Knox County
US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS BUILDING STRONG®
FACT SHEET
(As of August 2012)
AUTHORIZATION: Section 202 of the Energy and Water Development Act of 1981 (PL 96-367).
TYPE OF PROJECT: Flood Risk Management
LOCATION: Knox County, Ky.
CONGRESSIONAL INTEREST: Rogers (KY-05), McConnell (KY), Rand (KY)
NON-FEDERAL SPONSOR: Knox County, Ky.
BACKGROUND:
· Knox County has suffered repeatedly from damaging floods, especially from the April 1977 flood of record. This study is an in-depth investigation of alternative measures to reduce flood damages to structures likely to be impacted by a recurrence of the April 1977 flood event along streams within Knox County, which have not previously been addressed through specific projects, such as Barbourville.
· This study was incomplete when the Section 202 program was no longer funded. The program is not expected to be funded again in the foreseeable future, so the plan is to package the hydrologic and hydraulic work that was done and send that to the sponsor for the study.
IMPORTANCE: If no action is taken, there will be significant future flood damages.
STATUS: The Corps of Engineers will furnish the sponsor a copy of the pertinent data and modeling gathered during the study.
BUDGET ($): Estimated project costs are shown below.
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Total Estimated Cost
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$4,000,000
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Federal Cost Estimate
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4,000,000
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Non-Federal Cost Estimate
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N/A
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Federal Funds Data
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Allocation thru FY 2011
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$2,130,000
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Allocation for FY 2012
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0
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Balance to Complete
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1,870,000
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President’s Budget for FY 2013
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0
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SCHEDULE:
FY2012 Completed Work: Begin pulling together pertinent and useful work to hand over to sponsor.
FY2013 Scheduled Work: None
Completion: After submittal of the study data and modeling to the sponsor, the Corps will consider the project shelved until additional funding is available.
For more information regarding the Knox County Section 202 project, contact Porter Williams, CELRN-PM-P, phone: (615) 736-7635, email: porter.williams@usace.army.mil.