US Army Corps of Engineers
US Army Corps of Engineers
Colonel Philip T. Feir Commander, New England District Engineers on point for the Army and the Nation!
Agenda • Corps of Engineers Overview • Environmental Work in New England • Business Opportunities
The World of the Chief of Engineers Dual Roles Chief of Engineers, Army Staff
Commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Vision: • The world’s premier public engineering organization responding to our Nation’s needs in peace and war • A full spectrum engineer force of high quality, dedicated soldiers and civilians: Trained and Ready Vital Part of The Army Dedicated to Public Service Army Values-Based
Global Engagement USACE Construction Support EUROPE RUSSIA UKRAINE KOSOVO BOSNIA GERMANY ITALY BELGIUM
CENTRAL AMERICA HONDURAS EL SALVADOR
SOUTH AMERICA COLUMBIA ECUADOR PERU BOLIVIA ARGENTINA
ASIA GEORGIA TURKEY ISRAEL JORDAN SAUDI ARABIA KUWAIT BAHRAIN QATAR UAE JAPAN SOUTH KOREA
PUERTO RICO
WEST AFRICA
EAST AFRICA
SENEGAL GHANA MALI NIGER CAMEROON CENT. AFR. REP.
EGYPT ERITREA CHAD KENYA RWANDA MOZAMBIQUE
OCEANIA REP. OF PALAU GUAM ANTARCTICA
Global Engagement USACE Technical Assistance EUROPE UNITED KINGDOM NETHERLANDS DENMARK NORWAY SWEDEN FINLAND ESTONIA LITHUANIA POLAND HUNGARY MOLDAVIA ROMANIA BULGARIA MACEDONIA ALBANIA
NORTH AMERICA CANADA GREENLAND HAITI JAMAICA MEXICO HONDURAS GUATEMALA EL SALVADOR NICARAGUA COSTA RICA PANAMA
SOUTH AMERICA ECUADOR BRAZIL PARAGUAY CHILE URUGUAY ARGENTINA
OCEANIA EAST TIMOR REP. OF PALAU N. MARIANA ISL. MICRONESIA MARSHALL ISL.
AFRICA NIGERIA SUDAN MOZAMBIQUE
ASIA SAUDI ARABIA U.A.E. OMAN KAZAKHSTAN INDIA THAILAND CHINA PHILIPPINES JAPAN
AUSTRALIA
NEW ZEALAND
>$2.7B in FY-09
>$2B in FY-09
Research & Development • Military engineering • Terrain & Geospatial • Installations & Environment • Water Resources • DOD, Federal • State & Local • International
Plus:Homeland HomelandSecurity Security Plus:
Civil Works
• Acquire, manage & dispose • DOD recruiting facilities • Contingency operations
Interagency Support
•Military construction •Base operations •Environmental restoration •Geospatial Engineering
Real Estate
Military Programs
Support to the Army and the Nation USACE Missions
• Navigation, Hydropower • Flood control, Shore Protection • Disaster response • Environmental restoration • Water Supply • Regulatory • Recreation
Support to the Army and the Nation Engineer Research and Development Center 2014 2014Employees Employees 1029 Scientists 1029 Scientists&&Engineers Engineers 533 Master’s Degrees 533 Master’s Degrees 266 266Doctorate DoctorateDegrees Degrees $1.2 $1.2Billion BillionininResearch ResearchFacilities Facilities&& Equipment Equipment $568 $568Million MillionAnnual AnnualProgram Program
Cold Regions Research Engineering Hanover, NH
Construction Engineering Research Champaign, IL
Topographic Engineering Center Alexandria, VA
Coastal and Hydraulics Environmental Geotechnical and Structures Information Technology Vicksburg, MS
USACE Terrain Walk Civil Works Value to the Nation
Recreation areas
¼ of Nation’s Hydropower: $500 M + in power sales
376 M Visitors/yr Generate $15 B in economic activity, 500,000 jobs
11,000 miles of Commercial Inland Waterways: ½ the cost of rail 1/10 the cost of trucks
299 Deep Draft Harbors
627 Shallow Draft Harbors 8500 Miles of Levees Emergency Operations Stewardship of 11.7 Million Acres Public Lands Environmental Restoration
• US Ports & Waterways convey > 2B Tons Commerce • Foreign Trade alone creates > $160 B Tax Revenues
Regulatory Responsibilities
USACE Terrain Walk MACOM Overview
North Atlantic Div
(Civil Works Boundaries) Alaska Seattle
Walla Walla
Portland
Northwestern Div
Great Lakes & Ohio River Div
St. Paul
New England
Buffalo Detroit New York Rock Island
Omaha Sacramento San Francisco
South Pacific Div
Little Rock
Tulsa
Los Angeles Albuquerque Honolulu
Pacific Ocean Div
St. Louis
Kansas City
Southwestern Div Ft. Worth
Philadelphia Baltimore
Pittsburgh Chicago Cincinnati Huntington
Norfolk Louisville Nashville
Atlanta Vicksburg
Wilmington
Memphis Charleston Savannah Mobile Jacksonville
Dallas New Orleans
8 Divisions 41 Districts 2 Centers ERDC 1 Engineer Battalion
