CORPS OF ENGINEERS NAVIGATION PROGRAM

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CORPS OF ENGINEERS NAVIGATION PROGRAM

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CHALLENGES
Lock Age
Sediment Quality
Channel Design
Environmental Windows
Contaminants
Shoaling
DREDGED MATERIAL
Lock Dimensions
beneficial uses
Vessel width
keel clearance
Postpanamax
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NAVIGATION MISSION

• To provide safe, reliable, efficient, and
  environmentally sustainable waterborne
  transportation systems (channels, harbors,
  waterways) for movement of commerce, national
  security needs, and recreation.

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Civil Works Program FY 2000-2001( Millions)

• FY00 Approp. FY01 Approp.
• Construction, General
  1,372 1,696
• Operation Maintenance, General 1,854 1,902
• General Investigations 161 160
• Mississippi River Tributaries 309 348
• Regulatory Program 117 125
• Flood Control Coastal Emergencies 0 0
• FUSRAP 150 140
• General Expenses 149 152
• Total Appropriation 4,112 4,523
• Non-Federal Contributions (Est.) 258 280
• Bonneville Power Admin. 107 108
• Permanent Appropriation 15 16
• Coastal Wetlands Trust Fund 10 10
• Total Program 4,502 4,937

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Civil Works Appropriationsby Business Program,
FY 2001
Water Supply 7.2 M 0.1
Recreation 280 M 6
Hydropower 304 M 6.5 includes BPA
Environment Regulatory 808M 17.4
Navigation 1,887M 40.6
Flood Coastal Storm Damage Prevention
1,358 M 29.2
Emergency Management 6.2 M 0.1
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Foreign Trade
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NAVIGATION SYSTEM

• OUTPUTS
• 1999 tonnage - 2.32 billion tons (1.3 billion
  tons foreign)
• Value of 1998 foreign tonnage - 664 billion
• 13.1 million jobs, 515 billion in personal
  income, 150 billion in tax revenues

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NAVIGATION SYSTEM
MTMC Strategic Ports - National Port Readiness
Network
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OM Business FunctionsFY 2001
Environ. Stewardship
74 M 3.9
Flood Control
280M 13.8
Navigation
59.1 (1,180M)
Hydropower
240 M 12.0
Total Program 2.0 billion (includes 108 M from
BPA)
Recreation
232 M 11.2
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Backlog Distribution - End FY 2001
Based on Presidents Budgets
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SYSTEM CONDITIONS
Age Distribution of Lock Chambers in 2000
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LOCK and DAM
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Marine Freight System

• 362 Great Lake Terminals
• 1811 Inland Terminals
• 1578 Ocean Terminals

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Dredging Requirement
Corps Total Dredging Requirement 500 M 285 MCY
16 IndustryDredges 67
4 CorpsDredges 33
Total Hopper Requirement 150M 60 MCY
Bucket, pipeline, dustpan,sidecaster, special
purpose
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Dredged Material Disposal
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Balancing - Environment
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DIGITAL MAPS/ECDIS
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Changing Vessel Size
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STRATEGIC CONCEPTS

• MAINTAIN LEADERSHIP AS WATERWAY SYSTEM ADVOCATE
• DEVELOP PROACTIVE PROGRAM
• SUPPORT NATIONAL SECURITY OBJECTIVE
• PROMOTING PROSPERITY ENHANCING AMERICAN
  COMPETITIVENESS
• SUPPORT NATIONAL MILITARY STRATEGIC CONCEPTS
• STRATEGIC AGILITY POWER PROJECTION
• BUDGETARY SUPPORT FOR CONSTRUCTION DEVELOPMENT
  OF NAVIGATION PROJECTS
• INTEGRATE PROGRAM WITH WATERSHED MANAGEMENT

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ACTION ITEMS

• PROACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN MTS VISION 2020
• COORDINATE WITH TRANSCOM ON MILITARY REQUIREMENTS
• DEVELOP OTHER SUPPORTING PLANS (COMMO, ETC)
• ESTABLISH STRATEGIC NAVIGATION GROUP
• ESTABLISH REGIONAL SEDIMENT MANAGEMENT POLICY
• INNOVATIVE CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES
• DEVELOP A NEW DMMP GUIDANCE
• FOCUS ON LOCAL PLANNING GROUP FOR BENEFICIAL USES
• DEVELOP NEW OPERATIONS/PLANNING
  PARTNERSHIP/CULTURE
• INCORPORATE EFFECTIVE RD IMPLEMENTATION

