Promoting Resiliency of Our Nation's Water Resources
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CONCEPTS FOR THE NEXT WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT: PROMOTING RESILIENCY OF OUR NATION’S WATER RESOURCES INFRA- STRUCTURE (116–44) HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON WATER RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED SIXTEENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION NOVEMBER 19, 2019 Printed for the use of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure ( Available online at: https://www.govinfo.gov/committee/house-transportation?path=/ browsecommittee/chamber/house/committee/transportation U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 41–989 PDF WASHINGTON : 2020 VerDate Aug 31 2005 18:32 Oct 27, 2020 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 P:\HEARINGS\116\WRE\11-19-~1\TRANSC~1\41989.TXT JEAN TRANSPC154 with DISTILLER COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE PETER A. DEFAZIO, Oregon, Chair ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, SAM GRAVES, Missouri District of Columbia DON YOUNG, Alaska EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas ERIC A. ‘‘RICK’’ CRAWFORD, Arkansas RICK LARSEN, Washington BOB GIBBS, Ohio GRACE F. NAPOLITANO, California DANIEL WEBSTER, Florida DANIEL LIPINSKI, Illinois THOMAS MASSIE, Kentucky STEVE COHEN, Tennessee MARK MEADOWS, North Carolina ALBIO SIRES, New Jersey SCOTT PERRY, Pennsylvania JOHN GARAMENDI, California RODNEY DAVIS, Illinois HENRY C. ‘‘HANK’’ JOHNSON, JR., Georgia ROB WOODALL, Georgia ANDRE´ CARSON, Indiana JOHN KATKO, New York DINA TITUS, Nevada BRIAN BABIN, Texas SEAN PATRICK MALONEY, New York GARRET GRAVES, Louisiana JARED HUFFMAN, California DAVID ROUZER, North Carolina JULIA BROWNLEY, California MIKE BOST, Illinois FREDERICA S. WILSON, Florida RANDY K. WEBER, SR., Texas DONALD M. PAYNE, JR., New Jersey DOUG LAMALFA, California ALAN S. LOWENTHAL, California BRUCE WESTERMAN, Arkansas MARK DESAULNIER, California LLOYD SMUCKER, Pennsylvania STACEY E. PLASKETT, Virgin Islands PAUL MITCHELL, Michigan STEPHEN F. LYNCH, Massachusetts BRIAN J. MAST, Florida SALUD O. CARBAJAL, California, Vice Chair MIKE GALLAGHER, Wisconsin ANTHONY G. BROWN, Maryland GARY J. PALMER, Alabama ADRIANO ESPAILLAT, New York BRIAN K. FITZPATRICK, Pennsylvania TOM MALINOWSKI, New Jersey JENNIFFER GONZA´ LEZ-COLO´ N, GREG STANTON, Arizona Puerto Rico DEBBIE MUCARSEL-POWELL, Florida TROY BALDERSON, Ohio LIZZIE FLETCHER, Texas ROSS SPANO, Florida COLIN Z. ALLRED, Texas PETE STAUBER, Minnesota SHARICE DAVIDS, Kansas CAROL D. MILLER, West Virginia ABBY FINKENAUER, Iowa GREG PENCE, Indiana JESU´ S G. ‘‘CHUY’’ GARCI´A, Illinois ANTONIO DELGADO, New York CHRIS PAPPAS, New Hampshire ANGIE CRAIG, Minnesota HARLEY ROUDA, California VACANCY (ii) VerDate Aug 31 2005 18:32 Oct 27, 2020 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 5905 Sfmt 5905 P:\HEARINGS\116\WRE\11-19-~1\TRANSC~1\41989.TXT JEAN TRANSPC154 with DISTILLER SUBCOMMITTEE ON WATER RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT GRACE F. NAPOLITANO, California, Chair DEBBIE MUCARSEL-POWELL, Florida, Vice BRUCE WESTERMAN, Arkansas Chair DANIEL WEBSTER, Florida EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas THOMAS MASSIE, Kentucky JOHN GARAMENDI, California ROB WOODALL, Georgia JARED HUFFMAN, California BRIAN BABIN, Texas ALAN S. LOWENTHAL, California GARRET GRAVES, Louisiana SALUD O. CARBAJAL, California DAVID ROUZER, North Carolina ADRIANO ESPAILLAT, New York MIKE BOST, Illinois LIZZIE FLETCHER, Texas RANDY K. WEBER, SR., Texas ABBY FINKENAUER, Iowa DOUG LAMALFA, California ANTONIO DELGADO, New York BRIAN J. MAST, Florida CHRIS PAPPAS, New Hampshire GARY J. PALMER, Alabama ANGIE CRAIG, Minnesota JENNIFFER GONZA´ LEZ-COLO´ N, HARLEY ROUDA, California Puerto Rico FREDERICA S. WILSON, Florida SAM GRAVES, Missouri (Ex Officio) STEPHEN F. LYNCH, Massachusetts TOM MALINOWSKI, New Jersey PETER A. DEFAZIO, Oregon (Ex Officio) (iii) VerDate Aug 31 2005 18:32 Oct 27, 2020 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5905 Sfmt 5905 P:\HEARINGS\116\WRE\11-19-~1\TRANSC~1\41989.TXT JEAN TRANSPC154 with DISTILLER VerDate Aug 31 2005 18:32 Oct 27, 2020 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 5905 Sfmt 5905 P:\HEARINGS\116\WRE\11-19-~1\TRANSC~1\41989.TXT JEAN TRANSPC154 with DISTILLER CONTENTS Page Summary of Subject Matter .................................................................................... vii STATEMENTS OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE Hon. Grace F. Napolitano, a Representative in Congress from the State of California, and Chairwoman, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Envi- ronment: Opening statement ........................................................................................... 