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Great Lakes Navigation 2013-2014 Program

Marie T. Strum Great Lakes Dredging Team Meeting

July 16, 2013

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Agenda

Great Lakes Dredging 2013, 2014 Historical Dredging Perspective Great Lakes Water Levels Great Lakes Dredged Material Management DMM Projects of interest Regional Risk Communication

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Ogdensburg

Lake Superior

MI

MI

NY

PA

IL

WI

IN

CANADA

OH

Morristown

Cape Vincent

Sackets Harbor

Port Ontario

Oswego

Bolles Harbor

Monroe

Rouge River Detroit River

Clinton River Belle River

Pine River

Lake St. Clair

St. Clair River

Black River

Lexington

Port Austin

Harbor Beach

Port Sanilac Saginaw

Point Lookout

Tawas Bay

Au Sable Harbor

Harrisville

Alpena

Hammond Bay

Cheboygan

Inland Route

Mackinac City Mackinac Island

St. James

Petoskey

Charlevoix

Channels in Straits of Mackinac

Grays Reef

Leland

Greilickville Frankfort

Arcadia

Portage Lake

Manistee

Ludington

Pentwater

White Lake

Muskegon

Saugatuck

Grand River

Holland

Grand Haven

South Haven

St. Joseph

St. Joseph River

New Buffalo

Michigan City

Chicago Harbor

Waukegan

Kenosha

Milwaukee

Port Washington

Sheboygan

Manitowoc

Washington Island

Green Bay

Big Suamico

Kewaunee

Algoma

Sturgeon Bay

Two Rivers

Pensaukee

Oconto

Menominee Cedar River

Little Bay de noc

Manistique Detour

Les Cheneaux Island

Soo Locks

St. Marys River

Whitefish Point Harbor Little Lake

Grand Marais Presque Isle

Marquette

Big Bay

Grand Traverse Bay

Lac La Belle Eagle Harbor

Keweenaw Waterway

Chippewa Harbor

Grand Marais

Silver Bay

Two Harbors

Knife River

Duluth-Superior Bayfield

La Pointe

Port Wing

Commercial

Recreational

Federal Projects on the Great Lakes

A non-linear navigation system with 60 federal commercial projects and 80 federal shallow draft/recreational projects

Taconite

Niagara River

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Lake Superior

MI

MI NY

PA

IL

WI

IN

CANADA

OH

Alpena

Chicago Harbor

Green Bay

Duluth-Superior

Rouge River

Detroit River

Calumet

Grand Haven

Monroe

Ludington

Milwaukee

Two Harbors

Silver Bay

Charlevoix

Buffalo Muskegon

Presque Isle

Marquette Ashland

Saginaw

Harbor Beach Manistee Manitowoc

Cheboygan

Marysville

St. Joseph

Waukegan

Put In Bay

Menominee

Ontonagon

Gladstone

Holland

St. Clair

>10M Ton Harbor 1-10M Ton Harbor <1M Ton Harbor

GL ports trade with other GL ports delivering raw materials to users

Dredging is essential to maintaining a viable system, contributing to national economy, manufacturing jobs, reliable source of energy for electrical demand

Metrics focus on tonnage – system approach recognized but not used in metrics

Great Lakes Navigation System

Interdependent Ports

Total Tonnage for 8 Harbors 95.8M tons

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Characterization of Coastal Projects vs. Great Lakes Projects

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Coastal Nationwide Great Lakes

Category # Projects % Tonnage # Projects % Tonnage

High Use 59 90% 7 59%

Moderate Use 100 9% 20 38%

Low Use 908 1% 28 3%

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Corps Great Lakes Navigation Funding Status

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$85.9M Great Lakes Navigation President’s Budget O&M Key Items in FY13 President’s Budget $31.0M in Dredging (15 projects - 2.4M cubic yards) $12.0M in Dredged Material Management $3.1M in Soo Asset Renewal

Workplan Modest decreases – 1-10% due to sequestration Additional funding for emergency dredging at Saginaw Sandy Funding Approx $24M for 25 dredging projects

