Southeast Louisiana Flood and Hurricane Protection Current Status

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Southeast LouisianaFlood and Hurricane
Protection Current Status

• Briefing by Headquarters US Army Corps of
  Engineers for
• ACWI
• 19 January 2006

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Background

• Hurricane damaged approximately 64 of the
  system.
• ASA(CW) approved one time deviation from policy
  to under take permanent rehabilitation of federal
  and non-federal projects at full federal expense
  using FCCE funds fund acquisition of lands,
  easements, rights-of-way, and disposal or borrow
  areas needed for rehabilitation.
• Restoration of damaged federal protection systems
  by 1 June 2006

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Status of Funding for Repairs

• Reference news conference of Thursday, 15 Dec 05
• 1.6B Restore Previous Levels of Protection
• 1.5B Additional Safety Security Measures
• Reconciling Scope of Work Issues and Priorities

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Today Recovery from Katrina and Rita Continue

• Summary as of 18 January 2006
• Corps personnel deployed 2094
• FEMA mission assignments 4,401,167,000
• Temporary roofs 188,894 completed
• Temporary Housing Units 36,481
• Water 4,979 truckloads ordered/distributed
• Ice 5,276 truckloads ordered/distributed
• Generators installed and de-installed 910 (Kat
  Rita)
• Debris 53,687,000 CY removed

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Command Arrangements
JTF Rita LTG Clark
PFO RADM Hereth
J-7 Loc Ft Sam Houston
BG Grisoli
J-7 BG Schroedel
Austin TX
J-7 BG Berwick
TF
(Sharing Staff )
Housing Area Command
FEST-A Baton Rouge, LA
MG Riley
MVD
BG Crear
BG Walsh
SWG
SWF
Fort Worth, TX
Galveston, TX
COL Minahan
COL Haustein
COL Seitliff
COL Gapinski
COL Smithers
COL Vesay
COL Taylor
MVK
SAM
Location Vicksburg, MS
Location Mobile, AL
MVS
JFO-Wells
Location St. Louis MO
JFO LA Mr. Lokey
JFO AL Mr. Sherman
JFO MS Mr. Carwile
Baton Rouge, LA
Austin TX
Montgomery, AL
Jackson, MS
JFO LA (FWD)
Baton Rouge, LA
Relevant, Ready, Responsive, Reliable
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Transportation Arteries
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Debris Mission
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Blue Roof
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Temporary Structures
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Storm Breaches
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Breaches
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Breach Closures
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FLOODWALL ALONG
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MISSISSIPPI RIVER
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HURRICANE
PROTECTION LEVEE
FLOODWALL
A
23 FT
20
20
B
18 FT PROJECT FLOWLINE
17.5 FT
AVG ANNUAL HIGHWATER 14 FT
SPH DESIGN ELEV 11.5 FT
10
10
NORMAL LAKE 1.0 FT LEVEL
GENTILLY
ELEVATIONS IN FEET NGVD
RIDGE
0
0
UNO
RIVER BANK
-10
-10
LAKE
CATHEDRAL
PONTCHARTRAIN
SHORE
-20
DERBIGNY AT I-10
CANAL ST AT RIVER
-20
ST. ANTHONY AT
GENTILLY BLVD
ESPLANADE AT
WAINRIGHT DR
WAINRIGHT DR
AT L.C. SIMON
DILLARD UNIV
UNO SIDE OF
WILDAIR DR
ST. CLAUDE
ST. LOUIS
AT ALLEN
CAMPUS
MISSISSIPPI
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Flooding near 17th Street
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System Flooding
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Unwatering Efforts
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Interagency Performance Evaluation Team
Organization
SYNTHESIZE THE FACTS
National Research Council Independent Review
Panel
Public Forums
Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Force
ASCE External Review Panel
GET THE FACTS
VERIFY THE FACTS
Physical performance only
Physical performance, consequences Risk
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Participation

• Federal Agencies
• IPET Members
• Corps of Engineers (Lead agency)
• MVD/MVN
• FEMA (team member)
• NOAA (team co-lead)
• USBR (team co-lead)
• USDA (team co-lead)
• Collaboration
• EPA
• FHWA
• USGS
• NSF
• DOC (NIST)
• DOL (BLS)
• International
• Japan
• Netherlands
• Belgium

• Academia
• University of Maryland
• Louisiana State University
• UC Berkeley
• Utah State University
• Penn State University
• University of Norte Dame (Team Co-Lead)
• Stanford University
• Cambridge University (Team Co-lead)
• Professional Societies
• ASCE
• NRC
• ASFPM
• State and Local Government
• New Orleans Levee and Drainage Districts
• Louisiana DOT
• South Florida Water Management District (Team
  Co-Lead)

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The Path Ahead

• Congressional Briefings
• Interim Levels of Protection Dec 05
• Complete Repairs to Levees to Pre-Storm
  Conditions Jun 06
• Uncertainties
• Upgrades to Levels of Protection?
• Supplemental?
• Coastal Policy?
• Levee Portfolio?
• Conduct System Performance Analysis

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Questions?