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Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Illinois Waterway (Ill.)
ISBN : UIUC:30112003324503
Author : National Research Council,Transportation Research Board,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee to Review the Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway Navigation System Feasibility Study
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2001-04-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0309074053
In 1988, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began an investigation of the benefits and costs of extending several locks on the lower portion of the Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway (UMR-IWW) in order to relieve increasing waterway congestion, particularly for grain moving to New Orleans for export. With passage of the Flood Control Act of 1936, Congress required that the Corps conduct a benefit-cost analysis as part of its water resources project planning; Congress will fund water resources projects only if a project's benefits exceed its costs. As economic analysis generally, and benefit-cost analysis in particular, has become more sophisticated, and as environmental and social considerations and analysis have become more important, Corps planning studies have grown in size and complexity. The difficulty in commensurating market and nonmarket costs and benefits also presents the Corps with a significant challenge. The Corps' analysis of the UMR-IWW has extended over a decade, has cost roughly $50 million, and has involved consultations with other federal agencies, state conservation agencies, and local citizens. The analysis has included many consultants and has produced dozens of reports. In February 2000, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) requested that the National Academies review the Corps' final feasibility report. After discussions and negotiations with DOD, in April 2000 the National Academies launched this review and appointed an expert committee to carry it out.
Author : National Research Council,Transportation Research Board,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee to Review the Corps of Engineers Restructured Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway Feasibility Study
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2005-01-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309094368
For the past few years, the Corps has been working on what is known as the Restructured Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway Feasibility Study, the heart of which is a multibillion-dollar proposal to double the length of up to a dozen locks on the river. The Research Council first reviewed the feasibility study in 2001 during controversies over the accuracy of models being used by the Corps to justify lock expansion based on increased demand for barge transportation. More than 100 million tons of cargo-half of it grain destined for international markets, the other half goods such as construction materials, coal, and chemicals-are shipped along the navigation system each year. The locks, which along with dams allow barges to traverse uneven river depths, were originally designed for "tows" of barges up to 600 feet long, but the length of a typical tow has increased, forcing the Corps to look for ways to relieve congestion. The book finds the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has made good progress in broadening its proposed plan for navigation improvements on the Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway system to give greater consideration to ecological restoration. However, the plan still does not provide sufficient economic justification for expanding locks on the rivers because of flaws in the models the Corps used to predict demand for barge transportation. Little attention is paid to inexpensive, nonstructural navigation improvements that could help better manage existing levels of barge traffic. The revised plan has been usefully expanded to include many creative and potentially useful ecosystem restoration measures. These measures, however, should be more firmly grounded in river science principles and more broadly consider ways the river's ecology might affect or be affected by navigation, recreation and other uses.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 708 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556034782193
Author : National Research Council,Transportation Research Board,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee to Review the Corps of Engineers Restructured Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway Draft Feasibility Study
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2004-04-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 0309182360
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has a long history of managing navigation, floods, and other water-related issues on the Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers. A recent chapter in that history is the problem of waterway congestion at several locks on the lower portion of the Upper Mississippi River. The Corps has studied this problem and its possible solutions since the late 1980s, producing a draft feasibility study in 2000 and an interim report on a restructured feasibility study in 2002. A committee was convened to review and provide advice on the most recent phase of the Corps' analytical efforts.
Author : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Illinois Waterway (Ill.)
ISBN : UIUC:30112108364370
Author : National Research Council,Transportation Research Board,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee to Review the Corps of Engineers Restructured Upper Mississsippi River-Illinois Waterway Draft Feasibility Study
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2005-12-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309099455
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently completed its feasibility study for the Upper Mississippi River-Ilinois Waterway, which was one of the agency's longest and most complicated studies in its history. The first two reports from this WSTB committee reviewed analytical aspects of the Corps feasibility study. Water Resources Planning for the Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway considers the broader issue of managing the multiple resources of the Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway, especially with regard to several, recently-issued NRC reports on Corps of Engineers planning procedures. The report finds that a key issue regarding planning decisions on these river systems is the ambiguity related to several different pieces of legislation and acts that govern river management, and thus recommends that the administration and Congress clarify the federal intent for managing this river and waterway system. The report recommends an independent, retrospective reivew of the experience with a federal inter-agency Principals Group, which was convened to provide guidance to the Corps study. It is also recommended that the Corps strive to incorporate flexible, adaptive management principles through its entire water planning program, including operations of the lock and dam system.
Author : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Rock Island District
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Mississippi River
ISBN : UCR:31210023574021
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Science
ISBN : LOC:00144515444
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556031253701
Author : National Research Council,Transportation Research Board,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee to Review the Corps of Engineers Restructured Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway Draft Feasibility Study
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2004-05-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 0309091330
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has a long history of managing navigation, floods, and other water-related issues on the Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers. A recent chapter in that history is the problem of waterway congestion at several locks on the lower portion of the Upper Mississippi River. The Corps has studied this problem and its possible solutions since the late 1980s, producing a draft feasibility study in 2000 and an interim report on a restructured feasibility study in 2002. A committee was convened to review and provide advice on the most recent phase of the Corps' analytical efforts.
Author : Nani G. Bhowmik
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Illinois River (Ill.)
ISBN : UIUC:30112067344876
This report summarizes the investigation conducted by the Illinois State Water Survey on the physical changes associated with the movement of navigation traffic on the Illinois and Upper Mississippi Rivers. Project activities were conducted through the Illinois Department of Natural Resources Research results have also been presented at technical society meetings and published in a number of journals.
Author : A. T. Kearney, Inc
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Commerce
ISBN : UOM:39015041054464
Author : National Research Council,Transportation Research Board,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee to Review the Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway Navigation System Feasibility Study
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2001-03-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780309183178
In 1988, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began an investigation of the benefits and costs of extending several locks on the lower portion of the Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway (UMR-IWW) in order to relieve increasing waterway congestion, particularly for grain moving to New Orleans for export. With passage of the Flood Control Act of 1936, Congress required that the Corps conduct a benefit-cost analysis as part of its water resources project planning; Congress will fund water resources projects only if a project's benefits exceed its costs. As economic analysis generally, and benefit-cost analysis in particular, has become more sophisticated, and as environmental and social considerations and analysis have become more important, Corps planning studies have grown in size and complexity. The difficulty in commensurating market and nonmarket costs and benefits also presents the Corps with a significant challenge. The Corps' analysis of the UMR-IWW has extended over a decade, has cost roughly $50 million, and has involved consultations with other federal agencies, state conservation agencies, and local citizens. The analysis has included many consultants and has produced dozens of reports. In February 2000, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) requested that the National Academies review the Corps' final feasibility report. After discussions and negotiations with DOD, in April 2000 the National Academies launched this review and appointed an expert committee to carry it out.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 832 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556036527893