Section 531

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US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS                                                                                           BUILDING STRONG®

                                                                                         FACT SHEET

                                                                                 (As of September 2012)

AUTHORIZATION: Section 531 of the Water Resources and Development Act (WRDA) of 1996.

TYPE OF PROJECT: Southern & Eastern Kentucky Environmental Improvement Program

LOCATION: 29 Counties in Southern & Eastern Kentucky

CONGRESSIONAL INTEREST: McConnell (KY), Paul (KY), Rogers (KY )

NON-FEDERAL SPONSOR: Currently the city of Hyden, Ky.; the city of Lynch, Ky. and the Black Mountain Utility District, Harlan Ky.

BACKGROUND: The primary objective of this program is to provide design and construction assistance to non-Federal interest for carrying out water-related environmental infrastructure and resource protection and development projects in a 20 county area of Southern and Eastern Kentucky.  Projects may include wastewater treatment and related facilities, water supply and related facilities, and surface water resource protection and development.  The program shall be known as the Southern and Eastern Kentucky Environmental Improvements Program: and/or the “Section 531 Program.”

IMPORTANCE: Improved water resources for the and environmental infrastructure in the designated counties

STATUS: The District has 3 active projects in various stages.

For more information regarding the Southern & Eastern Kentucky Environmental Improvement Program, contact David Bishop, CELRN-PM, phone: (615) 736-7856 or email dave.bishop@usace.army.mil.