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1 GALVESTON DISTRICT Dredging Schedules Christopher Frabotta Chief, Navigation Branch Southwestern Division - Galveston District November 2, 2016 Galveston District Dredging Meeting Custodians of the Texas Coast US Army Corps of Engineers

2 GALVESTON DISTRICT FACTS ü Texas #2 in Nation in Maritime Commerce ü Texas Ports moved 538M+ tons at $320B in 2014 ü Galveston District Ports National Rank ü Houston (2) ü Beaumont (4) ü Corpus Christi (6) ü Texas City (15) ü Port Arthur (20) ü Freeport (32) ü Matagorda (48) ü Galveston (52) ü Brownsville (67) Galveston District Dredging Meeting ü Victoria (70) Custodians of the Texas Coast ü Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (3) ü GIWW-TX 73M+ tons at $43B in 2014 ü 21.8% Nation s Import/Export/Domestic Tonnage üus 23.9% of Nation s Total Export tonnage Army Corps of Engineers übuilding 29.6% of Nation s Total Import tonnage STRONG 50,000 square miles

3 GALVESTON VIGATION OM FUNDING FY-16 Execution President s Budget $110,404,000 FY-16 Allocation $151,869,000 Carry-in $ 21,837,000 Available to Obligate $173,706,000 Obligated ~$161,000,000 Percent Execution ~93% FY-17 Funding Outlook President s Budget $107,815,000 Carry-in $ 13,727,000 Total Anticipated $121,542,000

4 GALVESTON DISTRICT INITIATIVES Continue Hydrographic Survey Webpage All six (6) Deep Draft Navigation Complexes now online Gulf Intracoastal Waterway & Tributaries also online Implement of Vertical Datum Conversion Sabine-Neches Waterway Set-Back Policy Restore TCOON Functionality to 30 Stations Bring new Sentinel Stations online Re-Space & Deploy new GIWW Mooring Buoys

5 Galveston District Hydrographic Survey Website 5

6 Galveston District Hydrographic Survey Website 6

7 Galveston District Hydrographic Survey Website 7

8 GALVESTON DISTRICT INITIATIVES Continue Hydrographic Survey Webpage All six (6) Deep Draft Navigation Complexes now online Gulf Intracoastal Waterway & Tributaries also online Implement of Vertical Datum Conversion Sabine-Neches Waterway Set-Back Policy Restore TCOON Functionality to 30 Stations Bring new Sentinel Stations online Re-Space & Deploy new GIWW Mooring Buoys

9 Galveston District Vertical Datum Conversion 9

10 GALVESTON DISTRICT INITIATIVES Continue Hydrographic Survey Webpage All six (6) Deep Draft Navigation Complexes online Gulf Intracoastal Waterway & Tributaries online Implement Vertical Datum Conversion Sabine-Neches Waterway Set-Back Policy Restore TCOON Functionality to 30 Stations Bring new Sentinel Stations online Re-Space & Deploy new GIWW Mooring Buoys

11 TEXAS COASTAL OCEAN OBSERVATION NETWORK

12 TEXAS COASTAL OCEAN OBSERVATION NETWORK

13 FY17 CONTRACT SCHEDULES SABINE-NECHES WATERWAY

14 SABINE-NECHES WATERWAY PORT ARTHUR CAL,TURNING BASIN, JUNCTION AREA AND TAYLORS BAYOU Port Arthur Turning Basins 9 Port Arthur Junction Area 8 Dredging Depth: Sabine-Neches Waterway Port Arthur Canal, Turning Basin, Junction Area and Taylors Bayou 42 ft. Required Depth ft. Varies 1,387,000 cubic yards Silt/Clay Placement Area: PA 8 and PA 9 Distance to Place Area: Type of Equipment: Contractor: Miles Avg. Pipeline RLB & Mike Hooks Contract Amount: $5,782,500 Est. Start Date October 2016 Est. Completion Date February 2017

15 SABINE-NECHES WATERWAY OUTER BAR AND BANK CHANNEL Dredging Depth: Placement Area: Distance to Placement Area: Type of Equipment: Contractor: Sabine Neches Waterway Outer Bar and Bank Channel 44 ft. Required Depth 800 ft. Varies 3,153,000 cubic yards Silt/Clay Offshore 3 Mile Avg. Hopper Manson Construction Contract Amount: $5,189,300 Est. Start Date October 2016 Est. Completion Date December 2016

