*FYI - Please respond if you can help

CORPS PERFORMANCE MEASURES*
 
The Corps of Engineers' Charleston District office recently held a 
conference in Greenville, SC.  According to a CWN member organization, 
during this event it was reported that the Corps' Headquarters office is 
now "grading" the district offices based on how quickly they issue 
permits. Corps staff also indicated that some funding (from 
headquarters) may be dependent on how well the district office performs 
- measured by speed of permitting. 

As such, the Charleston District is taking steps to streamline their 
permitting process. One of the methods being implemented to speed things 
along is cutting the public comment period from 30 days to 15 days.  
 
Since public notices rarely contain all the information to effectively 
evaluate a permit application, the public often has to make numerous 
time consuming calls to obtain the needed information.  We are 
interested in learning if other district Corps offices are cutting the 
length of time the public has to comment on permits. If you have 
information to share on this topic please email Gordon Culver at 
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