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Categories: Army Corps, Mississippi River, waterway, Illinois

THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES

National Research Council

Division on Earth and Life Studies

Water Science and Technology Board

and

Transportation Research Board

Committee to Review the Corps of Engineers

Restructured Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway Draft Feasibility

Study

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Congressional Briefings

Tuesday, December 9, 2003

B329 Rayburn House Office Bldg. -- 10:30 a.m.

and

468 Dirksen Senate Office Bldg. -- 3:30 p.m.

and

Wednesday, December 10, 2003

346 Russell Senate Office Bldg. -- 2:00 p.m.

and

2318 Rayburn House Office Bldg. -- 3:30 p.m.

on

Review of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Upper Mississippi-Illinois Waterway Restructured Feasibility Study: Interim Report

An interim report from a committee reviewing the Army Corps' revised economic analysis of the need to improve navigation for barges on the river. A previous National Research Council committee said that a draft of the Army Corps' analysis focused too heavily on lock expansion as the only way to improve navigation, and neglected environmental considerations.

These series of briefings were for members of Congress and congressional staff only. The report was publicly released on December 11, 2003 and can be found, in its entirety, on the Web site of the National Academies Press.