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\p ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS PROPOSED U.S. REORGANIZATION PLAN H. P 96/1 03-23 1 ; 1 vs. Arny Corps of Enji.eers Propos... HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS AND OVERSIGHT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIONS ONE HUNDRED THIRD CONGRESS FIRST SESSION MAY 6, AND 11, 1993 SERIAL NO. 103-23 '''""a»«iie],. m JUN 2 7 '^.'»te«.. Printed for the use of the Committee on Public Works and Transportation U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS PROPOSED REORGANIZATION PLAN HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS AND OVERSIGHT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED THIRD CONGRESS FIRST SESSION MAY AND 6, 11, 1993 SERIAL NO. 103-23 Printed for the use of the Committee on Public Works and Transportation U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 72-424 WASHINGTON 1993 : ForsalebytheU.S.GovernmentPrintingOffice SuperintendentofDocuments,CongressionalSalesOffice.Washington,DC 20402 ISBN 0-16-044046-7 COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION NORMAN Y. MINETA, CaUfomia, Chair JAMES L. OBERSTAR, Minnesota BUD SHUSTER, Pennsylvania NICK JOE RAHALL II, West Virginia WILLIAM 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 WILLIAM O. LIPINSKI, IlUnois JOHN J. DUNCAN, Jr., Tennessee ROBERT E. WISE, Jr., West Virginia SUSAN MOLINARI, New York JAMES A. TRAFICANT, Jr., Ohio WILLIAM H. ZELIFF, Jr., New Hampshire PETER A. 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, CaUfomia GREG LAUGHLIN, Texas MICHAEL A. (Mac) COLLINS, Georgia PETE GEREN, Texas JAY KIM, CaUfomia GEORGE E. SANGMEISTER, IlUnois DAVID A. LEVY, New York GLENN POSHARD, IlUnois STEPHEN HORN, CaUfomia DICK SWETT, New Hampshire BOB FRANKS, New Jersey 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 SAM COPPERSMITH, Arizona LESLIE L. BYRNE, Virginia MARL\ 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, CaUfornia EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight ROBERT A. BORSKI, Pennsylvania, Chair BARBARA-ROSE COLLINS, Michigan, JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma Vice Chair JOHN J. DUNCAN, Jr., Tennessee ROBERT E. WISE, Jr., West Virginia SUSAN MOLINARI, New York LUCIEN E. BLACKWELL, Pennsylvania WILLIAM H. ZELIFF, Jr., New Hampshire LESLIE L. BYRNE, Virginia WAYNE T. GILCHREST, Maryland JAMES A. BARCIA, Michigan BILL BAKER, CaUfornia BOB FILNER, California BUD SHUSTER, Pennsylvania EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas (Ex Officio) (VACANCY) NORMAN Y. MINETA, CaUfomia (Ex Officio) (II) CONTENTS Proceedings of: Page May 6, 1993 1 May 11, 1993 429 Summary ofsubjectmatter VII MAY 6, 1993 TESTIMONY Bartlett, Hon. Steve, Mayor, Dallas, TX, accompanied by J. Scott Carlson, assistant city attorney, city ofDallas, TX 36 Boxer, Hon. Barbara, U.S. Senator from California 9 Evans, Hon. Lane, a Representative in Congress from Illinois 13 Foglietta, Hon. Thomas, a Representative in Congress from Pennsylvania 13 Gardner, Frank, vice president, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, Chicago, IL WV 48 Gilley, J. Wade, president, Marshall University, Huntington, 28 Hoffman, Joseph K., chairman, Great Lakes Commission 48 Ives, Paul Lane, Jr., chairman. Joint Executive Committee for the Improve- ment and Development ofthe Philadelphia PortArea 21 Jones, Barbara, Director, Government and Public Relations, Delaware River PortAuthority 21 Kaul, N.G., Director, Division ofWater, New York State Department ofEnvi- ronmental Conservation, accompanied by Richard Konsella, chief, flood con- trol projectsection. Division ofWater 41 LaRue, John P., executive director, Philadelphia Regional PortAuthority 21 Leonard, Donald J., representative of the North Central Division Concerned Employees 48 Quinn, Hon. Jack, a Representative in Congress from NewYork 41 Weldon, Hon. Curt, a Representative in Congressfrom Pennsylvania 13 Wise, Hon. Robert E.,Jr., a Representative in Congress from WestVirginia ... 