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Resiliency  Massport  

A  pathway  to  a  more  resilient  future  

Boston  Urban  Metabolism    7/23/2016  

Massport’s  FaciliAes  

 of  Massport  

•  Massport  is  an  independent  authority  governed  by  a  board  of  directors,  appointed  by  the  state’s  governor  

•  Massport  owns  and  operates  –  Boston-­‐Logan  InternaAonal  Airport  –  Hanscom  Field,  Bedford,  MA  

–  Worcester  Airport  

–  Conley  Container  Terminal  –  Black  Falcon  Cruiseport  –  Various  real  estate  assets  

Boston  Logan  InternaAonal  Airport  

Passenger  Count  

•  100,000-­‐130,00  per  day  

•  33.5  Million  per  year  

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FY16   FY17   FY18   FY19   FY20  

Private  

Induced  

Indirect  

Direct  

Economic  Impact  by  Year  

EsAmated  Job  CreaAon  (FTEs):  Total  29,743  

Port  of  Boston  

Conley Terminal

MariAme  Four  Lines  of  Business  

Conley  Container  Terminal   Cruiseport  Boston  

Boston  Autoport  Seafood  Processing  

The  Port  of  Boston  is  Vital  to  the  Regional  Economy  

•  $4.6B  economic  impact  

•  50,000  total  jobs  −  7,000  direct  jobs  

•  Federal  tax  revenues  of  $203M  

•  State  &  local  tax  revenues  of  $136M    

•  1,600  businesses  use  the  port    

The  Port  Compared  to  Boston’s  Largest  

Employers  

The  Port  of  Boston:    A  Major  Contributor  to  the  Regional  

Economy  

Aber  a  Record  Breaking  FY15,  volume  is  on  track  to  set  a  new  record  in  FY16  

150,000  

160,000  

170,000  

180,000  

190,000  

200,000  

210,000  

220,000  

230,000  

240,000  

250,000  

FY  10   FY  11   FY  12   FY  13   FY  14   FY  15   FY16  Est.  

TEU  

Record-­‐Breaking  Year    

Boston  Autoport  Makes  Important  ContribuAons  to  the  Regional  Economy  and  Supports  Blue  Collar  Jobs  

•  70,000  cars  imported/exported  through  Boston  Autoport  

•  $15  million  investment  in  new  warehouse  space  nearly  completed  

•  80-­‐acre  auto  import,  export,  processing  and  distribuAon  facility  in  addiAon  to  salt  terminal,  passenger  vessel  maintenance  and  various  port  support  acAviAes  

•  ~525  permanent  and  125    seasonal/part-­‐Ame  jobs  associated  with  site  operaAons  

Consequences  of  extreme  flooding  

•  Airports  –  Logan  Airport  prolonged  closure  –  regional/naAonal,  int’l  

transportaAon/economic  impacts    –  Passenger,  business,  criAcal  goods,  and  commerce  disrupAon    –  Lack  of  ability  to  serve  area-­‐wide  storm  recovery  efforts  

•  MariEme  –  Major  facility  and  equipment  loss  leading  to  long  term  closure    –  Loss  of  cruise  &  container  business    

•  Real  Estate  –  Financial  risks  associated  with  tenant  disrupAons/recovery  –  DisrupAons  to  local/regional  transportaAon  system  

•  Agency-­‐wide  –  Loss  of  human  resources      –  Greater  recovery  cost  

Drivers  for  AcAon  

Damage  

•  Solar  panels  destroyed  •  Terminals  flooded  

•  Standards  and  signs  blown  over  

•  Vehicles  destroyed    •  Roofing  membranes  peeled  off  

“Resiliency  is  the  ability  of  a  system  to  withstand  a  major  disrup8on  within  acceptable  degrada8on  parameters,  recover  within  an  acceptable  8me,  and  balance  composite  costs  and  risks.”  