16 SABINE-NECHES WATERWAY NECHES RIVER Sabine-Neches Waterway Neches River Dredging Depth: Placement Area: Distance to Placement Area: Type of Equipment: Env. Window: Reason for Window: 42 ft. Required Depth ~200 ft Varies 500,000 cubic yards Silt Various Upland PAs 1-2 Miles Pipeline Est. Start Date: April 2017 Est. Completion Date: August 2017

17 FY17 CONTRACT SCHEDULES GALVESTON-TEXAS CITY-HOUSTON

18 GALVESTON HARBOR Galveston Inner Harbor Dredging Depth: ft. Required Depth 1000 ft. Varies Pelican Island PA San Jacinto PA Placement Area: 3,443,000 cubic yards Silt Offshore Distance to Place Area: 8 Miles Avg. Type of Equipment: Hopper Dredge Contractor: Dutra Group Contract Amount: $13,739,100 Est. Start Date September 2016 Est. Completion Date January 2017

19 HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL MORGAN S POINT TO EXXON & BARBOURS TERMIL Houston Ship Channel Morgan s Point to Exxon & Barbours Terminal Dredging Depth: 49 ft Required Depth Varies Varies 2,498,000 cubic yards Silt Placement Area: Alexander Distance to Place Area: 1 Mile Avg. Type of Equipment: Pipeline Contractor RLB Contracting Contract Amount: $6,543,800 Est. Start Date: August 2016 Est. Completion Date: May 2017

20 HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL BAYPORT FLARE AND RED FISH REEF TO MORGAN Dredging Depth: Placement Area: Dist. to Place Area: Type of Equipment: Contractor: Houston Ship Channel Bayport Flare and Redfish Reef to Morgan Point (include Bayport Bend E.) 47 ft. Required Depth 530 ft. Varies 2,382,000 cubic yards Sand/Silt Mid-Bay PA 1-4 miles Pipeline Weeks Marine Contract Amount $15,692,500 Est. Start Date: November 2016 Est. Completion Date: April 2017

21 HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL BAYPORT SWEEP & BAYPORT FLARE BEND EASING La Porte Spilman Is. Atkinson Is Dredging Depth: Houston Ship Channel Bayport Flare 47 ft. Required Depth Varies Varies cubic yards Silt / Clay Placement Area: PA14, M7-10 Distance to Place Area: Type of Equipment: Contractor: 1-5 Mile Avg. Pipeline Dredge WEEKS Marine Contract Amount: $32,147,330 Est. Start Date: April 2016 Est. Completion Date: April 2017

22 HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL SPILMAN ISLAND PA DEWATERING Lost Lake Peggy Lake Goat Island Type of Work: Placement Area: Houston Ship Channel Spilman Island PA Dewatering Dewatering Silt/Clay Spilman Island Spilman Island PA Dewatering Alexander Island Spilman Island Distance to Place Area: Type of Equipment: Contractor: Marsh Buggy/ Excavation Equipment Affolter Contracting Contract Amount: $2,374,082 Est. Start Date: October 2016 Est. Completion Date: April 2017

23 Filter-Bed Glendale House-Stimson Tracts HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL ROSA ALLEN CONTAINMENT DIKE RAISE Type of Work: Placement Area: Houston Ship Channel Rosa Allen Containment Dike Raise Levee Raising Silt/Clay Rosa Allen PA Rosa Allen Containment Dike Raise Contractor: Type of Equipment: Contractor: Dragline/Earthmoving equipment Affolter Contract Amount: $2,593,045 Est. Start Date November 2016 Est. Completion Date September 2017

24 HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL SIMS BAYOU TO TURNING BASIN Dredging Depth: Placement Area: Distance to Place Area: Type of Equipment: Env. Window: Reason for Window: Houston Ship Channel Sims Bayou to Turning Basin 39.5 ft. and 42 ft. Required Depth ft. Varies TBD cubic yards Silt House Tract; West Clinton 3 Miles Average Pipeline Dredge Est. Start Date: February 2017 Est. Completion Date: November 2017

25 TEXAS CITY CHANNEL MAIN CHANNEL AND TURNING BASIN Dredging Depth: Texas City Channel Main Channel and Turning Basin 48 ft. Required Depth ft. Varies 1,400,000 cubic yards Silt/Sand Placement Areas: SPPA 3, 4, 5 Distance to Place Area: 1 Mile Avg. Type of Equipment: Pipeline Env. Window: Reason for Window: Est. Start Date: March 2017 Est. Completion Date: July 2017