13 PREPARED STATEMENTS SUBMITTED BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS Blackwell, Hon. Lucien E., ofPennsylvania 11 Molinari, Hon. Susan, ofNewYork 8 Quinn, Hon. Jack, ofNewYork 359 Rahall, Hon. NickJ. II, ofWestVirginia 27 Saxton, Hon. H. James, ofNewJersey 8 Sundquist, Hon. Don, ofTennessee 7 Zeliff, Hon. William H., Jr., ofNewHampshire 13 PREPARED STATEMENTS SUBMITTED BY WITNESSES Bartlett, Hon. Steve 59 Boxer, Hon. Barbara 71 Evans, Hon. Lane 74 Foglietta, Hon. Thomas 76 Gardner, Frank 77 Gilley, J. Wade 82 Hoffman, Joseph K 88 Ives, Paul Lane, Jr 94 Jones, Barbara 100 Kaul, N.G 105 (III) IV Page LaRue, John P 114 Leonard, Donald 119 Wise, Hon. Robert E., Jr 366 SUBMISSIONS FOR THE RECORD Operation Mountain Storm, statement 33 Sturdivant, John N., national president, American Federation ofGovernment Employees, AFL-CIO, statement 32 ADDITIONS TO THE RECORD Statements received from Members ofCongress(House & Senate): Clement, Hon. Bob, ofTennessee 370 CoUins, Hon. Barbara-Rose, ofMichigan 372 Feinstein, Hon. Dianne, ofCalifornia 374 Hughes, Hon. William J., ofNewJersey 377 Leach, Hon. JamesA., ofIowa 379 Moseley-Braun, Hon. Carol, ofIllinois 393 Pelosi, Hon. Nancy, ofCalifornia 399 Porter, Hon. John Edward, ofIllinois 404 Simon, Hon. Paul, ofIllinois 407 Schumer, Hon. CharlesA., ofNewYork 409 Othercorrespondence: Delaware River Port Authority, Harry J. Kennedy, Jr., manager, govern- ment, letter 418 Town ofMatewan, WV., Hon. JohnnyW. Fullen, Mayor, letter 419 MaritimeAdvisoryCouncil ofNewJersey, letter 420 Miller, Matt, Board of Directors member, Huntington, WV, Regional ChamberofCommerce, letter 422 WaterwaysAssociation ofPittsburgh, ArthurParker, executive vice presi- dent, letter 424 CityofWilliamson, WV., Hon. Sam G. Kapourales, Mayor, letter 426 MAY 11, 1993 TESTIMONY Dickey, Dr. G. Edward, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army of Civil Works 448 Griffis, F.H. (Bud), professor of civil engineering (construction) and Director ofthe National Centerfor Infrastructure Studies at Columbia University .... 500 Smith, Kenneth J., president. CoastalAdvocate, Inc., Ship Bottom, NJ 500 Williams, Lt. Gen. ArthurE., Commander, U.S. Army Corps ofEngineers 448 PREPARED STATEMENTS SUBMITTED BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS Barcia, Hon. JamesA., ofMichigan 447 Inhofe, Hon. James M., ofOklahoma 430 Quinn, Hon. Jack, ofNewYork 431 ZelifT, Hon. William H., ofNew Hampshire 444 PREPARED STATEMENTS SUBMITTED BY WITNESSES Dickey, Dr. G. Edward 511 Griffis, F.H. (Bud) 516 Smith, Kenneth J 522 Williams, Lt. Gen. ArthurE 525 SUBMISSIONS FOR THE RECORD Dickey, Dr. G. Edward, ActingAssistant Secretary ofthe Army, Civil Works, responses to post-hearing questions submitted by Representative Eddie Ber- nice Johnson 497 V Johnson, Hon. Eddie Bemice, a Representative in Congress from Texas, Opin- ion of the American Law Division of the Congressional Research Service, Subject: "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Reorganization: The Mississippi RiverCommission and Division OflTice Site Selection" 435 Williams, Lt. Gen. Arthur E., Commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Annualizedworkload projections by District 470 Charts: Minorities and women in Division HQs (as percentofworkforce) 492 ADDITIONS TO THE RECORD Statements received from Members ofCongress: Barcia, Hon. JamesA., ofMichigan 531 Yates, Hon. Sidney R., ofIllinois 534 OtherCommunications: Committee to Save SPD (COTOSS) San Francisco, CA., B. Getzen, state- ment 539 Green BrookFlood Control Commission, Green Brook, NY, resolution 546 New Jersey Alliance for Action, Inc., Edison, NJ., Ellis S. Vieser, presi- dent stfltdTiGrit 04y Port of New York and New Jersey, Lillian C. Liburdi, director. Port Development, letter 552 StateofNewYork, LegislatureofErie County, clerk's office, resolution .... 