EP 1165-2-1
30 Jul 99
(b) For non-cost-shared projects where Federal funds are spent
for HTRW response actions, the cost of response actions will be a
project cost to be borne by the Department of the Army except when
another Federal agency is responsible for the HTRW, in which case the
response action should be borne by the responsible agency. A district
should not proceed with any response action for which another agency
is responsible until appropriate agreements have been reached with
that agency regarding funding for the response.
(c) Funding arrangements and responsibilities for HTRW
response actions involving Federally owned lands, including those
administered by the Department of the Army, will be approved on an
individual basis.
(d) Only where the cost of the reponse action is a project
cost will it be part of the economic evaluation.
(2) Non-CERCLA Regulated Contaminents. Costs for necessary
special handling or remediation of wastes, pollutants and other
contaminents which are not regulated under CERCLA will be treated as
project costs if the requirement is the result of a validly
promulgated Federal, state, or local regulation. In such cases, land
value included in the economic analysis will be the fair market value
of the land considering the contamination, and the cost of the
required treatment will be a construction cost. The land value to be
credited to the sponsor will be the fair market value of the land in
the condition acquired. Credit will not be allowed for both costs of
the treatment or remediation and for the value of the land as if
clean.
(3) Civil Works Project Plans. The plan for, and execution
of, each civil works project will routinely include a phased and
documented review to provide for early identification of HTRW
potential at civil works project sites.
(4) Civil Works "Transition" Projects. On projects in
"transition", where no HTRW investigation was conducted and where a
Project Cooperation Agreement (PCA) for construction has not been
executed, the district may conduct studies to determine the existence
and extent of HTRW as part of PED. After a PCA is executed, HTRW
investigations must be performed by the sponsor or the sponsor must
provide funds up front to pay for the district's performance of the
studies. Costs of the studies will be shared based on the project
purpose and the project stage.
(5) Response Actions. Response actions, involving HTRW
discovered on lands where the Government has been an owner and/or the
Corps has been an operator, will be handled on an individual basis.
3-17. Expenditures on Aesthetics. Incorporating environmental
quality into project design, including consideration of the visual
quality of the project, continues to be an important goal of the civil
works program. Guidance for assessing the aesthetic impacts of civil
works projects, and planning and designing projects to make positive
contributions to aesthetic quality is provided in the following: ER
1105-2-100; EM 1110-2-38; EM 1110-2-301; EM 1110-2-1205; EM 1110-2-
1202; EM 1110-2-1204. However, reasonableness must also be applied in
defining the appropriate levels of expenditures for aesthetic quality
at civil works projects. Current budgetary constraints and the
intense competition for Federal funds dictate a greater level of
discipline in meeting our responsibilities to harmoniously blend
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