Carta Gobernador de Puerto Rico- CMP-ERP

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March 19, 2021 Rob Fairweather Acting Director Office of Management and Budget The White House 725 17th Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20503 Dear Acting Director Fairweather: I respectfully write to urge the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to include within the President's budget request to Congress for FY 2022 funding for two ongoing United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) projects in Puerto Rico. The most important projects are the dredging of the San Juan Harbor and the dredging of the Caño Martín Peña Ecosystem Restoration Project (CMP). Caño Martín Peña Ecosystem Restoration Project It is of utmost importance to the Government of Puerto Rico that the USACE moves towards the construction phase to advance this critical project for environmental restoration, economic revitalization, and flood protection in a timely manner. Once commenced, the project will generate new economic development opportunities for Puerto Rico while reducing the vulnerability of critical infrastructures, such as the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport. It will also transform the city by providing a new inland waterfront and recovering its environmental assets. There is a comprehensive development plan, policy, and institutional framework, as well as a feasibility report and a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) compliant environmental impact statement for the ecosystem restoration piece, elaborated under the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (WRDA). The sponsor of the project, ENLACE, has leveraged over 100 million dollars and other resources from local, state, and to a lesser extent, the federal government, local and U.S. foundations, and private partners, towards implementing the comprehensive development plan. At a time of severe political, economic, fiscal,


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