•  How  to  protect  Massport  faciliAes  against  long-­‐term  sea-­‐level  rise,  storm  surges,  intense  storm  events,  other  unplanned  events  and  threats?    

•  How  to  maintain  and  restore  operaAonal  capabiliAes  during  and  aber  disrupAve  events?    

•  How  to  implement  a  balanced  composite  cost  and  risk  plan?  

Defining  Resiliency  

Reducing  Impacts  Through  

Sustainability    

Massport  Resiliency    

Addressing  Impacts  

Hardening  criAcal  Infrastructure,  retrofikng  exisAng  faciliAes      

Providing  redundant  faciliAes    

IncorporaAng  resiliency  into  new  projects    

Workforce  cross  training    

GHG  reducAon    -­‐  Leading  by  Example    

Sustainability  Management  Plan    

MEPA/NEPA  compliance  and  project  miAgaAon    

CollaboraAon  with  agencies  and  insAtuAons    

Sustainable  Design  Guidelines  

•  First  posiAon  of  its  kind  at  Massport  and  possibly  at  any  naAonal  port  authority.  

•  Directs  and  coordinates  resilience  assessment  and  adaptaAon  preparedness  acAviAes  of  Massport.    

•  Pursues  two  complementary  objecAves:    –  Making  the  resilience  plan  and  its  principles  part  of  business  strategy  and  operaAons  everywhere;  

and    

–  FacilitaAng  cooperaAon  among  internal  staff  –  External  stakeholders  promoAng  partnership  &collecAve  acAon.  

Program  Manager  of  Resiliency  

•  Become  an  innovaAve  and  naAonal  model  for  resiliency  planning  and  implementaAon  within  the  port  authority.  

•  Take  responsibility  for  improving  our  overall  infrastructure  and  operaAonal  resilience.  

•  Increase  our  business  value  and  (contextual  community  responsibiliAes)  through  improved  resiliency.  

•  Engage  our  stakeholders  to  bener  understand  and  address  their  concerns.  

•  Incorporate  resilient  design  and  construcAon  pracAces  in  the  development  of  our  airports,  mariAme  systems,  and  real  estate.  

•  Monitor,  measure,  and  adapt/modify  our  progress.  

Resiliency  Program  Goals  

•  IdenAficaAon  –  Threat  event  –  Threat  level  –  Impacted  faciliAes  –  Effect  of  impact  –  CriAcal  faciliAes  needing  protecAon  

•  Devise  a  Plan  –  Avoid,  minimize,  recover  –  Short  term  –  Long  term              

Working  Group  Charge  

Methodology  

Step  1   Step  2   Step  3   Step  4   Step  5   Step  6  

Modified  DHS  Threat  and  Hazard  IdenAficaAon  and  Risk  Assessment  (THIRA)  Model  

CriAcality  Grouping  

DescripEon CriEcality  Score

Assets  required  for  bare-­‐bones  funcEonality  for  disaster  preparedness,  response,  and  recovery

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Assets  required  for  disaster  response  in  the  immediate  abermath  of  a  flood  event

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Assets  required  for  facility  to  recover  to  acceptable  level  of  service

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CriAcal  Infrastructure/Key  Resources  

UEliEes   TransportaEon  Electrical/Vaults/Sub  StaEons/DistribuEon  etc.    Drainage  Generators  

Water  

Parking  Surface  Roads  Elevated  Roads  

Tunnels  Bridges  

Transit  Taxi  ShuSle  

Rental  Car  

Fuel  Systems   Human  Capital  AviaEon  Fuel  Ground  Fuel  Generator  Fuel  

Workforce  HR  FuncEons  Qualified  Maintenance  

Security  

IT   Equipment/Buildings  ATC  –  Tower  TelecommunicaEons  Network  

So\ware  Hardware  Enterprise  

Terminals  Runway/Taxiway  Apron  

Tower  Security  Gates  Berths  

OperaEng  Cranes  Processing  Gates  

Threats  &  Hazards  to  CriAcal  Infrastructure  

NATURAL   TECHNOLOGICAL   HUMAN-­‐CAUSED  

ResulAng  from  acts  of  nature  

Involves  accidents  or  the  failures  of  systems  and  

structures  

Caused  by  the  intenAonal  acAons  of  an  adversary  

•  Earthquake  •  Flood*  •  High  winds*  •  Hurricane*  •  Sea  Level  Rise*  •  Tornado  •  Tsunami  •  Fire  •  Winter  Storm*  

