden, Hon. Tim, aRepresentativein Congressfrom Pennsylvania 147 Hoyer, Hon. Steny, a RepresentativeinCongress from Maryland 135 Kildee, Hon. DaleE., a Representativein Congress from Michigan Ill Lehman, Hon. Richard, a Representativein Congress from CaUfomia 139 Lewis, Hon. Jerry, a Representativein Congress from CaUfomia 116 McCloskey, Hon. Frank, a Representativein Congress from Indiana 110 Pastor, Hon. Ed, a Representativein CongressfromArizona 156 (UI) IV Page Pomeroy, Hon. Earl, aRepresentative inCongress from North Dakota 158 Roemer, Hon. Tim, a RepresentativeinCongressfrom Indiana 151 Stupak, Hon. Bart, aRepresentative in Congressfrom Michigan 154 Tauzin, Hon. Billy, a Representative in Congressfrom Louisiana 129 Unsoeld, Hon. Jolene, a RepresentativeinCongressfromWashington 142 Visclosky, Hon. Peter, a Representativein Congress from Indiana 143 PREPARED STATEMENTS SUBMITTED BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS Barlow, Hon. ThomasJ., Ill, ofKentucky 163 Brown, Hon. Conine, ofFlorida 165 Cooper, Hon. Jim, ofTennessee 166 Deutsch, Hon. Peter, ofFlorida 168 Dooley, Hon. CalvinM., ofCalifornia 169 Farr, Hon. Sam, ofCalifornia 174 Fazio, Hon. Vic, ofCalifornia 177 Gunderson, Hon. Steve, ofWisconsin 192 Hamburg, Hon. Dan, ofCaUfomia 202 Hamilton, Hon. Lee, ofIndiana 208 Holden, Hon. Tim, ofPennsylvania 212 Hoyer, Hon. Steny, ofMaryland 213 Kildee, Hon. Dale E., ofMichigan 215 Lehman, Hon. Richard H., ofCalifornia 216 Lewis, Hon. Jerry, ofCalifornia 221 McCloskey, Hon. Frank, ofIndiana 222 Menendez, Hon. Robert, ofNewJersey 224 Pastor, Hon. Ed, ofArizona 230 Pomeroy, Hon. Earl, ofNorth Dakota 234 Porter, Hon. John Edward, ofIllinois 238 Roemer, Hon. Tim, ofIndiana 239 Shaw, Hon. E. Clay,Jr., ofFlorida 241 Stupak, Hon. Bart, ofMichigan 247 Tauzin, Hon. Billy, ofLouisiana 255 Unsoeld, Hon. Jolene, ofWashington 260 Visclosky, Hon. Pete, ofIndiana 262 SUBMISSION FOR THE RECORD Boehlert, Hon. Sherwood L., a Representative in Congress from New York, letterand attachmentsfrom Rep. RobertL. Livingston, ofLouisiana 118 JULY 26,1994 TESTIMONY Birgeles, Joseph, Manager of External Affairs, Port Authority New York/ NewJersey 361 Bowker, William, Executive Director, Kentucky Coal Marketing and Export Council, Member, Board ofDirectors and Executive Committee, The Asso- ciation for the Development ofInland Navigation in America's Ohio Valley, DINAMO, accompaniedby BarryPalmer, ExecutiveDirector, DINAMO 374 Dicks, Hon. Norm, a Representative in Congress from Washington, accompanied by CUfford C. Muller, Executive Director, Port of Grays Harbor, WA 349 Domenici, Hon. Pete, a SenatorinCongressfromNewMexico 298 Faber, Scott, Director ofFloodplain Programs for American Rivers, on behalf ofthe Environmental Defense Fund, and tiie Mississippi River Basin Alli- ance 389 Glickman, Hon. Dan, a Representativein Congress from Kansas 351 Gordon, Hon. Bart, aRepresentativein CongressfromTennessee 343 larossi. Brad, Legislative Activities Officer, Association of State Dam Safety Officials, Inc 389 Kupferman, Susan, Director, NewYorkState Central RecreationwayCommis- sion 374 Lema, Joseph E., Vice President for Transportation, National Coal Associa- tion 374 Lipinski, Hon. Willijun O., a RepresentativeinCongress fromIllinois 320 Livingston, Hon. Bob, aRepresentative inCongressfrom Louisiana 308 Mallon, LawrenceG.,Attorney, PortofRichmond,VA 361 McCandless, Hon. Al, a RepresentativeinCongress from California 331 Moccasin, Richard Bad, Executive Director, Mni Sose Intertribal Water RightsCoalition 389 Monz, Victor, III, Vice President, Marine Contracting Corporation, on behalf of the Dredging Contractors of America, accompanied by Mark Sickles, Executive Director, Dredging Contractors ofAmerica 361 Porter, Hon. JohnEdward, aRepresentativein Congress fromIllinois 317 Roth, Hon. Toby, a Representative in Congress from Wisconsin, accompanied by Bruce Baker, Director, Water Resources Management, Wisconsin De- partment of Natural Resources, and Marigen Carpenter, Mayor, City of Neenah, WI 356 Stromberg, Erik, PresidentAmericanAssociationofPortAuthorities 