US Army Corps of Engineers BUILDING STRONG®

Northwest Corps Leadership Panel Pacific Northwest Waterways Association Conference October 2, 2013

US Army Corps of Engineers BUILDING STRONG®

COL (P) John S. Kem Commander, Northwestern Division

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Pacific Northwest Waterways Association Conference October 2, 2013

Welcome ► Management Update

• BG Funkhouser moved on to Ft Leonard Wood • COL Leady replaced COL Tipton as Deputy Commander

► What I’ll cover

• Budget Climate • National Navigation Initiatives • Regional Navigation Topics • District Commanders will address specific projects

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Budget Climate FY 14 Budget

► Continued reduced spending levels – guidance targets low commercial use projects

► FY14 PBUD has increase over FY13 for Navigation • Columbia and Lower Willamette • Lower Snake River

► Expect to be under Continuing Resolution for first 2-1/2 months, and likely extended beyond that

• Potential for another workplan or mini- workplan

► Debt ceiling and sequestration potential

Beyond FY 14 ► ??? ► Transition from business line to watershed prioritization for

budget development

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National President’s Budget for Nav ($millions)

Pres Bud

Coastal Nav

Inland Nav

Nav total CW total Nav Percent

FY 14 $980 $904 $1884 $4826 39 FY13 $967 $780 $1,747 $4,731 37 FY12 $832 $744 $1,575 $4,631 34 FY11 $873 $779 $1,652 $4,939 33 FY10 $971 $796 $1,767 $5,125 35 FY09 $969 $931 $1,900 $4741 40 FY08 $957 $1052 $2,009 $4,900 41

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National Nav Budget by Appropriations ($million)

Pres Bud Investig. Construction O&M MR&T Total Nav

FY 14 $23 $345 $1,461 $55 $1,884 FY13 $25 $352 $1,326 $44 $1,747 FY12 $18 $283 $1,237 $37 $1,575 FY11 $19 $291 $1,297 $45 $1,652 FY10 $19 $288 $1,411 $48 $1,767 FY09 $20 $495 $1,346 $39 $1,900 FY08 $19 $572 $1,383 $35 $2,009

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NWD Navigation PresBud Program Trends

FY 2008 $ 98 Million FY 2009 $116 Million FY 2010 $126 Million FY 2011 $ 99 Million FY 2012 $109 Million FY 2013 $109 Million FY 2014 $126 Million

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USACE National Navigation Program Initiatives

Navigation Strategic Vision Inland Marine Transportation

System (IMTS) Civil Works Transformation WRDA

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Regional Topics

►Columbia River Treaty ►FCRPS BiOp ►Low commercial use ports ►Planning for future Lock repairs/outages (FY17) ►Regulatory (Sect 214, Sequestration) ►Columbia River Channel Maintenance & Mouth

of the Columbia River Jetties ►Programmatic Sediment Management Plan

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Pacific Northwest Waterways Association Conference October 2, 2013

District Commanders ► Portland District, Colonel John Eisenhauer ► Seattle District, Colonel Bruce Estok ► Walla Walla District, LTC Andrew Kelly

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Ice Harbor Goals & Milestones (Walla-Walla)

Adjustable Blade Runner 2014 Feb: Final design 2016 Mar: Deliver (#1) 2017-18: Install & Biological Testing (#1) 2017-18: Install (#2 )

1. Design a turbine runner for safe fish passage 2. Validate a new turbine Design Process & Design Criteria 3. One Fixed blade runner; two Adjustable blade runners) 4. Verify biological performance 5. Demonstrate COE & BPA commitment to long term FCRPS

sustainability

Fixed Blade Runner 2015 Aug: Deliver 2015-16: Install 2016-17: Biological Testing

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Navigation Lock Maintenance Closure A prioritized system approach for Columbia and

Snake Rivers

Tentative for 2017 (funding dependent) Walla Walla priorities

► Ice Harbor (10 weeks) - FY 17

► Lower Monumental (10 weeks) – FY 17

► McNary (4 weeks) – FY15

► Little Goose (12 weeks) – FY 17

► Lower Granite (4 weeks) – FY 14

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Chittenden Locks (NAV) Past – 1917 – 2012: Aging Infrastructure ► Well engineered & maintained, but aging ► 2007 Rehab Report & 2008 Dam Safety Action Classification ► DSAC 4 “Priority” to 2 “Urgent” in 2011 ► Monolith repair & Pintle Bearing replacement 2011-2012

Present – Interim Risk Reduction ► Prioritized plan to repair; completed 80% of tasks ► Bulkheads, Tainter Gates, H&H Study, Monitoring Wells

Future – Asset Management ► Meet DSAC (~$20M) & Aging Infrastructure

(~$48.5M) needs ► Pump Plant, Stoney Gate Valves Emergency Closure System, Adult Salmon Exclusion Structure

Potential Seepage

Emergency Closure System

Miter & Radial Gate Hydraulic Steel

Structural Integrity

Montlake & Freemont Cuts

Tsunami

Pump Plant

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Port of Seattle (NAV)

Past: Harbor Island Rises & Panama Canal Vessels 1909 Duwamish straightened; largest artificial island E/W waterways -34’ depth in 1930s – sufficient to 1990s Overdredged West Waterway to -50’ w/last work in 1930’s

2012 favorable initial appraisal Port request for Section 216 recon study to deepen E/W waterway

Present: Panamax Class Vessels Push Capability Mostly -50’ depth w/spot shoaling to -34’ Draft restrictions can impact operations Seattle Harbor Reconnaissance Study, $100K in FY14

President’s Budget – a rare new start

Future: Towards Post-Panamax Capability FY14 Recon study will prepare plan, determine fed interest,

& execute cost share for possible Feasibility Study Investigate West (-54’ to -56’ vs -34’ auth) & East (-34’ to

-51’) deepening to meet post Panamax thru tide cycles

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Port of Tacoma (NAV) Past: Last dredged for navigation in 1998, extensive

cleanup dredging by Port & EPA conducted since then

Present: Net donor to Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Port waterways are part of Commencement Bay

Superfund Site – requires extensive characterization due to dioxin and PCBs

FY13 funding ~$1M characterizing Hylebos Waterway. and all environmental clearances. Awaiting characterization (contracted) to determine volumes. Current estimate is 40K CY

Continuing to monitor Kalakala situation w/USCG

Future: FY14 President’s Budget ~$1.8M. Hylebos dredging. Possible Blair Waterway characterization and dredging however uncertain due to cost share requirement

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Duwamish River Turning Basin (NAV) Past:

Superfund site 25-year Corps led Dredged Material Management

Program w/EPA, DNR & Ecology Removed 5K CY unsuitable material upland in JAN

13 using FY12 funding Present:

Issue: In-water work window (DEC-JAN) & Superfund restrictions increase dredging costs; Recent draft restrictions by Puget Sound Pilots in effect due to new controlling shoal next to Spokane Street Bridge

Will dredge ~70K CY for open water disposal in DEC 13, including Spokane Street Shoal

Funding – FY13 $930K Future: Funding FY14 $110K for comprehensive

surveys of East, West and Duwamish Waterways

Duwamish River

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Questions?

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