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Government Affairs: 2018 Year in Review

December 19, 2018asbpa_edAppropriations, Army Corps, Beneficial Use, coastal infrastructure, Congress, Hurricane, NOAA, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USACE, USGS, WRDA

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…

Congress Passes Water Infrastructure Bill

October 10, 2018asbpa_edArmy Corps, coastal infrastructure, Congress, infrastructure, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, WRDA

Today, the Senate passed “America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018,” 99-1. The House of Representatives had passed the legislation in September by a unanimous voice vote, so the bill will now go to the president’s desk to be signed. ASBPA’s statement on America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018: The American Shore and Beach Preservation Association…

ASBPA supports American Shoreline Podcast Network

October 3, 2018asbpa_edASPN, conferences, National Coastal Conference, Podcast, WRDA

Now you can listen to ASBPA… on ASPN! ASBPA is pleased to be an initial sponsor and contributor to the American Shoreline Podcast Network (ASPN), a new podcast series on all things coastal being produced in connection with the re-launch of Coastal News Today. The weekly series is hosted by ASBPA members, Peter Ravella &…

Water Bill agreement reached in House & Senate

September 13, 2018asbpa_ed1 commentArmy Corps, Beneficial Use, coastal infrastructure, Congress, Resilience, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, WRDA

On September 10, House and Senate released America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018, which includes 4 titles related to water infrastructure. The first title is, essentially, a water resources development act (WRDA) that includes a number of provisions ASBPA supports (the remaining titles address clean drinking water, hydropower, and stormwater infrastructure financing, none of which ASBPA has…

Water Bill Passes House

June 7, 2018asbpa_edArmy Corps, coastal infrastructure, Congress, infrastructure, natural infrastructure, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, WRDA

House of Representatives Passes Water Bill, Next up for the Senate The American Shore and Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) was pleased to see the House of Representatives pass H.R. 8, the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) on Tuesday, June 6. Biennial water resources legislation is important to the nation to keep federal water resources infrastructure…

Army Corps requests proposals for Beneficial Use of Dredged Material

February 16, 2018asbpa_edArmy Corps, beach nourishment, Beneficial Use, federal funding, RSM, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USACE, WRDA

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…

ASBPA advocates for better coastal planning and budgeting in WRDA 2018

February 15, 2018asbpa_edArmy Corps, Congress, federal funding, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USACE, WRDA

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…

Government Affairs: 2017 Year in Review

December 27, 2017asbpa_edAppropriations, Army Corps, Beneficial Use, Congress, federal funding, Hurricane, Permitting, SACS, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, WRDA

ASBPA’s 2017 Government Affairs agenda continued to focus on three main areas: Federal Funding, including advocating for funding for coastal projects and coastal research; and changing policies to allow coastal projects to include their full range of benefits in benefit-cost-ratios and thereby compete better for federal funding. Improved permitting and regulatory, including expediting Endangered Species…

Roundtable starts WRDA 2018 process

October 31, 2017asbpa_edcoastal infrastructure, Congress, WRDA

In the midst of last week’s National Coastal Conference in Fort Lauderdale, ASBPA Executive Director, Derek Brockbank, was able to join the House Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee’s Roundtable in Miami to launch the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) 2018. The Roundtable had nine members of Congress including T&I Committee chair, Bill Shuster, and the…

Congress, fund our nation’s coastal infrastructure

February 28, 2017asbpa_webArmy Corps, Beneficial Use, coastal infrastructure, Congress, federal funding, Federal government, infrastructure, jobs, RSM, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, WRDA

What can Congress do to protect our country’s invaluable coastal resources? First and foremost, fund coastal infrastructure. The American Shore & Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) is recommending at least $5 billion over ten years to rebuild and restore our nation’s beach, dunes, wetlands and other coastal flood risk reduction infrastructure. This should include building already…

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