FY 13 Funding Great Lakes Navigation

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Ogdensburg

Lake Superior

MI

MI

NY

PA

IL

WI

IN

CANADA

OH

Morristown

Cape Vincent

Sackets Harbor

Port Ontario

Oswego

Bolles Harbor

Monroe



Pine River

Lake St. Clair

St. Clair River Black River

Lexington

Port Austin

Harbor Beach

Port Sanilac

Saginaw

Point Lookout

Tawas Bay

Au Sable Harbor

Harrisville

Black River Harbor

Alpena

Hammond Bay

Cheboygan

Inland Route


St. James

Petoskey

Charlevoix


Grays Reef

Leland


Arcadia

Portage Lake

Manistee

Ludington

Pentwater

White Lake

Muskegon

Saugatuck

Grand River

Holland

Grand Haven

South Haven

St. Joseph St. Joseph River

New Buffalo

Michigan City Chicago River

Chicago Harbor

Waukegan

Kenosha

Milwaukee

Port Washington

Sheboygan

Manitowoc

Washington Island

Green Bay

Big Suamico

Kewaunee

Algoma

Sturgeon Bay

Two Rivers

Pensaukee

Oconto


Little Bay de noc

Manistique Detour

Les Cheneaux Island

Soo Locks

St. Marys River



Marquette

Big Bay

Grand Traverse Bay


Keweenaw Waterway

Chippewa Harbor

Grand Marais

Two Harbors

Knife River


La Pointe Cornucopia

Port Wing

FY13 Dredging Requirements and FY13 Funding

Calumet

Commercial

Recreational

FY13 Funded Dredging

FY13 Unbudgeted Dredging Need

Silver Bay Taconite

FY13 Hurricane Sandy Dredging

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$94.9M Great Lakes Navigation Operations & Maintenance Key Items in FY13 President’s Budget $39.9M in Dredging (18 projects – 3.1M cubic yards) $10.6M in Dredged Material Management $1.6M in Soo Asset Renewal House and Senate Bills – include additional funds for ongoing work that would be allocated by Corps HQ if included in the final appropriation.

FY 14 President’s Budget Great Lakes Navigation

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Ogdensburg

Lake Superior

MI

MI

NY

PA

IL

WI

IN

CANADA

OH

Morristown

Cape Vincent

Sackets Harbor

Port Ontario

Oswego

Bolles Harbor

Monroe



Pine River

Lake St. Clair

St. Clair River Black River

Lexington

Port Austin

Harbor Beach

Port Sanilac

Saginaw

Point Lookout

Tawas Bay

Au Sable Harbor

Harrisville

Black River Harbor

Alpena

Hammond Bay

Cheboygan

Inland Route


St. James

Petoskey

Charlevoix


Grays Reef

Leland


Arcadia

Portage Lake

Manistee

Ludington

Pentwater

White Lake

Muskegon

Saugatuck

Grand River

Holland

Grand Haven

South Haven

St. Joseph St. Joseph River

New Buffalo


Chicago Harbor

Waukegan

Kenosha

Milwaukee

Port Washington

Sheboygan

Manitowoc

Washington Island

Green Bay

Big Suamico

Kewaunee

Algoma

Sturgeon Bay

Two Rivers

Pensaukee

Oconto


Little Bay de noc

Manistique Detour

Les Cheneaux Island

Soo Locks

St. Marys River



Marquette

Big Bay

Grand Traverse Bay


Keweenaw Waterway

Chippewa Harbor

Grand Marais

Two Harbors

Knife River


La Pointe Cornucopia

Port Wing

FY14 Dredging Funding

Calumet

Commercial

Recreational

FY14 PB Funded Dredging

Silver Bay Taconite

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FY12 National Provisions ARRA (Stimulus)

L. Superior Regional Provisions Michigan Regional Provisions Commercial Regional Provisions Energy & Water Adds

President's Budget

$40 M Annual Reqm’t

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Great Lakes Dredging Funding $41M in GL dredging has a return on investment of $335M, an 8:1 BCR!

