CHAPTER 6 6.6 LAKE AND RIVER PORT FACILITIES 6.6.1. INTRODUCTION

Water ports, by nature, are inter‐modal. People and freight traveling by water must arrive and depart by another transportation mode. Inter‐modal connectors are roads that provide access to water ports or rail services. Truck and other vehicular congestion on or near the inter‐modal connections affect ports that rely on trucks for commodity transfer. Improvements to roadways that connect to ports increase the efficiency of ports, benefit trade, and contribute to employment growth and regional productivity. With statistics such as fourth, ⅓, 58.8 million and 5.7 billion – as in:

• Fourth in the nation for total water tonnage moved • The Ohio River System accounting for ⅓ of all annual U.S. inland waterborne commerce by tonnage • The Lake Erie System annually accommodates 58.8 million tons of commodities moving to, from and within Ohio • $5.7 billion in the annual value of Ohio port shipments on Lake Erie

In 2001, more than 58,800,000 tons of commodities moved to, from, and within Ohio on the Great Lakes; this was a 7% decline from 63.3 million tons from 1995. The annual value of Ohio port shipments on Lake Erie equals $5,700,000,000. Coal accounts for 22,000,000 tons (39%) of the state’s total traffic‐iron ore, and represents 13,200,000 tons (22%) of the State’s total Great Lake tonnage.

There are no water ports located in either Mahoning or Trumbull Counties. However, the two Ports of Ashtabula and Conneaut are located on Lake Erie north of the Eastgate planning area in northern Ashtabula County. In addition there are a total of 17 commercial docking facilities on the Ohio River in Columbiana County in either East Liverpool or Wellsville Ohio, which are both south of the Eastgate planning area.

Recently the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) began an Office of Maritime and Freight Mobility, located in the department’s new Office of Multi‐Modal Planning. This was established as a result of recommendations from the Ohio 21st Century Transportation Priorities Task Force. The task force concluded that if ODOT was to be a truly multimodal agency it needed a maritime presence that was on par with all other transportation modes. ODOT began this new office in February 2009. Few of the nation’s DOTs have a maritime office, but then again few states have the benefit of having one of the Great Lakes forming its northern border, and the nation’s ninth longest river forming its eastern and southern borders. Ohio is bounded on the north by Lake Erie (265 miles of coastline), and on the south by the Ohio River (a 451 mile length), for a total length of 716 miles of navigable water. Ohio’s strategic location provides its businesses and industries with an inexpensive and effective means for goods movement; opportunities for passenger travel on ferries, cruises, and recreation; and commercial and recreational opportunities for fishing. Water transport also provides a needed global gateway for military mobility and national security. Regions with water port access such as Toledo, Cleveland, and southern Ohio counties along the Ohio River and its tributaries, benefit land‐locked regions of Ohio by offering water transportation services. Ohio’s 209 port terminals provide a competitive advantage to the State by their ability to provide access to foreign trade and a low‐cost means for shipping bulky items, such as coal, to and from distant regions. Shippers moving commodities by barge realize a savings of more than $600 million compared to other transportation modes.

According to the Ohio portion of the most‐recent ‘Report Card for America’s Infrastructure,’ produced by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Ohio’s ports handled 124 million tons of waterborne traffic in 2005, ranking it sixth in the nation. The ASCE report estimates that more than $73 billion in cargo value is shipped annually via the nation’s inland and intracoastal waterways, which serve 38 states. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) statistics show that 4 of the nation’s busiest 15 inland ports in 2007 were located either in Ohio or directly across the Ohio River from the state. These ports included: #1 Huntington‐Tristate, W.Va. (Chesapeake); #10 Cincinnati; #11 Cleveland; and #12 Toledo. The report said that Ohio’s over 200 port terminals provide a competitive advantage to the state by its ability to provide access to foreign trade and a low‐cost means for shipping bulky items, such as coal, to and from distant regions. Shippers moving commodities by barge realize a savings of more than $600 million compared to other transportation modes.

Exhibit 6.6.1. – Cargo Capacity Comparison

According to the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), while just 13% of internal domestic trade is transported by water, 95% of U.S. foreign trade is transported by the marine or water transportation system. USDOT projects that the demand for water transport will double by 2030. Water transportation reduces highway congestion and deterioration. The Exhibit 6.6.1 to the left gives some idea of the efficiency of bulk water transport. One fully loaded barge carries the equivalent of 58 trucks. One tow unit, typically composed of 15 barges, carries the equivalent of 58 rail cars or 870 trucks. A fuel use comparison suggests that a river barge can travel as far on one tablespoon of fuel as a train on a cup or a truck on a gallon.

6.6.2. OHIO GREAT LAKES/LAKE ERIE SYSTEM

The Great Lakes/ St. Lawrence Seaway system covers more than 94,000 square miles with more than 10,000 miles of coastline. All the lakes have navigable channels of 27’ to 30’. Currently the size of the locks limits the size vessel that can travel among the lakes on this system. Lake Erie is the twelfth largest freshwater lake in the world and part of the St. Lawrence Seaway navigation system.

Great Lakes trade is dominated by the steel industry, which relies on lake vessels to move iron ore. According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in 2001 there were 147 commercial vessels operating on the Great Lakes. 57 of these were U.S. registered and 90 were Canadian registered. Most of the Canadian vessels were 700’ to 730’ in length, and 32 of the U.S. registered vessels were between 700’ and 1,099’. The larger vessels typically were self‐loaders, transporting iron ore.). There were 77 manufacturing facilities, terminals, and docks on Ohio’s 265 miles of lakefront that shipped and received freight tonnage in 2001. 6.6.3. OHIO RIVER SYSTEM

Ohio’s southern and eastern border includes 451 miles along the Ohio River. The Ohio River system accounts for approximately 1/3 of all U.S. inland waterborne commerce by tonnage per year and, as a system, moves more cargo than the Panama Canal. The system is utilized at only 30% of its capacity. Ohio River system trade, in Ohio, is dominated by the electric utility industry which relies on waterways to ship coal to 19 water‐served power plants. The majority of shipments are energy or fuel‐related. These commodities are most efficiently shipped in open containers and are not conducive to . The newly designated Port of Huntington‐Tristate, WV, OH, KY moves 76,700,000 tons annually and is the seventh largest water port in the United States by shipping weight. This port includes 100 miles along the Ohio River, 90 miles along the Kanawha River and 9 miles on the Big Sandy River.

6.6.4. PORT OWNERSHIP AND REGULATORY AND ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY

Water based transportation is made up out of 3 components: waterways, ports, and the intermodal connections on land that link the ports to their users. Waterways consist of channels and locks, which based on their width and depth, dictate the type of vessels and commodities that can be shipped on or through them. Ports may include anchorages, piers, transfer facilities, warehouse and shipyards. Land based inter‐modal connections are the linkages used by cargo and passengers between modes. They include road and rail access routes. The roadway connections are the only part of Ohio’s water transportation system for which ODOT is responsible.