361 Zaun, Wflliam L., Director of Public Works, Environmental Management Agency, CountyofOrange, CA 374 PREPARED STATEMENTS SUBMITTED BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS Domenici, Hon. PeteV., ofNewMexico 300 Gilchrest, Hon. WayneT., ofMaryland 1 290 Glickman, Hon. Dan, ofKansas 353 Gordon, Hon. Bart, ofTennessee 345 Livingston, Hon. Bob, ofLouisiana 310 McCandless, Hon. Al, ofCalifornia 333 Porter, Hon. John Edward, ofIllinois 318 PREPARED STATEMENTS SUBMITTED BY WITNESSES Baker, Bruce 397 Bowker,William 417 Brezenoflf, Stanley(Joseph Birgeles) 412 Faber, Scott 424 larossi. Brad 442 Kupferman, Susan 458 Lema, Joseph E „ 462 Moccasin, Richard Bad 467 Monz,Victor, III 471 Muller, Clifford C 472 Stromberg, Erik 477 Zaun,WiUiam L 502 : SUBMISSION FOR THE RECORD Lipinski, Hon. WUliam O., a Representative in Congress from Illinois, Mayor Richard M. Daley, City ofChicago, The Illinois Shoreline Erosion Interim III, Wilmetteto Illinois/Indiana State Line, statement 323 ADDITIONS TO THE RECORD Hansen, Keith, Director, Colusa Basin Drainage District, statement 506 Lighthizer, O. James, Secretary, Maryland Department of Transportation, statement and attachments 510 Plasencia, Doug, P.E., Association ofFloodplain Managers Inc., statement 545 Schatz, William B., General Counsel, NortheastOhio Regional SewerDistrict, Cleveland, OH, statement 554 Schregardus, Donald, Director, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, statements 559 Sefakis, Nick P., General manager, MetropoUtan Water District, Salt Lake City, UT, statement 569 Taylor, Jeff L., General Manager, Kings River Conservation District, statement 572 103d congress H. R. 4460 2d Session To provide for conservation and development ofwater and related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States, and for otherpurposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 19, 1994 Mr. MiNETA (for himself and Mr. Applegate) (both by request) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Public Works and Transportation . A BILL To provide for conservation and development of water and related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States, and for other purposes. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House ofRepresenta- 2 tives ofthe United States ofAmerica in Congress assembled, 3 SECTION 1.SHORTTITLE;TABLEOFCONTENTS. — 4 (a) Short Title. This Act may be cited as the 5 "Water Resources DevelopmentAct of 1994". — 6 (b) Table of Contents. Sec. 1. Shorttitle; tableofcontents. (VII) 1 VIII Sec. 2. Definitions. See. 3. Projectauthorizations. Sec. 4. Projectmodifications. Sec. 5. Cost-sharingofenvironmentalprojects. Sec. 6. Recoveiyofcostsforcleanupofhazardousortoxicsubstances. Sec. 7. Collaborativeresearchanddevelopment. Sec. 8. Nationalinventoryofdams. Sec. 9. Hydroelectricpowerprojectuprating. Sec. 10. Engineeringandenvironmentalinnovationsofnationalsignificance. Sec. 11. Federal lump-sum payments for Federal operation and maintenance costs. Sec. 12. Cost-sharingforremovalofexistingprojectfeatures. Sec. 13. Technicaladvisoiycommittee. Sec. 14. Technicalcorrections. Sec. 15. Projectdeauthorizations. Sec. 16. Contract goals for small disadvantaged business concerns and histori- callyblackcollegesanduniversitiesorminorityinstitutions. Sec. 17. Cost-sharingfordamsafetywork. Sec. 18. Revocationofsection211, RiverandHarborActof1950. Sec. 19. Research and development in support ofArmy Civil Works program. Sec. 20. Interagencyandinternationalsupportauthority. Sec. 21. Ebqwnsionofsection 1135program. Sec. 22. RegulatoiyProgramFund. 1 SEC.2.DEFINITIONS. 2 For purposes of this Act, the term "Secretary" 3 means the SecretaryoftheArmy. 4 SEC.3.PROJECTAUTHORIZATIONS. 5 [RESERVED] 6 SEC.4.PROJECTMODIFICATIONS. 7 [RESERVED] 8 SEC.6.COST-SHARINGOFENVIRONMENTALPROJECTS. 9 Section 103(c) of the Water Resources Development 10 Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 4085) is amended by adding the 1 followingnew subsection: 12 "(7) environmental protection and restoration: 13 25 percent.". HR4460 IH