Keynote Presentation Colonel Charles C. Samaris District Commander New England District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
NEW ENGLAND DISTRICT Command Overview Colonel Chuck Samaris Commander and District Engineer New England District North Atlantic Division US Army Corps of Engineers
NAE Offices & Teams Offices: NAE HQ, Concord, MA 5 x Construction Resident Office (all in MA) Devens (3), Westover, New Bedford 5 x Operations Basin Office 1 x VT, 1 x NH, 2 x MA, 1 x CT Cape Cod Canal 2 Regulatory Office (1 x VT & 1 x ME) Regional / National Efforts: National Dam Safety Study Cadre (RMC) RPC - Dam Safety Design Center RPC - Hydraulic Steel Structures Design Center RCX - Recreation (Operations) RCX - Ground Water Modeling (w/ NAP) RCX - HTRW Design (w/ NAB) NAD FUDS Program Manager Regional Technical Experts for NAD 3 Coastal Engineering, GIS, Archeology, Economics, Structural Bridges, Geology, Plan Formulation
NAE Tale of the Tape 66,000 square miles 6,100 miles of coastline (7% of U.S. Total) 171 Federal Harbors (19% of USACE Total) 13 major river basins (5 NAE Managed) 31 Flood Control Dams (8% of USACE Total) 3 Hurricane Barriers Upper Connecticut Merrimack 1 Federal Local Protection Project Cape Cod Canal 17 mile channel (with 7 mile land cut) Lower Connecticut Naugatuck Stamford Thames New Bedford Fox Point (Providence) Only highway (2 bridges) and rail (1 bridge) access to, or ground evacuation from, the Cape Over 21,000 annual transits Major commercial, tourism, recreational asset Over 2500 Permit Actions Annually Over 7500 permit applications annually 4
MILCON MILCON: Working & Living Facilities for Soldiers and Airmen ENVIRONMENTAL: Legacy BRAC (former Ft Devens), Installation Restoration Program, Formerly Used Defense Sites, MA Military Reservation Hanscom AFB, MA INSTALLATION SUPPORT: Operations & Maintenance, Master Planning and Real Property Inventory, Residential Communities Initiative Multi-Service Consolidated Facilities Cutting-edge Training and Deployment Prep Integrated Vehicle Maintenance AFRC - Rutland, VT AFRC - White River Junction, VT
Hanscom AFB Mental Health Clinic Addition
Interagency and International Support Significant HTRW work for EPA / Superfund Support to VA, CBP, FEMA, INS, Coast Guard, National Park Service Providence VA VA Hospital - Providence, RI Border Patrol Station - Swanton, VT Elizabeth Mine, VT
Capping at Elizabeth Mine Strafford, VT $70 Million to date Cap complete Remaining satellite waste areas to address Long term seepage treatment
New Bedford Harbor Superfund Dredging 1985 2035+ (at 25,000 cy/year) $215 Million to date PCBs in sediments
Nacala Dam Mozambique, Africa USACE Geotech Expertise
Civil Works Navigation Flood Risk Management Environmental Restoration Recreation Water Supply (local community) Deep Draft Harbors Environmental Restoration Flood Risk Management & Recreation
Navigation 171 Ports Mostly Recreational 11 Deep Draft Commercial Waterways Maintenance and Improvement Dredging: Shallow and Deep Draft Breakwaters and Jetties Offshore Disposal Sites Cape Cod Canal Cape Cod Canal MV Currituck Deep Draft Harbors Shallow BUILDING Draft Harbors STRONG
Boston Harbor, MA Rock Removal Project
Operations and Maintenance Cape Cod Canal Cape Cod Canal is the widest sea-level canal in world 17.5 miles long, with 7.5-mile-long land cut Using canal saves 65 to 150 miles, depending on point of origin. Constructed by private interests and opened in 1914 Commandeered by US during WWI and purchased in 1928 Three bridges (two highway, one railroad)
Ecosystem Restoration Broad Meadows Salt Marsh Restoration Section 1135 Project in Quincy, MA Dam Removal and Marsh Restoration Stamford, CT Eelgrass Restoration Charlestown, RI Town Pond Salt Marsh Restoration BUILDING Portsmouth, STRONG RI
Town Pond, RI BEFORE - 2004 AFTER - 2011 Low tide flood into the newly finished project Landscape Scale Restoration
St. John River Watershed US and Canada
Flood Risk Management 31 Flood Control Reservoirs 112 Local Protection Projects 3 Hurricane Barriers Total Cost - $482M Damages Prevented - $6.7B East Jaffey, NH 1938 Contoocook Haverhill, MA 1938 - Merrimack
Flood Risk Management Projects Hodges Village, MA North Hartland, VT Colebrook, CT New Bedford (Aerial of New Bedford hurricane barrier, preferably long-range shot showing extensive dikes associated with project.) Hurricane Barrier New Bedford, MA Manages 55,000 acres of natural / recreational resources in New England
Value to the Region Hurricane Irene 2011 >$1.2 B in DAMAGES PREVENTED Benefit : Cost = 13.8 :1 PROJECT CONSTRUCTION COST DAMAGES PREVENTED RESERVIORS $194M $4.3B LOCAL PROTECTION $227M $2.3B HURRICANE BARRIERS $61M $65M TOTAL $482M $6.67B
Water Team Hurricane Sandy Response and Recovery Breezy Point Rockaway Beach Debris SME
Connecticut Post Sandy East Haven, CT Fairfield, CT
Rhode Island Post Sandy The Cliff Walks - on the Register of National Historic Places ; NAE Built Newport, RI Project 2009 11-16-2012 Point Judith RI Breakwater, East Arm
Sandy Point Disposal Site for Little Narragansett Bay CT/RI SEP 2011 NOV 2012
USACE-NAE Hurricane Barrier Stamford, CT 9.5 4.5 11 3 28 to 31 OCT 2012 Record Tidal Surge Stamford Hurricane Barrier Date: 29 Oct 12 Ocean Level: 11.1 NGVD
Chapter 4 of Hurricane Sandy Supplemental Appropriations Act Total $5.3B USACE Post Storm Investigations - $50M Construction - $3.46B O & M (Navigation Dredging and FRM Facilities Repair) - $821M FCCE - $1.0B Expenses (Response/Recovery) - $10M Milford, CT - Middle, Woodmont and Gulf Beaches West Haven, CT - Sea Bluff and Prospect Beaches Westerly, RI Misquamicut Beach Newport, RI Cliff Walk
Chapter 4 of Hurricane Sandy Supplemental Appropriations Act INVESTIGATIONS $29.5M to expedite and complete ongoing investigations $20M to conduct a comprehensive study to address the flood risks of vulnerable coastal populations in the areas that were affected by Hurricane Sandy in NAD boundaries: $0.5M for evaluation of the performance of existing projects In coordination with other agencies, federal, state, local and tribal Evaluate existing project performance and institutional barriers to comprehensive protection No cost share CONSTRUCTION $2.902B used to reduce future flood risk in ways that will support long term sustainability of coastal ecosystems and communities and reduce the economic costs and risks Incorporate current science and engineering standard in constructing previously authorized projects Technically feasible, economically justified, and environmentally acceptable $51M expedite continuing authorities projects to reduce risk of flooding along the coastal areas $9M repairs for projects under construction and impacted
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