The Corps plans to distribute the $4.6 billion among several program accounts, much of it to: operation and maintenance, $2.075 billion; construction, $2 billion; and Mississippi River and tributaries projects, $375 million.
Hydropower projects receiving funds from the construction account include 130 MW Walter F. George Dam in Alabama and Georgia, to complete modification for rehabilitation of four hydropower units, $2.5 million. The list also includes $18 million for 270 MW Wolf Creek Dam in Kentucky, site of a large dam safety program and $29.4 million for various work at 517.8 MW Garrison Dam in North Dakota.
Additionally, the list allocates about $21.5 million to Columbia River Fish Mitigation projects in the Pacific Northwest, including $8.7 million to advance biological work required by court decision. It also includes $6.9 million for Missouri River Recovery Plan contracts to support native fish and wildlife.
The $4.6 billion was included in the $787 billion stimulus bill, which President Barack Obama signed in February 2009.
