On July 10th, ASBPA Executive Director, Derek Brockbank, testified before the House Transportation & Infrastructure committee in the hearing “Water Resources Development Acts: Status of Implementation and Addressing Future Needs.” ASBPA called on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to manage the coastline to support four interconnected values: Protection from coastal storms, hazards and sea level…
On this special joint podcast from The Capitol Beach and WaterLog, hosts Derek Brockbank, Howard Marlowe and Dan Ginolfi have a discussion with the leadership of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Planning and Policy. Eric Bush, Acting Director, and Joe Redican, Deputy Director, bring district and division experience to their roles in leading Planning and…
This episode of the Capitol Beach is an annotated “highlight reel” of presentations by the US Army Corps of Engineers at the recent National Coastal Summit hosted by American Shore and Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA). Most of the episode is Chief of Engineers, General Todd Semonite talking about how the Corps is changing to embrace…
ASBPA is pleased to announce the winners of our 2019 National Coastal Summit awards for coastal leadership in the legislative and executive branches of government. ASBPA’s 2019 Coastal Summit Award winners: Friend of the Coast Congressional award for shorter term or more project-specific contributions. Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL 23rd) Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz of Florida’s 23rd district…
With an FY2019 budget passed and another government shutdown avoided, we can begin to look toward the FY2020 appropriations. Process In normal years, the administration’s proposed budget would be out by now; it comes out shortly after the State of the Union. However, given the shutdown the proposal is unlikely to be out until mid-March….
2018 Year in Review ASBPA’s 2018 Government Affairs agenda continued to focus on three main areas: 1) Federal Funding, including advocating for funding for coastal projects and coastal research, and changing policies and authorities to allow federal funding to be used for coastal resilience; 2) Expediting coastal projects through more efficient permitting and better integration…
ASBPA is pleased to work with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to inform coastal and beach stakeholders about the USACE’s 5-year schedule for federal beach projects. To help communities plan for when their federally authorized projects will be constructed, USACE has developed a draft schedule of nearly 700 dredging projects – including navigation…
On Friday, March 23rd, the President signed the FY18 omnibus budget bill, funding the government through September. Coastal agencies finally have predictable funding for the remainder of the year after four short-term continuing resolutions in the past six months prevented them from planning or fully spending out their budgets. ASBPA had weighed in on a…
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has published its request for proposals for beneficial use of dredged material pilot projects pursuant to Section 1122 of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2016. The USACE is looking to recommend 10 projects for the beneficial use of dredged material (BUDM) program that would allow for…
As Congress begins the process of drafting a Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2018, ASBPA is working to improve the US Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) budgeting and planning process for coastal projects. ASBPA has been working with the Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works and House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure, to…