Procedure Changes for the Cooperative Stream Gaging Program with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

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MEMORANDUM



To:	 District Chiefs
	 District Administrative Officers

From:	 William G. Shope, Jr.
	 Chief, Branch of Operational Support

Subject: PROGRAMS AND PLANS--Procedure Changes for the Cooperative
	 Stream Gaging Program with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

This memorandum updates changes for the fiscal year (FY) 1996 Cooperative 
Stream Gaging Program with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE).  The billing
procedure changes and disbursement of Army Engineer Replacement (AER) funds 
sent to you in Catherine Hill's memorandum dated October 20, 1995, subject as 
above, have been superceded.

The COE has requested that the U.S. Geological Survey ignore the COE FY96 plan 
to authorize Water Resources Division (WRD) districts to individually bill the 
Portland, Oregon, COE office.  The change occurs because the Portland office, 
COE, is not able to handle separate billings in FY96.  We anticipate the COE 
supporting direct billing at the district level in FY97.

Billing for FY96 will be handled, as in past years, with WRD Headquarters 
authorized to bill COE Headquarters for the entire program cost.  This 
authorization has been made, the COE cost tables have been received, and the 
Corps will be billed per their direction, in three increments, $571,000, 
$8,000,000, and $7,189,040.  As partial payments from the COE are made to WRD, 
we will inform you of the monies available to cover work.  Following the
approval of the Department of the Interior Appropriation or a long-term con-
tinuing resolution, the Branch of Operational Support will prepare allocation 
memorandums to be sent to each district transmitting the COE cost tables and 
requesting that all COE funding be entered into the district's Administrative 
Information System database.  The memorandums will not address AER funding or 
FY95 carryover monies.  AER funding for FY96 will be distributed by the Office 
of Surface Water.  Carryover funding from FY95 into FY96 will be confirmed in a
memorandum by the Division Administrative Officer.