Chuck May, Chair Pro Tem
Portage Lake Harbor, MI.
cmay08@charter.net
www.greatlakessmallharbors.org/
US Army Corps
of Engineers
Great Lakes &
Ohio River Division
Portage Lake Harbor
Great Lakes Crisis in the Making!
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IV Drip (Earmarks) for a Decade!
D.C. Shutting off Life Support!
FY12, Only 7 of 112 to be Dredged!
FY13, 7 of 112 to be Dredged!
All 71 Shallow Draft “Cutoff”!
Personal Safety/Community Lifeblood?
Harbors Need Your Help!
Federal Harbors on the Great Lakes
 A non-linear navigation system with 60 federal
commercial harbors and 79 federal shallow
draft/recreational harbors
Chippewa Harbor
Grand Marais
Lake Superior
Beaver Bay
Eagle Harbor
Two Harbors
Knife River
Cornucopia
DuluthSuperior
La Pointe
Some shallow draft harbors are subsistence harbors or
support commercial transportation (ferries) or commercial
fishing activities
Lac La Belle
Keweenaw
Waterway
Grand Traverse Bay
Bayfield
Big Bay
Port Wing
Little Lake
Presque Isle
Whitefish Point Harbor
Grand Marais
Soo Locks
St. Marys River
Marquette
MI
Channels in Straits
of Mackinac
Manistique
Little Bay de noc
Cedar River
WI
Washington
Island
Leland
Oconto
Pensaukee
Kewaunee
Green Bay
Hammond Bay
Inland Route
Petoskey
Charlevoix
Sturgeon Bay
Algoma
Big Suamico
CANADA
Mackinac Island
Mackinac City
Cheboygan
St. James
Cross Village
Menominee
Detour
Les Cheneaux Island
Grays Reef
Gladstone
Greilickville
Alpena
Black River Harbor
Harrisville
Frankfort
Arcadia
Cape Vincent
Au Sable Harbor
Portage Lake
Two Rivers
Manistee
Manitowoc
Tawas Bay
Port Austin
Point Lookout
Ludington
Sheboygan
Harbor Beach
OswegoSackets Harbor
Pentwater
White Lake
Port Washington
Muskegon
Saginaw
Port Sanilac
MI
Grand River
Black River
Pine River
Holland
Kenosha
Port Ontario
Lexington
Grand Haven
Milwaukee
Clinton River
Saugatuck
St. Clair River
Belle River
NY
Lake St. Clair
Commercial
Recreational
IL
Ogdensburg
Morristown
South Haven
Waukegan
Rouge River
St. Joseph
Detroit River
St. Joseph River
Chicago Harbor
New Buffalo
Monroe
Bolles Harbor
Michigan City
Chicago River
Calumet
IN
PA
OH
4
City
County
Ports
Harbors
5,030,000
1,620,000
10,775,000
8,975,000
TOTAL
6,650,000
19,750,000
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Founded in Michigan Feb. ‘08
Unified Grassroots Voice
Earmarks = Broken Process
Mission: Equitable, sustainable, and needs
based budget process
110 Resolutions of Support (incl. Advocate
Orgs.)