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• Initiatives to optimize dredging efficiencies: Investigating the use of sediment

traps

Working with states on dredging windows flexibility

Optimizing acquisition strategies

Partnering with local sponsors to find beneficial use opportunities

Reduce sediment load to harbors – making use of 516 program developing land best management practices models

Maximizing the efficiencies of regional dredging provisions – applying dredging dollars to highest needs in the year of execution

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Annual Great Lakes Dedging 1986-2012 Average Annual Need Dredging Backlog

Dredging Backlog Grows to 20M CY by 2017

Backlog Growth Under Constrained Dredging Funding 2013-2017

Assume FY13-FY17 Ann. Dredging Equalto FY14PB Level of 3.1M CY


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feet meters

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Lake Michigan-Huron

Lake Superior

Period of Record Water Levels (1918 – 2012)

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Great Lakes Water Levels Forecast

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Period Superior Mich-Huron St. Clair Erie Ontario

1918-1929 33% 15% 12% 5% 1%

1930-1939 2% 48% 25% 24% 28%

1940-1949 3% 1% 4% 0% 7%

1950-1959 10% 8% 4% 0% 2%

1960-1969 14% 22% 9% 6% 7%

1970-1979 4% 0% 0% 0% 0%

1980-1989 3% 0% 0% 0% 0%

1990-1999 11% 1% 0% 0% 0%

2000-2009 43% 40% 0% 0% 0%

2010-2012 69% 36% 0% 0% 0%

Percent of Time Levels are Below LWD


Dredged Material Management


Current Dredged Material Management Conditions

Lake Superior

CANADA

WISCONSIN

OHIO

INDIANA ILLINIOS

PENNSYLVANIA

NEW YORK

MICHIGAN

MINNESOTA Grand Marias

Two Harbors

Duluth Superior

Ashland Ontonagon

Keweenaw Waterway

Presque Isle Marquette Grand

Marias St. Marys River Channel in Straits of Mackinac

Grays Reef Little Bay de Noc

Menominee

Green Bay Kewaunee

Port Washington

Milwaukee

Kenosha

Manitowoc

Sheboygan

Waukegan

Chicago River & Harbor

Calumet

St. Joseph Harbor

Holland

Grand Haven

Muskegon Harbor

Ludington

Manistee

Frankfort

Charlevoix

Cheboygan

Alpena

Saginaw Harbor Beach

Monroe

Channels in Lake St.

Clair

St. Clair River

Detroit River

Rouge River

Toledo

800K

100K – 250K

50K – 95K

<50K

ANNUAL DREDGING REQUIREMENT (CY)

DREDGED MATERIAL MANAGEMENT STATUS Critical – Dredged Material Management issues could severely restrict channel availability within 5 years Pressing – Dredged Material Management issues could severely restrict channel availability within 10 years. No pressing issues within next 10 years; continue to work on long range planning such as DMMPs.


Dredged Material Management Initiatives Initiatives underway to reduce requirements/increase efficiencies:

Leverage EPA funding from Legacy Act and GLRI (both dredging and dredged material management)

Work with states and local sponsors on finding beneficial uses of dredged material and reuse for CDF material

Work with states on acceptability of testing protocols for open lake placement

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Duluth Harbor CDF Capacity

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-400,000

-200,000

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2008

2010

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Remaining Capacity

Raised Berms +500,000 CY

Raised Berms +250,000 CY

Mineland Reclamation +30,000 CY

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• 21st Avenue Site- 75 acres, 800k CY capacity, $1.5M • Pursuit of Open Water Placement - testing ongoing • Mineland Reclamation - pilot study, 30,000 CY • Exterior Berm Raising – performed in 1990s - increased capacity by 750k CY • Fill Management - Interior berm raising, pond excavation, construction of MSE Wall/ Intermediate Offloading Platform ongoing

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Duluth- Superior Harbor

Duluth Area Office 600 Lake Ave South, Duluth, MN 55802 21st. Ave West

Channel

Erie Pier

Superior, WI

40th Ave

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Green Bay – Cat Islands Funded by GLRI and E&W Provide for 2.35M cy of disposal capacity Provide significant reduction in M/D costs Restores over 1400 acres of habitat

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CALUMET HARBOR CHICAGO CDF CURRENT

ACTIVITIES:

• Dredged Material Management Plan

• Closure Plan and Life-Extension Measures

Chicago CDF was constructed in 1984, and was designed to hold minimally 1.3 M CY of contaminated sediment.

