The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Director of Civil Works established the National Deep Draft Navigation Planning Center of Expertise (DDNPCX) at the Corps’ South Atlantic Division (SAD) in Atlanta, Georgia on August 25, 2003. It is one of several national centers of expertise supporting the accomplishment of planning studies for Deep Draft Navigation, Inland Navigation, Ecosystem Restoration, Hurricane and Storm Damage Prevention, Water Supply and Reallocation, Hydropower and Flood Damage Reduction. The national planning centers are part of an initiative to improve the quality and effectiveness of the Corps 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.
DDNPCX@usace.army.mil