What is the Inspection of Completed Works (ICW)?
Section 221 of the Flood Control Act of 1970, as amended (84 Stat. 1831, 42 U.S.C. 1962d-5b), requires that a written agreement be executed between the Secretary of the Army and the non-federal sponsor to identify the “items of local cooperation” for USACE projects, including operation and maintenance of the project. It also authorizes USACE to “undertake performance of those items of cooperation necessary to the functioning of the project for its purposes if USACE had first notified the non-federal interest of its failure to perform the terms of its agreement and has given such interest a reasonable time after such notification to so perform.” ICW eligible projects are federally authorized and locally maintained. To determine whether the non-federal sponsor is performing as it has agreed (i.e., doing required maintenance), USACE undertakes an inspection of the completed projects. Projects that meet inspection criteria are eligible for federal rehabilitation funds if damaged in a flood
