Launch of the South Atlantic Coastal Study

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has officially begun the South Atlantic Coastal Study (SACS), a study “to identify the risks and vulnerabilities of those areas to increased hurricane and storm damage as a result of sea level rise” in the region of the US covered by the South Atlantic Division of USACE. (As authorized in Section 148 of WRDA ’16.)

Creating a Shared Vision to Address Coastal Vulnerability

On February 27th, USACE, in collaboration with ASBPA, held a visioning webinar for “Creating a Shared Vision to Address Coastal Vulnerability.” This outlined the scope of the study, outputs and timeline, and next steps including ways for stakeholders to get involved.  SACS Presentation (PDF 2.2MB)

PDF of USACE presentation on SACS (initially presented Feb. 27, 2019)

Providing Comments and Questions

Provide initial comments and questions about the approach of the SACS by March 20, 2019

Send to: SACS@usace.army.mil

Please provide input on:

• Broadly defined risks and vulnerabilities of populations, infrastructure, environmental and cultural resources within the study area to increased hurricane and storm damage as a result of sea level rise.
• Opportunities to reduce risks and vulnerabilities. Specify multiple stakeholder roles and responsibilities where possible.
• Shared Vision Statement: where do we want to be and how do we work together to get there?
• Email your contact information if it was not provided prior to, or when logging into, the webinar.
• Questions that will help USACE develop a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document.