1 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 2 Hon. Bruce Westerman, a Representative in Congress from the State of Arkansas, and Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment: Opening statement ........................................................................................... 3 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 5 Hon. Peter A. DeFazio, a Representative in Congress from the State of Or- egon, and Chairman, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Opening statement ........................................................................................... 6 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 6 Hon. Eddie Bernice Johnson, a Representative in Congress from the State of Texas, prepared statement .............................................................................. 101 WITNESSES Gerald E. Galloway, P.E., Ph.D., Brigadier General, U.S. Army (Ret.), Acting Director, Center for Disaster Resilience, A. James Clark School of Engineer- ing, University of Maryland: Oral statement .................................................................................................. 8 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 9 Ann C. Phillips, Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy (Ret.), Special Assistant to the Governor for Coastal Adaptation and Protection, Commonwealth of Vir- ginia: Oral statement .................................................................................................. 13 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 15 Ricardo S. Pineda, P.E., C.F.M., Chair, Association of State Floodplain Man- agers, Supervising Water Resources Engineer, California Department of Water Resources, Division of Flood Management, on behalf of the Associa- tion of State Floodplain Managers: Oral statement .................................................................................................. 23 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 25 Louis A. Gritzo, Ph.D., Vice President of Research, FM Global: Oral statement .................................................................................................. 39 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 40 Melissa Samet, Senior Water Resources Counsel, National Wildlife Federa- tion: Oral statement .................................................................................................. 44 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 46 Julie A. Ufner, President, National Waterways Conference: Oral statement .................................................................................................. 59 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 60 SUBMISSIONS FOR THE RECORD Letter of November 18, 2019, from Sean O’Neill, Senior Vice President, Gov- ernment Affairs, Portland Cement Association, Submitted for the Record by Hon. Grace F. Napolitano ............................................................................... 102 (v) VerDate Aug 31 2005 18:32 Oct 27, 2020 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 5905 Sfmt 5905 P:\HEARINGS\116\WRE\11-19-~1\TRANSC~1\41989.TXT JEAN TRANSPC154 with DISTILLER vi Page APPENDIX Question from Hon. Garret Graves to Gerald E. Galloway, P.E., Ph.D., Briga- dier General, U.S. Army (Ret.), Acting Director, Center for Disaster Resil- ience, A. James Clark School of Engineering, University of Maryland ........... 103 Questions from Hon. Garret Graves to Ann C. Phillips, Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy (Ret.), Special Assistant to the Governor for Coastal Adaptation and Protection, Commonwealth of Virginia .............................................................. 103 Questions from Hon. Grace F. Napolitano to Ricardo S. Pineda, P.E., C.F.M., Chair, Association of State Floodplain Managers, Supervising Water Re- sources Engineer, California Department of Water Resources, Division of Flood Management, on behalf of the Association of State Floodplain Man- agers ...................................................................................................................... 105 Question from Hon. Garret Graves to Ricardo S. Pineda, P.E., C.F.M., Chair, Association of State Floodplain Managers, Supervising Water Resources Engineer, California Department of Water Resources, Division of Flood Management, on behalf of the Association of State Floodplain Managers ..... 109 Question from Hon. Garret Graves to Louis A. Gritzo, Ph.D., Vice President of Research, FM Global ....................................................................................... 109 Question from Hon. Garret Graves