The EM CX plays a vital supporting role in environmental remediation of contaminated defense and commercial sites and munitions responses at military and former used sites nationwide. In addition, the CX uses its knowledge to assist operating facilities in complying with environmental regulations and munitions responses, thereby reducing the legacy of contamination requiring future cleanup.
In August 2003, the Corps' Director of Civil Works directed the establishment of national centers to conduct larger, complex planning studies for inland navigation, deep-draft navigation, ecosystem restoration, water supply, and flood damage reduction. The national centers are part of a Corps initiative to improve the quality and effectiveness of the planning process for water resources projects called the Planning Excellence Program (PEP). The PEP includes training and work force capability improvement, enhanced quality assurance and control efforts, process improvement and regional and national planning centers. The Corps' Mississippi Valley Division was assigned the ECO-PCX.
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