SAME Tampa Bay Post – Joint
Training and Education Day
Mr. Al Lee, SES
Director of Programs
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
South Atlantic Division
August 20, 2014
US Army Corps of Engineers
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USACE Support to National Security
Deliver innovative, resilient,
and sustainable solutions to
the Department of Defense
and the Nation.
Fort Belvoir, VA
Community Hospital ( $1.0 B )
Fort Benning, GA
Military Construction
HQ US Army Maneuver Center
( Army / Air Force )
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Overseas Contingency
Operations ( OCO )
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Fort Hood, TX
Hospital Replacement ( $534 M )
Support to
Combatant Commands
Afghanistan
Overseas Contingency Operations
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Installation Support
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Environmental
Pyongtaek, Korea
Korea Relocation Programs
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Fort Hunter Ligget, CA
Real Estate
Renewable Energy
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Interagency
and International
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Fort Belvoir, VA
National Geospatial Center ( $1.7 B )
Energy and Sustainability
Fort
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Regionally Engaged; Globally Responsive
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
( HS Renovation )
( Technical Workshops )
( Hydraulic Analysis )
Lebanon
Pakistan
( Bridge Reconstruction )
Columbia
( Police Training Facility )
Mongolia
( Flood Relief )
Iraq
Bangladesh
( New School )
( Cyclone Shelters )
Mozambique
( Potable Water )
Engagement ( 132+ Countries )
Brazil
( Technical Assistance )
Physical Presence ( 43 Countries )
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USACE Civil Works Benefits
• Navigation - Moving goods to market: 95% of all US imports / exports (
@ $1.4 Trillion / year ); 20% of US jobs; 1/3 of US GDP directly linked to
trade.
• Hydropower - Inexpensive and sustainable: Largest renewable energy
producer in U.S.; USACE provides 25% of U.S. hydropower capacity; 3%
of total U.S. electric capacity.
• Drinking Water: 6.5 billion gallons per day, 96 million people.
• Risk Reduction: Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of the coast;
dams, levees, and coastal storm damage reduction projects prevented est.
$361B in total damages from 2003 to 2012; weather related disasters
have tripled in the last 30 years.
• Quality of life: 370+ million visits annually at 404 lake and river projects
in 43 states; USACE is number one federal provider of outdoor
recreation – contributing $16B to local economies.
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U.S. Ports and Inland Waterways:
Vital to our National Economy
Seattle
Anacortes
Tacoma
Kalama
Two Harbors
Portland
Duluth/Superior
Portland
Richmond
Oakland
Los Angeles
2 Billion Tons
of domestic and
import/export
cargo
annually
•N
Boston
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Toledo
Indiana Hbr
Cleveland
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Hampton Roads
Huntington
St. Louis
New York/NJ
Lower Delaware
River (9 harbors)
Million
Tons
Memphis
Over 100
Long Beach
Baton Rouge
Pascagoula
Barbers Pt
Honolulu
Charleston
Savannah
Jacksonville
Lake Charles
Houston
Mobile
Texas City
Tampa
Plaquemines
Freeport
Port Arthur
Matagorda
Beaumont New Orleans
Valdez
Corpus Christi
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S. Louisiana
50 - 100
25 - 50
10 - 25
Port Everglades
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“We Can’t Wait” Projects
• Savannah Harbor Expansion Project
- 47’ Depth NED
• Charleston Harbor Post-45
- 50’ Depth TSP
• Miami Harbor
- 49’ Depth NED
- 50’ Depth LPP
• Jacksonville Harbor
- 45’ Depth NED
- 47’ Depth LPP
• Central Everglades Planning Project
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SAD Priority Watershed - Southern Florida
Corps of Engineers Projects:
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Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Projects
Everglades and South Florida
Kissimmee River Restoration Project
Modified Waters Delivery to Everglades National Park
Central and South Florida
Herbert Hoover Dike
Okeechobee Waterway
Other non-COE Projects:
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Everglades National Park
Big Cypress National Preserve
Biscayne National Park
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
Priority Watershed Selection:
 Involvement of multiple Jurisdictions
 Involvement of multiple Federal Agencies.
 Existing interagency watershed plan.
 Established interagency working groups formed under an agreement.
 Processes for stakeholder input are already in place.
 Existing Five-Year Operation, Maintenance, Repair, Replacement and Rehab Plan
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The 20th Century “Golden Age” of
Infrastructure Construction
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$12
Historical Investments in USACE Capital Stock 1928 to 2011
$10
~$70.00 per
person in the US!
