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New Policy:  Development and Implementation of System-Wide Improvement Frameworks (SWIFs)

A significant milestone has been achieved in developing the process to transition levees into compliance with the signing of the 29 November 2011 System-wide Improvement Framework policy (pdf, 925KB). The policy provides committed levee sponsors a process to transition their levees, over time, to Corps of Engineers' standards while remaining eligible for federal rehabilitation funding under Public Law 84-99. The policy allows deficiencies, which may include vegetation, to be addressed on a "worst first" basis as part of a larger system-wide plan that optimizes overall risk reduction and environmental, endangered species, and Native American imperatives.

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Revised 30 Nov 2011