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Great Lakes Navigation SystemDredging Update

Marie StrumU.S. Army Corps of EngineersGreat Lakes Navigation Team

May 18, 2016

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Great Lakes Inspection Tour

WRRDA 2014 – Impacts to Great Lakes Funding

Dredging FY16 and FY17 ProgramRecent Trends

NOAA Marine Sanctuaries/Bottomland Preserves

Great Lakes Dredging Team Annual MeetingGreat Lakes Dredging Update

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Great Lakes Inspection Tour June 2015

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Participants: LRD and MVD Commanding Generals and senior leaders from Division, Buffalo, Chicago, and Detroit Districts

Objectives:

• To gain a better understanding of the GL Navigation system value to the nation• Observe an “origin to destination" operation from raw material receipt and

loading to destination port destined for manufacturing• Experience challenges of waterborne transit at the key node in the system, the

Soo Locks• Observe offloading and manufacturing into a finished product

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Great Lakes Inspection Tour - 2016

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• Plans are underway for early September 2016

• Focus on lower Great Lakes – Milwaukee, Chicago, Toledo, Ann Arbor• Focus areas:

• Ecosystem restoration• Invasive species• Flood risk management• Harmful algal blooms

Key to success is strong stakeholder participation!

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• WRRDA14 is an authorization bill; it provides authority or direction to the Corps, it does not provide funding

• Funding comes from Congressional Appropriations

• We are awaiting implementation guidance from HQ

http://www.usace.army.mil/Missions/CivilWorks/ProjectPlanning/LegislativeLinks/wrrda2014/wrrda2014_impguide.aspx

Water Resources Reform & Development Act (WRRDA) 2014

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• The Corps must manage all the individually authorized projects in the Great Lakes Navigation System as components of a single, comprehensive system, recognizing the interdependency of ports

• The Corps shall not allocate funds solely on tonnage

• Establishes funding targets for expenditure of HMTF funds for the next 10 years.

• Emerging harbors (less than 1M tons) receive no less than 10% of 2012 HMTF appropriated funds ($898M)

• Great Lakes system receives not less than 10% of priority funds

Water Resources Reform & Development Act (WRRDA) 2014

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Executable – Backlog Reduction Funding Range

GL Navigation Funding History

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Sustainable Funding Range

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Dredging

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• Congress passed the FY16 Consolidated Appropriations Act; enacted Dec 18, 2015.

• The FY16 Appropriations bill included FY16 President’s Budget with some adjustments, plus additional O&M funds for ongoing work – to be allocated by USACE HQ

Additional Funding for Ongoing Work- Navigation Maintenance $23.5M- Deep-draft harbor and channel $250M- Small, remote, or subsistence nav $48M

FY16 Corps Funding Status

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$14M DredgingAdditional funds for:

- Duluth, MN- Green Bay, WI- Saginaw, MI- Calumet, IL

$10.9M Soo Asset Renewal$1.3M Chicago Lock Repairs$6.2M Structure Repairs (Ludington, Waukegan, Sandusky, Barcelona, Grand Haven)

FY16 Projects Funded from Additional Funds for Ongoing Work

($32.9M) New funding for:- Alpena, MI- Lorain, OH- Fairport, OH- Monroe, MI- Manistique

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FY 16 Great Lakes Navigation Program

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$142.8M Great Lakes Navigation Operations & Maintenance

Key Items

$59.2M in Dredging (30 projects – 4.4M cubic yards)$8.6M in Dredged Material Management$14.6M in Soo Asset Renewal$2.3M Chicago Lock Repairs$7.9M Structure Repair by Contract

