State of Alabama FINAL Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP ...

5. Coordination with Other Federal Resources and Programs
In developing the CIAP Plan, the State of Alabama, Baldwin County, and Mobile
County selected projects and programs which complemented existing federal resources in coastal
Alabama. The framework of the existing Alabama Coastal Area Management Program
(ACAMP), Alabama’s costal zone management program was used to provide outreach efforts
relating to CIAP plan development. A project was scaled down or deleted if significant other
federal funding sources were available. When necessary, federal agency personnel were consulted
throughout the State of Alabama CIAP plan development. Partnering with other federal or
private resources is documented in each project summary.
Some CIAP projects will be used to complement other federal resources. For example,
the State of Alabama plans to rebuild the public fishing pier at Gulf State Park using public
assistance funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) after it was
destroyed by Hurricane Ivan in 2004. In order to make the structure more resilient to future
storms, CIAP funds will be used to fund the additional costs associated with rebuilding the pier
in a more protected location. In addition, the pier will be longer and wider to withstand
increased wave energy and wind loads. Also, CIAP has been closely coordinated with other
federal land acquisition programs. For example, CIAP will fund land acquisition in the coastal
area, as it is an eligible expenditure, while other land acquisition programs eligible statewide, such
as the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Legacy Program, will be used to
target non-coastal acquisition where appropriate.
Utilizing the existing outreach framework of the State of Alabama Coastal Zone
Management Program, representatives from Federal, State and local agencies were invited to a
meeting of the Coastal Resources Advisory Committee (CRAC). At this meeting, the Draft State
of Alabama CIAP Plan was presented and discussed. The purpose of this meeting was to
provide an early opportunity to view the draft plan and to coordinate financial resources relative
to CIAP funding. Federal representatives were invited from the following federal agencies:
o U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Mobile District
o U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
o U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
o U.S. Geological Survey
o USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
Representatives were invited from the following State of Alabama agencies:
o Alabama Department of Transportation
o Alabama Department of Environmental Management
o Department of Public Health (Baldwin and Mobile County)
State of Alabama Final Coastal Impact Assistance Program Plan
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