•  Data  Loss  •  Power  Loss  

•  Fire/Accident  •  Sabotage  •  Terrorism  Acts  (Bomb  

Blast)  

*  Addressed  in  DIRP  Study  for  Logan  and  MariEme  

Probability  

High  Probability/High  Impact  

Natural   Technological   Human-­‐Caused  

Flood  High  Winds  Hurricane  Fire  Extreme  Temps  

Data  Loss  

Low  Probability/High  Impact  

Natural   Technological   Human-­‐Caused  

Tsunami  Tornado  Earthquake  

Terrorism  Sabotage  Epidemic  

Goals  of  the  project:  –  Understand  Massport’s  vulnerability  to  climate  impacts  

–  Develop  short-­‐term  and  long-­‐term  resiliency  strategies    

Project  approach:  

Climate  projecAons                                                      Vulnerability  and  risk  assessment                              AdaptaAon  planning                                  &  design  

Disaster  Infrastructure  Resiliency  Planning  (DIRP)    

Probability  of  occurrence  

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Historic Occurrence of Hurricanes – Boston (1858-2013)

SUB/TROPICAL STORMS & DEPRESSIONS

CATEGORY 1 HURRICANE

CATEGORY 2 HURRICANES

CATEGORY 3 HURRICANES

Hurricane Sandy [1]: October 29-30, 2012

Hurricane Bob: August 16 - 29, 1991

Hurricane Esther: September 10 - 27, 1961

Great Atlantic Hurricane of 1944: September 9 - 16, 1944

Hurricane Gloria: September 27,1985

Hurricane of 1869: September 7 – 9, 1869

Unnamed (1936): September 8 - 25, 1936

Hurricane Donna: September 12, 1960

Unnamed (1924): September 27 - 30, 1924

Hurricane Edna: September 11, 1954

Hurricane of 1916: July 10 - 22, 1916

Hurricane Carol: August 31, 1954

Unnamed (1904): September 8 - 15, 1904

Great New England Hurricane:

September 21, 1938 Unnamed (1896):

August 30 - September 11, 1896 Unnamed (1924):

August 16 - 28, 1924 Unnamed (1894):

October 1 - 12, 1894 Unnamed (1869):

October 4 - 5, 1869 Unnamed (1893):

August 15 - 26, 1893 Unnamed (1888):

September 23 - 27, 1888 Unnamed (1885):

September 17 - 23, 1885 Unnamed (1879):

August 13 - 20, 1879 Unnamed (1858):

September 14 - 17, 1858

[1]  All  storms  listed  above  tracked  within  150  miles  of  Boston,  except  Hurricane  Sandy.

N  =  Number  of  Occurrences  P  =  Annual  Probability  

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50  N  =  34  P  =  0.22  

N  =  13  P  =  0.08   N  =  8  

P  =  0.05   N  =  2  P  =  0.01  

Num

ber  of  Occurrences  

MLW   MSL   MHW   MHHW   HAT  

Category  1   1   2   0   0   0  Category  2   2   3   2   0   0  Category  3   0   1   0   0   0  

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Num

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ces  

MLW  =  Mean  Low  Water  (-­‐4.36  b)    MSL  =  Mean  Sea  Level    MHW  =  Mean  High  Water    MHHW  =  Mean  Higher  High  Water    HAT  =  Highest  Astronomical  Tide  (7.73  b)  All  8dal  eleva8ons  are  in  NGVD29  datum  

Tide  Levels  at  Peak  Hurricane  Storm  Surge  -­‐  Boston  (1923-­‐2013)  

Sandy  made  final  landfall  near  AtlanAc  City,  NJ  on  10/30/2012  00:00  GMT  as  a  Category  1  hurricane  at  MHW  (NOAA,  2013)  

Sea  Level  Rise  ProjecAons  

Global  mean  sea  level  rise  scenarios  provided  by  NOAA  as  part  of  the  NaAonal  Climate  Assessment  report  published  in  December  2012.    

