The IVA was completed by district teams overseen by the CESL project team in September 2014. Approximately 1500 projects were identified for IVA. Of these, about 1/3 of the projects were considered to be impacted by sea level change, requiring more detailed assessment. Based on the scores of these potentially impacted projects, about 1/4 were classified as potentially having high or very high impacts. At the current time, the results are undergoing quality assurance and quality control checks. Prioritization of potentially impacted projects begins in early FY15 for the next phase of CESL, with projects classified by IVA as very high or highly vulnerable receiving priority for examination in more detail. A fact sheet (pdf, 292 KB) on the IVA is attached, and a full report is expected to be released in December 2014.
These results stem from a a broader USACE effort, the Comprehensive Evaluation of Projects with Respect to Sea Level Change (CESL), which aims to “screen and assess the vulnerability of USACE projects to the effects of Sea Level Change and provide added benefits to other USACE activities (such as Asset Management and Recapitalization).” The effort draws a lot of its science from NOAA’s National Ocean Service.
See the official USACE CESL homepage for more details.