Mississippi Valley Div
Galveston
Districts outside the United States: Europe (Germany) Far East (Korea) Japan
South Atlantic Div
USACE Terrain Walk MACOM Organization HQUSACE Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity (FOA)
Great Lakes and Ohio River Division
Mississippi Valley Division
North Atlantic Division
Northwestern Division
Civilians: 35,033 Uniformed: 610
Pacific Ocean Division
South Atlantic Division
South Pacific Division
Kansas City Vicksburg
Baltimore
Memphis
New England
New Orleans
New York
St Paul
Norfolk
Rock Island
Philadelphia
St Louis
Europe
Buffalo
Southwestern Division
Alaska
Charleston
Albuquerque
Far East
Jacksonville
Sacramento
Omaha Portland
Chicago Detroit
Seattle
Huntington
Fort Worth Galveston Little Rock
Honolulu
Mobile
Los Angeles
Japan
Savannah
San Francisco
Tulsa
Walla Walla Wilmington
Louisville Nashville Pittsburgh
Finance Center (FOA)
Marine Design Center (FOA)
Institute for Water Resources (FOA)
249th Prime Power Battalion (FOA)
TransAtlantic Programs Center
Huntsville Engineering and Support Center
Engineer Research and Development Center (7 Labs)
North Atlantic Division At a Glance
• 14 Governors • 28 Senators • 105 Congressional Districts •Population: 60 million (over 21% of U.S. Population) New England • Oldest Cities and Harbors •Flood Damage Reduction •Military Construction
New York
61 Army Installations 13 States, District of Columbia Europe/Asia Minor/ Greenland/Labrador
Philadelphia
Baltimore
•Division Workforce Norfolk Europe
3,763 Civilian Employees 34 Military Personnel
Current Situation / Mission Overview •• 66,000 66,000 square square miles miles •• 6,100 6,100 miles miles of of coastline coastline (7% (7% of of U.S. U.S. Total) Total) •• 31 31 Flood Flood Control Control Dams Dams (8% (8% of of USACE USACE Total) Total) •• 13 13 major major river river basins basins •• 171 171 Federal Federal Harbors Harbors (19% (19% of of USACE USACE Total) Total) •• 3 3 Hurricane Hurricane Barriers Barriers (Stamford (Stamford CT CT & & New New Bedford Bedford MA, MA, Fox Fox Point, Point, RI) RI) •• Cape Cape Cod Cod Canal Canal –– 17 17 mile mile channel channel (with (with 77 mile mile land land cut) cut) –– Only Only highway highway (2 (2 bridges) bridges) and and rail rail (1 (1 bridge) bridge) access access to to the the Cape Cape or or ground ground evacuation evacuation from from the the Cape Cape –– 17,300 17,300 annual annual transits transits (about (about 1,000 1,000 are are recreational) recreational) –– 2.2 2.2 billion billion gallons gallons of of petroleum petroleum annually annually •• Over Over 2500 2500 Permit Permit Applications Applications Annually Annually Includes 2 Active Duty Bases: $45 Million in •Hanscom Air Force Base O&M (1.5% of •Natick Labs FY09 Program: $202 Million USACE Total)
Military - $65m
Civil Works - $76m
IIS - $61m One Corps Serving the Army and the Nation
Includes $24 Million EPA and $20M VA support
DECOMMISIONED REACTOR AT WATERTOWN, MA
UXO’s
Military Environmental/ Hazardous Toxic & Radiological Waste UST REMOVAL AT DEVENS RFTA
• Operation & Maintenance (environmental) •DERP/FUDS D efense E nv. R estoration P rogram/Formerly U sed Defense S ites Defense Env. Restoration Program/Formerly Used Sites • Underground Storage Tank (UST) Removal • Soil and Ground Water Remediation • Emergency Response • Firing Range Clean -up Clean-up
1990 to 2008 >$50Million Decommissioned Nuclear Reactor PAH, PCB’s Pesticides and Radiological Contaminants
Watertown Arsenal Base Closure and Remediation
Eastland Woolen Mill, ME
Interagency and International Support Significant HTRW work for EPA under Superfund Have worked for VA, FEMA, HUD, INS, Coast Guard, National Park Service, Commonwealth of Massachusetts and others
Jackman, ME Border Patrol Station
District provides inherently Governmental Services - most work accomplished by contract
New Bedford Harbor Superfund Dredging
1985 – 2035+ (at 25,000 cy/year)* $190 Million to date PCBs in sediments * Stimulus Funds Candidate
Eastern Woolen Mills, Corinna, ME 1997 – 2008 (fall) $50 Million to date Chlorobenzenes
Mill Demolition, soil and riverbed removal and groundwater treatment.
