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Task Force

Description of the Task Force

Task Force Member	Member's Representative
Secretary of Army (Chairman)	Colonel Alvin B. Lee District Commander alvin.b.lee.col@usace.army.mil Tel (504) 862-2077 Fax (504) 862-1259 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District Executive Office P.O. Box 60267 New Orleans, LA 70160-0267
Governor, State of Louisiana	Garret Graves Senior Advisor to the Governor for Coastal Activities garret@la.gov Tel (225) 342-3968 Fax (225) 342-5214 Governor's Office of Coastal Activities Capital Annex 1051 North Third Street, Suite 139 Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Administrator, EPA	William K. Honker Deputy Director, Water Quality Protection Division honker.william@epa.gov Tel (214) 665-3187 Fax (214) 665-7373 Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6 Water Quality Protection Division (6WQ) 1445 Ross Avenue Dallas, Texas 75202-2733
Secretary, Department of the Interior	Jim Boggs Field Supervisor jim_boggs@fws.gov Tel (337) 291-3115 Fax (337) 291-3139   U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Louisiana Field Office 646 Cajundome Blvd., Suite 400 Lafayette, Louisiana 70506
Secretary, Department of Agriculture	Kevin Norton State Conservationist Kevin.Norton@la.usda.gov Tel (318) 473-7751 Fax (318) 473-7682  Natural Resources Conservation Service 3737 Government Street Alexandria, LA 71302
Secretary, Department of Commerce	Christopher Doley Director, NOAA Restoration Center chris.doley@noaa.gov Tel (301) 713-0174 Fax (301) 713-0184 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Marine Fisheries Service 1315 East-West Highway, Room 14853 Silver Spring, MD 20910

CWPPRA Organizational Chart

Task Force Description

Typically referred to as the "Task Force" (TF), it is comprised of one member of each, respectively, from five Federal Agencies and the Local Cost Share Sponsor, which is the State of Louisiana. The Federal Agencies of CWPPRA include:

• the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) of the US Department of the Interior,
• the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA),
• the National Marine Fisheries Service of Department of Commerce (USDC),
• the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), and
• the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).

The Governor's Office of the State of Louisiana represents the state on the TF. The TF provides guidance and direction to subordinate organizations of the program through the Technical Committee (TC), which reports to the TF. The TF is charged by the Act to make final decisions concerning issues, policies, and procedures necessary to execute the Program and its projects. The TF makes directives for action to the TC, and the TF makes decisions in consideration of TC recommendations.

The District Commander of the USACE, New Orleans District (NOD), is the Chairman of the TF. The TF Chairman leads the TF and sets the agenda for action of the TF to execute the Program and projects. The District Commander of the USACE, New Orleans District (NOD), is the Chairman of the TF. The TF Chairman leads the TF and sets the agenda for action of the TF to execute the Program and projects. At the direction of the Chairman of the TF, the NOD:

1. provides administration, management, and oversight of the Planning and Construction Programs, and acts as accountant, budgeter, administrator, and disburser of all Federal and non-Federal funds under the Act,
2. acts as the official manager of financial data and most information relating to the CWPPRA Program and projects.

CWPPRA Organizational Chart