NPS Mission - National Park Service

National Park Service FY 2013 Budget Justifications
Activity: Line Item Construction
Program Component: Line Item Construction Projects
Justification of FY 2013 Program Changes
The FY 2013 budget request for the Line Item Construction program is $52,420,000 and 33 FTE, a program
change of -$25,302,000 and -1 FTE from FY 2012 Enacted.
Reduce Line Item Construction - (FY 2012 Base: $77,722,000 / FY 2013 Request: -$25,302,000 / -1 FTE)
– The budget requests construction funds to address only the highest priority requirements. Individual projects
are selected using merit-based criteria, combining accepted industry ranking standards and the Department
of Interior’s approved ranking criteria, are approved by the National Park Service Investment Review Board,
and are documented within a comprehensive five-year priority list. The FY 2013 Line Item Construction list
includes only the most critical life/health/safety, resource protection, and emergency projects, and does not
propose funding any new facility construction.
Program Overview
Five-Year Line Item Construction Program: The NPS Five-Year Line Item Construction Program provides
a strategically-balanced, long-term approach for capital improvements to address the highest priority critical
Life/Heath/Safety and resource protection projects.
All eligible NPS line item construction projects are scored according to the Department of the Interior priority
system that gives the highest scores, and paramount consideration for funding, to those projects that will
correct critical health and safety problems, especially if the project involves the repair of a facility for which
corrective maintenance had been deferred. The following are the weighted ranking criteria, in priority order:
Critical Health and Safety Deferred Maintenance need, Critical Health and Safety Capital Improvement need,
Critical Resource Protection Deferred Maintenance need, Critical Resource Protection Capital Improvement
need, Critical Mission Deferred Maintenance need, Compliance and Other Deferred Maintenance need, and
Other Capital Improvement need. These scores, and the criteria against which they are rated, are shown on
the justification for each line item construction project.
The FY 2013 line item construction project list is the current set of construction priorities to meet the most
urgent programmatic needs during FY 2013.
FY 2013 Program Performance
With the proposed funding, the program would continue work on the most critical major construction projects
identified through the Servicewide asset inventory and condition assessment program. The capital
construction program gives priority to projects that resolve critical health and safety improvements, critical
system components and emergency issues.
Capital improvement program performance is measured by:
• Resolving critical life, health, and safety issues. Each capital improvement project meets safety and
health codes for both visitors and employees at the end of construction;
• Protecting resources. Capital construction actions have protected or resolved natural or cultural resource
issues related to the scope of the project;
• Meeting energy and sustainable guidelines. All new and remodeled assets meet or exceed intent and
guidelines of E.O.13423, E.O. 13514, and other existing energy management guidelines;
• Reducing long-term maintenance costs and/or activities. Each capital improvement project reduces or
improves maintenance activities measured against the current FCI and maintenance costs for the asset;
• Meeting building and related codes. Each capital improvement project complies with current building
codes, accessibility codes and other applicable codes.
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