US EPA Superfund IIS
Eastern Woolen Mills, Corinna, ME
US EPA Superfund IIS
Eastern Woolen Mills, Corinna, ME
Navigation MV CURRITUCK
CAPE COD CANAL
Deep Draft Harbors
Shallow Draft Harbors
171 Ports Mostly Recreational 11 Deep Draft Commercial Waterways Maintenance and Improvement Dredging: • Deep Draft
• Shallow Draft •Breakwaters and Jetties • Offshore Disposal Sites • Cape Cod Canal
Navigation Improvement Dredging
Boston Harbor, MA Searsport, ME Piscataqua River, NH
Marine Sediments Physical testing Chemical testing Bioassay Bioaccumulation Water Column Toxicity
Improvements to Small Harbors Section 107 of USACE Continuing Authorities Program (CAP)
Operation and Maintenance (Aerial photograph of Cape Cod Canal from west to east.)
Cape Cod Canal
SALISBURY BEACH 40,000 CY
SALISBURY
ERODING BEACH AREAS TO BE NOURISHED
NEWBURYPORT PLUM ISLAND BEACH 120,000 CY FEDERAL PROJECT FEATURES 15-Foot Entrance Channel 9-Foot Inner Channel Stone Jetties Early 1800’s Dikes
NEWBURY NEWBURYPORT HARBOR AND PLUM ISLAND BEACH MASSACHUSETTS RECOMMENDED PLAN
Ecosystem Restoration Initiatives SMELT HILL DAM REMOVAL SALT MARSH RESTORATION
LONSDALE DRIVE IN, RI
• Coastal America • The Nature Conservancy • Corporate Wetlands Restoration Partnership PUBLIC LANDS DAY AT BUFFUMVILLE DAM
• Public Involvement and Outreach
Watershed Studies Merrimack River Basin • ~5000 mi2 basin in NH (76%) and MA (24%) • Roughly 75% forested • Significant economic and natural resource in New England – Drinking water – Recreational opportunities – Aquatic life/ habitat – Hydropower
1.1.
2.2.
Whatare arethe therelative relative What contributions of contributions of pollutionby bytype typeand and pollution area? area? Whatare arethe theeffects effectsofof What pollution in the river, pollution in the river, andhow howisisriver riveruse use and affected? affected?
ScreeningModel Model Screening RiverMonitoring Monitoring River SimulationModels Models Simulation
ST. Croix IJC The International Joint Commission (IJC) established by the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909 convened the St. Croix River Watershed Board with member from the U.S. and Canada to oversee river water levels and flows and watershed health.
Forest City Dam
Vanceboro Dam
New Brunswick
Grand Falls Dam
Milltown Dam
St. Croix River is the International Boundary between New Brunswick and Maine
St. Croix Watershed Initiatives Thematic watershed maps created from existing GIS data merging data from both countries • Watershed Base Map • Watershed Environmental Management Map • Watershed Recreation Map • Watershed Land Use/Land Cover Map Development of seamless International watershed boundary and hydrologic data set. Computer model Development • Watershed hydrology - rainfall/runoff model to simulate inflows to the reservoirs • Reservoir Simulation model to simulate reservoir levels and outflows based on inflows and operating rules State of watershed report development Workshops and public meeting annually to engage watershed stakeholders and provide for collaboration and enhance of information between Canada and U.S. Annual Board Report to IJC
Watershed Study For Restoration of Wetlands and Waterfowl Habitat
USACE General Investigation
e.g. Lonsdale Wetlands Restoration and Fisherville Dam Remediation
Blackstone River Watershed Massachusetts and Rhode Island
Coastal Salt Ponds Restoration Ninigret and Winnapaug Ponds in Charlestown, RI
$6.5 Million Ninnigret completed 2007 Winnapaug 2009/2010 Eelgrass and Anadromous Fisheries Restoration
Town Pond Salt Marsh Restoration
Section 1135 Removal Of Dredged Material
Town Pond Salt Marsh Restoration
Section 1135 Removal Of Dredged Material
Smelt Hill Dam Removal in Maine
Muddy River FDR & ER Project – Recommended Plan
Construction 2008 – 2010
$64 Million
Muddy River Planned Accomplishments Flood Damage Reduction • •
Protects against recurrence of Oct 1996 Flood (20-Year Event) Significantly reduces flood stages for all events including tributaries
Environmental Restoration • • •
Restores over 40 acres of scarce urban aquatic habitat Restores anadromous fish spawning habitat (Fed. Significant Resource) Enhances diversity & productivity of benthic and warmwater fish communities • Enhances biodiversity by eradicating extensive stands of Phragmites.