In Ohio there are five types of port ownership: local governments, public port authorities which do not own facilities, public port authorities which own facilities, private operators of public use terminals, and private operators of private use terminals. Neither the State of Ohio nor ODOT own, regulate, or maintain water port facilities or port authorities. Three port authorities in Ohio which own facilities are Toledo, Columbiana County and Cleveland.

Thirty port authorities have been established by local governments under Chapter 4582 of the Ohio Revised Code. These authorities are managed by boards of directors appointed by local government officials. A port authority so created possesses the same rights, privileges, and powers that are granted to municipal corporations under sections Chapters 721.04 to 721.11 of the Revised Code. This includes the power to own, sell, lease, or trade property; issue bonds; operate foreign trade zones; make loans; guarantee obligations; exercise the right of eminent domain; and make and enter into contracts. A port authority also has the right to award contracts without competitive bidding; engage in research; receive and accept state or federal grants and loans for construction; and straighten, deepen, and improve water ways necessary to operate or develop a port facility. Because these authorities have the ability to generate income, they provide an untapped economic development opportunity for the State.

6.6.5. ODOT AND PORT AUTHORITY FUNDING

ODOT does not provide capital funding to port authorities or port facilities. ODOT can and does provide some matching funding for ferries used for transportation purposes. ODOT has provided funding for highway and bridge projects directly intended to benefit Ohio ports and water transportation. ODOT’s Transportation Review and Advisory Council (TRAC) process awards extra points to projects with inter‐modal benefits. Some Ohio port authorities receive federal funding via the Economic Development Administration, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) for projects that demonstrate the economic benefit of new jobs, increased tax base, improvements to water transportation, or stimulation of private sector investments.

In general, two landside challenges limit water transportation system efficiency and growth: limited land area for terminal operations and road congestion. Because water transportation relies heavily on rail and truck traffic at inter‐modal transfer points, improvements to roadway congestion near water ports will have a positive economic impact. SR‐11, which is one of the principal highways in the Eastgate planning area, starts in the city of Ashtabula within a mile of the entire port facility and all of the docks. SR‐11 also terminates on its southern end at the Ohio River in East Liverpool roughly in the middle of the commercial docking facilities in that city. Indeed, the primary purpose of SR‐11 when it was created was to serve as a direct high capacity truck route to connect these two ports, one on the Great Lakes and the other on the Ohio River. SR‐11 is connected by other highways, such as IR‐90 and SR‐531, to the Port of Conneaut and other Great Lake ports. The southern terminus of SR‐11 in East Liverpool on the Ohio River is linked to other docking facilities on the Ohio River outside of East Liverpool via SR‐7 and SR‐39. Two examples of ODOT funded roadway projects that benefitted water transportation and port authorities are: the new Maumee River Bridge and Millard Avenue improvements in Toledo, and assorted interchange improvements in Cleveland to improve port access. Another example of an ODOT funded roadway project that benefitted this area is the addition of a recently completed new interchange on SR‐7/SR‐39 on the southern end of Wellsville Ohio at Ohio River Mile 49, adjacent to and serving the new multimodal facility that is operated by the Columbiana County Port Authority.

6.6.6. AMERICAN RECOVERY & REINVESTMENT ACT (ARRA) FUNDING

Approximately 5% of the $787 billion American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA), or roughly $38.8 billion, was for maritime funding and tax credit provisions. One of the first orders of business for the Office of Maritime and Freight Mobility was to select and advance several ARRA stimulus infrastructure projects related to water transportation. Ohio received $935.7 million in infrastructure/transportation funding from the ARRA legislation, of which about $60 million was used for maritime endeavors, such as these:

● Ohio River • Southpoint Intermodal (Road/Rail) • Columbiana County, Wellsville (gantry extension to capture rail to complete a full intermodal freight facility) ● Lake Erie • Port of Lorain (enhancements) • Port of Toledo (cranes, rail, new road on new alignment, dry bulk conveyor system) • Put‐in‐Bay Port (dock & terminal building)

6.6.7. CREATION OF A MARITIME OFFICE EXTENDS ODOT’S MULTIMODAL PHILOSOPHY

The maritime industry and public port authorities have been under‐served and forced to fend for themselves for a long time. ODOT previously managed the state’s maritime activity through its Division of Water, which was created in the early 1980’s. This division was disbanded by the 1990’s. Since then, and prior to the forming of the Maritime Office, ODOT combined efforts with the FHWA at the district level to perform maritime work on a project‐by‐project basis. Ohio water projects took place, but on a limited basis. Water ports in Ohio have been mostly disconnected from state government for almost two decades. Some water ports have thrived, while others have fallen into disrepair.

The February 2009 formation of an Office of Maritime and Freight Mobility provides an opportunity for improvements for Ohio’s navigable waterways. Before the formation of the Office of Maritime and Freight Mobility there was no statewide strategic water plan to guide or support these projects. Ohio ports often missed funding opportunities from federal programs because they did not know about them or did not have a state advocate to sponsor and support their applications. Ohio now has an opportunity to help create a world‐class water transportation delivery system for freight and passenger traffic. Much‐needed repair to the water port infrastructure will need to take place, and will require consistent, professional guidance to plan, design and construct these facilities to accommodate increased demand.

The Ohio Office of Maritime and Freight Mobility intends to work to improve the landside infrastructure of the ports to support future water activities through new roads, better access to existing roads, cranes and equipment, and rail spurs/loop tracks to connect to the nation’s national freight rail system. Water ports also need freight storage buildings, security fencing, lighting and increased utility infrastructure. Other work may have to be done to take advantage of renewable energies, green technologies and to facilitate regional companies which locate near these facilities to move more goods to market.

ODOT believes that a 21st century transportation system requires all modes to work in concert with each other, and that no one mode can shoulder the state, regional or global freight movements required to keep Ohio’s economy vibrant. ODOT feels that ports are the ultimate intermodal and multi‐modal transportation centers. Ports are microcosms of the freight transportation movement. By design, water port facilities have rail, road, water, transit and pedestrian access all working together to move goods and people. Many ports are in close proximity to airport facilities as well. With both maritime planning and freight mobility planning now sharing the same office and staff under the new Office of Maritime and Freight Mobility, maritime efforts will truly mirror ODOT’s vision for intermodal connectivity.

The Office of Maritime and Freight Mobility realizes that the stronger Ohio’s maritime infrastructure, the stronger the state’s multimodal system. With that said, the Maritime Office’s to‐do list includes:  Being a strong advocate for the state’s 32 (9 Lake Erie and 25 Ohio River) ports, and assisting them in obtaining additional federal funding for maritime projects  Providing vision, leadership and advocacy for maritime interests in getting Ohio goods to global markets  Being the nation’s lead state for the U.S. Maritime Administration’s Marine Highway Corridor Program for the Great Lakes, as well as the lead state for the Ohio River “Marine One” Corridor  Promoting and facilitating Short Sea Shipping (SSS) on the Great Lakes, and engage the Consulate of Canada, Netherlands and other countries (SSS is a European concept of moving domestic trade by water between ports)  Advising the Ohio Department of Development for the Logistics & Distribution Stimulus program  Serving as an Ohio Port Authority Council member

The first goal of the Office of Maritime and Freight Mobility is to get this mode of transportation on‐line and hitting on all cylinders to facilitate Ohio’s recovery and the jobs it will bring. The short‐term goals are to get the maritime stimulus projects up, running and under construction. The Office of Maritime and Freight Mobility intends to go after every federal dollar offered for more maritime projects and to set up sustainable funding sources for the long term.