26 GALVESTON ENTRANCE CHANNEL AND HSC - BOLIVAR ROADS TO REDFISH Morgan s Point Galveston Harbor - Galveston Entrance Channel and Houston Ship Channel - Bolivar Roads to Redfish Dredging Depth: Placement Area: ft. Required Depth ft. Varies 2,500,000 cubic yards Varies Offshore Distance to Place Area: 1-8 Mile Avg. Type of Equipment: Hopper Env. Window: Reason for Window: Est. Start Date: March 2017 Est. Completion Date: September 2017

27 HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL LOST LAKE PA DEWATERING Lost Lake Dewatering Green s Bayou PA Lost Lake Type of Work: Placement Area: Houston Ship Channel Lost Lake PA Dewatering Dewatering Silt/Clay Goat Island Distance to Place Area: West & East Jones Peggy Lake Alexander Island PA Type of Equipment: Env. Window: Reason for Window: Marsh Buggy/ Excavation Equipment Est Start Date: April 2017 Est. Completion Date: April 2018

28 HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL PEGGY LAKE PA DEWATERING Houston Ship Channel Peggy Lake PA Dewatering Type of Work: Dewatering Lost Lake Green s Bayou PA Placement Area: Silt/Clay Goat Island Distance to Place Area: Peggy Lake Dewatering Peggy Lake Type of Equipment: Marsh Buggy/ Excavation Equipment West & East Jones Alexander Island PA Env. Window: Reason for Window: Est. Start Date: June 2017 Est. Completion Date: October 2017

29 HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL ALEXANDER ISLAND PA DEWATERING Houston Ship Channel Alexander Island Dewatering Peggy Lake Alexander Island Type of Work: Dewatering Alexander Island PA Dewatering La Porte Spilman Island Atkinson Is. 16 Placement Area: Distance to Place Area: Type of Equipment: Silt/Clay Alexander Island PA Marsh Buggy/ Excavation Equipment 15 Env. Window: Reason for Window: 14 Est. Start: November 2017 Est. Completion: November 2018

30 HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL SPILMAN ISLAND PA CONTAINMENT DIKE RAISE Lost Lake Peggy Lake Goat Island Type of Work: Placement Area: Houston Ship Channel Spilman Island PA Containment Dike Raise Levee Raising Silt/Clay Spilman Island Alexander Island Spilman Island Distance to Place Area: Type of Equipment: Env. Window: Reason for Window: Dragline/Earthmoving equipment Est. Start Date: September 2017 Est. Completion Date: September 2018

31 HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL HOUSE TRACT AND CLINTON PA CONTAINMENT DIKE RAISE Filter-Bed Glendale House-Stimson Tracts Type of Work: Placement Area: Distance to Place Area: Houston Ship Channel House Tract & Clinton Containment Dike Raise Levee Raising Silt/Clay House Tract & Clinton Type of Equipment: Env. Window: Reason for Window: Dragline/Earthmoving Equipment Estimated Start Date: October 2017 Est. Completion Date: October 2018

32 FY17 CONTRACT SCHEDULES FREEPORT HARBOR

33 FREEPORT HARBOR ENTRANCE CHANNEL Brazos Harbor Turning Basin and Channel Stauffer Channel Upper (De-Authorized) Brazosport Turning Basin Turning Basin Surfside Freeport Harbor Entrance Channel 1 Quintana 7 85 Dredging Depth: Placement Area: Distance to Place Area: ft. Required Depth 600 ft. Varies 2,517,000 cubic yards Sand/Silt Offshore 2.5 Mile Avg A Type of Equipment: Contractor: Hopper Manson Construction Contract Amount: $7,629,200 Buffer Zone Start Date: September 2016 Limits of Discharge Completion Date: October 2016

34 FREEPORT HARBOR ENTRANCE CHANNEL Brazos Harbor Turning Basin and Channel Stauffer Channel Upper (De-Authorized) Brazosport Turning Basin Turning Basin Surfside Freeport Harbor Entrance Channel 1 Quintana 7 85 Dredging Depth: Placement Area: Distance to Place Area: ft. Required Depth 600 ft. Varies 2,600,000 cubic yards Sand/Silt Offshore 2.5 Mile Avg A Type of Equipment: Env. Window: Hopper Reason for Window: Buffer Zone Est. Start Date: July 2017 Limits of Discharge Est. Completion Date: September 2017

35 GALVESTON DISTRICT VIGATION Questions/Comments?

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