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I I f I I I I I I -- I I I I I I I " I 9.7.01 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Section 22 Planning Assistance to States Programs Funds are a 50/50 cost share. The program is administered through state planning. Eligible projects are given to COE to prepare a cost estimate for preliminary design. The estimate is negotiated with the "customer". The "customer" provides 50 percent cost share in the form of cash. The COE then completes the preliminary design or study. These funds are applicable on an "as-available" basis. Wallop-Breaux Funds The program is called Wallop-Breaux, referring to the 1984 amendments to the Dingell-Johnson program and named for its primary spoIL<;ors, Senator Malcolm Wallop (R-WY) and Senator John Breaux (D-LA). Its formal name is the Aquatic Resources Trust Fund, of which part is used for sport-fishing enhancement ($215.3 million, in 1992) and part is used for boating safety in each state ($70 million, in 1992). Wallop-Breaux i<; an example of a user- pays/user-benefits program, where taxes on an activity are strictly reinvested back into the activity's maintenance. The Internal Revenue Service collects the money and gives it to the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. After taking a percentage off the top for administration, the service gives money to each state based on its relative size and the number of resident fishermen. No state receives more than 5 percent of the total, nor less than I percent of the total fund. To obtain Wallop-Breaux funds, the state sends a proposal to the U, S. Fish and Wildlife Service office in its region. The project must be "substantial in character and design," but there is no requirement that the project directly benefits sport fishermen. In 1991, 32.4 percent went to surveys and research. About half of the 6 percent the service takes pays for the staff that administers the funds. The rest of the $12 million a year in administrative money is used for various special projects. Wallop-Breaux is supposed to be new money for new fishery improvements. But some of the money is being used to replace state funding from licenses and the general treasury. The U, S, Fish and Wildlife Service views itself as simply a conduit of dollars to the states. Pittman-Robertson - Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act Funded by an excise tax on angling and hunting equipment, this program helps raise the revenue necessary to fund specific restoration projects by state fish and wildlife agencies. City of Arden Hills, Minnesota Local Stormwater Management Plan A-ARDEN0101.00 Page 38