Corps Regulatory Authorities Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899. Clean Water Act of 1972 Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act of 1978 Dedicated state teams Technical support e.g. DAMOS; wetland delineation…
USACE-NAE Regulatory Program
2700 +/- Final Actions per Year 2500 General Permits 100 Individual Permits 100 Enforcement Actions 100 Compliance Actions 25 +/- “Hot” Projects: LNG’s, Highways, Interstate Pipelines and Cables, Wind Farm, Golf Courses, Subdivisions, Commercial Developments, Large Marinas…
Ball Mountain, VT
North Hartland, VT
New England District Operates and Maintains Large Flood Damage Reduction Projects Bedford New BedfordNew Hurricane Barrier, MA (Aerial of New
Colebrook, CT
Bedford hurricane barrier, preferably long-range shot showing extensive dikes associated with project.)
Hodges Village, MA
Manages 55,000 acres of natural resources in New England
Corps of Engineers Flood Damage Reduction Projects in New England
NAE Operates 31 dams and 3 Hurricane Barriers
• • • • •
31 Flood Control Reservoirs 112 Local Protection Projects 3 Hurricane Barriers Total Cost - $500M Damages Prevented - $4.7B
Flood Damage Reduction Inspection of Completed Works & PL 84-99 Rehabilitation & Inspection New Hampshire • LPP - Coastal: 0 • LPP - Inland: 8 • Beach Erosion Control: 2 • Corps Dams: 6
ME Vermont • LPP - Coastal: 0 • LPP - Inland: 3 • Beach Erosion Control: 0 • Corps Dams : 5
Connecticut • LPP - Coastal: 10 • LPP - Inland: 7 • Beach Erosion Control: 22 • Corps Dams : 8
Maine • LPP - Coastal: 11 • LPP - Inland: 8 • Beach Erosion Control: 1 • Corps Dams : 0
VT NH
MA CT
Massachusetts • LPP - Coastal: 9 • LPP - Inland: 33 • Beach Erosion Control: 10 • Corps Dams : 12
RI Rhode Island • LPP - Coastal: 3 • LPP - Inland: 3 • Beach Erosion Control: 5 • Corps Dams : 0
National Levee Safety Program The program will help achieve three goals: • 1) Reduce risk and increase public safety through an informed public, empowered to take responsibility for its safety; • 2) Develop a clear national levee safety policy and standards; and • 3) Maintain a sustainable flood damage reduction system that meets public safety needs.
Basic Levee Certification Requirements Per 44 CFR 65
• Official determination by FEMA that a levee protects against base flood (1% event). • Defines flood insurance zones and rates which impacts grants, mortgages, emergency relief, and land management policies of local community. • To certify levee performance, engineering analysis by a registered professional engineer is required • Demonstrate a high degree of assurance of protection for the base flood. • Freeboard requirement: – Riverine: Minimum 3 ft., another foot by structures, up to foot less elsewhere depending on uncertainly analysis; – Coastal: 1 ft. above 1% wave or maximum run up (2 ft. minimum).
• Closures by engineered devices as part of levee system. • Embankment protection: – Erosion protection and seepage integrity from erosion; seepage analysis for base flood; foundation stability; settlement not to compromise freeboard; interior drainage.
• Operation Plans and criteria
Upcoming Opportunities for Partnering TERC – Total Environmental Restoration Contract • TERC (expires March 2012)...being used at MMR • TERC (expires May 2013)...being used at New Bedford Harbor, MMR. RAC - Remedial Action Contracts • RAC (expires September 2010)...being used at Elizabeth Mine Superfund site. • RAC (expires October 2010)...being used for FUDS/Superfund. • RAC (new $25M) – RFP Summer 2009 – for Fort Devens. • RAC (new $65M) –5 contracts (total of $65M) – RFP Summer 2009 – support all environmental programs.
Upcoming Opportunities for Partnering AE Contracts • • • •
AE (expires May 2010)...being used at the 3 mine sites (Superfund – 81% of $15M). AE (expires June 2010)... FUDS – 83% of $5M. AE (expires June 2010)... FUDS – 35% of $2.5M. AE (expires June 2010)... FUDS – 27% of $2.5M.
Professional Services •
• • •
Various Environmental Consulting Services throughout the Northeastern US and Adjacent Coastal Waters - (expires 2013 $15M)... being used for Marine Sediment Chemistry and EIS/Science investigations and at New Bedford Harbor, Long Island Sound and Centredale Manor. Historic and Archaeological Investigations (expires 2013 – $2.5M). Disposal Area Monitoring System (DAMOS) (expires 2011- $6.25M). Merrimack Watershed – Unrestricted IDIQ $3M/5yr – advertising)
QUESTIONS?
www.nae.usace.army.mil “Doing Business with Us” Recovery Act Project List: http://www.usace.army.mil/recovery/Pages/Projects.aspx
Colonel Philip T. Feir Commander, New England District Engineers on point for the Army and the Nation!
