Commercial Navigation on the Lower Snake River
Posted /Fundamental FlawsJanuary 2019
By Jim Waddell, Civil Engineer, PE USACE Retired
The 2002 Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Lower Snake River Programmatic Sediment Management Plan (LSRPSMP) created by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) erroneously claimed that maintenance of the lower Snake River navigation channel provides an annual savings of $25 million. The Northwest Division’s Walla Walla District (NWW) of USACE continues to make this claim and waste millions of tax payer dollars.