An Overview of the New England District s Environmental Mission and FY13 Program and Contracting Opportunities Scott Acone, P.E., PMP Chief, Military & Environmental Project Management Branch U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New England
NEW ENGLAND DISTRICT OVERVIEW for the Environmental Business Council Scott Acone Chief, Military & Environmental Project Management Branch October 2012 US Army Corps of Engineers
Agenda The US Army Corps of Engineers A look at our programs... Upcoming opportunities
Value to the Nation 1/4 of Nation s Hydropower $500 M + in power sales 299 Deep Draft Harbors 11,000 miles of Commercial Inland Waterways: 1/2 the cost of rail - 1/10 the cost of trucks Recreation Areas 376M Visitors Annually $15 B in economic activity 500,000 jobs 8500 Miles of Levees 627 Shallow Draft Harbors Emergency Operations Environmental Restoration Stewardship of 11.7 Million Acres of Public Lands Regulatory Responsibilities US Ports & Waterways convey > 2B Tons Commerce Foreign Trade alone creates > $160 B Tax Revenues
Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Construction Engineering Research Champaign, IL Cold Regions Research Engineering Hanover, NH Topographic Engineering Center Alexandria, VA Coastal and Hydraulics Environmental Geotechnical and Structures Information Technology Vicksburg, MS
Civil Works Boundaries
North Atlantic Division New England New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Europe 14 Governors 28 Senators 105 Congressional Districts Population: 60 million Over 21% of U.S. Population Federal Navigation Channels Flood Risk Management Military Construction 61 Army Installations 13 States, District of Columbia Europe, Asia Minor, Greenland, Labrador Division Workforce 3,763 Civilian Employees 34 Military Personnel
New England District 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 32 Flood Control Dams (8% of USACE Total) 3 Hurricane Barriers Cape Cod Canal Over 7500 Permit Applications Annually FY12 Program: $240 Million Military Construction = $74M Active Duty Bases: Hanscom Air Force Base, Natick Labs, andevens Civil Works = $94M Includes $75M in O&M (2% of USACE Total) Interagency and International Support = $72M Includes support of EPA (Superfund), VA, NOAA & DHS
Our Programs Engineers on point for the Army and the Nation!
Interagency Support Civil Works Military Programs A Closer Look Military construction Base operations Environmental restoration DOD, Federal State & Local Superfund Navigation Flood risk management Shore protection Disaster response Environmental restoration Water Supply Recreation
Military Construction Engineers on point for the Army and the Nation!
Our Military Customers 5 Military Installations 99 th Army Reserve Support Command 2 Active Duty Bases: Hanscom Air Force Base Natick Labs Support to other military: Westover Air Reserve Base Westover AFB Devens Hanscom AFB Natick Labs Mass Military Reservation Devens RFTA Mass Military Reservation
Military Environmental / Hazardous Toxic & Radiological Waste UST Removal Decommissioned Reactor at Watertown, MA Operation and Maintenance (Environmental) UXO at Massachusetts Military Reservation Defense Environmental Restoration Program (DERP) Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS) Underground Storage Tank (UST) Removal Soil and Groundwater Remediation Emergency Response Weapons Range Clean-Up
Massachusetts Military Reservation Soil Removal Actions Numerous geophysical investigations and UXO clearance activities have and are scheduled to be performed Removed >10,000 cy of soil as part of joint AFRL robotics demonstration and traditional anomaly surface and subsurface investigations. Treatment of soil via alkaline hydrolysis
Interagency & International Support Engineers on point for the Army and the Nation!