6.6.8. PORT OF ASHTABULA FACILITIES

The City of Ashtabula was founded in 1796, and its harbor has the distinction of being the first port on the Great Lakes to be officially surveyed. As the area became settled, private citizens raised the money needed for the first improvements to the Ashtabula Harbor and its river channel. By 1830, Ashtabula's port was a hub of activity for many of the Great Lakes communities and, at one time, the port was the third largest receiving port in the world. The construction of the Pittsburgh, Youngstown and Ashtabula Railroad in 1873 helped to further the increase of ore and coal trade at the Ashtabula Harbor. In the 1960s the Ashtabula Harbor was the third largest iron ore port in the world.

Today, the Ashtabula harbor can be accessed by highways, rail and water. IR‐90 runs east/west and is located approximately 5 miles from the Ashtabula Harbor. SR‐11 is a four‐lane highway that runs north/south and terminates at SR‐531. This intersection is within 1 mile of all of the docks in Ashtabula Harbor. IR‐90 provides Ashtabula with regional access to major markets east and west of the City, such as Chicago and Buffalo. SR‐11 extends south, and provides additional access to major markets in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The Ashtabula City Industrial Park is located just to the east of where SR‐11 terminates at the north. Rail service in Ashtabula is provided by Norfolk Southern and CSX. Lake boats and large vessels have access to docks via Kinder Morgan, R.W. Sidley and Norfolk Southern. Commodities handled through the Port of Ashtabula include coal (exported), iron ore, sand, gravel, stone and limestone (imported). The other eight Lake Erie ports handle similar type commodities including steel, grain, fertilizers and chemicals.

Harbor Features: Ashtabula Harbor serves a number of interests, both private and commercial, including the Norfolk Southern Ashtabula Coal Dock, Pinney Dock and Transport Company and Sidley Stone Products. Other interests include the U.S. Coast Guard, the Ashtabula Port Authority and several recreational marinas. The breakwaters also protect Lakeshore and Walnut Beach Parks. Ashtabula Harbor is a deep draft commercial harbor located on Lake Erie in the city of Ashtabula, Ohio. It has an authorized depth of 22‐30 feet in the outer harbor and 16‐18 feet in the Ashtabula River.

Transportation Importance: Ashtabula Harbor is a major

receiving and shipping port on the Great Lakes. Ashtabula Harbor is the 74th leading U.S. port with 5,580,000 tons of material shipped or received in 2007. It is ranked 15th among all of the Great Lakes Ports. Ashtabula Harbor has over 2.5 miles of breakwater structures, a 185 acre outer harbor, and 2.1 miles of channel on the Ashtabula River. Commodities shipped or received include coal, iron ore, limestone, chemicals, ores and minerals. The port is a perennial leader on the Great Lakes for the shipment of coal.

Harbor Maintenance Needs: A minimum of 100,000 cubic yards (CY) of material needs to be dredged from the lower Ashtabula River and outer harbor every 2‐3 years. This area was last dredged in 2009 when approximately 70,000 CY of material was removed. The portion of the river between the 5th Street Bridge and the coal dock was last dredged in 2008 when 133,000 CY of river sediments not suitable for open lake placement were removed.

The current sediment backlog within the functional harbor area is estimated at approximately 1,024,000 CY. Shoaling in the eastern half of the outer harbor is suitable for open lake placement. Approximately 270,000 CY of surface shoaling in the lower Ashtabula River and portions of the western half of the outer harbor may require upland disposal. In addition to restoring the channel depths needed by navigation, this dredging will remove the major deposit of sediments remaining that may be unsuitable for open lake disposal. Removal of these sediments will be a major step toward delisting Ashtabula Harbor as an Area of Concern under the Clean Water Act.

What happens if the Harbor is not maintained? Failure to dredge the contaminated sediment in the lower river and outer harbor will result in the continued migration of contaminated sediments and eventual closure of the harbor to deep draft navigation. Failure to dredge the harbor will result in continued shoaling and reduced channel dimensions. Failure to continue development of the Dredged Material Management Plan (DMMP) for the harbor could lead to an inability to dredge due to the absence of economically feasible, environmentally sound maintenance practices for the disposal of dredged material. Light loading; losses of between 1 and 2 feet of channel depth would result in increased transportation costs of between $115,000 and $1,189,000 annually. Failure to repair the east breakwater will result in the continued degradation of the structure, increased future maintenance costs and unsafe navigation conditions within the harbor leading to vessel delays, increased transportation costs and potential damage to shoreline structures.

Economic Data: Bulk commodities that pass through Ashtabula Harbor generate approximately $128,000,000 annually in direct revenue which supports approximately 1,625 jobs. These jobs generate over $60,000,000 per year in personal income.

Three terminals, located in this port area, do serve industries in the two‐county area. Linkage to the facilities from Mahoning and Trumbull Counties is via existing highway or rail lines.

Map 6.6.1 – Port of Ashtabula

6.6.9. NORFOLK SOUTHERN COAL DOCK

The Norfolk Southern Coal Dock is a modern coal transshipping facility located on Lake Erie situated at the mouth of the Ashtabula River at Harbor Station. Coal is transported by Norfolk Southern to Warren and Youngstown. It serves as a trans‐loading point for coals destined to electric generating utilities and cement producers in Canada and the Great Lakes Basins. The dock can handle all lake‐sized vessels. Annual throughput capacity is 7,000,000 tons.

Bituminous coals from Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia origins arrive at Ashtabula in unit trains where it is then rotary dumped from the rail cars and either stored on the ground or loaded directly into self‐unloading vessels for further shipment to Canadian and domestic destinations. Group storage is available for up to 1,200,000 tons, thus permitting year‐round dumping. This allows producers to ship coal during the winter months when the lakes are closed. There are a total of 3 docking facilities at this location. These are described below.

Dock Name: Norfolk Southern Corp Ashtabula Coal Dock

Location: Left bank at mouth of Ashtabula River, Inner Harbor, Ashtabula.

Purpose: Shipment of coal; and mooring vessels.

Shipments: Domestic and Foreign

Total Berthing: 2800'

Largest Berthing: 2800'

Construction: Concrete bulkhead supported by timber‐cribbing with solid fill.

Mechanical Handling: 1 electric‐ traveling coal‐loader on wharf with retractable, horizontal conveyor boom providing 60' outboard reach. Crane unloads commodity into hopper serving a 96"electric belt‐conveyor equipped with telescopic‐loading chute and electric trimming head; maximum loading rate 8,000 tons per hour. Coal‐loader travels 700' along north portion of wharf serving 60", 72" and 84" electric belt‐conveyors extending from rotary‐car dumper.

