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“The views, opinions and findings contained in this report are those of the authors(s) and should not be construed as an official Department of the Army position, policy or decision, unless so designated by other official documentation.”

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COLONEL JOSE L. AGUILARDistrict CommanderPresented to2016 PNWA Annual Convention12 October 2016

PORTLAND DISTRICT COMMANDERS PANEL & REGIONAL UPDATES

2016 STATUS ACTIVITIES

• Dredging maintenance update

• MCR jetties update

• Navlock update

27 September 2016

COLUMBIA RIVER CHANNEL STATUS

Astoria

Longview

Kalama

Portland & Vancouver

7 or more feet above project depth5 or 6 feet above project depth3 or 4 feet above project depth1 or 2 feet above project depthAt or 1 foot below project depth2 or 3 feet below project depth4 feet or more below project depth

Comparison of Draft Restrictions

Year Days Percent of Time

2016 0 02015 94 262014 39 112013 67 182012 121 332011 258 71

MCR 59 60 55

MCR 46

MCR 53 53 50

MCR 46

Lower Desdemona 47 48 50 51

Upper Desdemona 43 44 43 41

Flavel 41 44 45 35

Upper Sands 40 42 45 42

Upper Sands 41 44 43 38

Tongue Point 41 45 44 44

Tongue Point 42 44 43 38

Miller Sands 39 43 44 39

Miller Sands 41 44 43 28

Miller Sands 39 44 44 40

Pillar Rock 42 42 42 39

Pillar Rock 36 43 42 42

Brookfield-Welch 42 45 44 44

Brookfield-Welch 47 47 43 33

Skamokawa 37 43 44 40

Skamokawa 44 44 44 42

Puget 54 56 53 48

Puget 43 44 44 41

Wauna 40 44 45 45

Wauna 42 45 45 44

Westport 40 45 44 43

Westport 43 45 44 43

Eureka 42 45 45 44

Eureka 45 45 47 43

Eureka 43 45 46 41

Gull Island 43 45 42 41

Gull Island 45 46 44 41

Stella-Fisher 47 48 47 41

Stella-Fisher 42 43 44 39

Walker Island 44 47 47 44

Walker Island 44 44 46 43

Walker Island 47 48 45 42

Slaughters 42 43 45 43

Slaughters 43 42 43 40

Lower Dobelbower 42 45 43 40

Lower Dobelbower 46 47 45 40

Upper Dobelbower 45 45 44 40

Upper Dobelbower 43 44 44 43

Kalama 44 57 59 57

Kalama 44 44 43 34

Kalama 40 44 44 41

Lower Martin 43 45 45 45

Lower Martin 44 45 45 41

Lower Martin 44 44 45 41

Upper Martin 48 46 44 42

Upper Martin 42 45 45 43

Upper Martin 43 44 45 41

St. Helens 44 46 44 42

St. Helens 44 46 46 43

Warrior Rock 50 51 48 45

Warrior Rock 41 42 43 41

Warrior Rock 40 42 44 42

Henrici 41 43 45 42

Henrici 44 44 44 41

Willow 41 45 44 42

Willow 42 44 43 42

Morgan 43 44 46 45

Morgan 41 46 49 50

Morgan 45 46 47 43

Lower Vancourver 46 48 46

Lower Vancourver 44 44 44 39

Lower Vancourver 45 45 43 42

KEY CONTRACTS FOR FY2016

OregonCoastClamshell

DepotSloughClamshell

DredgeOregonPipeline

WestCoastHopper

ESSAYONS AND YAQUINA

MCR Major Rehabilitation (CG) 2016 New Start• Ensures reliable entrance for the $24B

Columbia-Snake System “Highway”

• Columbia navigation system:o No. 1 export gateway for the

Nation’s wheat and barley exports

o No. 1 export gateway for west coast wood and mineral bulk exports

o No. 1 one for automobile imports

o More than 40,000 jobs are dependent on these trades

o Over $1B in new infrastructure investment along the river since the main channel was deepened in 2010

MCR Major Rehabilitation Report

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• Approved by NWD in 2012 - $257.2M Rehab over 7 Years ($281.8M Indexed)

• Includes ~$3.6M for Mitigation

• Annual Monitoring is Key to Adaptively Managing for Efficient Rehab

• Priority: Jetty A North Jetty South Jetty

MCR Jetty A – 2016/2017

• $19.46M Contract Award

• Mobilization – May 2016

• Jetty stone delivery by barge (82,000 Tons)

• Anticipated stone placement completion June 2017

• 100% of Jetty stone delivered and approximately 35% placed as of 30 Sep 2016

MCR Jetty A – 2016/2017

Barge offloading activities at Jetty A – July 2016

Scope–Upgrade controls (both hardware and software)–Perform inspections and preventative maintenance

actions

Outage limited to first eight weeks–Dec. 12, 2016 - Feb. 9, 2017

Current Status (Fall 2016)–All work being completed by in-house staff–Hardware on-site–Continue performing prework – routing cables,

installing electrical panels–Draft software program complete – being reviewed

BONNEVILLE FY17 EXTENDED LOCK OUTAGE

THE DALLES 2017 EXTENDED LOCK OUTAGE

2017 Scope– Replace downstream gate gudgeon hardware– Replace upstream gate– Upgrade controls and power distribution system

Current Status (Fall 2016)– Upstream gate and downstream gate gudgeon

fabrication progressing on schedule– Power distribution hardware fabrication nearly

complete– On-site work has begun

• US gate crane setup• Electrical equipment installation

The Corps provides safe, reliable, efficient, and environmentally sustainable waterborne

transportation systems (channels, harbors, and waterways) for movement of commerce,

national security needs, and recreation.