EP 1165-2-1
30 Jul 99
widening may be in areas adjacent to the existing channel that have
depths of 20 feet or less. The same would apply to a new turning
basin or new anchorage area associated with such a project).
(d) For navigation projects that involve no deepening (e.g., a
widening only project or a project involving addition of a
breakwater), the entire GNF costs are shared at either the cost
sharing associated with th existing project depth, or if there is no
improved depth, the natural controlling depth.
b.
Inland Waterways.
(1) In WRDA 1986, and subsequent legislation, projects on
waterways that are subject to fuel taxes, are specifically authorized
to be funded in part by the Inland Waterways Trust Fund, with 50
percent of the construction costs paid from amounts appropriated from
the General Fund of the Treasury, and the other 50 percent from the
Trust Fund. The term construction in these specific cases is defined
to include planning, designing, engineering, surveying, and
acquisition of LERRD, including lands for disposal of dredged material
and maintenance disposal, and LERRD required for fish and wildlife
mitigation. Future proposals to modify or rehabilitate elements of
the inland and coastal waterways system of the United States, as
identified in Section 206 of the Inland Waterways Revenue Act (IWRA)
of 1978, as amended, should recommend financing on this basis (see
paragraph 12-4.a).
(2) Costs for all waterways outside the system identified in
Section 206 of the IWRA of 1978, as amended, will be shared as
commercial or recreational harbors, based on allocation to these
project purposes.
c.
Recreational Navigation (Section 103(c)(4) of WRDA 1986).
(1) Non-Federal sponsors for a recreational navigation project,
or separable element thereof, must pay 50 percent of the joint and
separable costs of constructing the GNF allocated to recreational
navigation during the construction period. Non-Federal sponsors
receive credit for the value of LERRD contributions (paragraph
6-4.c(2)) against the 50 percent share. The non-Federal sponsors must
accomplish or pay for 100 percent of GNF operations and maintenance
costs allocated to recreational navigation.
(2) Non-Federal sponsors must provide all LERRD, including
LERRD required for fish and wildlife mitigation, with all retaining
dikes, bulkheads, and embankments, or pay the cost of such retaining
works. The value of LERRD contributions are included in the 50
percent non-Federal share of project costs assigned to recreational
navigation. The non-Federal sponsors must also provide and maintain,
without cost to the Federal Government, all local service facilities
other than GNF needed to achieve anticipated project benefits,
including dredging in berthing areas and local access channels serving
GNF.
d. Emergency Navigation Authority. The cost sharing in Title I
of WRDA 1986 does not apply to activities under the special authority
for emergency clearing provided by Section 3 of the River and Harbor
Act of 1945 (see paragraph 11-2.a(3)).
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