Remarks: Loader serves, via arched overhead conveyor bridge across Ashtabula River, open coal‐storage areas along both sides of main belt‐conveyor in rear of wharf, total storage capacity 1,200,000 tons; and 3 concrete surge storage silos, total capacity 12,000 tons, via an 84" belt‐conveyor. Electric crawler‐type bucket‐wheel stacker‐reclaimer, equipped with 9 ‐1½ cubic yard buckets with stacking capacity of 3,000 tons and reclaiming capacity of 5,000 tons per hour serves open storage area, with stacker‐reclaimer working simultaneously with rotary‐car dumper. 1 ‐25 cubic yard diesel mobile front‐end loader; and 4 diesel bulldozers in use for compacting and shaping coal stockpiles.

Loading gear: conveyor shiploader Loading Speed: 6,363 MT/hr

Rail Connection: Single 1,000‐foot surface track along rear of face connects with Norfolk Southern Corp.: rotary‐dumper unloading rate 2,500‐3,000 tons per hour. Rail Carrier: Norfolk Southern Railway Highway Connection: from private gravel road ‐30' wide from Petros Boulevard, concrete, 36' wide, and Bridge Street

Dock Name: Norfolk Southern Corp Ashtabula Dock No 9 Location: Inner harbor, right bank of Ashtabula River at mouth, Ashtabula Purpose: Mooring vessels Shipments: Domestic Only Largest Berthing: 2450' Total Berthing: 2450' Construction: Timber bulkhead with solid fill Mechanical Handling: None Remarks: None Rail Connection: Trackage in storage yard; connects with Norfolk Southern Corp. Rail Carrier: Norfolk Southern Railway Highway Connection: from private driveway, gravel and cinders, various widths from Front Street, concrete, 24' wide

Dock Name: Norfolk Southern Corp Ashtabula Dock No 7 Location: Inner harbor, right bank, Ashtabula River, approximately ½ mile above river mouth Purpose: Not used. Largest Berthing: 500' Total Berthing: 500' Construction: Timber bulkhead with solid fill. Mechanical Handling: None. Remarks: Rotary railcar coal‐dumper, southeast of wharf, serves electric belt‐conveyor extending to company‐owned Ashtabula Coal Dock. Rail Connection: Storage tracks at rear serve car‐thawing shed and rotary dumper; connect with Norfolk Southern Corp. Highway Connection: from private road, gravel and cinders, various widths from foot of Front Street, concrete, 24' wide 6.6.10. THE KINDER MORGAN PINNEY DOCK AND TRANSPORT COMPANY

The Pinney Dock and Transport LLC provides integrated docking, unloading, and storage services in the port of Ashtabula, Ohio. The company was founded in 1953 and is based in Ashtabula, Ohio. As of March 13, 2001, Pinney Dock and Transport LLC is a subsidiary of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP.

The company offers its services for iron ore, aggregates, clay, magnesite, rubber, steel scrap, limestone, titanium ores, talc, ferro manganese, coal, pig iron, alloys, potash, coke, cement, wire rod, newsprint, and various other cargos. It also provides cement storage silos for bulk cement; storage domes for materials, such as agricultural potash; and unloading systems for the bottom dumping of rail cars for cargo requiring special handling.

Over the years the Pinney Dock & Transport has continually expanded its facilities and equipment to meet new requirements. It has 3 fully dredged slips and 6 docks totaling 15,000 linear feet of vessel berthing space, providing access to more than 200 acres of adjacent storage space. 200 more acres of storage is available inland of this space. Each slip can accommodate any vessel now plying the Great Lakes‐salt water ships entering from overseas to 1000’ lake self‐unloaders. 2‐45‐ton gantry cranes, which work with buckets, magnets, or slings, travel on rail at a fully‐faced dock for the discharge or loading of salt water and lake bulk vessels, backed by a full complement of modern ground support equipment such as front end loaders and fork‐lifts. There is in excess of 425,000 square feet of warehouse space. 7,500 net tons of silo storage for bulk cargoes are available.

This facility fronts on Lake Erie and maintains rail storage yards. Access to the terminal is by rail and truck transport. is handled by the Norfolk Southern mainline south to Warren and Youngstown. The terminal is adjacent to SR‐11, which provides unrestricted access for truck traffic to IR‐90, IR‐80 and various points in Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana Counties, as well as the Ohio River for transshipment via river transport. This facility is located within a Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ), part of FTZ‐181, that encompasses the entire set of docks and shore facilities, and measures 309 acres in extent. 6.6.11. R. W. SIDLEY'S ASHTABULA DOCK

This facility is located on the Ashtabula River roughly 200’ below the 5th Street Bridge in Ashtabula and south of the Norfolk Southern Coal Dock. Terminal access is limited to truck traffic. Commodities hauled include crushed limestone and sand. The facility can dock vessels up to 350’ in length. The facility is approximately one mile from SR‐11, which provides unrestricted access for truck traffic to various points in Mahoning and Trumbull Counties. The connecting roads from the facility to the highway are: Front Street, concrete, 24' wide, East 6th Street, asphalt, 30' wide. The facility has an open storage area located in the rear which has the capacity for 60,000 tons of limestone. Because of the dredging described below this site is once more capable of handling full‐draft vessels.

Dredging of the Ashtabula River In November, 2000, the Ashtabula City Port Authority agreed to serve as the Non‐Federal Local Sponsor for the Ashtabula River dredging project. The plan for environmental dredging was prepared by the Ashtabula River Partnership. The project was approved under the authorization of the Great Lakes Legacy Act in 2005.

Employing a dredge equipped with a 12 inch cutter head the sediments were pumped to a consolidation facility, where the sediments were contained, and the water was decontaminated and returned to the Ashtabula River. A similar dredge equipped with an 8 inch cutter head was used for both attaining final depth and cleanup standards.

Following completion of the environmental dredging, Operation and Maintenance dredging was undertaken under authority of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Dredging was initiated in the fall of 2006 and completed during the summer of 2008, removing 630,000 cubic yards of contaminated sediment from the river.

As a result of this project, the Ashtabula River now has a nominal depth of 22 feet, which, once again, accommodates commercial vessels for area industries. The combined projects have removed approximately 25,000 pounds of PCBs and other contaminants from the river. These two dredging projects cost about $75,000,000 and nearly two decades of organization, planning and execution, resulting in the Ashtabula River returning to a clean harbor on Lake Erie, and a “river of many fish”. The Ashtabula River Remediation Action Plan Advisory Committee is currently working to delist the river as an Area of Concern. 6.6.12. ASHTABULA CITY INDUSTRIAL PARK

The Ashtabula City Industrial Park is conveniently located at the intersection of SR‐11 and SR‐531.

Built in 2007, the Ashtabula City Industrial Park offers 9 sites ranging from 1 to 16 acres. It is within ½ mile of a deep water port (Pinney Dock) and is traffic light‐free from SR‐11.

