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feasibility phase and construction. A letter of intent from the non-
Federal sponsor stating the willingness to pursue the feasibility
study described in the Management Plan and to share in the costs of
construction is required.
The reconnaissance phase is completed upon the signing of the
Feasibility Cost Sharing Agreement (FCSA) by the Corps and the non-
Federal sponsor. The feasibility study cannot be initiated until the
FCSA is signed.
b. Feasibility Phase. The feasibility phase can take up to
four years to complete and is cost shared equally between the Federal
Government and the non-Federal sponsor. At least 50 percent of the
non-Federal share (25 percent of the total feasibility phase cost)
will be in cash; the remaining 50 percent of the sponsors share may be
contributed as in-kind products or services. Feasibility phase cost
sharing is not applicable to navigation studies on the Nation's inland
waterways. The non-Federal cost share for feasibility studies in
American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Virgin Islands, and
the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, is reduced by 0,000 for
each study (Section 1156 of WRDA 1986). The report results in
recommendations to Congress for or against Federal participation in
solutions to the water and related land resources problems and
opportunities identified in the study. A recommendation for Federal
participation is generally a recommendation for construction
authorization.
c. Legislative Phase I Studies. This is a special type of
study, where only continuation of planning, rather than construction,
was authorized for selected projects in the WRDAs of 1974 (Public Law
93-251) and 1976 (Public Law 94-587). For these studies, which are
subject to a two-stage authorization process, a new feasibility report
would be submitted to Congress for construction authorization.
d. Review of Completed Projects Studies. This type of study is
in response to the standing authority of Section 216 of the Flood
Control Act of 1970, which authorizes studies to review the operation
of completed Federal projects and recommend project modifications
"when found advisable due to significantly changed physical or
economic conditions... and for improving the quality of the
environment in the overall public interest". An initial appraisal is
conducted using Operation and Maintenance (O&M), General funds to
determine whether or not a study is warranted. If it is determined
that further study is warranted, these studies are conducted in the
two phase study process in the same manner as feasibility studies.
e. Continuing Authorities Studies. These types of studies are
in response to one of the body of standing study and construction
authorities listed in Table 2-1. With some exceptions, they are
conducted in the same two-phase study process as feasibility studies
specifically authorized by Congress.
5-3. Preconstruction Engineering and Design (PED). Continuation of
planning efforts following completion of the feasibility report is
discussed in Chapter 9. The PED phase (including preparation of the
General Reevaluation Report (if needed), Design Memorandums and Plans
and Specifications) will be cost shared in accordance with the
authorized construction cost sharing for the project. During the PED
phase, non-Federal financial contributions are to be 25 percent of the
total PED cost, with offsetting credits or debits during the first
year of construction.
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