Working
with local communities
We
can help local communities through flood reduction programs, planning
assistance, emergency stream bank protection, flood plain mapping
and environmental restoration. We are able to put our planning,
design and construction expertise to work for our surrounding communities.
Many times, the cost of the project is cost-shared with the communities
or a local sponsor. Our Planning
and Environmental Office is happy to put our expertise to work
for the local communities.
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to learn how the Corps can help your community or organization?
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Putting
our experience to work for others
The same services we have used to accomplish our missions are
available to assist other federal, state and local agencies. We
have an excellent record of providing a variety of services to other
agencies.
Satisfied
customers include the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Environmental
Protection Agency, Natural Resource Conservation Service, Department
of Energy, Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department and others.
Our dedication to quality and economy has gained us a reputation
of professionalism and integrity.
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Bringing
the great outdoors to America’s families
Our central location and the region’s natural beauty draws visitors
from Chicago, St. Louis, Memphis, Dallas, Tulsa and more.
Our parks log 30 to 35 million visits a year, and we continue
to be the fourth most visited Corps district in the nation.
We
operate and maintain 165 recreation areas on lakes and rivers in
southern Missouri and most of Arkansas. Recreation and tourism in
Arkansas and Missouri is big business, and our projects are vacation
destinations for many. If you add our parks and the parks managed
by Vicksburg District that are located in Arkansas together, they
log more visits than Corps parks in any other state.
The
district manages nearly 500,000 acres of public land and water to
benefit fish and wildlife and to serve present and future generations.
This includes leasing 300 concessions to commercial businesses which
generate almost three-quarters of a million dollar a year for the
Corps. We return 75 percent of this money to the counties where
it is collected to be used for schools and other needs.
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Fast
and effective contracting
We award and manage a regional indefinite delivery, indefinite
quantity Job Order Contract that
can be used by state or federal agencies or military organizations
to do work in Arkansas, Missouri, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas and
New Mexico.
The
contract enables governmental agencies to get construction services
with an assurance of quality, dependability and timeliness at reasonable
prices. Task orders can be awarded 20 to 30 days from receipt of
the scope of work and funding. Immediate responses are available
for emergencies. This contract is great for repair and maintenance
tasks and jobs that don’t require a lot of design work.
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Providing
for the future, protecting the environment
The Corps helps protect the region’s waters and wetlands through
an active regulatory program.
Wetlands are among our nations most biologically protective habitats,
but they are constantly endangered by cultivation, development,
pollution and other encroachments. Our permit program conserves
these natural resources by balancing impacts on the environment
with benefits to people. Anyone who is planning on constructing
in streams or wetlands must first apply for a permit. In deciding
whether to issue a permit, we balance the effects on the environment
with benefits to the people.
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Keeping
America moving
We manage a water resources infrastructure worth $6.5 billion.
Our most notable accomplishment is the
McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System. We operate
the Arkansas portion, to include 13 locks and dams and two hydroelectric
power plants.
Billions
of dollars have been invested in counties along the waterway, and
more than 50,000 jobs have been created. More than 13 million tons
of commodities a year ply the waters, including coal, grain, petroleum
products, chemicals, iron, steel and more.
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Powering
the country
We power the country, literally. Little Rock District has seven
plants that generate enough electricity each year to power up to
300,000 households. Clean, renewable hydropower, a large percentage
of which is generated during peak demand hours, is important to
the electricity supply system.
District plants meant 2 million barrels of oil were not used,
and 1.5 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions were prevented.
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We’re
there when you need us
A main purpose of our 13 high-head dams is flood damage reduction.
Working with federal levees, the dams have prevented more than $1.5
billion in damages. Unfortunately not all floods can be prevented.
So when flooding does occur, we
work around the clock to save lives and to help minimize damage
to property.
We
have helped the people of Arkansas and the nation clean up and put
their lives back together following the Arkansas tornadoes in 1997
and 1999, Hurricane Georges after it hit Puerto Rico in 1998 and
the Tulsa tornadoes of 1999. Our employees volunteer to deploy to
locations across the country when disaster hits and help is needed.
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Building
a strong military
We assist the military services with construction, real estate,
environmental cleanup and other needs.
We’ve
designed and built facilities
at Little Rock Air Force Base ranging from hangars to housing to
operations centers. We are the center of expertise for the design
and construction of air traffic control towers for the Air Force’s
Air Education and Training Command.
At
Pine Bluff Arsenal we have built chemical plants and updated sanitary
sewer facilities. We provide utilities, roads and other items for
facilities that will destroy the arsenal’s aging chemical munitions
stockpile.
We
help the military by managing
thousands of acres of military land to include leases for oil
and gas drilling, farming and utility rights-of-way. We handle the
military construction work for the Army Reserve and help recruiters
from all branches of the service with real estate acquisitions and
leases.
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Cleaning
up former military sites
In Arkansas, 82 sites were confirmed as Formerly Used Defense Sites
and were investigated to determine whether environmental or safety
hazards remain from Department of Defense occupancy. No hazards
were found at the majority of the sites, but underground storage
tanks, unexploded ordnance or Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste
(HTRW) remained at some of the sites. The majority of the
sites were used for Prisoner of War camps and airfields during World
War II. Few if any artifacts remain from the majority of these
sites.
Underground storage tanks were removed at El Dorado, Hope, Hot Springs,
Jacksonville, Stuttgart and Texarkana. Hazardous waste projects
at the former Arkansas Ordnance Plant in Jacksonville (Vertac Superfund
site) and the former Walnut Ridge Air Force Base (Fritt Industries
Superfund site) were handled by Omaha District because other parties
were involved with the sites. In coordination with Tulsa District,
investigations and negotiations at the former Camden Shumaker Naval
Ammunition Depot have been completed. An engineering evaluation
has been completed at Camp Robinson, and a project for the removal
of Munitions and Explosives of Concern in underway. The
removal of MEC <http://www.swl.usace.army.mil/projmgt/fuds.html>
has taken place at the former Southwestern Proving Ground, and additional
measures for making the site safer for the long term have begun.
A contract is available to provide standby support and/or subsurface
clearance for construction activities at the former Southwestern
Proving Ground. The Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis is underway
at Camp Chaffee. Military Munitions Response Program Site Investigations
are underway for the former Maumelle Ordnance Works and Arkansas
Ordnance Plant.
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