Download - Civil Works Transformation
US Army Corps of Engineers
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Civil Works Transformation
James Hannon, SES Director, Regional Business Southwestern Division
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Agenda
Overview of SWD Programs ►Civil Works►Military
Current Initiatives/Future Opportunities Civil Works Transformation Summary Questions
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Civil Works
Military Programs
International & Interagency Service
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Moonshine Beach, Table Rock Lake, Mo.
Regulators examine soils on a wetland delineation
field visit.
Dallas Floodway
Bull Shoals Powerhouse, Arkansas
Houston Ship Channel
Sardis Dam, Oklahoma
Navigation (Ports and Channels)• 4 of the Nation’s “Top Ten” ports• 32 channels (15 deep draft, 17 shallow draft) • More than 500 M tons of commerce annually
Navigation (Inland)2 major waterways (GIWW and MKARNS)
Hydroelectric Power• 18 power plants in 6 states produce 6.7 billion kw hours• 87% of regional capacity, third in the Corps
Water Supply• 8.4 million acre-feet of
water storage• Water control contracts =
water for 39 million households
Regulatory (work in waters & wetlands)
• Over 5000 permit decisions annually
• Protection of waters & wetlands
Recreation• 20 percent of the Corps'
total recreation projects located within the regional boundary• 83 million visitors at 90
operating projects located in five states
Flood Damage Reduction
• 74 flood damage reduction
lakes/reservoirs• 33.22M acre-feet
of flood storage• 760 miles of local
flood protection projects
• $85 B in cumulative flood
damage prevention
Little Rock District's MV Ted Cook positions the Crane Barge Mike Hendricks at Dam 2 during the
flood of 2011
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• Engineering
9 Major Army Posts9 Major Air Force
BasesAlmost 1/3 of Nation’s
Military Activities
Little Rock AFB University Center
Future Fort Hood Hospital
Fort Sill Air Defense Artillery School
IMCOM HeadquartersSan Antonio
Fort Bliss 1st Brigade Combat Team headquarters
• Environmental management services for the Army & Air Force
• Construction • Installation Support
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Charter for Regional Collaboration
Principles: Integrating planning processes. Ensuring the best use of federal
reservoirs, sustainability, and protection options.
Identifying funding opportunities and authorities for water planning and the implementation of State water plans.
Working together to improve communication and collaboration.
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TWDB / Corps Permit Streamlining Effort
• Goals: educate water resource providers on permitting process and identify ways to reduce the time needed for review/approval of water resource development projects
• Interagency workshops conducted to educate water resource providers and their consultants about permitting a water resource project
• Developed a multi-agency permit process flow chart – currently in final stages of development
• Next steps: finalize and post the flow chart on TWDB hosted web site, develop and execute interagency training workshops.
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System-wide Improvement Framework
• Worst-first • Interim Progress Milestones• Long-term Plan• Regional Solutioneering Teams
• Set-back Levees • Planting Berms• National Solutioneering Team• Can be part of SWIF
ETL 1110-2-571
Standards
Vegetation Variance Process(PGL)
• Environmental Considerations • Technical Review• Vegetation Management Plan• Can be part of SWIF
Policy Document
Policy Elements
FRM Corporate Goal: In coordination with stakeholders, transition existing levees to Corps standards while maintaining PL84-99 eligibility and adhering to the Endangered Species Act and other Federal environmental laws.
Transitioning Levee Compliance
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Trends Influencing CW’s Future
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Flood Risk Aging InfrastructureGlobalization
Focus on Sustainability
Competition for Water
Climate Change
USACE OrganizationDomestic Discretionary Funding
International water security & USACE OCONUS missions
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Planning ModernizationTop Four Performance Priorities
• Improve Planning Program delivery (investigations and CG) and instill Civil Works-wide accountability
• Develop a sustainable national & regional Planning operational and organization model
• Improve planner knowledge and experience (build the bench)
• Modernize planning guidance and processes
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Thinking About the Budget Development Process
A goal-oriented, priority, and performance based program approach to budgeting
Incorporate integrated water resource management concepts into budget framework, as appropriate(watershed approach)
Incorporate stakeholder and partner discussions into the priority decision making process
Develop timeline for full implementation of new budget process that will evolve over multiple years
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Strategic Plan
Vision
Mission
Goals
Objectives
Infrastructure Investment Roadmap
Capital Development
Recapitalization
O&M
Divestiture
Strategic Communication(Listening-Based)
Interagency
Private Industry
State & Local
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Civil Works Infrastructure Strategy
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Summary
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We’re in a period of tight budgets. We must take a hard look at priorities and make sure we’re maximizing our available resources.
We are continuing to look for opportunities to better align federal, state, local and public private partnership efforts.
Through our CW transformation initiatives we believe that we can work together to optimize our CW water investments for the future.
The future is ours to change together.
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Questions?
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