Billions of FY 2011 Dollars
$8
~$56.00 per
person in the US!
$6
$4
~$18.00 per
person in the US!
2010
2008
2006
2004
2002
2000
1998
1996
1994
1992
1990
1988
1986
1984
1982
1980
1978
1976
1974
1972
1970
1968
1966
1964
1962
1960
1958
1956
1954
1952
1950
1948
1946
1944
1942
1940
1938
1936
1934
1932
1930
$0
1928
$2
Year
Navigation
Flood
Multipurpose
MR&T
Dredging
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Long Term Civil Works Funding Trends:
Changing the Character of the Corps
Appropriation ($Million in 2012 $)
8000
7000
6000
5000
O&M
Constr
Invest
4000
3000
2000
1000
1962
1964
1966
1968
1970
1972
1974
1976
1978
1980
1982
1984
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
0
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USACE Civil Works Economic Benefits & Revenues
to the Treasury (2010)
Each dollar spent on the USACE Civil Works program generated
~ $9.00 in economic benefits and $2.70 in revenues to the U.S. Treasury.
Program
NED Benefits
(Billions of Dollars)
Net NED Benefits
(Billions of Dollars)
U.S. Treasury
Revenues
(Billions of Dollars)
Flood Risk Management
$23.1
$22.5
$7.3
Coastal Navigation
Inland Navigation
Water Supply
Hydropower
Recreation
Leases and Sales
Total Annual NED
$8.7
$7.6
$6.5
$2.2
$3.3
$7.9
$7.0
$6.5
$2.0
$3.0
$51.4
$48.9
$3.3
$1.9
$0.1
$1.1
$1.1
$0.1
$14.8
Notes:
(1) Net NED Benefits represent total NED benefits minus the costs of operations, maintenance, expenses, the
USACE Regulatory program, FUSRAP, oversight by ASA(CW) and other USACE Civil Works programs.
(2) Benefits and Revenues numbers are not additive.
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2013 Report Card for
America’s Infrastructure
D+
by the American Society of Civil Engineers
America’s
Cumulative G.P.A.
Aviation
D
Ports
C
Bridges
C+
Public Parks & Recreation C-
Dams
D
Rail
C+
Drinking Water
D
Roads
D
Energy
D+
Schools
D
Hazardous Waste
D
Solid Waste
B-
Inland Waterways
D-
Transit
D
Levees
D-
Wastewater
D
A = Exceptional
B = Good
C = Mediocre
D = Poor
F = Failing
Estimated investment needed by 2020 =
$3.6 Trillion
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Transforming Civil Works
Infrastructure
Strategy
Planning
Budget
Development
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Planning Modernization
• Determine Federal Interest
• Authorization Backlog
• Follow-on Work
Chief’s
Reports
Smart
Planning
Education
& Training
Portfolio Management
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Planning Modernization
• Determine Federal Interest
• Authorization Backlog
• Follow-on
How
Will ThisWork
Help Improve
Our Infrastructure?
• Speed up project delivery
• No time wasted on studiesSmart
Chief’s
unlikely to lead to projectsPlanning
Reports
• Allow use of latest science
Education
• Assist
stakeholder
& Training
involvement
• Improve collaboration among
agencies = fewer surprises!
Portfolio Management
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Budget Development
Engaging Stakeholders
Watershed Informed
Budgeting
Smart Investments
Management Controls
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Budget Development
Engaging Stakeholders
Watershed Informed
Budgeting
How Will This Help Improve
Our Infrastructure?
• Prioritize needs better
• Speed up delivery by
concentrating funds on high
priority projects
• Rapid transfer of resources
within a system as need
arises
Smart Investments
Management Controls
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Infrastructure Strategy
Asset Management
Life Cycle Management
Replacement Value= $250
B
Kentucky River Lock #2, in service since 1839
Alternative Financing
• Accelerate Execution
• Pilots
• Obstacles
• Authorities
• Re-Invent Operations
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Infrastructure Strategy
Asset Management
Life Cycle Management
How Will
This Help Improve
Replacement Value=
$250
Our Infrastructure?
B
• Know when projects will
need rehabilitation or
replacement
• Don’t waste funds on
Kentucky River Lock #2, in service since 1839
projects that don’t perform
• Tap other funds – even the
Federal Gov’t can’t pay•for
Accelerate Execution
everything
Alternative Financing
• Pilots
• Obstacles
• Authorities
• Re-Invent Operations
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What Can You Do?
