Flood Control Project and Plan, Federal
Flood Control Project and Plan, Federal : "The Federal flood control project is comprised of two obvious elements: the physical aspects of improvement recommended and the associated requirements of local cooperation. The intended flood control plan (i.e., the outputs from the Federal project) may, however, be dependent upon other elements as well. The assumptions made about how the Federal project improvements will function may depend upon other assumptions about the continued effectiveness of already existing non-Federal developments that shape or control flows (whether specifically intended for flood control, or not). They may reflect the assumed existence of other non-Federal developments planned but not yet in place. It is critical that the non-Federal sponsor, responsible for operation and maintenance (O&M) of the Federal project, understand the importance of all the elements that go together to make the plan function. A complete description of a plan includes all structural, nonstructural, legal, and institutional features, both proposed and existing, that contribute to the intended flood control outputs. The outputs of the plan, and of individual elements if they have separable outputs, should be quantified in understandable physical, economic and environmental terms. The operating requirements should be developed for each element requiring operation (e.g., statement of the trigger that will say it is time to close a gate and the amount of time it will take to close it). Finally, there should be explication of the overall resources required to operate and maintain the plan, i.e., manpower, equipment, cost. The requirement for definition of the plan in these terms begins in the preauthorization feasibility phase and ends with preparation of the O&M manual furnished to the non-Federal sponsor when the project is turned over?" (USACE, Water Resources Policies and Authorities - Digest of Water Resources..., 1999, 13-5)
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