Eligible companies may receive assistance from the County or City Revolving Loan Funds, Industrial Bonds, Community Reinvestment Tax Incentive and/or State Tax Incentives and Financing. 6.6.13. PORT OF CONNEAUT FACILITIES

The Port of Conneaut is a deep draft commercial harbor located on Lake Erie in northeast Ashtabula County. The port includes one terminal which is accessible by rail and highway. Authorized depths are 22‐28 feet in

the outer harbor and 27 feet in the inner harbor. Conneaut is the 76th leading U.S. port with 5,000,000 tons

of material shipped or received in 2007. Conneaut Harbor is ranked 16th among the Great Lakes Ports.

The harbor has over 2.2 miles of breakwater structures, a 142 acre outer harbor and 2,450 feet of Federal channel in the inner harbor channel. Major stakeholders include the Conneaut Port Authority, U.S. Coast Guard, and the Pittsburgh and Conneaut Dock Company.

Harbor Maintenance Needs Approximately 120,000 cubic yards (CY) of material must be dredged every 2‐3 years. The harbor was last dredged in 2008 when approximately 85,000 CY of material was removed. Dredging was scheduled for FY10. FY11 needs include E&D for repairs to the east breakwater end section and repairs to the east and west breakwaters.

What happens if the Harbor is not maintained? Failure to dredge the harbor will result in continued shoaling and reduced channel dimensions; resulting in light loading, increased transportation costs and unsafe navigation conditions. Light loading; losses of between 2 and 3 feet of channel depth would result in increased transportation costs of between $822,000 and $1,600,000 annually. Failure to repair the east and west breakwaters will result in the continued degradation and eventual failure of the structures increased future maintenance costs and unsafe navigation conditions within the harbor leading to vessel delays and potential damage to shoreline structures and a significant loss of jobs both locally and regionally.

Economic Data Commodities shipped or received include coal, iron ore, aggregates, limestone, ores and minerals. Bulk commodities that pass through Conneaut Harbor generate approximately $96,000,000 annually in direct revenue which supports over 1,317 jobs. These jobs generate over $48,000,000 per year in personal income.

Map 6.6.2 – Port of Conneaut

6.6.14. PITTSBURGH & CONNEAUT DOCK

The Pittsburgh and Conneaut Dock Company (P&C Dock) is a state‐of‐the‐art, bulk products terminal facility situated at Conneaut, Ohio on the south shore of Lake Erie. P&C Dock is actually comprised of 6 separate docks as described below. There are Docks 1‐4, the Perry Dock and Dock 1 – external. Of these 6 docks 2 are currently not in use; Dock 2 and the Perry Dock.

Dock 1 ‐inbound stone, aggregate, gypsum and sand products At Dock 1, P&C Dock receives various grades of limestone, aggregate and industrial sand via self‐unloading vessels. Up to 700,000 tons of stone and related products can be stored at this facility. Stockpiled product can be loaded into either railcars or trucks, depending upon customer delivery needs.

Dock 1 External ‐Limestone facility P&C Dock's limestone storage and handling facility is a vital link in the supply chain of raw material suppliers and mills, manufacturers and construction sites throughout the northeastern United States. Located conveniently along the inner harbor, P&C Dock receives bulk commodities via self‐unloading lake vessels, and offers year‐round ground storage capacity of 800,000 net tons at two docks with an annual throughput capacity of 2,000,000 net tons. Dock 3 – outbound coal and energy products At Dock 3, coal and energy products flow either directly from railcar or ground storage to Great Lakes vessels. Coal and energy products are conveyed directly into vessels for immediate shipping or get stored in two separate railcar unloading and ground storage facilities. P&C Dock's lower and

upper facilities can unload up to 400 railcars every day, and their fully integrated, rail‐to lake transportation system and year‐round ground storage eliminate seasonal fluctuations in coal delivery. During winter coal is placed in ground storage until the spring when the Great Lakes open for navigation.

Dock 4 ‐inbound iron ore and related products At Dock 4, iron ore and related products flow directly from Great Lakes vessels to ground storage for subsequent reclaiming based on steel mill consumption requirements. The annual throughput of capacity of the facility is more than 10,000,000 gross tons.

Iron ore unloaded from the dock into storage P&C Dock's ore handling and storage system accepts ore from self‐unloading Great Lakes vessels at a rate of 10,000 NTPH. Then from a self‐unloading hopper at Dock 4, ore travels to the ore storage yard, where two traveling stackers operate continuously to stockpile the commodity. To meet daily steel mill requirements, P&C Dock uses two traveling bucket‐wheel reclaimers and a conveyor system to transport iron ore from storage to an automated railcar loading station. Reclaiming at a rate of 5,000 NTPH, the ore flows into a 1,750 net ton hopper that simultaneously discharges into two railcars. The ore handling system can load up to 200 100‐ton railcars in 8 hours. 6.6.15. OHIO RIVER TERMINALS

Ohio’s southern and eastern border includes 451 miles along the Ohio River. The Ohio River system accounts for approximately one‐third of all U.S. inland waterborne commerce by tonnage per year and, as a system, moves more cargo than the Panama Canal. The system is utilized at only 30 percent of its capacity.

Ohio River system trade, in Ohio, is dominated by the electric utility industry which relies on waterways to ship coal to more than 19 water‐served power plants. The majority of shipments are energy or fuel‐related. These commodities are most efficiently shipped in open containers and are not conducive to containerization.

Located on the Ohio River in southeast Columbiana County, are eleven river terminals. Eight are set along the river in East Liverpool and three in Wellsville. Intermodal connections to all river ports are by rail or roadway (SR‐7, SR‐11, SR45, and SR‐170). 6.6.16. INTERMODAL PARK ‐WELLSVILLE, OHIO ‐FOREIGN TRADE ZONE # 181

Description The Port Authority’s 70 acre Wellsville Intermodal Facility is located at Ohio River Mile: 49.0. The Gulf Coast ports of Mobile and New Orleans connect to this facility via the inland river system. The Facility is located just off SR‐7, has its own dedicated interchange, and is 40 miles north of IR‐70 and 40 miles south of I76/80, connected to both by a 4‐lane highway. A 3,500’rail siding (expandable) is on site that connects to the Norfolk Southern mainline tracks. As of September 1, 2012 after more than 10 years of development and $5.7 million invested, the Wellsville Intermodal Facility is complete.

The 70‐acre riverside terminal now has a 60‐ton overhead river crane and handling system with ready access to both railroad lines and highway. The most recent project is a $5 million, 99‐year lease with Arrowhead Utica Pipeline LLC of Houston, which will locate its base of operations to the terminal. Arrowhead plans to build pipelines from the Utica shale play to the industrial park. Marathon Petroleum Co. committed $2.4 million to develop 3.6 acres for a holding area for trucks hauling "wet" natural gas from the Utica shale play. Drivers will use the land to park their trucks while they wait to offload their cargos into one of four 2.5‐million‐gallon holding tanks on Marathon's property.