Agenda • Corps of Engineers Overview • Environmental Work in New England • Business Opportunities
The World of the Chief of Engineers Dual Roles Chief of Engineers, Army Staff
Commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Vision: • The world’s premier public engineering organization responding to our Nation’s needs in peace and war • A full spectrum engineer force of high quality, dedicated soldiers and civilians: Trained and Ready Vital Part of The Army Dedicated to Public Service Army Values-Based
Global Engagement USACE Construction Support EUROPE RUSSIA UKRAINE KOSOVO BOSNIA GERMANY ITALY BELGIUM
CENTRAL AMERICA HONDURAS EL SALVADOR
SOUTH AMERICA COLUMBIA ECUADOR PERU BOLIVIA ARGENTINA
ASIA GEORGIA TURKEY ISRAEL JORDAN SAUDI ARABIA KUWAIT BAHRAIN QATAR UAE JAPAN SOUTH KOREA
PUERTO RICO
WEST AFRICA
EAST AFRICA
SENEGAL GHANA MALI NIGER CAMEROON CENT. AFR. REP.
EGYPT ERITREA CHAD KENYA RWANDA MOZAMBIQUE
OCEANIA REP. OF PALAU GUAM ANTARCTICA
Global Engagement USACE Technical Assistance EUROPE UNITED KINGDOM NETHERLANDS DENMARK NORWAY SWEDEN FINLAND ESTONIA LITHUANIA POLAND HUNGARY MOLDAVIA ROMANIA BULGARIA MACEDONIA ALBANIA
NORTH AMERICA CANADA GREENLAND HAITI JAMAICA MEXICO HONDURAS GUATEMALA EL SALVADOR NICARAGUA COSTA RICA PANAMA
SOUTH AMERICA ECUADOR BRAZIL PARAGUAY CHILE URUGUAY ARGENTINA
OCEANIA EAST TIMOR REP. OF PALAU N. MARIANA ISL. MICRONESIA MARSHALL ISL.
AFRICA NIGERIA SUDAN MOZAMBIQUE
ASIA SAUDI ARABIA U.A.E. OMAN KAZAKHSTAN INDIA THAILAND CHINA PHILIPPINES JAPAN
AUSTRALIA
NEW ZEALAND
>$2.7B in FY-09
>$2B in FY-09
Research & Development • Military engineering • Terrain & Geospatial • Installations & Environment • Water Resources • DOD, Federal • State & Local • International
Plus:Homeland HomelandSecurity Security Plus:
Civil Works
• Acquire, manage & dispose • DOD recruiting facilities • Contingency operations
Interagency Support
•Military construction •Base operations •Environmental restoration •Geospatial Engineering
Real Estate
Military Programs
Support to the Army and the Nation USACE Missions
• Navigation, Hydropower • Flood control, Shore Protection • Disaster response • Environmental restoration • Water Supply • Regulatory • Recreation
Support to the Army and the Nation Engineer Research and Development Center 2014 2014Employees Employees 1029 Scientists 1029 Scientists&&Engineers Engineers 533 Master’s Degrees 533 Master’s Degrees 266 266Doctorate DoctorateDegrees Degrees $1.2 $1.2Billion BillionininResearch ResearchFacilities Facilities&& Equipment Equipment $568 $568Million MillionAnnual AnnualProgram Program
Cold Regions Research Engineering Hanover, NH
Construction Engineering Research Champaign, IL
Topographic Engineering Center Alexandria, VA
Coastal and Hydraulics Environmental Geotechnical and Structures Information Technology Vicksburg, MS
USACE Terrain Walk Civil Works Value to the Nation
Recreation areas
¼ of Nation’s Hydropower: $500 M + in power sales
376 M Visitors/yr Generate $15 B in economic activity, 500,000 jobs
11,000 miles of Commercial Inland Waterways: ½ the cost of rail 1/10 the cost of trucks
299 Deep Draft Harbors
627 Shallow Draft Harbors 8500 Miles of Levees Emergency Operations Stewardship of 11.7 Million Acres Public Lands Environmental Restoration
• US Ports & Waterways convey > 2B Tons Commerce • Foreign Trade alone creates > $160 B Tax Revenues
Regulatory Responsibilities
USACE Terrain Walk MACOM Overview
North Atlantic Div
(Civil Works Boundaries) Alaska Seattle
Walla Walla
Portland
Northwestern Div
Great Lakes & Ohio River Div
St. Paul
New England
Buffalo Detroit New York Rock Island
Omaha Sacramento San Francisco
South Pacific Div
Little Rock
Tulsa
Los Angeles Albuquerque Honolulu
Pacific Ocean Div
St. Louis
Kansas City
Southwestern Div Ft. Worth
Philadelphia Baltimore
Pittsburgh Chicago Cincinnati Huntington
Norfolk Louisville Nashville
Atlanta Vicksburg
Wilmington
Memphis Charleston Savannah Mobile Jacksonville
Dallas New Orleans
8 Divisions 41 Districts 2 Centers ERDC 1 Engineer Battalion
Mississippi Valley Div
Galveston