555 U.S. Army Corps ofEngineers reorganization plan 557 6 [" ^-'il^^'^^^rz^ ^•3- ^iDDSf ofKtpitBcntatiDES _ ErH'Bi'^'IX-. COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS ' EnSH^.. AND TRANSPORTATION ^__^^^ — t"'.='"'n"i'Ti"?.'*'i"T"L^«,~',— SUITE2165WARSAHYIBNUGRTNONH,OUDSCE2O0F5FI1CEBUILDING lSli'vi,|coI''iTlil^^'^.C^.- ..v.sc«.^—.0-.-J— (2021225-«472 5^1.!;^"^°^, NCM>raJtO'~VUCiWcUOMC*k*«fTM ^ May5.1993 Si'o'Si'^^r;'" TO: Members,SubcommitteeonInvestigationsandOversight FROM: SubcommitteeStaff RE: SUMMARYOFSUBJECTMATTERforHEARINGSONTHEUS.ARMY CORPSOFENGINEERSPROPOSEDREORGANIZATION PLAN. Thursday. May6. 1993. Room2167.10:00a.m.andaproposed secondday. Tuesday.May U. 1993. Room2253.1:30p.m. OnNovember19.1992. theU.S.ArmyCorpsofEngineers(Corps)announceda majorreorganizationplanwhichwouldeliminate2.600full-time jobsand transfer 5,000employees. Theplan, whichisunderreviewbySecretaryofDefenseAspin, callsforareductionin thenumberofDivisionofficesfrom11to6. amodificationin Headquartersoperations, andarestructuringofDistrictoffices. TheCorpsestimated thecostofimplementation tobe$215millionandaimualsavingsof$115millionby 1995. TheSubcommitteeon InvestigationsandOversightwillhold twodaysof hearingstoexamine theCorpsreorganizationplan. Thefirstdaywillbeginat10:00 a.m. inRoom 2167RaybumHouseOfficeBuildingwheretestimonywillbe received fromMembersofCongressandotherpartiesaffectedbythereorganizationplan. A proposed seconddayofhearingswillbeginat1:30p.m. inRoom2253Raybum Building. TestimonywillbereceivedfromCorpsofficialsandarepresentativeofthe academiccommunity. Abackgroundsummaryofeventsleadingtotheproposed reorganizationanda discussionoftheissueswhichareexpectedtobeaddressedatthehearingfollows. (VII) VIII -2- BACKGROUND TheCorps' Missions TheprimarymissionsoftheCorpsofEngineersaremilitaryconstructionand waterresourcedevelopment. Incarryingoutthosemissions, theCorpsperformsa numberofroles, includingdesignandconstruction,regulatoryoversight,emergency operations, projectmanagement,andoperationsandmaintenance. Inaddition toitsprimarymissions, theCorpshasperformedengineeringtasks in thepastforotherentities, includingconstructionactivitiesfor theU.S. Postal Service, NASA, and thecountriesofIsraelandSaudiArabia. CurrentlytheCorpsis performingworkforEPAinconstructiongrantsmanagement andinthe Superfund program. TheCorpsalsohasasignificantroleinthedevelopmentofmagnetic levitationpassengertrains. This "support-for-others"functioncould becomealarger partoftheCorps' work programintheeventofa reorganization. TheNeed forReorganization AccordingtoCorpsofficialswithwhomsubcommittee staffspoke, thenature oftheCorps' workprogram hasundergonesignificantchangeover thepastdecade, promptingthe need foranorganizational reassessment. Duringthe firsthalfofthe 1980s, increased militaryexpendituresmeantadditionalworkfor theCorpsof Engineers. However, themilitaryconstructionprogrampeakedin1987andtheCorps isfacedwiththeprospectofasharply-reducedmilitaryconstructionprograminthe yearsahead. At thesametime, theCorps'civilworksprogramemphasishaschanged fromnewconstructionprojectstotheoperationandmaintenanceofexistingprojects. SeeAtUchment1foracomprehensiveoutlineofCorpsresponsibilities.
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