Cimbar Performance Materials of Georgia expanded its barite processing line at the industrial park with a $6.5 million investment, and planned to hire 27 workers in addition to the 34 it currently employs. The facility will produce a range of customized mineral products in the specialty talc, calcium carbonate and magnesium hydroxide product lines. The expansion increases Cimbar's annual capacity to 650,000 tons. Cimbar also formed a joint effort with Anchor Drilling Fluids USA Inc. to process the drilling fluid, or “mud,” used to lubricate drills during deep drilling. In May 2012 the State Controlling Board approved $3.5 million from the logistics and distribution stimulus loan fund to the port authority to help with the project.

The Wellsville Intermodal Facility is located within a 1 day drive of 5 of the U.S.’s 6 largest population markets and was constructed to handle multiple cargos including containers. The site is designated as a part of Foreign Trade Zone #181. Adjacent acreage on the river, including warehouse space and bulk facilities that are owned by the Port Authority, is currently under lease to third parties who may desire cargo handling services. There are about 2,000 acres of developable land across SR‐7 from the Facility.

Map 6.6.3 – East Liverpool Ports

6.6.17. EAST LIVERPOOL TERMINALS

S. H. Bell Co. docks This convenient location consists of two separate warehouse sites, State Line and Little England, and a centrally located office that services both facilities. The State Line site is a U.S. Customs bonded warehouse. Both sites operate as storage, transfer, and warehousing facilities capable of processing, crushing, screening, and packaging of materials.

State Line Facility The State Line site is located off of SR‐68 in Midland, PA on the northern bank of the Ohio River. The site covers about 92 acres of land, about ½ of which is located in the State of Ohio. The site uses 28 covered storage and processing buildings and extensive outside asphalt and concrete storage pads for storing bulk and packaged materials.

Purpose: Receipt of ferroalloys, ores, fluorspar, refractory materials, gypsum rock, and misc. bulk commodities.

Ohio River Mile: 40.4

Shipments: Unknown

Container Handling: No

Largest Berthing: 1100' Total Berthing: 1100'

Construction: 2 steel sheet‐pile, cellular crane platforms extending from shore, each with concrete‐surfaced solid fill and 35’x20’ approach; and row of 9 steel sheet‐pile, solid‐filled cellular breasting dolphins in line with faces, 5 with 50’x3’steel approaches. 2 stacked barges in bank on lower side are located approximately 50’in rear of face.

Mechanical Handling: 2 – 125 ton diesel crawler cranes, each equipped with a 125’ boom with a 3½ cubic yard bucket, average unloading rate per crane 250 tons per hour; and 1 – 75 ton diesel‐hydraulic crawler excavator with 3½ cubic‐yard bucket equipped to handle supersacks and bulk material. 16 diesel front‐end loaders with ¾ to 5 cubic‐yard buckets; and 15 – 2½ ton diesel forklift trucks serve open storage area.

Remarks: S.H. Bell Co.: 100 acres of concrete and asphalt surfaced open storage area; 26 steel frame, metal‐covered, concrete and timber‐walled warehouse buildings; a total of 451,000 sq. ft. of storage area with 3 processing plants is located at rear. CNC Marine of Georgetown, PA: operates fleeting area at lower end with a capacity for mooring 6 barges in 2 tiers, each 3 barges wide. Terminal straddles the Ohio‐Pennsylvania state line.

Rail Connection: 1platform‐level track serves warehouse, loading platform, and under‐track pit and loading conveyor at terminal in rear; connects with Norfolk Southern Railway.

Highway Connection: Via terminal roads, asphalt, various widths from Pennsylvania SR‐68 and Ohio SR‐39, respectively, asphalt, 24' wide. Little England Facility The Little England site is located off of St. George Street in East Liverpool, Ohio on the northern bank of the Ohio River. This site covers about 8.5 acres of land with 3 covered storage and processing buildings, and has outside concrete storage pads for storing bulk and packaged materials.

Purpose: Receipt of ferroalloys, ores, fluorspar, refractory materials, gypsum rock, and misc. bulk commodities.

Ohio River Mile: 41.2

Shipments: Unknown

Container Handling: No

Largest Berthing: 650'

Total Berthing: 650'

Construction: Natural bank with shore moorings; and steel sheet‐pile, cellular crane platform with solid fill. Row of 3 steel sheet‐pile, solid‐filled cellular breasting dolphins in line with face.

Mechanical Handling: 1 – 90 ton diesel crawler crane with 80’boom, equipped with 3 cubic‐yard bucket; unloading rate 250 tons per hour. 3 diesel front‐end loaders with ¾ to 5 cubic‐yard buckets; and one 2½ ton diesel forklift truck.

Remarks: Approximately 6 acres of concrete surface open storage area; 2 steel frame, metal‐covered timber walled warehouse buildings encompassing a net area of 65,000 sq. ft. are located at rear.

Rail Connection: None.

Highway Connection: Walter Street, asphalt, 20' wide Holiday Street/Oakland Avenue, each asphalt, 20' wide

Receiving and Shipping Receiving and shipping of materials at both sites is accomplished through 3 modes of transportation:

 River Barge: The State Line site has 3 loading and unloading river docks equipped with 2 cranes and 1 hydraulic backhoe. The Little England site has 1 loading and unloading river dock equipped with a crane.

 Truck: The State Line site uses 6 van/container docks ‐the Little England site uses 1 van/container dock with no restrictions on flatbed capability at both sites.

 Railroad: The State Line site uses a 30‐car siding for handling hopper‐cars, , gondolas, and with a Norfolk Southern connection.

Material Drying System The State Line site operates a Material Drying System capable of drying materials in accordance with customer moisture requirements.

6.6.18. COLUMBIANA COUNTY PORT AUTHORITY, LITTLE ENGLAND WHARF 1250 ST. GEORGE STREET, EAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO

Purpose: Not used.

Ohio River Mile: 41.4

Shipments: Domestic Only

Container Handling: No

Largest Berthing: 800'

Total Berthing: 800'

Construction: Natural bank with shore moorings; and steel‐sheet‐pile bulkhead with solid fill. 2 steel sheet‐pile, concrete‐capped, solid‐filled cellular breasting dolphins in line with face.

Mechanical Handling: None.

Remarks: Columbiana County Port Authority plant and office buildings are located at rear.

Rail Connection: One surface track at rear; connects with CSX Transportation, Inc.

Highway Connection: Railroad Street, asphalt, 15' wide Virginia Avenue, asphalt, 28' wide SR‐39, asphalt, 24' wide 6.6.19. D. W. DICKEY & SON, EAST LIVERPOOL WHARF 700 RIVER ROAD. EAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO

Purpose: Receipt of sand, gravel, and dry bulk fertilizer.

Ohio River Mile: 42.4

Shipments: Domestic Only

Container Handling: No

Largest Berthing: 300' Total

Berthing: 300'

Construction: Steel sheet‐ pile, cellular crane platform with solid fill; and three steel‐breasting dolphins in line with face.

Mechanical Handling: 1‐100 ton diesel crawler crane with 100' boom, equipped with 4 cubic yard clamshell bucket, unloads material into storage bins at rear, rate 125 tons per hour. One 2 1/2 cubic yard diesel front‐end loader serves 3 hoppers, serving a 30"electric belt conveyor extending to dry‐mix concrete plant in rear.

