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construction is 35 percent covered by the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority and 65 percent by USACE. The project, which beneÞ ts Þ ve Pennsylvania ports and the ports of Wilmington, Del. dates back to FY 1992. USACE?s FY 2015 Budget Is Smaller The FY 2015 budget for USACEÕs civil works program is $4.561 billion in gross discretionary funding, down $265 million or 5.5 percent from FY 2014Õs $4.826 billion, Pawlik said. With total funding from all sources-- including Rivers and Harbors Contributed Funds, Federal Permanent Appro- priations and the Coastal Wetlands Restoration Trust Fund- -the agencyÕs FY 2015 civil works budget is $4.959 billion, $264 million less than in FY 2014.The enacted FY 2014 appropriation for USACEÕs civil works program was $5.467 billion, Pawlik said. Compared with FY 2014Õs enacted appropriation, the 2015 budget of $4.561 billion is down $906 million or 16.6 percent. Of USACEÕs $4.561 billion in FY 2015 gross discretion- ary funding for civil works, $3.517 billion is from a general fund; $915 million is from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund; $85 million is from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund and $44 million is from Special Recreation User Fees, Paw- lik said. Other sources are estimated at $398 million, with $300 million from non-federal interests such as the Rivers and Harbors Contributed Funds and $20 million in perma- nent appropriations. Another $78 million is available from the Coastal Wetlands Restoration Trust Fund for the work of several federal agencies, including USACE, and is over- seen by a federal-state interagency task force led by USACE. The PresidentÕs FY 2015 budget includes $1.825 billion for USACEÕs navigation program, below $1.884 billion in FY 2014, Pawlik said. It provides $842 million for in- land navigation, mostly for operation and maintenance of high use waterways, including the Upper Mississippi River ($152 million); the Ohio River ($115 million); the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway ($51 million); and the Illinois Wa- terway ($41 million). USACEÕs coastal navigation programs are allocated $979 million in FY 2015, mainly for project maintenance, and include $915 million in work thatÕs eligible for reim- bursement from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund. FY DREDGING & INFRASTRUCTUREUSACE Dredge Essayons which travelled north to the Corps? Alaska District, to dredge the Cook Inlet Navigation Channel. June 201438 MNMN June14 Layout 32-49.indd 38MN June14 Layout 32-49.indd 385/20/2014 10:22:38 AM5/20/2014 10:22:38 AM

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