• Tell the Story - Preach value of infrastructure to Nation
• Leverage Efforts - Collaborate with ALL stakeholders
and beneficiaries of the Civil Works Program
• Find consensus for major initiatives
• Identify funding to reach outcomes
• Engage in dialogue
• Be mutually supportive
• Involve & engage end-users
• Seek to influence decision-makers
• Help us transform Civil Works
• Facilitate a watershed-informed approach
• Help the Nation prioritize efforts, programs, and projects
• Support innovative approaches for alternative
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Key Aspects of WRRDA
 Primary legislation by which Congress authorizes
Corps Civil Works missions
 Provides authorizations only, no appropriations
 Supports Corps ability to provide value to the
Nation
 Supports Corps CW Transformation efforts to
streamline planning, work more effectively with
non-Federal sponsors, and address our aging
infrastructure
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Key Aspects of WRRDA
 Authorizes 34 new
construction projects
 Reduces construction
backlog by
deauthorizing $18B of
old, inactive projects
 Increases target expenditures for HMTF
 Enables Secretary to accept funds to operate,
maintain and improve inland waterways
transportation system
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Key Aspects of WRRDA
 Increases flexibility for non-federal
interests to contribute funds to move
studies and projects forward
 Provides authorities for non-federal interests to
undertake planning, design and construction of Federally
authorized projects and be reimbursed for the Federal
share
 Expands work-in-kind credit authorities for non-federal
interests
 Provides authorities which support private-public
partnerships
 Expands levee safety authority
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WRRDA Implementation
 Execution is an Executive Branch
responsibility
 Purpose of WRRDA
Implementation Guidance is to
determine how
Administration/Agency will
proceed under new law in light of
current policies and procedures;
or to
 Develop new policies and procedures where needed to
implement the law.
 Intent is to ensure consistent application across Corps.
 Guidance issued in form of memoranda, EC’s or ER’s.
 Not all provisions in law may be funded or
implemented as a matter of policy.
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WRRDA Listening Sessions
Dates and Focus:
August 13: Deauthorizations and Backlog Prevention, Project
Development and Delivery (including Planning)
August 27: Alternative Financing Contributions, Alternative
Financing Title V, and Credits
September 10: Levee Safety, Dam Safety, and Regulatory
(including the 408 process)
September 24: Non-Federal Implementation, Water Supply
and Reservoirs, and Navigation
Comments also accepted by e-mail at wrrda@usace.army.mil
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WRRDA Listening Sessions
Call-in: Webmeetings start at 2:00 p.m. (EST)
August 27th:
1-888-621-9649
ID: 416430#
Webinar Login: http://emsp.intellor.com/login/416430
Web Access ID: 9026ls14ch04
September 10th:
1-888-621-9649
ID: 416431#
Webinar Login: http://emsp.intellor.com/login/416431
Web Access ID: 9026ls14ch04
September 24th:
1-888-621-9649
ID: 416432#
Webinar Login: http://emsp.intellor.com/login/416432
Web Access ID: 9026ls14ch04
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SAD Contracting Points of Contact
Willmington District:
Savanah District:
Paige Brosch
Chief of Contracting
912-652-5066
Paige.h.brosch@us.army.mil
John Mayo
Chief of Contracting
910-251-4884
John.p.mayo@usace.army.mil
Mobile District:
Jeffery Burgess
Chief of Contracting
251-441-5585
jeffery.d.burgess@usace.army.mil
Jacksonville District:
Carlos Clarke
Chief of Contracting
904-232-1144
carlos.clarke@usace.army.mil
Charleston District:
Lauri-Newkirk Paggi
Chief of Contracting
843-329-8061
lauri.j.paggi@usace.army.mil
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Key Small Business Points of Contact
South Atlantic Division
Ms. Antwinette L. (LaShone) Goodman-Cooper
antwinette.l.goodman-cooper@usace.army.mil
404-562-5059
District Small Business Specialists
Ms. Linda Spadaro – SAM
linda.l.spadaro@usace.army.mil
(251) 690-3597
Ms. Beth Myers – SAJ
elizabeth.r.myers@usace.army.mil
(904) 232-1150
Ms. Rose Smalls – SAC
rose.smalls@usace.army.mil
(843) 329-8084
Ms. Donna Walton – SAW
donna.h.walton@usace.army.mil
(910) 251-4452
Ms. Leila Hollis – SAS
leila.hollis@usace.army.mil
(912) 652-5340
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