USACE Buffalo District receives $55 million in FY19 President’s Budget

Published Feb. 12, 2018

BUFFALO, NY– The President’s Budget for fiscal year 2019 released Monday includes more than $4.785 billion in discretionary funding for the Civil Works program of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, with $54,955,200 set aside for Buffalo District projects.

The Civil Works budget funds the Operation and Maintenance Program, which includes the maintenance of federal shipping channels and navigation structures within the Buffalo District’s area of responsibility, and operation and maintenance of the Black Rock Lock and Mount Morris Dam. Also included in the President’s Budget is funding for the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP).

The FY19 Operation and Maintenance funding ($33,355,200) will be distributed among the projects as follows:   

Project                                                                      Funding

New York

Black Rock Channel                                                 $6,234,500

Buffalo Harbor                                                          $2,754,500

Mount Morris Dam                                                    $3,785,000

Inspection of Completed Works                                  $209,000

Project Conditions Surveys                                         $410,000

Rochester Harbor                                                     $1,200,000

Surveillance of Northern Boundary Waters                 $610,000

      

Ohio

Ashtabula Harbor, OH                                              $2,359,000

Cleveland Harbor                                                      $6,789,100

Conneaut Harbor                                                       $1,130,000

Fairport Harbor                                                         $1,158,000

Sandusky Harbor                                                      $1,313,000

Toledo Harbor                                                           $4,427,100

Inspection of Completed Works                                   $235,000

Project Conditions Surveys                                          $306,000

Surveillance of Northern Boundary Waters                  $255,000

Pennsylvania

Inspection of Completed Works                                       $5,000

Project Conditions Surveys                                            $70,000

Surveillance of Northern Boundary Waters                  $105,000

 

The General Investigations FY19 funding ($650,000) will be distributed among the projects as follows, and will be used for dredged material management planning: 

 

Project                                                                        Funding

 

New York

Buffalo Harbor                                                            $300,000

 

Ohio

Cleveland Harbor                                                        $350,000

 

The FUSRAP FY19 funding ($20,950,000) will be distributed among the projects as follows:

 

Project                                                                      Funding

       

New York

Guterl Specialty Steel                                                   $500,000

Niagara Falls Storage Site                                         $2,600,000

Seaway Industrial Park                                                 $300,000

Tonawanda Landfill                                                      $250,000

       

Ohio

Harshaw Chemical Company                                        $500,000

Luckey Site                                                               $16,000,000

       

Pennsylvania

Superior Steel Site                                                        $800,000

 

The Fiscal Year 2019 Civil Works Budget of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer Press

Book is available at http://www.usace.army.mil/Missions/Civil-Works/Budget/

 

For more information on the President’s Budget for FY19, visit:

Corps of Engineers, HQ Website – http://www.usace.army.mil  

White House Website – http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget   

 

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Contact
Dr. Michael Izard-Carroll
716-879-4150
716-368-2060 (cell)
michael.d.izard-carroll@usace.army.mil
716-879-4434 (fax)
1776 Niagara St. Buffalo, NY 14202

Release no. 18-001