Army Corps of Engineers, actions needed to improve cost sharing for dam safety repairs : report to congressional requesters.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers--Rules and practice--Evaluation.

United States.

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.

Dams--United States--Maintenance and repair--Finance.

Dams.

Dam safety--United States--Evaluation.

Dam safety.

Dam safety--Evaluation.

Genre:

Online resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ii, 33 pages) : color illustrations

Other Title:

Actions needed to improve cost sharing for dam safety repairs

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : United States Government Accountability Office, 2015.

Summary:

The Corps operates over 700 dams, which are aging and may require major repairs to assure safe operation. At some dams, sponsors that benefit from dam operations share in the cost of operating and repairing these dams based on original congressional authorizations for dam construction or subsequent agreements with the Corps. Since 2005, the Corps initiated an estimated $5.8 billion in repairs at 16 dams with urgent repair needs; sponsors are to share repair costs at 9 of these dams. GAO was asked to examine cost sharing for Corps dam safety repairs. This report examines how, over the last 10 years, the Corps (1) determined cost sharing and (2) communicated with sponsors regarding cost sharing. GAO recommends that the Corps clarify policy guidance on (1) usage of the state-of-the-art provision and (2) effective communication with sponsors to establish and implement cost sharing agreements for all dams, including the three named in this report.

Notes:

"December 2015."

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource, PDF version; title from cover (GAO web site, viewed Jan. 18, 2017).

OCLC:

932881912