Rob Andrews: “the Repaupo Creek watershed in my district in New Jersey is in urgent need of a replacement tide gate and dike…”

“the Repaupo Creek watershed in my district in New Jersey is in urgent need of a replacement tide gate and dike restoration project. The project is needed for several reasons, the most important of which is to provide flood protection for the residents of Logan and Greenwich Townships in Gloucester County. The Department of Agriculture's Natural Resource Conservation Service has the authority to undertake projects on watersheds that are smaller than 250,000 acres. This project meets that requirement. Although the Repaupo Creek is a small watershed, the tide gate sits on the Delaware River, and there is some question whether a waiver will be required to do this project. Given the urgent need for this work to be completed, and given that New Jersey officials of the Department of Agriculture have expressed a desire and willingness to work on this project, I ask the chairman on behalf of the subcommittee to agree that there is jurisdiction under present law for USDA to do the work repairing the Repaupo tide gate.”