Chief, Navigation Seattle District. US Army Corps of Engineers BUILDING STRONG

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1 PNWA SEATTLE DISTRICT UPDATE John Hicks Chief, Navigation Seattle District June 2013 US Army Corps of Engineers

2 Executive Summary Purpose: Provide Seattle District perspective on priorities & projects that align w/pnwa objectives District Civil Works Priorities: Puget Sound Center of Gravity O&M Navigation Program Regulatory Program 2

3 Common Goals Seattle District Mission: Service to the... Nation... by designing, constructing, operating, & permitting... infrastructure & projects that build the Nation's... economic might in an environmentally sustainable way... PNWA: At the helm of ensuring Pacific NW waterways are economically viable & environmentally safe -- PNWA Snag vessel PUGET 3

4 Agenda Around Seattle District New Key Leaders Programs Civil Works Studies & Projects O&M Navigation & Regulatory Of Interest Chittenden Locks Dam Safety Swinomish Channel Dredging Completed Port of Seattle Questions Survey vessel SHOALHUNTER Chittenden Locks 4

5 New Faces in Seattle District Deputy Commander MAJ Rachel Honderd New Seattle District Headquarters Building 1202 Federal Center South 5

6 Puget Sound & Coast Center of Gravity ASA ~ Doing some things; strategic link? Complexity ESA & Tribal FY13 $ $62M of $110M touches Puget Sound w/20% Restoration/Fish; $16M Coast Lines of Operation Multi-Purpose Agency Flood Risk Mgt 3 Studies & 2 Dams Ecosystem 2 Studies & 4 Construction Navigation 1 Study & multiple active O&M FCCE 7 of 17 basins w/63% of 315 levees Regulatory 70% of actions Military Construction JBLM Wastewater Interagency/International EPA CERCLA 6

7 Seattle District Regulatory Overview Permits: (thru 4QFY12) Avg. 700 permits/yr issued in Puget Sound (70% of workload) GPs 76% require ESA & 44% issued < 60 Days vs. 75% metric IPs 84% require ESA & 27% issued < 120 Days vs. 50% metric Tribal Notification Agreements w/18 Tribes; FY12 28% increase Routinely meet compliance & enforcement targets Recent/Ongoing Actions: 2012 Nationwide Permits & Regional/General Conditions Aquaculture Major effort to reduce NWP 48 backlog Major Permits Seattle Sea Wall, Bulk Terminals, BPA I-5 Challenges: Non-federal land use decisions shape requested permits Balance efficient permit tools & environmental protection Prioritizing within resources Opportunities: Continue WRDA Section 214 In Lieu Fees / mitigation banking Cumulative impacts assessment 7

8 Navigation Studies & Projects FY13 Key Waterway Projects Grays Harbor Navigation Reevaluation underway Seattle Harbor East/West WW Initial appraisal done 8

9 O&M Program Navigation Focus Navigation Program Summary: FY14 $15+M President s Budget Key Project Snapshots FY13: Grays Harbor started w/hoppers MAR 13; revetment in Late 2013 Everett Harbor & Snohomish River Dredged Upper/Lower settling basins FEB 13, next dredge in Oct 14 Duwamish Removed 5K Unsuitable in Jan 2013, will remove 70K CY DEC 13 Tacoma Characterize Hylebos in FY13, Dredge 2014, $1.89M FY14 PBUD Quillayute Unfunded FY13, preparing to dredge in Oct 14 if funded Olympia $603,000 in FY14 budget- Characterization 9 Neah Bay Grays Harbor

10 Chittenden Locks Past : Aging Infrastructure Well engineered & maintained, but aging 2007 Rehab Report & 2008 Dam Safety Action Classification DSAC 4 Priority to 2 Urgent Monolith repair & Pintle Bearing replacement Present 2013: Interim Risk Reduction Prioritized plan to repair; complete 80% of tasks Bulkheads, Tainter Gates, H&H Study Montlake & Freemont Cuts Future Asset Management Meet DSAC (~$20M) & Aging Infrastructure (~$48.5M) needs Smolt Flumes Pump Plant Potential Seepage Miter & Radial Gate Hydraulic Steel Structural Integrity Tsunami 10 Emergency BUILDING Closure STRONG System

11 Port of Seattle Past: Harbor Island Rises & Panama Canal Vessels 1909 Duwamish straightened; world s largest artificial island E/W waterways -34 depth in 1930s sufficient to 1990s Overdredged 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, $100, in the FY14 President s Budget-A rare new start Future: Towards Post-Panamax Capability FY14, Recon study will prepare plan, determine fed interest, & execute feasibility study cost share, possible future Feasibility Study Investigate West (-54 to -56 vs -34 auth) & East (-34 to -51 ) deepening to meet post Panamax thru tide cycles 11

12 Dredged Material The DMMP agencies marked their 25 th anniversary Sediment Management Annual Review Meeting this past May. Clamshell dredging DMMP implemented a regional Sediment Reference Material for dioxin and PCBs, for dredging and cleanup projects in Puget Sound and Coastal Washington Splithull barge *PCBs = Polychlorinated biphenyls PAHs = Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons PBDEs = Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (fire retardants) 12

13 Questions 13