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Functional Area: Major Repair Challenges

Executive Sponsor
Mike Ryan, Great Plains Regional Director

Customers, Reclamation management, and other Administration policy makers are concerned about challenges presented by an aging infrastructure, such as devising methods to help customers finance their allocated share of major repair projects, developing processes or measuring tools to determine whether a major repair project is warranted, and using innovation to add value to major repair projects.

Concept Paper

Action
Item No.
Action Item Time Frame Team Leader Results
17 Seek/Obtain legislative authority for loan guarantees to facilitate private financing for water users’ share of major repair/extraordinary O&M costs, prepare for subsequent program implementation. More 3/2006 - 8/2006 Sandie Simons Available
18 Develop processes or measuring tools to determine whether a major repair project is warranted. More 5/2006 - 12/2006 Tim Ulrich Available
19 Working with stakeholders, develop innovative processes that can add value to major repair projects. More 5/2006 - 9/2006 Steven Jarsky Available

Last Updated: March 13, 2007