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NAVIGATION STRATEGIES

• 1. Capability to make the existing system work
  better by INFRASTRUCTURE ENHANCEMENTS to
  support projected 2020 traffic demands and
  ensure a high level of reliability.
• 2. Capability to provide new system components
  that offer
  
  INTEGRATED NAVIGATION SYSTEM MANAGEMENT AND
  DESIGN for the MTS 2020 Vision -- a safe,
  efficient, effective, reliable, and
  environmentally responsible system.
• 3. Capability to perform REGIONAL
  SEDIMENT MANAGEMENT to optimize function of the
  system, reduce costs, and increase benefits.
• 4. Capability to conduct DREDGING AND DREDGED
  MATERIAL MANAGEMENT to minimize costs and
  maximize benefits.

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Marine Transportation System (MTS) 2020
Vision
The U. S. MTS will be the worlds most
technologically advanced, safe, secure,
effective, accessible, globally competitive,
dynamic, and environmentally responsible system
for moving goods and people.
MTS Report to Congress (www.dot.gov/mts/report/)
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1) INFRASTRUCTURE ENHANCEMENTS
Benefits
Focus Areas

• Improved system performance and safety
• Proactive maintenance to extend effective life of
  existing facilities.
• Minimize risk and disruption to traffic.
• Reduced costs for projected deep-draft ports.
• Increase capacity of inland system.

• Retrofitting existing facilities for increased
  capacity and changing requirements (i.e., vessel
  size number, users expectations).
• Optimizing reliable and safe traffic through-put
  for all seasons flows.
• Improved condition monitoring maintenance.

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2) INTEGRATED NAVIGATION SYSTEM MANAGEMENT AND
DESIGN
Focus areas
Benefits

• Improved system performance and safety
• Proactive monitoring and maintenance
• Real-time information
• Maximizing operational period for wider range of
  conditions
• Improved water allocation strategies

• Optimized system design performance under
  changing conditions to achieve MTS vision
• Sediment resources management
• Integrated modeling and analysis tools for
  predicting future conditions and maintenance
  requirements

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2020 RD THRUST

• Guide coordinate existing navigation-related
  RD programs
• FRGs define tools to satisfy expected needs
• MSCs and MTS Committees participate in
  formulating future needs
• Flexible response RD to be able to adapt to
  changing needs
• Possible future RD Program

Improved OM Techniques and Integrated
Navigation System Management

• To Produce
• State-of-the-art navigation system
• Faster technology infusion
• Integrated, multi-agency products

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Regional Sediment Management is ...
regulation and management of littoral,
estuarine, and riverine sediment within the
boundaries of a physical system where sediment
exchange occurs naturally. Regional sediment
management recognizes that the physical system
and embedded ecosystems respond beyond the space
and time scales of individual projects, and that
a proactive regional planning and engineering
approach will produce significant cost savings
and project benefits.
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REGIONAL SEDIMENT MANAGEMENT
Thrust areas
Benefits

• Increase beneficial use of dredged material.
• Reduce bend, bank, and shore erosion.
• Reduce channel shoaling
• Enhanced environmental protection restoration

• Coordinated management of sediment resources.
• Prediction and control of erosion and
  sedimentation.
• Fine-sediment engineering and management.
• Integrated modeling and analysis tools

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Regional Sediment Management

• Regional issues will increase in scale and
  magnitude
• Need progressive approach to coastal management
• Plan, design, implement, and manage SMARTER
• RD poised to begin
• Benefits rapidly increase knowledge save

Regional Sediment Budget 1979-95
Shinnecock Inlet, NY
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INLAND NAVIGATION SYSTEM
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U.S. Inland Waterway SystemStatus and Outlook
Average Queue Delays at Locks
Locks Over 1.5 Hours, 1998
Inner Harbor
Bayou Sorrel
Miss 25
Miss 24
Kentucky
Algiers
Miss 22
Marmet
Miss 14
Ohio 52
Port Allen
Miss 17
LaGrange
Miss 15
Lockport
Greenup
Harvey
Miss 20
Chickamauga
Miss 21
Miss 27
Miss 16
Marseilles
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Future Mode?
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Automated Container Handling Systems

• Can be downscaled for medium and small sized
  terminals
• Automated Container Stacker
• Automated Guided Vehicle

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THOUGHTS?
Regional Project Manager??
What's in his toolbox?