The facility is nearly full, & life-extension measures are underway.

DMMP completion is scheduled in 2015, but future disposal solution is 7-10 years away.

Sediment management efforts will focus on grading, and trenching to accelerate sediment drying, and piling to optimize available space.

All future material dredged from the Outer Harbor will be segregated and stockpiled outside of the CDF for beneficial uses, such as the future site closure cap.

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Cleveland Harbor - Evaluation of Open Lake Placement Suitability

Biological testing was completed in late November

Low levels of contaminants in sediment

Complex Tiered Evaluation is now underway

Engaging Ohio EPA on USACE process


DMM Summary Relying on new CDF construction, in general, is not viable; Recognize that state and local governments must be active

participants in search for new solutions to dredged material disposal and placement needs.

Strategies 1. Extend CDF Life through Fill Management 2. Create CDF Capacity through Beneficial Reuse and Use 3. Reduce Material Entering Federally Maintained Navigation Channels 4. Engage State Agencies in Solutions to participate in studies or expert

elicitation to improve basis for environmental dredging windows 5. Reinforce the Federal Standard for open-lake placement to maintain

efficiency of the Crops dredging program while protecting the environment.

6. Foster Partnership with USEPA to Leverage Funding for Projects Supporting Environmental Goals and Navigation Benefits

Dredged Material Management Strategy –

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Breakwater Repair and Maintenance


• 50% of GL coastal structures were built before WWI

• Over 80% of all coastal structures exceed 50 years of age

• 45% have never undergone any significant repair effort due to funding constraints

• Over 30% of structures have timber crib core sections; recent low water levels have accelerated deterioration of the wood

Great Lakes Navigation Structure Conditions

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Navigation Structure Condition Assessment

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Regional Asset Management Team assessed conditions of navigation structures:

• Assessments completed to date • Conditions assessment by segments: 45% of structures are rated C or worse

• 22 miles (21%) rated C – Probably inadequate • 22 miles (21%) rated D - Inadequate • 3 miles (3%) rated F – Failed

• Cost to conduct major repair of structures: $15 – 20M per mile

Team is conducting Risk Communication Meetings to convey message of risk and low priority for funding.

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The navigation structure holds back sediment to keep it out of the channel. An estimated 3.3M cu yds is sitting just to the west of the harbor. If the structure deteriorates, this material will move into and block the navigation channel. Dredging requirements will increase significantly.

FAIRPORT HARBOR

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Fairport Harbor – Accretion Filet

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Lake Superior

MI

MI

NY

PA

IL

WI

IN

CANADA

OH

Oswego Harbor Beach

Alpena

Cheboygan

Charlevoix

Frankfort

Manistee

Ludington

Muskegon

Holland

Grand Haven

South Haven

St. Joseph


Chicago Harbor

Waukegan

Kenosha

Milwaukee

Port Washington

Sheboygan

Manitowoc

Kewaunee

Algoma

Sturgeon Bay Menominee

Manistique Detour

Grand Marais

Presque Isle Marquette

Keweenaw Waterway

Two Harbors Knife River

Duluth-Superior

Regional Risk Communication Meetings

Bolles Harbor

Au Sable

Hammond Bay

Harrisville

Lexington

Mackinac Island Mackinaw City

Point Lookout Port Austin

Port Sanilac

Tawas Bay Arcadia

Greilickville

Leland

New Buffalo

Pentwater

Petoskey

Portage Lake

Saugatuck

White Lake

Clinton River

Big Bay

Eagle Harbor

Grand Traverse Lac La Belle

Little Lake Whitefish Point

Grand Marais

Port Ontario

Cape Vincent

Oconto

Two Rivers

Bayfield

Regional Meetings

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Cedar River

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