Districts outside the United States: Europe (Germany) Far East (Korea) Japan
South Atlantic Div
USACE Terrain Walk MACOM Organization HQUSACE Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity (FOA)
Great Lakes and Ohio River Division
Mississippi Valley Division
North Atlantic Division
Northwestern Division
Civilians: 35,033 Uniformed: 610
Pacific Ocean Division
South Atlantic Division
South Pacific Division
Kansas City Vicksburg
Baltimore
Memphis
New England
New Orleans
New York
St Paul
Norfolk
Rock Island
Philadelphia
St Louis
Europe
Buffalo
Southwestern Division
Alaska
Charleston
Albuquerque
Far East
Jacksonville
Sacramento
Omaha Portland
Chicago Detroit
Seattle
Huntington
Fort Worth Galveston Little Rock
Honolulu
Mobile
Los Angeles
Japan
Savannah
San Francisco
Tulsa
Walla Walla Wilmington
Louisville Nashville Pittsburgh
Finance Center (FOA)
Marine Design Center (FOA)
Institute for Water Resources (FOA)
249th Prime Power Battalion (FOA)
TransAtlantic Programs Center
Huntsville Engineering and Support Center
Engineer Research and Development Center (7 Labs)
North Atlantic Division At a Glance
• 14 Governors • 28 Senators • 105 Congressional Districts •Population: 60 million (over 21% of U.S. Population) New England • Oldest Cities and Harbors •Flood Damage Reduction •Military Construction
New York
61 Army Installations 13 States, District of Columbia Europe/Asia Minor/ Greenland/Labrador
Philadelphia
Baltimore
•Division Workforce Norfolk Europe
3,763 Civilian Employees 34 Military Personnel
Current Situation / Mission Overview •• 66,000 66,000 square square miles miles •• 6,100 6,100 miles miles of of coastline coastline (7% (7% of of U.S. U.S. Total) Total) •• 31 31 Flood Flood Control Control Dams Dams (8% (8% of of USACE USACE Total) Total) •• 13 13 major major river river basins basins •• 171 171 Federal Federal Harbors Harbors (19% (19% of of USACE USACE Total) Total) •• 3 3 Hurricane Hurricane Barriers Barriers (Stamford (Stamford CT CT & & New New Bedford Bedford MA, MA, Fox Fox Point, Point, RI) RI) •• Cape Cape Cod Cod Canal Canal –– 17 17 mile mile channel channel (with (with 77 mile mile land land cut) cut) –– Only Only highway highway (2 (2 bridges) bridges) and and rail rail (1 (1 bridge) bridge) access access to to the the Cape Cape or or ground ground evacuation evacuation from from the the Cape Cape –– 17,300 17,300 annual annual transits transits (about (about 1,000 1,000 are are recreational) recreational) –– 2.2 2.2 billion billion gallons gallons of of petroleum petroleum annually annually •• Over Over 2500 2500 Permit Permit Applications Applications Annually Annually Includes 2 Active Duty Bases: $45 Million in •Hanscom Air Force Base O&M (1.5% of •Natick Labs FY09 Program: $202 Million USACE Total)
Military - $65m
Civil Works - $76m
IIS - $61m One Corps Serving the Army and the Nation
Includes $24 Million EPA and $20M VA support
DECOMMISIONED REACTOR AT WATERTOWN, MA
UXO’s
Military Environmental/ Hazardous Toxic & Radiological Waste UST REMOVAL AT DEVENS RFTA
• Operation & Maintenance (environmental) •DERP/FUDS D efense E nv. R estoration P rogram/Formerly U sed Defense S ites Defense Env. Restoration Program/Formerly Used Sites • Underground Storage Tank (UST) Removal • Soil and Ground Water Remediation • Emergency Response • Firing Range Clean -up Clean-up
1990 to 2008 >$50Million Decommissioned Nuclear Reactor PAH, PCB’s Pesticides and Radiological Contaminants
Watertown Arsenal Base Closure and Remediation
Eastland Woolen Mill, ME
Interagency and International Support Significant HTRW work for EPA under Superfund Have worked for VA, FEMA, HUD, INS, Coast Guard, National Park Service, Commonwealth of Massachusetts and others
Jackman, ME Border Patrol Station
District provides inherently Governmental Services - most work accomplished by contract
New Bedford Harbor Superfund Dredging
1985 – 2035+ (at 25,000 cy/year)* $190 Million to date PCBs in sediments * Stimulus Funds Candidate
Eastern Woolen Mills, Corinna, ME 1997 – 2008 (fall) $50 Million to date Chlorobenzenes
Mill Demolition, soil and riverbed removal and groundwater treatment.
