AAPA/USACE Quality Partnership Initiative

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1 AAPA/USACE Quality Partnership Initiative Monday, December 1 6:00 7:30 p.m. (Los Balcones) Tuesday,, December 2 4 th Annual Project Managers Workshop Perspective: Policy and Process Hilton Ponce Resort Port of Ponce, Puerto Rico December 1-4,, 2008 (Business casual dress is recommended for all functions) Reception Hosted by Eng. Ramon Torres Morales Executive Director, Port of the Americas Special Guest Hon. John Paul Woodley, Jr. Assistant Secretary of Army, Civil Works 8:00 8:25 a.m. Continental Breakfast Sponsored by Gahagan & Bryant Associates, Inc. 8:25 8:30 a.m. 8:30 9:00 a.m. Call to Order and Introductions Paul H. Bea, Jr. Principal PHB Public Affairs Welcome and Opening Remarks Eng. Ramón Torres Morales Executive Director Port of the Americas Ponce, PR Kurt J. Nagle President & CEO American Association of Port Authorities Alexandria, VA Hon. John Paul Woodley, Jr. Chairman, U.S. Section, International Navigation Association (PIANC) Assistant Secretary, U.S. Army, Civil Works

2 AAPA/USACE Quality Partnership Initiative Page 2 Tuesday, December 2 (continued) 9:00 9:30 a.m. Workshop Charge Gary Loew Co-Chair Director, Programs Development HQ USACE Frank L. Hamons Co-Chair Deputy Director for Harbor Development Maryland Port Administration Baltimore, MD 9:30 10:30 a.m. Budget: Increased Maintenance Funding Alternative Approaches Introduction: We know that the civil works budget is not adequate and more must be done by the ports to increase funding. Civil Works commercial navigation is different (O&M is user paid, Port/Corps relationship via project agreements is different than others, and ports have a public financial stake and a commercial interest) Lloyd Saunders, PhD Channel Development Manager Port of Houston Authority Peter C. Luisa Program Development Programs Integration Division Respondents: Tammy Cameron Vice President Van Scoyoc Associates, Inc. Jim Hannon Acting Chief, Operation & Regulatory 10:30 11:00 a.m. Break 11:00 a.m. Noon Corps Corps budget process continued Nailing down capability, what is the target? Port input? The budget chronology for FY 2010 Why can t we cooperate on justifications? Budget: Increased Maintenance Funding Alternative Approaches (continued) (continued) Ports What are port options to improve maintenance funding? What do study and project agreements say about O&M funding? How can ports help the Corps improve funding? What are the limits of port participation in formulating and justifying O&M budgets? Noon 1:00 p.m. QPI Resolution: AAPA/USACE Statement of Outcome The what and when of port participation Advocacy partnership (AAPA use of USACE data/analysis) Lunch (La Terraza) Sponsored by Weston Solutions

3 AAPA/USACE Quality Partnership Initiative Page 3 Tuesday, December 2 (continued) 1:00 3:00 p.m. Process: Making WRDA 2007 Work Dr. Bory Steinberg Senior Partner Steinberg & Associates McLean, VA Ken Claseman Sr. Policy Advisor for Economics Policy & Planning 3:00 3:30 p.m. Break General update on WRDA 2007 implementation status Kim Smith Office of Water Policy Review Policy & Planning Paying for Projects Crediting in-kind sponsor contributions (WRDA 2007, s.2003) - Review June guidance - Could it also apply to O&M? Non-Federal contributions (WRDA 2007, s.2001) Contributed funding and other types of financing including maintenance - What is the port experience? Is additional legislation a necessary long-term solution? Reviewing Projects Independent External Peer Review (WRDA 2007, s.2034) - Where specifically IEPR could be applied? - Why include dredged material management plans? - What boundaries can be set on scope and timeframe of reviews? Will cost-risk analysis ( double jeopardy ) become SOP? 3:30 5:00 p.m. Legislation: WRDA and Surface Transportation Bill Reauthorization Ted Illston Counsel Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee John Anderson Minority Staff Director House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee : House Staff Directors look ahead to the next Congress and discuss prospects for a 2009 WRDA along with other legislation like the Surface Transportation Bill, which is critical to ports and related public transportation improvements for water, rail and highway connectors to ports.

4 AAPA/USACE Quality Partnership Initiative Page 4 Wednesday, esday, December 3 8:00 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast Sponsored by Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company 8:30 9:30 a.m. Overview on Port of the Americas Project and Mitigation Speaker: Angel García, PE AG Environmental Port of the Americas Ponce, PR 9:30 10:30 a.m. Regulatory: Red Tape on the Front Line Paul Carangelo, REM, CESM, PWS Coastal Environmental Planner Port of Corpus Christi Authority Osvaldo Collazo USACE Regulatory Jacksonville District 10:30 11:00 a.m. Break Respondents: Jim Hannon James E. Walker USACE National Dredging Team Coordinator One Project but Two Permit Processes Why have separate permitting for adjacent berthing in scope of Federal project? Compensatory Mitigation Agreement (USACE/EPA) Review the terms of the agreement 11:00 a.m. Noon Noon 1:30 p.m. QPI Roundtable PM issues from participants perspective Lunch (La Terraza) 1:30 p.m. Tour of Port of the Americas Development Project

5 AAPA/USACE Quality Partnership Initiative Page 5 Thursday, December 4 8:00 8:25 a.m. Continental Breakfast 8:25 8:30 a.m. 8:30 10:00 a.m. 10:00 11:00 a.m. Call to Order Paul Carangelo Defining the New Normal process for moving from (lack of) Appropriations to Maintenance Dredging Projects Gary Loew Jim Hannon Continuing Resolution the new conference report Moving Funds not any more Continuing Contracts ditto The New FY April to March Supplemental the new appropriation focus Roger Cockrell Professional Staff Member Senate Appropriations Committee Project Costs and Contracting: Getting More Done Sebastian Degens, AICP Marine Planning & Development Manager Port of Portland James E. Walker Navigation Manager 11:00 11:15 a.m. Break Bang for the Buck: Downward Trend Implications of status quo - The cost of contract limitations - The cost of paying mob-demob upfront - The cost of planning and regulatory process William H. Hanson Vice President, U.S. Business Development Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company LLC Oak Brook, IL 11:15 a.m. Noon Noon 1:00 p.m. Don t Dredge!: Alternatives to Dredging Description of Berth Clearing Technology Environmental Aspects James Bailard SedCon Technologies, Inc. Carpinteria, CA Lunch (La Terraza) Joe T. Bryant Vice President, Terminal Development South Carolina State Ports Authority

6 AAPA/USACE Quality Partnership Initiative Page 6 Thursday, December 4 (continued) 1:00 2:30 p.m. Emerging Technologies Port Hueneme Disposal Project Presenters: Mohammed Chang Chief, Navigation Section U.S. Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District Steve Cappellino Partner Anchor Environmental CA L.P. Laguna Niguel, CA 2:30 3:00 p.m. Focus Group Roundtable Discussion Leader: Paul Carangelo 3:00 p.m. Wrap up & Adjourn Miami River Sediment Processing Project Presenter: Patrick J. Kelly Vice President, Seaports and Airports Services Weston Solutions Inc. West Chester, PA