Remarks: 3 concrete walled bins with capacity for 3,500 tons of sand and 3,500 tons of gravel are located on apron. Fertilizer is transported by truck to 7 timber‐roofed warehouse buildings with concrete walls at 1080 Elmwood Street 1 mile at rear; total capacity 45,000 tons.

Rail Connection: None.

Highway Connection: Ohio Avenue, asphalt, 20' wide River Road, asphalt, 20' wide Broadway, asphalt, 40' wide 6.6.20. AGLAND CO‐OP, EAST LIVERPOOL GRAIN DOCK 600 RIVER ROAD. EAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO

Purpose: Shipment of grain.

Ohio River Mile: 42.5

Shipments: Unknown

Container Handling: No

Largest Berthing: 200'

Total Berthing: 200'

Construction: 1 ‐6'x6' steel platform; and row of 3 steel breasting dolphins, each with a 50'x3' steel approach. Center dolphin supports platform.

Mechanical Handling: Steel frame tower supporting 16" loading spout with 20' outboard reach serves spout and 2 steel storage silos at rear; rate 8,000 bushels per hour. Spout extends over River Road from a 16" electric bucket‐elevator.

Remarks: 2 storage silos at rear have total capacity for 160,000 bushels of grain.

Rail Connection: None.

Highway Connection: River Road, asphalt, 20' wide Broadway, asphalt, 40' wide US‐30, dual lane, each side 24' wide 6.6.21. A.M.& O. TOWING, INC., EAST LIVERPOOL LANDING

River Road East Liverpool, Ohio Purpose: Mooring company‐owned towboats for fleeting and barge‐switching operations.

Ohio River Mile: 42.7

Shipments: Domestic Only

Container Handling: No

Largest Berthing: 215'

Total Berthing: 215'

Construction: 2 spud barges with shore moorings.

Mechanical Handling: None.

Remarks: A.M.& O. Towing conducts towing‐and‐switching side of the fleeting and repair business operated by Billson Towing Co., Inc.

Rail Connection: None.

Highway Connection: River Road, asphalt, 20' wide Broadway, asphalt, 40' wide US‐30, dual lane, each side 24' wide. 6.6.22. TRANSMONTAIGNE PRODUCT SERVICES, INC., EAST LIVERPOOL TERMINAL WHARF, 425 RIVER ROAD. EAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO

Purpose: Receipt of liquid fertilizer and solvents.

Ohio River Mile: 42.8

Shipments: Domestic Only

Container Handling: No

Largest Berthing: 315'

Total Berthing: 315'

Construction: 1 permanently moored steel barge with 60’x5’ elevated steel walkway approach; and 1 steel breasting dolphin in line with face.

Mechanical Handling: 1 – 1 ton, electric mast and boom derrick with 20‘ boom for handling hose on approach.

Remarks: 2 ‐6” fertilizer pipelines extend from wharf to 2 steel storage tanks at rear, total capacity 2,741,000 gallons; and 2 ‐6”solvent pipelines extend to 2 steel storage tanks, total capacity 2,111,000 gallons. 6 unused 6” pipelines extend from wharf.

Rail Connection: None

Highway Connection: River Road, asphalt, 20' wide Broadway, asphalt, 40' wide US‐30, dual lane, each side 24' wide

6.6.23. EAST LIVERPOOL RIVER‐RAIL TERMINAL, INC. 395 RIVER ROAD. EAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO

Purpose: Receipt of lubricating oils and styrene monomer.

Ohio River Mile: 42.9

Shipments: Domestic Only

Container Handling: No

Largest Berthing: 650’

Total Berthing: 650’

Construction: One 15’x10’ unloading platform; and 3 steel breasting dolphins, each with 30’x4’ steel approaches (center one supporting platform). A concrete bulkhead with solid fill is located above dolphins.

Mechanical Handling: 1 – 1 ton electric stiff‐leg derrick with 30’boom on platform for handling hose.

Remarks: 1 ‐8” and4 ‐6” lubricating‐oil pipelines extend from wharf to 7 steel storage tanks; total capacity 100,000 barrels. 1 ‐6” styrene pipeline extends from wharf to 3 steel storage tanks; total capacity 25,000 barrels.

Rail Connection: None

Highway Connection: River Road, asphalt, 20’ wide Broadway, asphalt, 40’ wide US‐30, dual lane, each side 24’ wide

6.6.24. BILLSON TOWING CO., EAST LIVERPOOL REPAIR MOORINGS 253 RIVER ROAD. EAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO

Purpose: Mooring company‐owned towboats, floating cranes, and floating drydocks; mooring towboats and barges for cleaning and repair; and mooring barges for fleeting.

Ohio River Mile: 43.1

Shipments: Domestic Only

Container Handling: No

Largest Berthing: 880'

Total Berthing: 880'

Construction: Irregular arrangement of seven steel barges with shore moorings.

Mechanical Handling: One 100‐, one 65‐, and one 50‐ton, diesel floating cranes with 200‐, 90‐, and 90‐foot booms, respectively. Remarks: Berthing space, including 200’of river bank on upper side, owned by East Liverpool River‐Rail Terminal, Inc., extends to lower breasting dolphin of their wharf. Moors 1 ‐1,000 ton and 1 ‐1,200 ton floating drydocks at mooring. A brick office building is located at rear. Billson Towing Co. maintains a separate fleeting area at Seaforth Mineral & Ore Co., Inc. ‐East Liverpool Wharf with capacity for 24 barges, arranged 6 long by 4 wide, and at A.M. & O. Towing, Inc. – East Liverpool Landing for up to 6 barges in 2 tiers, each 3 barges wide at mooring.

Rail Connection: None.

Highway Connection: River Road, asphalt, 20' wide Broadway, asphalt, 40' wide US‐30, dual lane, each side 24' wide 6.6.25. D. W. DICKEY & SON, INC., RIVER ROAD TERMINAL, EAST LIVERPOOL DOCK 100 RIVER ROAD. EAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO

Purpose: Receipt of dry‐bulk fertilizer. Ohio River Mile: 43.3

Shipments: Domestic Only

Container Handling: No

Largest Berthing: 200'

Total Berthing: 200'

Construction: Row of 3 steel‐breasting dolphins with 42'x3' steel walkway approach to center one.

Mechanical Handling: 1 barge‐mounted excavator with 4 cubic‐yard bucket, operated by Billson Towing Co., Inc., unloads into a receiving hopper which serves a 30"electric belt conveyor extending over River Road to stacking system in warehouse building, rail‐loading conveyor, and 4 truck‐loading spouts at rear; rate 120 tons per hour. One 2½ cubic yard diesel front‐end loader serves open storage area.

Remarks: Rail‐dumping pit and 2 hoppers in warehouse building serve conveyor system. Warehouse building, of timber construction over low concrete walls, has capacity for 12,000 tons of fertilizer.

Rail Connection: 1 surface track serves under‐track pit at rear; connects with Norfolk Southern Railway.