US EPA Superfund IIS
Eastern Woolen Mills, Corinna, ME
US EPA Superfund IIS
Eastern Woolen Mills, Corinna, ME
Navigation MV CURRITUCK
CAPE COD CANAL
Deep Draft Harbors
Shallow Draft Harbors
171 Ports Mostly Recreational 11 Deep Draft Commercial Waterways Maintenance and Improvement Dredging: • Deep Draft
• Shallow Draft •Breakwaters and Jetties • Offshore Disposal Sites • Cape Cod Canal
Navigation Improvement Dredging
Boston Harbor, MA Searsport, ME Piscataqua River, NH
Marine Sediments Physical testing Chemical testing Bioassay Bioaccumulation Water Column Toxicity
Improvements to Small Harbors Section 107 of USACE Continuing Authorities Program (CAP)
Operation and Maintenance (Aerial photograph of Cape Cod Canal from west to east.)
Cape Cod Canal
SALISBURY BEACH 40,000 CY
SALISBURY
ERODING BEACH AREAS TO BE NOURISHED
NEWBURYPORT PLUM ISLAND BEACH 120,000 CY FEDERAL PROJECT FEATURES 15-Foot Entrance Channel 9-Foot Inner Channel Stone Jetties Early 1800’s Dikes
NEWBURY NEWBURYPORT HARBOR AND PLUM ISLAND BEACH MASSACHUSETTS RECOMMENDED PLAN
Ecosystem Restoration Initiatives SMELT HILL DAM REMOVAL SALT MARSH RESTORATION
LONSDALE DRIVE IN, RI
• Coastal America • The Nature Conservancy • Corporate Wetlands Restoration Partnership PUBLIC LANDS DAY AT BUFFUMVILLE DAM
• Public Involvement and Outreach
Watershed Studies Merrimack River Basin • ~5000 mi2 basin in NH (76%) and MA (24%) • Roughly 75% forested • Significant economic and natural resource in New England – Drinking water – Recreational opportunities – Aquatic life/ habitat – Hydropower
1.1.
2.2.
Whatare arethe therelative relative What contributions of contributions of pollutionby bytype typeand and pollution area? area? Whatare arethe theeffects effectsofof What pollution in the river, pollution in the river, andhow howisisriver riveruse use and affected? affected?
ScreeningModel Model Screening RiverMonitoring Monitoring River SimulationModels Models Simulation
ST. Croix IJC The International Joint Commission (IJC) established by the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909 convened the St. Croix River Watershed Board with member from the U.S. and Canada to oversee river water levels and flows and watershed health.
Forest City Dam
Vanceboro Dam
New Brunswick
Grand Falls Dam
Milltown Dam
St. Croix River is the International Boundary between New Brunswick and Maine
St. Croix Watershed Initiatives Thematic watershed maps created from existing GIS data merging data from both countries • Watershed Base Map • Watershed Environmental Management Map • Watershed Recreation Map • Watershed Land Use/Land Cover Map Development of seamless International watershed boundary and hydrologic data set. Computer model Development • Watershed hydrology - rainfall/runoff model to simulate inflows to the reservoirs • Reservoir Simulation model to simulate reservoir levels and outflows based on inflows and operating rules State of watershed report development Workshops and public meeting annually to engage watershed stakeholders and provide for collaboration and enhance of information between Canada and U.S. Annual Board Report to IJC
Watershed Study For Restoration of Wetlands and Waterfowl Habitat
USACE General Investigation
e.g. Lonsdale Wetlands Restoration and Fisherville Dam Remediation
Blackstone River Watershed Massachusetts and Rhode Island
Coastal Salt Ponds Restoration Ninigret and Winnapaug Ponds in Charlestown, RI
$6.5 Million Ninnigret completed 2007 Winnapaug 2009/2010 Eelgrass and Anadromous Fisheries Restoration
Town Pond Salt Marsh Restoration
Section 1135 Removal Of Dredged Material
Town Pond Salt Marsh Restoration
Section 1135 Removal Of Dredged Material
Smelt Hill Dam Removal in Maine
Muddy River FDR & ER Project – Recommended Plan
Construction 2008 – 2010
$64 Million
Muddy River Planned Accomplishments Flood Damage Reduction • •
Protects against recurrence of Oct 1996 Flood (20-Year Event) Significantly reduces flood stages for all events including tributaries
Environmental Restoration • • •
Restores over 40 acres of scarce urban aquatic habitat Restores anadromous fish spawning habitat (Fed. Significant Resource) Enhances diversity & productivity of benthic and warmwater fish communities • Enhances biodiversity by eradicating extensive stands of Phragmites.
