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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Acronyms." National Research Council. 2004. River Basins and Coastal Systems Planning Within the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10970.
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Appendix B
Acronyms


AFB

alternative formulation briefing


BCA

benefit-cost analysis


CRP

Conservation Reserve Program

CSMW

Coastal Sediment Management Workgroup

CVP

Central Valley Project

CWA

Clean Water Act

CWPPRA

Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act


EIS

environmental impact statement

ENSO

El Niño Southern Oscillation


FCA

Flood Control Act

FCSA

feasibility cost-sharing arrangement

FGDC

Federal Geographic Data Committee

FY

fiscal year


GCM

General Circulation Model

GIS

geographic information systems

GIWW

Gulf Intracoastal Waterway


HEC

Hydrologic Engineering Center

HUC

hydrologic unit code

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Acronyms." National Research Council. 2004. River Basins and Coastal Systems Planning Within the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10970.
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IPCC

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

ITR

independent technical review

IWR

Institute for Water Resources


LCA

study Louisiana Comprehensive Coastwide Ecosystem Restoration Study

LERRDS

lands, easements, rights of way, relocations, and disposal areas


MR&T

Mississippi River and Tributaries

MOA

memorandum of agreement

MOU

memorandum of understanding

MRGO

Mississippi River Gulf Outlet

MSL

mean sea level


NED

national economic development

NEPA

National Environmental Policy Act

NER

national ecosystem restoration

NGO

nongovernmental organization

NMFS

National Marine Fisheries Service

NRC

National Research Council

NRCS

Natural Resources Conservation Service


O&M

operation and maintenance

OMB

Office of Management and Budget


P&G

Economic and Environmental Principles and Guidelines for Water and Related Land Resources Implementation Studies

P&S

Principles and Standards for Planning Water and Related Land Resources

PED

pre-construction engineering and design

PGN

Planning Guidance Notebook

PNW

Pacific Northwest

PPE

post-project evaluation

PSE&G

Public Service Electric and Gas Company

PSP

project study plan

PSW

Pacific Southwest


RSL

relative sea level

RSMP

Regional Sediment Management Program

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Acronyms." National Research Council. 2004. River Basins and Coastal Systems Planning Within the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10970.
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SWP

State Water Project


TVA

Tennessee Valley Authority


UMRBA

Upper Mississippi River Basin Association

USEPA

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

USFWS

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

USGS

U.S. Geological Survey


WRC

Water Resources Council

WRDA

Water Resources Development Act

WRP

Wetlands Reserve Program

WRPA

Water Resources Planning Act

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (the Corps) has played a large and important role in shaping water resources systems in the United States since Congress first tasked it in 1824 to improve navigation on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Since then, rivers have been modified for navigation and flood control, harbors have been dredged for shipping, and coastlines are routinely fortified against erosion and beach loss. Recent decades have seen an overall decline in budgets for civil works project construction, yet the range of objectives for water resources projects has broadened as society places more value on environmental and recreational benefits. Thus, the Corps' portfolio of water resources projects has changed considerably. There is a reduced emphasis on traditional construction projects and an increased focus on maintenance and reoperation of existing projects such as locks, dams, and levees and on environmental restoration projects.

An integrated approach to water resources planning at the scale of river basins and coastal systems is widely endorsed by the academic and engineering communities. The Corps' mission, expertise, and experience give it immense potential to alter the structure and functioning of the nation's waterways and coasts. As might be expected in a large and complex organization answering to a range of public and private demands, implementation of these new policies and objectives is neither consistent nor complete. River Basins and Coastal Systems Planning within the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recommends improvements in the Corps' water resource project planning and review process. This report compares economic and environmental benefits and costs over a range of time and space scales, suggests multiple purpose formulation and evaluation methods, and recommends integration of water development plans with other projects in the region.

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