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Ogdensburg

Lake Superior

MI

MI

NY

PA

IL

WI

IN

CANADA

OH

Morristown

Cape Vincent

Sackets Harbor

Port Ontario

Oswego

Bolles Harbor

Monroe

Rouge RiverDetroit River

Clinton RiverBelle River

Pine River

Chnls Lake St. Clair

St. Clair RiverBlack River

Lexington

Port Austin

Harbor Beach

Port Sanilac

Saginaw

Point Lookout

Tawas Bay

Au Sable Harbor

Harrisville

Alpena

Hammond Bay

Cheboygan

Inland Route

Mackinac CityMackinac Island

St. James

Petoskey

Charlevoix

Channels in Straits of Mackinac

Grays Reef

Leland

GreilickvilleFrankfort

Arcadia

Portage Lake

Manistee

Ludington

Pentwater

White Lake

Muskegon

Saugatuck

Grand River

Holland

Grand Haven

South Haven

St. JosephSt. Joseph River

New Buffalo

Michigan CityChicago River

Chicago Harbor

Waukegan

Kenosha

Milwaukee

Port Washington

Sheboygan

Manitowoc

Washington Island

Green Bay

Big Suamico

Kewaunee

Algoma

Sturgeon Bay

Two Rivers

Pensaukee

Oconto

MenomineeCedar River

Little Bay de noc

ManistiqueDetour

Les Cheneaux Island

Soo Locks

St. Marys River

Whitefish Point HarborLittle Lake

Grand MaraisPresque Isle

Marquette

Big Bay

Grand Traverse Bay

Lac La BelleEagle Harbor

Keweenaw Waterway

Chippewa Harbor

Grand Marais

Two Harbors

Knife River

Duluth-Superior Bayfield

La PointeCornucopia

Port Wing

FY16 Dredging Funding and Dredging Requirements

Calumet

Commercial

Recreational

Silver BayTaconite

FY16 Unbudgeted Dredging Need

FY16 Funded Dredging

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FY16 PBUD + Work Plan Dredging

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AlpenaBurns HarborCalumet +ClevelandConneautDuluth-Superior +ErieFairportGrand HavenGreen Bay +HollandHuronIndiana HarborLorainLudington

ManisteeManistiqueManitowocMonroeMuskegonOntonagonOswegoPresque IsleRochesterRouge RiverSaginaw River +SanduskySt. JosephToledoWaukegan

Red – added in Workplan

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$102.8M Great Lakes Navigation Operations & Maintenance

Key Items $38.4M in Dredging (20 projects – 3.2M cubic yards)$8.2M in Dredged Material Management$5.9M in Soo Asset Renewal

FY 17 Great Lakes NavigationPresident’s Budget

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Ogdensburg

Lake Superior

MI

MI

NY

PA

IL

WI

IN

CANADA

OH

Morristown

Cape Vincent

Sackets Harbor

Port Ontario

Oswego

Bolles Harbor

Monroe

Rouge RiverDetroit River

Clinton RiverBelle River

Pine River

Chnls Lake St. Clair

St. Clair RiverBlack River

Lexington

Port Austin

Harbor Beach

Port Sanilac

Saginaw

Point Lookout

Tawas Bay

Au Sable Harbor

Harrisville

Alpena

Hammond Bay

Cheboygan

Inland Route

Mackinac CityMackinac Island

St. James

Cross VillagePetoskey

Charlevoix

Channels in Straits of Mackinac

Grays Reef

Leland

GreilickvilleFrankfort

Arcadia

Portage Lake

Manistee

Ludington

Pentwater

White Lake

Muskegon

Saugatuck

Grand River

Holland

Grand Haven

South Haven

St. JosephSt. Joseph River

New Buffalo

Michigan CityChicago River

Chicago Harbor

Waukegan

Kenosha

Milwaukee

Port Washington

Sheboygan

Manitowoc

Washington Island

Green Bay

Big Suamico

Kewaunee

Algoma

Sturgeon Bay

Two Rivers

Pensaukee

Oconto

MenomineeCedar River

Little Bay de noc

Gladstone

ManistiqueDetour

Les Cheneaux Island

Soo Locks

St. Marys River

Whitefish Point HarborLittle Lake

Grand MaraisPresque Isle

Marquette

Big Bay

Grand Traverse Bay

Lac La BelleEagle Harbor

Keweenaw Waterway

Chippewa Harbor

Grand Marais

Beaver Bay

Two Harbors

Knife River

Duluth-Superior Bayfield

La PointeCornucopia

Port Wing

FY17 President’s Budget Dredging Projects

Calumet

Commercial

Recreational

President’s Budget

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FY17 PBUD Dredging Projects

Ashtabula Burns Waterway Buffalo Calumet Channels in Lake

St. Clair Cleveland Detroit River Duluth-Superior Fairport Grand Haven

Green Bay Holland Indiana Harbor Keweenaw

Waterway Saginaw River Sandusky St. Joseph Sturgeon Bay Toledo Waukegan

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Appropriation - Add'lFunds for OngoingWorkARRA (Stimulus)

L. Superior RegionalProvisions

Michigan RegionalProvisions

Commercial RegionalProvisions

Energy & Water Adds

3.3M Annual Reqm’t

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Historical FundingGreat Lakes Low Use Projects (<1M Tons)

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20,000,000

30,000,000

40,000,000

50,000,000

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President's Budget Workplan/Appropriation

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Historical Shallow Draft/Recreational Harbor Funding

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Recreational Harbor Success Stories

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Port Washington: $950K funded in FY14 Corps budgetCity has obtain $1M in funding from grants – providing to Corps through contributed funds process; additional work will be done in spring 2016

Portage Lake – contributed funds agreement in process for repair of revetment

Barcelona Harbor, NY – funds received in the FY16 workplan to begin repairs on structure that blew out in late 2015.

