public property-o 



SUMARY OF FEDERAL AND CORPS OF ENGINEERS' RESPONSIBILITIES 



Sumnarizingj now, the responsibilities placed on the Federal Govern- 

 ment and on the Corps of Engineers by Federal statutes, let us reconsider 

 the Federal responsibilities for shore protectiono The study responsi- 

 bilities of the Federal Government with respect to shore protection comprise; 

 first, cooperative studies, preliminary examinations and surveys of shore 

 protection to determine remedial measures at specific localities| second, 

 determination of the effect on adjacent shore lines of proposed inland 

 improvements! third, study of methcfds of protection of the shores of Federal 

 property; and fourthjl general investigations seeking to increase the general 

 "know-how" of the science of shore protectiono 



The construction responsibilities of the Federal Government with 

 respect to shore protection comprise, first, the construction and mainten- 

 ance of works for the protection of Federal property and second, the con- 

 tribution of up to one- third of the first cost (but not the maintenance) 

 of protection for shores owned by States, municipalities, and other polit- 

 ical subdivisions. 



The responsibilities of the Corps of Engineers with respect to shore 

 protection can be summarized similarly under the heading "study" and "con- 

 struction = " First, the study responsibilities,, The Corps of Engineers, 

 has been designated by Congress as the agency to make beach erosion studies 

 and specifically that those studies should be reviewed by the Beach Erosion 

 Boardo In addition, the Corps of Engineers can study the erosion of 

 Federal property at the request of the owning agency o Second, the con- 

 struction responsibilities o The responsibility of the Corps of Engineers 

 relates to the fact that it has been designated by the Congress as the 

 agency to certify payment of the Federal contribution toward shoi'e protec- 

 tion or to construct the works at local request with local cooperationo 

 The Corps of Engineers construction responsibilities with respect to pro- 

 tection of Federal property is ordinarily restricted to property owned by 

 the Corps of Engineers o The protection of Federal property owned by other 

 agencies is ordinarily effected by that agency after study by the Corps 

 of Engineers (if the owning agency requests such study) o 



In accordance with the procedure customary in the preparation of 

 civil works reports in the Corps of Engineers, the District Bigineer is 

 charged with the preparation of reports on beach erosion and shore protec- 

 tion » Such reports are referred by the Chief of Engineers to the Beach 

 Erosion Board for reviewo 



The District Engineer is required to report on the advisability of 

 adopting the project, the public interest involved, and the Federal 

 Government's share of the cost, which is not necessarily the full 1/3 



