EP 1165-2-1
30 Jul 99
the schedule of dues is established in a manner which allows for
public input and comment. Assistance should be provided in meeting
the requirements for public involvement as specified in the Section
208 of WRDA 1986 in accordance with the following specific actions:
(1) Review the material submitted by the sponsor in response
to Section 208(a)(5) to determine that the required information is
provided;
(2)
Submit the information for publication in the Federal
Register;
(3) Coordinate with the sponsor to assure that the dates of
the required public meetings and dates for comments allow the
necessary time from the date of publication;
(4) When the material is submitted to the Federal Register,
transmit draft letters for the signature of the Assistant Secretary of
the Army (Civil Works)(ASA(CW)), providing the same informtion as a
courtesy to the Comptroller General, the Secretary of the Treasury,
and the Federal Maritime Commission;
(5) Keep on permanent file a copy of the dues schedule
established by the sponsor; and
(6) Forward a copy of the schedule to HQUSACE and to the
Secretary of the Army.
h. Definition of Rehabilitation for Inland Waterway Projects.
The definition of major rehabilitation relating to inland and
intracoastal waterways of the United States is provided in Section 205
of WRDA 1992 and paragraph 11-3.
12-12. Navigation Data. The Navigation Data Center (NDC) located in
Alexandria, Virginia is responsible for the Federal water
transportation statistical programs including waterborne commerce,
domestic vessels, port and waterway facilities, lock characteristics
and operations and dredging.
a.
Waterborne Commerce Statistics.
(1) NDC's Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center in New
Orleans, Louisiana collects waterborne commerce--passenger, tonnage
and vessel data--from domestic vessel operating companies engaged in
commercial waterborne commerce activity (33 CFR Part 207 and 33 U.S.C.
555). Foreign imports, exports, in-transit (commodities with origin
and destination outside of U.S.) and foreign vessel movements data are
collected by U.S. Customs and processed by the Bureau of the Census
for the Corps under interagency agreements of 1946, 1997 and 1998.
U.S. Bureau of the Census processes imports and exports and the U.S.
Maritime Administration processes vessel movement data and merges
these with Census import and export data and Corps in-transit data to
create the historic U.S./Foreign Waterborne Transportation Statistics
per OMB's 28 September 1998 directive. Archived statistical reports
are available from 1915 to present.
(2) NDC is the responsible agency for compiling the Federal
data and disseminating both foreign and domestic waterborne statistics
for all U.S. waterborne transportation from water origin to water
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