6.6  b.  

3.9  b.  

1.6  b.  

0.7  b.  

Logan  -­‐  Flooding  from  Category  2  Hurricane  at  MHHW  

Logan  -­‐  Flooding  from  Category  3  Hurricane  at  MHHW  

South  Boston  -­‐  Flooding  from  Category  2  Hurricane    at  MHHW  

South  Boston  -­‐  Flooding  from  Category  3  Hurricane    at  MHHW  

Storm  Climatology  

–  Includes  both  tropical  and  extra-­‐tropical  storm  sets  

– Present  and  future  climate  change  scenarios  

•  A Large Statistically robust set of storms.

•  No need to determine joint probabilities.

Source:  Woods  Hole  Group  

•  2030  

Flood  Risk  Model  

•  2070  

Probability  of  Flooding  

Determined  based  on  InundaAon  Model  results  

Flooded  in  more  storm  scenarios  !  higher  probability,  higher  priority    

Consequence  of  Flooding  

   CriAcality  Score                      X                      Occupancy  Category  

Higher  consequence  !  higher  priority  

Depth  of  Flooding  

Further  disAnguish  among  assets  with  same  Probability  and  Consequence  

Higher  depth  !  higher  priority  

Risk-­‐Based  PrioriAzaAon  

Based  on  role  in  disaster  

preparedness,  response,  recovery  

Based  on  ASCE/SEI  24-­‐05  Standard  for  Flood  Resistant  Design  and  ConstrucAon  

Floodproofing  Design  Guide:  

•  Design  Flood  ElevaAons  –  New  FaciliAes  –  ExisAng  FaciliAes  

•  Floodproofing  Strategies  –  Wet  Floodproofing  –  Dry  Floodproofing  

•  Performance  Standards  

•  Reviews  and  Approvals  

Floodproofing  Design  Guidelines  

Design  Flood  ElevaAons  (ProbabilisAc  Model)  

Wood  Island  SubstaAon  

GROUND  FLOOR    EL.  =  10.0’  

CAT.  3  HURRICANE  (MHHW)  FLOOD  EL.  =  19.7’  

CAT.  2  HURRICANE  (HAT)  EST.  FLOOD  EL.  =  17.5’  

FEMA  BFE  (2009)  FLOOD  EL.  =  9.0’  

FEMA  BFE  (2013)  FLOOD  EL.  =  13.0’  

-­‐  All  elevaAons  are  in  NAVD.  

Fish  Pier  East  –  Scenario  Flood  ElevaAons    

Conley  –  Vessel  Berths  and  Cranes  

Common  RecommendaAons  –    Seal  Electrical  Conduits  Entering  Building  

Common  RecommendaAons  –  Overhead  Doors  

New  ConstrucAon    

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Procure  Temporary  Flood  Barriers    

Stored  Barriers   Deployed  Barriers  

Access  Stairs  

•  AquaFence  successful  bidder  •  Logan  Airport  –  4  faciliAes  •  Conley  Terminal  -­‐  2  faciliAes  

•  Fish  Pier  –  3  FaciliAes  •  Ready  for  deployment  in  September  2015  

Test  Deployment  –  October  2015  

•  Flood  forecasAng  and  decision  framework  

•  Temporary  flood  barrier  system  deployments  •  PreventaAve  electrical  and  IT  measures  •  ElevaAng  criAcal  stock,  equipment,  materials  