Corps Regulatory Authorities Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899. Clean Water Act of 1972 Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act of 1978 Dedicated state teams Technical support e.g. DAMOS; wetland delineation…
USACE-NAE Regulatory Program
2700 +/- Final Actions per Year 2500 General Permits 100 Individual Permits 100 Enforcement Actions 100 Compliance Actions 25 +/- “Hot” Projects: LNG’s, Highways, Interstate Pipelines and Cables, Wind Farm, Golf Courses, Subdivisions, Commercial Developments, Large Marinas…
Ball Mountain, VT
North Hartland, VT
New England District Operates and Maintains Large Flood Damage Reduction Projects Bedford New BedfordNew Hurricane Barrier, MA (Aerial of New
Colebrook, CT
Bedford hurricane barrier, preferably long-range shot showing extensive dikes associated with project.)
Hodges Village, MA
Manages 55,000 acres of natural resources in New England
Corps of Engineers Flood Damage Reduction Projects in New England
NAE Operates 31 dams and 3 Hurricane Barriers
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31 Flood Control Reservoirs 112 Local Protection Projects 3 Hurricane Barriers Total Cost - $500M Damages Prevented - $4.7B
Flood Damage Reduction Inspection of Completed Works & PL 84-99 Rehabilitation & Inspection New Hampshire • LPP - Coastal: 0 • LPP - Inland: 8 • Beach Erosion Control: 2 • Corps Dams: 6
ME Vermont • LPP - Coastal: 0 • LPP - Inland: 3 • Beach Erosion Control: 0 • Corps Dams : 5
Connecticut • LPP - Coastal: 10 • LPP - Inland: 7 • Beach Erosion Control: 22 • Corps Dams : 8
Maine • LPP - Coastal: 11 • LPP - Inland: 8 • Beach Erosion Control: 1 • Corps Dams : 0
VT NH
MA CT
Massachusetts • LPP - Coastal: 9 • LPP - Inland: 33 • Beach Erosion Control: 10 • Corps Dams : 12
RI Rhode Island • LPP - Coastal: 3 • LPP - Inland: 3 • Beach Erosion Control: 5 • Corps Dams : 0
National Levee Safety Program The program will help achieve three goals: • 1) Reduce risk and increase public safety through an informed public, empowered to take responsibility for its safety; • 2) Develop a clear national levee safety policy and standards; and • 3) Maintain a sustainable flood damage reduction system that meets public safety needs.
Basic Levee Certification Requirements Per 44 CFR 65
• Official determination by FEMA that a levee protects against base flood (1% event). • Defines flood insurance zones and rates which impacts grants, mortgages, emergency relief, and land management policies of local community. • To certify levee performance, engineering analysis by a registered professional engineer is required • Demonstrate a high degree of assurance of protection for the base flood. • Freeboard requirement: – Riverine: Minimum 3 ft., another foot by structures, up to foot less elsewhere depending on uncertainly analysis; – Coastal: 1 ft. above 1% wave or maximum run up (2 ft. minimum).
• Closures by engineered devices as part of levee system. • Embankment protection: – Erosion protection and seepage integrity from erosion; seepage analysis for base flood; foundation stability; settlement not to compromise freeboard; interior drainage.
• Operation Plans and criteria
Upcoming Opportunities for Partnering TERC – Total Environmental Restoration Contract • TERC (expires March 2012)...being used at MMR • TERC (expires May 2013)...being used at New Bedford Harbor, MMR. RAC - Remedial Action Contracts • RAC (expires September 2010)...being used at Elizabeth Mine Superfund site. • RAC (expires October 2010)...being used for FUDS/Superfund. • RAC (new $25M) – RFP Summer 2009 – for Fort Devens. • RAC (new $65M) –5 contracts (total of $65M) – RFP Summer 2009 – support all environmental programs.
Upcoming Opportunities for Partnering AE Contracts • • • •
AE (expires May 2010)...being used at the 3 mine sites (Superfund – 81% of $15M). AE (expires June 2010)... FUDS – 83% of $5M. AE (expires June 2010)... FUDS – 35% of $2.5M. AE (expires June 2010)... FUDS – 27% of $2.5M.
Professional Services •
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Various Environmental Consulting Services throughout the Northeastern US and Adjacent Coastal Waters - (expires 2013 $15M)... being used for Marine Sediment Chemistry and EIS/Science investigations and at New Bedford Harbor, Long Island Sound and Centredale Manor. Historic and Archaeological Investigations (expires 2013 – $2.5M). Disposal Area Monitoring System (DAMOS) (expires 2011- $6.25M). Merrimack Watershed – Unrestricted IDIQ $3M/5yr – advertising)
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