72 Harbor Communities (60%)
Over 4 million citizens
Quantity Dredged (M cu yd)
Dredging Funding Trends 2007 - 2013
5.5
5.0
4.5
4.0
3.5
3.0
2.5
2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5
0.0
3.3M Annual Reqm’t
FY12 Nat’l
Provision
ARRA
(Stimulus)
L. Superior
Regional
Provisions
Michigan
Regional
Provision
Commercial
Regional
Provisions
Energy &
Water Adds
President's
Budget
FY07
FY08
FY09
FY10
FY11 FY12 FY13
7
Backlog Growth Under Constrained Dredging Funding 2012-2017
24,000
Dredging Backlog Grows
to 23M CY by 2017
10,000
20,000
8,000
16,000
6,000
12,000
4,000
8,000
2,000
4,000
Cumulative Backlog (1,000 cu yds) - Green Line
Cubic Yards Dredged (x1000)- Blue Line
12,000
Assume FY13-FY17 Ann. Dredging Equal
to FY13PB Level of 2.4M CY
0
1985
0
1990
1995
2000
Annual Great Lakes Dedging 1986-2011
2005
Average Annual Need
2010
2015
Dredging Backlog
8
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Ports
Harbors>1 mil. Tons
PRIORITY TO FUND (20%)
10
14
24
Low-Use Commercial
Shallow Draft
LOW TO NO PRIORITY (80%)
27
71
98
Michigan (6)
Ohio (6)
Minnesota
New York
Two Harbors
Buffalo
Presque Isle
Alpena
Muskegon
Charlevoix
Grand Haven
Marquette
Ashtabula
Conneaut
Sandusky
Lorain
Fairport
Huron
Commercial
Needed
22
Shallow Draft
39
TOTAL
61
Funded
7
0
7
%
32%
0%
11%
New York
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
TOTAL
Needed
Funded
9
0
10
1
27
4
1
1
1
1
12
0
1
0
61
7
NO SHALLOW DRAFT!
%
0
10
15
100
100
0
0
11%
Funded
New York
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Wisconsin
Minnesota
TOTAL
0
3
4
1
0
0
8
New York
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
2 (Oswego; Black Rock)
3 (Ashtabula; Fairport; Lorain)
3 (Portage Lake; New Buffalo,
Grand Marais)
1 (Burns Small Boat)
TOTAL
9
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Dredging (Great Lakes Wide)
Facts: Shallow Draft
Com’l (<1 mil. Ton)
Total Annual
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Infrastructure - Annual
$10 mil.
$10 mil.
$20 mil.
$20 mil.
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Harbor Maintenance Tax (HMT)
Tax
1986
.04%
1990
.125%
Pays
40%
100%
Purpose: Ad Valorum Tax on ship cargo
and passenger tickets to fund the operation
and maintenance of nation’s harbors.
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Annual Economic Impact
(Source: John Glen Study)
$5.5 bil.
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Annual Payback on Dredging
550X
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Jobs!!
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Hello, Keep The Harbors Open!
Over 60,000
Bills S.412 and H.R.104
“Mandate 100% of HMT is spent
annually to maintain Nation’s federal
harbors.”
Nationwide
Great Lakes
Illinois 1 (Kirk)
Indiana 0
Michigan 2
Minnesota 2
35 (35%)
11 (69%)
New York 2
Ohio 2
Pennsylvania 0
Wisconsin 2
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Nationwide
Great Lakes States
Michigan
Illinois
Ohio
New York
176
58
13 of 15
13 of 19
10 of 18
8 of 29
(40%)
(46%)
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Indiana
GREAT LAKES 58 OF 125
6 of 19
4 of 8
2 of 8
2 of 9
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Pass H.R.104 & S.412 stand alone
(low)
Add to Appropriations Bills
House H.R.7 Energy & Infrastructure
Senate Surface Transportation
WRDA (no)
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Unifying: Harbor Communities
Commercial & Shallow Draft Harbors
G.L. Congressional Delegation
Other Advocate Orgs.
Engaging: Citizens, Boards, Mayors,
Yachting, Fishing
Raising the “Crowd Noise”!
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Commissioners formally prioritize this
mission?
Governors individually & collectively engaged?
Entreat Corps Generals for higher priority?
Petition Administration/OMB for adequate
Great Lakes regional budget line-item
($20/$20 mil.)?
Encourage G.L. Senators/Representatives not
co-sponsoring?
Help publicize this CRISIS! CROWD NOISE!
Already low use commercial harbors
“closed/reopened”!
 Next, sailboats; then cruising/
fishing/recreational boats!
 Personal safety issue!
 Community survival!
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GET ENGAGED!
US Army Corps
of Engineers
Great Lakes &
Ohio River Division
Portage Lake Harbor
Chuck May, Chair Pro Tem
Portage Lake Harbor, Mi.
cmay08@charter.net
www.greatlakessmallharbors.org/