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1 Building and Preserving Alaska s Future Civil Works in Alaska Bruce R Sexauer P.E. Chief Civil Works, Alaska District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers April 13, 2016 US Army Corps of Engineers

WHERE WE ARE Fairbanks Regulatory Field Office 3 Resident Engineer Offices Fairbanks (and Clear Air Station) Eielson Air

Elmendorf-Richardson (and Fort Greely) Fairbanks Kenai North Pole Anchorage Chena Project Office Juneau (State Capitol)

Office Sitka Sitka Regulatory Field Office MISSION The Alaska District provides a full spectrum of quality engineering,

2 WHERE WE ARE Fairbanks Regulatory Field Office 3 Resident Engineer Offices Fairbanks (and Clear Air Station) Eielson Air Force Base Fort Wainwright Alaska Area Engineer Office 2 Resident Engineer Offices Anchorage Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (and Fort Greely) Fairbanks Kenai North Pole Anchorage Chena Project Office Juneau (State Capitol) Juneau Regulatory Field Office District HQ Regulatory Construction Division District Headquarters Kenai Regulatory Field Office Sitka Sitka Regulatory Field Office MISSION The Alaska District provides a full spectrum of quality engineering, technical and construction support services in support of peacetime and contingency operations in Alaska, throughout the Pacific Region and the world. 2

WHERE WE WORK Military Installations Civil Works Projects

ANGELES, CA SAVANNAH, GA NOME UNALAKLEET FORT WAINWRIGHT CLEAR AIR

AIR FORCE BASE FORT GREELY ANCHORAGE HARBOR DEEPENING AKUTAN HARBOR

3 WHERE WE WORK Military Installations Civil Works Projects Environmental Projects KIVALINA EROSION UMIAT AIR FORCE STATION LOS ANGELES, CA SAVANNAH, GA NOME UNALAKLEET FORT WAINWRIGHT CLEAR AIR FORCE STATION JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON CHENA PROJECT EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE FORT GREELY ANCHORAGE HARBOR DEEPENING AKUTAN HARBOR INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS Bangladesh Cambodia India Laos Mongolia Nepal Sri Lanka Vietnam 3

4 4 MILITARY MAJOR PROGRAMS CIVIL WORKS Dredging Cook Inlet near Anchorage ENVIRONMENTAL CAT Fuel Sleigh Train at Umiat Mission Training Complex at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Blood Bank in Nepal Levee Inspection in Galena INTERAGENCY & INTERNATIONAL Wetlands Delineation REGULATORY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

5 MILITARY PROGRAM Central Heat and Power Plant at Eielson Air Force Base Mechanical-Electrical Building at Missile Field 1 on Fort Greely F-35 Lightning II Beddown at Eielson Air Force Base Barracks on Joint Base Elmendorf- Richardson 5

ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM Base Camp at Tanaga

Remediation at Umiat Test Well #9 Army and Air

6 ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM Base Camp at Tanaga Island Soil Excavation at Northeast Cape Formerly Used Defense Sites Program Native American Lands Environmental Mitigation Program Remediation at Umiat Test Well #9 Army and Air Force Environmental Program Interagency Environmental Program 6

CIVIL WORKS PROGRAM Akutan Harbor Shoreline

Hydroelectric Power Generation Water Supply

7 CIVIL WORKS PROGRAM Akutan Harbor Shoreline Protection at Unalakleet Current Activities Navigation Flood Risk Management Coastal and Storm Damage Reduction Emergency Response Hydroelectric Power Generation Water Supply Recreation Proposed Subsistence Navigation Improvements at Little Diomede 7

8 CIVIL WORKS PROGRAM Erosion Protection at Shishmaref Arctic Deep Draft Port Study Authorities Storm Damage Protection at Golovin Process Studies and Projects 8

9 ALASKA COASTAL EROSION Kivalina Issues Climate and Conditions Sea Ice Retreat / More Storm Threat Degrading Permafrost Little Room to Move Very Little Sponsor Cash Coordination Challenging Newtok

10 AVETA Communities and Questions Bethel Dillingham Kaktovik Kivalina Newtok Shishmaref Unalakleet What is the cost of the erosion? What does it cost to relocate? How long does the village have left?