City of Buffalo – Bird Island structure/walkway repair; obtained grant funds and provided to Corps through contributed funds process

Hurricane Sandy funds – close to $200M in total to GL

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Portage Lake Harbor, MI – Contributed Funds –Design and Partial Repairs

North/South Revetments

Issue:• Little to no USACE funding

available for recreation harbors nation-wide.

• Excessive settlement/sinkholes behind both North/South revetment structures indicative of subsurface structural degradation.

• Concerns with structural stability and impact to navigation channel.

Contributed Funds Letter of Intent:• $800,000 Total Proposed.

Contribution:• $250,000 to Complete

Revetment Repair Design.• $550,000 for Partial Repairs

using USACE Floating Plant.

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Proposed Multi-Project/Multi-Year Contributed Funds – Memorandum Of Agreement

State of Michigan

• Would cover maintenance work on shallow draft Federal navigation projects (channels, harbors, and structures) that serve the State of Michigan.

• Once executed, the MOA would allow for transfer of funds for maintenance work at any shallow draft harbor in a matter of days versus many months under the current process.

• Draft Letter of Intent (LOI) has been provided to State for review/comment and it has been returned to USACE for concurrence.

• Once State signs the LOI and submits to USACE, the process for establishing the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) can begin and take will take 4-8 months to complete and execute the MOA.

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Great Lakes Water Levels

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Water Levels on Great Lakes

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• All of the Great Lakes are currently at or above average and all but Lake Superior are above levels of a year ago.

• With the recent rise in water levels, coastal bluffs are beginning to erode again after nearly a decade of low water and apparent stability.

• Reports of significant erosion on Lakes Superior and Michigan

• Low water levels over the past decade allowed offshore bottom profile to quietly erode.

• Now with increased lake levels, waves now have access to bluffs and dunes.

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Coastal Bluff Erosion

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Lake Michigan coastal erosion near New Buffalo, MI

Lake Superior coastal erosion near Paradise, MI

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Great Lakes NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries

Thunder Bay NMS - Existing

WI-Lake MI NMS - Proposed

Erie Quad NMS – In Inventory

Erie Niagara - Development

Oswego -Development

White Fish Point -Development

Keweenaw -Development

Apostle Islands -Development

In InventoryProposedExisting Development -Ecological

Development -Cultural

LAKE CARRIERS’ ASSOCIATION

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Dredged Material Management

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Current Dredged Material Placement Methods

Lake Superior

MI

MI

NY

PA

IL

WI

IN

CANADA

OH

RochesterOswego

Buffalo

DunkirkErie

Monroe

Rouge RiverDetroit River

Lake St. Clair

St. Clair River

Harbor Beach

Saginaw

Alpena

Frankfort

Manistee

Ludington

Muskegon

Holland

Grand Haven

St. Joseph

Indiana Harbor

Calumet

Waukegan

Milwaukee

Port Washington

Manitowoc

Green Bay

KewauneeSturgeon Bay

Menominee

St. Marys RiverOntonagon

Near Shore

CDF

Open Water

Upland

Kenosha

Cheboygan

14%

45%

37%

4%NEARSHORECDF

OPENWATERUPLAND

Percentages by volume (1998-2014)

Michigan City

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Dredged Material Management by State

Average Annual Material Placement by Volume 1998-2014

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Dredged Material Management Initiatives

Maximize the use of fill management and facility adaptation, such as routine raising of perimeter dikes and reworking the material within the facility to create additional capacity.

Aggressively pursue opportunities for beneficially using dredged material to preserve or create CDF capacity.

Collaborate with partner agencies leveraging local and federal programs to reduce the amount of material entering federal navigation channels.

Engage state agencies and other partners and stakeholders in developing innovative long-term solutions to dredged material management challenges.

Foster partnership with USEPA with its Great Lakes Legacy Act (GLLA) and Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) programs to leverage funding for projects supporting both environmental goals and navigation benefits.

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Outreach Stakeholder Meetings: two meetings were held in 2016

► Shallow Draft/Recreational Harbor Stakeholder Meeting - March 2, 2016; Detroit, MI

► Annual Stakeholder Meeting April 14, 2016 Chicago, IL

Web Site:www.lre.usace.army.mil/greatlakes/navigation► Fact Sheets, Surveys, Funding Summaries, Stakeholder

Meeting Notices, Presentations, Publications

► Requests for information, to be added to mailing list, etc.:email us at: glnavigation@usace.army.mil

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GL Navigation Business Line ManagerMike O’Bryan – (313) 226-6444Marie Strum – (313) 226-6794

Shamel Abou-El-Seoud - Chicago Operations Chief(312) 846-5470

Josh Feldmann - Buffalo District Operations Chief(716) 879-4206

Dave Wright - Detroit Operations Chief(313) 226-3573

www.lre.usace.army.mil/greatlakes/navigation

Key Great Lakes Contacts

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Questions