CIAP

Coastal Impact Assistance Program
http://dnr.louisiana.gov/crm/background/ciap.asp

Authorized by Congress through the Energy Policy Act of 2005, CIAP assists six coastal states in mitigating the effects of oil and gas production on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).

Louisiana will receive an estimated $540 million over four years to develop and implement a federally approved plan addressing the effects of OCS industries on the natural resources of its coastal areas. The plan will complement ongoing restoration activities and hurricane protection projects. Some CWPPRA-designed projects may be implemented through CIAP.

CPRA

Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority
http://www.louisianacoastalplanning.org

Established by the Louisiana Legislature, CPRA is the single state entity with authority to set priorities and focus development and implementation efforts to achieve comprehensive coastal protection for Louisiana. CPRA couples hurricane protection with the protection, conservation, restoration and enhancement of coastal wetlands, barrier shorelines and reefs. CPRA oversees all levee districts in the state and is responsible for the disbursal of funds from the Coastal Protection and Restoration Trust Fund.

CWPPRA

Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act
http://www.lacoast.gov/cwppra/index.htm

Also known as the Breaux Act — for John Breaux, one of the Louisiana senators under whose sponsorship Congress first passed the legislation in 1990 — CWPPRA funds the planning and implementation of projects that create, enhance, restore and protect wetlands in coastal Louisiana. CWPPRA Task Force members are the state of Louisiana and five federal agencies.

HPO

Hurricane Protection Office
http://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/hps

Established by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, the Hurricane Protection Office, along with the Protection and Restoration Office, is responsible for long-term projects to restore, complete and improve southeast Louisiana’s hurricane protection system. The HPO’s projects are located primarily within Orleans, Jefferson, Plaquemines and St. Bernard parishes.

LaCPR

Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration
http://www.lacpr.usace.army.mil

Congress directed the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in partnership with the state of Louisiana, to prepare a technical design and analysis of a full range of measures for flood control, coastal restoration and hurricane protection in south Louisiana. The federal government is funding the $20 million, 24-month-long effort.

LCA

Louisiana Coastal Area
http://www.lca.gov

In March 2002, participants from state and federal agencies formed a study team to produce a single, in-depth restoration plan for coastal Louisiana. The resulting near-term plan identified large-scale projects such as river diversions, marsh creation, barrier island restoration and protection, and hydrologic restoration as solutions to environmental degradation applicable throughout Louisiana’s coastal zone. Current planning for coastwide protection uses LCA studies extensively.

LRA

Louisiana Recovery Authority
http://www.lra.louisiana.gov

To envision, plan and coordinate Louisiana’s future in the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco established the Louisiana Recovery Authority. The LRA collaborates with the governor and local, state and federal agencies to coordinate recovery efforts across jurisdictions, support locally driven community resurgence, and secure and prioritize redevelopment funding.

Louisiana Speaks
http://www.louisianaspeaks.org

The long-term community planning initiative of the LRA, Louisiana Speaks involves residents in determining south Louisiana’s future and sets out actions and policies to achieve it. The effort is funded by the LRA Support Foundation, a private, nonprofit organization.

PRO

Protection and Restoration Office

A unit of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, the PRO shares responsibility with the HPO for restoring, completing and improving southeast Louisiana’s hurricane protection system in Jefferson, St. Charles, Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes. In addition, PRO is in charge of urban flood control in the New Orleans metropolitan area and is responsible for CWPPRA program administration, Corps-sponsored CWPPRA projects, LCA and LaCPR. The office also oversees coastal restoration and the MRGO deep-draft deauthorization study.

TFG

Task Force Guardian

A team under the oversight of Task Force Hope, TFG restored hurricane-damaged levees, floodwalls and floodgates before the 2006 hurricane season opened on June 1.

TFH

Task Force Hope
http://www.mvp.usace.army.mil/disaster_response

The team formed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers immediately following Hurricane Katrina, TFH manages levee and floodwall repairs, debris removal and all emergency response efforts that the Federal Emergency Management Agency requested the Corps to carry out.