11 AVETA Communities Kaktovik Shishmaref Kivalina Unalakleet Newtok Bethel Dillingham

12 AVETA Summary

13 2003 GAO Report GAO Report , December 2003 ALASKA NATIVEVILLAGES - Most Are Affected by Flooding and Erosion, but Few Qualify for Federal Assistance Flooding and erosion affects 184 out of 213, or 86 percent, of Alaska Native villages to some extent. Alaska Native villages often fail to qualify for assistance under these programs due to high costs and lack of benefits

14 Tribal Partnership Activities Conference Report to Accompany the Fiscal Year 2005 Consolidated Appropriations Act, PL , Division C The conference finds there is a need for an Alaska erosion baseline study to coordinate and plan the appropriate responses and assistance for Alaska villages in the most need and to provide an overall assessment on the priority of which villages should receive assistance. Therefore, the conference has provided the $2 million for this study. Alaska Baseline Erosion Assessment

15 Baseline Erosion Assessment (BEA) The conference finds there is a need for an Alaska erosion baseline study to coordinate and plan the appropriate responses and assistance for Alaska villages in the most need and to provide an overall assessment on the priority of which villages should receive assistance. Therefore, the conference has provided the $2,000,000 for this study.

16 BEA - Assessment Process Inter Agency Coordination Detailed Erosion Assessments Expedient Erosion Projects Erosion Information Papers

17 BEA Interagency Coordination State Federal Local Tribal Department of Community Advocacy Department of Transportation and Public Facilities Department of Homeland Security Governor s Office NWS, USGS, NRCS, FEMA, Denali Commission All Boroughs All Communities All 216 Federally Recognized Tribes ANCSA Tribal Corporations and NFP Corporations Alaska Federation of Natives Congressional Delegation Aides to Murkowski and Stevens

18 BEA - Communities With Erosion

19 BEA Study Findings 26 Priority Action Communities Should be considered for immediate action by either initiating an evaluation of potential solutions or continuing with ongoing efforts to manage erosion 69 Monitor Conditions Communities Problems are present but not significant enough to require immediate action 84 Minimal Erosion Communities Minimal erosion-related damages were reported or would not be expected in the foreseeable future Interesting Items Some Previously Identified Priorities Not Erosion Related Flooding, Not Erosion, Primary Concern for Many

20 Priority Action Communities

21 Monitor Conditions Communities

22 Minimal Erosion Communities

23 Section 116 Section 116 of the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010, Public Law , Title I states: "The Secretary of the Army is authorized to carry out structural and non-structural projects for storm damage prevention and reduction, coastal erosion, and ice and glacial damage in Alaska, including relocation of affected communities and construction of replacement facilities: Provided, That the non-federal share of any project carried out pursuant to this section shall be no more than 35 percent of the total cost of the project and shall be subject to the ability of the non-federal interest to pay, as determined in accordance with 33 US. C. 2213(m)." Section 116 is Section 117 with Cost Sharing Completing Unalakleet Revetment under 116 No other initiated

24 Shishmaref Revetment Post 2004 Erosion Installed Revetment

25 Corps Erosion Protection Rock Revetments Beach Nourishment Kivalina

SUMMARY We are the nation s experts in arctic engineering and construction. We are the design and construction agent for the Army, Air Force and Missile Defense Agency in Alaska.

26 SUMMARY We are the nation s experts in arctic engineering and construction. We are the design and construction agent for the Army, Air Force and Missile Defense Agency in Alaska. We are partnering with other Federal agencies, Tribes, municipalities, boroughs and the state to address complex issue of coastal erosion. Our programs have become more complex, diverse and globally oriented. We are prepared to provide response and recovery assistance for any natural or manmade disaster within the Pacific Region. Alaska District Workforce in July

27 QUESTIONS? Bruce R Sexauer P.E. Chief Civil Works, Alaska District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Building and Preserving Alaska s Future

Building and Preserving Alaska s Future

Building and Preserving Alaska s Future Command Overview Christopher A. Tew Chief of Contracting, Alaska District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers September 17, 2015 US Army Corps of Engineers San Francisco