•  RelocaAng  fleet  out  of  harms  way  •  Requiring  berthed  vessels  to  leave  dock  •  PreventaAve  evacuaAons  of  at  risk  buildings  •  Debris  and  waste  management  planning  

New  Flood  Preparedness  AcAons  &  Timelines  

•  SecAon  One:  Background  •  SecAon  Two:  Procedures  for  all  MariAme  FaciliAes  

–  DescripAon  of  heavy  weather  –  Provisions  for  Forecasted  Coastal  Floods  –  When  72  ,  48,  24,  12,&    6  hrs    from  Port  of  Boston  –  Post-­‐Strom  /Coastal  Flood  OperaAons  –  MariAme  and  terminal  hurricane  condiAon  

•  SecAon  Three:  Conley  •  SecAon  Four:  Black  Falcon  Cruise  Terminal  •  SecAon  Five:  Procedures  for  Seaport  District  •  SecAon  Six:  East  Boston  ProperAes  •  Appendices    

Heavy  Weather  and  Flood  OperaAons  MariAme  

•  IntroducAon  •  Purpose  •  SituaAon  and  AssumpAons  

–  Costal  Flood  Hazards  at  Logan  Airport  –  Regional  Context  –  Airport  Access  –  Airport  Building  and  Structures    –  Airport  UAliAes    –  Worst  Case  Scenario    –  CommunicaAons  CapabiliAes    

•  OperaAons    –  Costal  Flood  Forecasts,  Monitoring  and  ReporAng    –  AcAvaAon  and  De-­‐acAvaAon    –  Response  and  Recovery  AcAons  and  Timelines    

•  OrganizaAon  and  Assignments  of  ResponsibiliAes    –  Unified  Command;  Massport  ExecuAves  and  

Senior  Staff;  AviaAon  OperaAons;  Massport  CommunicaAons  Center;  Fire  Rescue  Department,  State  Police  Troop  F;  Airport  FaciliAes;  Capital  Programs  &  Environmental  Affairs  (CPEA);  InformaAon  Technology  (IT)  Department;  Boston  EMS;  Human  Resources;  Mutual  Aid  Agencies,  UAliAes  and  Fuel  Providers      

Flood  OperaAons  Plan  for  Logan  InternaAonal  

•  Administrations and Logistics •  Plan Developmental and Maintenance •  Authorities and References •  Appendix A

–  Building and Structures at Risk of Flooding –  Response and Recovery Actions

•  Appendix B –  Areas at Risk of Flooding from 9FT to 16FT

•  Appendix C –  Aquafence Storage Location Map –  Aquafence Installation Plan for Police; Pumping Station; Wood Island and Porter Street Substations

Tabletop  Exercises  

Highly  ParAcipatory    

Who  is  responsible  for  flood  monitoring?  

How  soon  do  we  acAvate?  

Who  is  the  “decider”?  

When  do  we  noAfy  contractors?  

Where  do  we  operate  from  during  the  event?  

Where  is  the  safest  place  to  shelter  people?  

Where  is  safest  place  to  move  vehicles?  

Do  essenAal  employees  live  in  impacted  areas?  

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Airport  Coastal  Flood  OperaAons  Plan  -­‐  Timelines  

Pre-­‐Flood                72,  48,  24,  12,  6  hours  

During  Flood  

Post-­‐Flood        12  hours  &  12+  hours  

Hurricane  Robbin  &  Joaquin  Tabletop  Exercise  9/29/15  

PracAce  Scenarios  vs.  Reality  

NOAA  Tracks  of  AtlanAc  Coast  Hurricanes  ivo  Cape  Haneras  

Expect  the  Unexpected  

•  Robbin  Peach  •  Program  Manager  of  Resiliency  

•  rpeach@massport.com  

•  617-­‐568-­‐3953  

•  www.massport.com  

Thank  you