“The views, opinions and findings contained in this report are

those of the authors(s) and should not be construed as an

official Department of the Army position, policy or decision,

unless so designated by other official documentation.”

GICA Seminar July 27, 2017

Sheridan Willey

Project Management

USACE Galveston

Galveston Island

After Ike Important

Infrastructure

Aquatic Resources

Endangered Species

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STUDY DESIGN BUILD MAINTAIN

Congressional

Authorization

“New Start”

Congressional

Authorization

(e.g. WRRDA)

Congressional

Appropriations USACE receives

funding on an annual

budget cycle (OCT-SEP)

Local or State

Cost Sharing

Sponsor

PROJECT DELIVERY PROCESS 3

Study Information

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Coastal Storm Risk Management

(CSRM)- Develop and evaluate

coastal storm damage risk reduction

measures for coastal Texas

residents, industries and businesses

which are critical to the nation’s

economy.

Ecosystem Restoration (ER) -

Increase the net quantity and quality

of coastal ecosystem resources by

maintaining, protecting, and

restoring coastal Texas ecosystems

and fish and wildlife habitat

Study Purpose

Study Exemption from 3x3x3 law • $19.8 Million

• 5.5 years

• Study CSRM and ER along the entire Texas coast

• Comprehensive Plan for Texas

• Feasibility recommendations for CSRM and ER

Non-Federal Sponsor

Texas General Land Office (GLO)

study sponsor

Feasibility Cost Sharing Agreement

(FCSA) signed in November 2015 o 50% Federal dollars / 50% Non-

Federal

Implementing Sponsor (design and

construction) needs to be identified o Cost share varies pending final

plan

o Final project is turned over to NFS

for operations and maintenance

responsibilities

Milestone Date

Sc

op

ing

Exemption Approval

by USACE

Sep

2015

Exemption Approval

by ASA(CW)/OMB

Nov

2015

Execute FCSA w/GLO Nov

2015

Alt

. E

va

l./

An

aly

sis

Alternatives

Milestone

June

2016

Tentatively Selected

Plan (TSP) Milestone

May

2018

Fea

sib

ilit

y L

eve

l A

naly

sis

Agency Decision

Milestone (ADM)

Oct

2018

Feasibility Report

Complete

Oct

2020

Civil Works Review

Board (CWRB)

Jan

2021

S&A Review Feb

2021

Chief’s Report Apr

2021

Study Funding

Study Schedule

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Public Review and

Comment Recommendation

to Congress

Collect Public Input

Scoping; Identify

Problems and

opportunities

Complete final analyses:

Engineering, Economics

and Environmental (NEPA)

Initiate Engineering, Economic

and Environmental analyses (NEPA);

Identify tentatively selected plan

Identify Recommended

Plan

Alternatives Formulation Draft Report

Recommend Plan

Final Report Scoping

Locally Preferred

Plan Input

Public input is critical for understanding

needs/opportunities and reaching a

implementable plan for authorization

STUDY PROCESS

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Economics

Environmental

Engineering

Damages to property

• Personal and public

damages from flooding

Project costs

• Study, design,

construction and O&M

Benefit-to-cost ratio

• National Economic

Development (NED)

Life/health

• Social impacts

NEPA compliance Habitat

Impacts to natural environment Fish and wildlife

Hazardous material spills Cultural Resources

National Ecosystem Restoration (NER) Plan

Impacts to physical

environment and processes

•

Circulation/salinity/flooding/ero

sion

Constructability / operability

• Engineering feasibility

• Real Estate requirements

USACE Engineering

Regulations

Feasibility Studies Required 6

• Avoid or minimize negative

impacts:

• that affect the ability of

authorized navigation

projects to continue to fulfill

their purpose

• to threatened and endangered

species and protected species

• to critical habitat, (e.g.

Essential Fish Habitat.)

• to commercial fisheries

• that induce flooding

Constraints 7

Matagorda

Ship

Channel

(USACE)

Storm

Surge

Suppression

Study

(GCCPRD)

Houston Ship

Channel ECIP

Mega Study

(USACE)

TX Coastal

Resiliency

Master Plan

(GLO)

TX Coastal

CSRM &

ER Mega

Study

(USACE) Jefferson

County

ER

(USACE)

TX Coastal

Infrastructure

Study

(GLO)

Sabine

Pass

to

Galveston

(USACE)

Comprehensive Plan: Overarching Vision

Resources and Ecosystems

Sustainability, Tourist

Opportunities, and Revived

Economies of the Gulf Coast

States (RESTORE) Act

Gulf of Mexico

Energy Security

Act (GOMESA)

(BOEM)

Natural

Resource

Damage

Assessment

(NRDA)

(NOAA) Coastal Wetlands

Planning,

Protection and

Restoration Act

(CWPPRA)

Other

USACE

Activities

(CAP,

O&M, etc)

Other

Studies and

Activities

Not Yet

Identified

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Comprehensive Plan: Formats

1-pager: Brochure format (see Natural and Nature-based Features

brochure) - August 2017

– Scope of Comp Plan

– Highlight Feasibility Study & GLO’s Master Plan (scope, schedule)

– Provide an intro to systems approach

– Discuss Multiple Lines of Defense 101

– Provide POCs

10-pager: Coffee Table Book (see GLO’s Shoring up the Future for the

Texas Gulf Coast) – October 2017

– Centered around the key ecosystems and multiple lines of defense

– Fun facts about the coast to draw the reader in

– Highlight ongoing & proposed projects – but at a high level

Interim Report – May 2018

– Appendix to the Feasibility Report (100+ pages)

– Associated GIS database (can be deployed on the web)

– Lists & maps of all ongoing & future proposed efforts – including those broader

than the Feasibility study, as well as those that were screened out of the Master

Plan & other Feasibility studies.

– Provide a Beneficial Use Map for the Coast

– Make recommendations regarding projects that are outside of the USACE/GLO

interest that can be undertaken by others

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Region 1: Alternative A - Coastal Barrier/Nonstructural

System

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Region 1: Alternative B - Coastal Barrier 11

Region 1: Alternative C – Mid Bay 12

Region 1: Alternative D Upper Bay Barrier/ Nonstructural System

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Maeslant Barrier

Eastern Scheldt Barrier

Potential Barrier Designs 14

Coastal TX – First Line of Defense Map 15

Stakeholders Reports and Data

Collaboration With Others 18

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