Highway Connection: River Road, asphalt, 20' wide Broadway, asphalt, 40' wide US‐30, dual lane, each side 24' wide

6.6.26. PARSONS COAL CO., EAST LIVERPOOL UPPER WHARF FIRST AND WASHINGTON STREETS EAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO

Purpose: Receipt of coal, methanol, mineral spirits, and petroleum derivatives.

Ohio River Mile: 43.7

Shipments: Unknown

Container Handling: No

Largest Berthing: 600'

Total Berthing: 600'

Construction: Natural bank; and concrete‐block‐capped steel‐sheet‐pile bulkhead with concrete‐surfaced solid fill.

Mechanical Handling: 1 ‐12 ton electric stiff‐leg derrick with 90’boom, equipped with 2 cubic yard bucket with an unloading rate of 150 tons per hour. 1 hand‐operated stiff‐leg derrick with 15’ boom for handling hose.

Remarks: Wharf is in line with and contiguous with adjacent Seaforth Mineral & Ore Co., East Liverpool Wharf providing continuous berthing space. 1 ‐8”and 5 ‐6” pipelines extend from the wharf to 6 steel storage tanks in rear:

Methanol handling: 1‐8”+ 2 ‐6” pipelines, 3 storage tanks@ 630,000 gal., total storage 1,890,000 gal.

Polypropylene glycol handling: 1 ‐6”pipeline, 1 storage tank of 630,000 gallon capacity

Mineral spirits handling: 1 ‐6”pipeline, 1 storage tank of 420,000 gallon capacity Light oils handling: 1 ‐6”pipeline, 1 storage tank of 5,000 barrel capacity

3 storage bins at rear have capacity for 2,000 tons of coal. 2 warehouses at rear are each described under company‐owned East Liverpool Lower Wharf.

Rail Connection: Two surface tracks at rear; connect with Norfolk Southern Railway.

Highway Connection: Washington Street, asphalt, 20’wide West 2nd Street, 40’ wide US‐30, dual lane, each side 24’ wide

6.6.27. SEAFORTH MINERAL & ORE CO., INC. AND CITY OF EAST LIVERPOOL FIRST AND MARKET STREETS EAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO

Purpose: Receipt of fluorspar, dry‐bulk boric acid, and other miscellaneous ores.

Ohio River Mile: 43.9

Shipments: Domestic Only

Container Handling: No

Largest Berthing: 746'

Total Berthing: 746'

Construction: Part steel‐sheet‐ pile; part concrete bulkhead with concrete‐surfaced solid fill.

Mechanical Handling: 1 ‐100 and 2 ‐80 ton diesel crawler cranes, each with 90’ boom equipped with 4 and 5 cubic yard buckets, unload into open storage area at rear; maximum rate 150 tons per hour. Facility has 5 diesel front‐end loaders with 2½ to 8 cubic yard buckets and 8 ‐2½ ton forklift trucks.

Remarks: Upper and lower sides are contiguous with Parsons Coal Co., Inc., Upper and Lower Wharves. 4 elevated hoppers serve electric bucket elevators extending to 8 truck loading bins at rear. Roughly 5 acres of concrete‐paved open storage area and 3 brick warehouse buildings with total area of 120,000 square feet are located at rear.

Rail Connection: 1surface track serving loading spout at rear; connects with Norfolk Southern Railway.

Highway Connection: Washington Street, asphalt, 20’wide West 2nd Street, 40’wide US‐30, dual lane, each side 24 feet wide

6.6.28. PARSONS COAL CO., EAST LIVERPOOL LOWER WHARF FIRST AND JACKSON STREETS EAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO

Purpose: Receipt and shipment of steel coils and pipe; receipt of coal, gypsum rock, manganese, and other miscellaneous ores.

Ohio River Mile: 44.0

Shipments: Unknown

Container Handling: No

Largest Berthing: 400'

Total Berthing: 400'

Construction: Concrete bulkhead with concrete‐surfaced solid fill.

Mechanical Handling: 1 ‐15 ton electric stiff‐leg derrick with 95’boom equipped with 2 cubic yard clamshell bucket; 1 ‐55 and1 ‐60 ton diesel crawler cranes each with 80’boom, equipped with 2½ and 3 cubic yard clamshell buckets, respectively (unloading rate 100 tons of coal per hour each); 1 ‐60 ton diesel mobile crane with 130’boom; 5 ‐2 to 7½ ton gasoline and diesel forklift trucks; and 6 diesel front‐end loaders with 1 to 6 cubic yard buckets.

Remarks: Wharf is contiguous with adjacent Seaforth Mineral & Ore Co., East Liverpool Wharf providing continuous berthing space. Open storage area with capacity for 3,000 tons of gypsum rock; 1 steel frame metal‐covered warehouse building with concrete walls and capacity for 5,600 tons of fluorspar; 1 brick warehouse building with capacity for 4,500 tons of ores and ilmenite; and 2 truck‐loading hoppers, 1 of which serves an electric bucket‐elevator from ore warehouse, are located in the rear.1 brick and 1 steel frame metal‐covered warehouse buildings at rear of Upper Wharf have capacity for a total of 2,800 tons of ferroalloys. BillsonTowing Co. can fleet up to 24 barges moored below wharf at a steel spar barge along bank belonging to the City of East Liverpool, in 6 tiers, each 4 barges wide.

Rail Connection: 1 surface track at rear; connects with Norfolk Southern Railway.

Highway Connection: Washington Street, asphalt, 20' wide West 2nd Street, 40' wide US‐30, dual lane, each side 24' wide

Map 6.6.4 – Wellsville Ports

6.6.29. MISSISSIPPI LIME CO. 18TH STREET. WELLSVILLE, OHIO

Purpose: Receipt of lime; mooring barges for fleeting.

Ohio River Mile: 48.4

Shipments: Domestic Only

Container Handling: No

Largest Berthing: 175'

Total Berthing: 175'

Construction: Natural bank; and 1 – steel sheet pile, cellular crane platform with solid fill.

Mechanical Handling: 1 ‐100 ton, diesel crawler crane with 100’boom, equipped with 10‐cubic‐ yard clamshell bucket, unloads into receiving hopper which serves a 29”covered electric

belt‐conveyor extending to storage silos at rear; rate 125 tons per hour.

Remarks: Wharf is in line and contiguous with adjacent, company‐owned Wellsville Terminals Co., Lower Wharf providing continuous berthing space. 4 ‐steel storage silos at rear, each equipped with truck‐loading spout, have total capacity for 1,800 tons.

Rail Connection: 1 surface track at rear; connects with Norfolk Southern Railway.

Highway Connection: 18th Street, asphalt, 20' wide Main Street, asphalt, 24' wide 17th Street, asphalt, 30' wide.

6.6.30. WELLSVILLE TERMINALS CO., WELLSVILLE WHARVES 18TH STREET. WELLSVILLE, OHIO

Purpose: Receipt of lime, coal, and steel; mooring barges for fleeting.

Ohio River Mile: 48.5

Shipments: Domestic Only

Container Handling: No

Largest Berthing: 500'

Total Berthing: 500'

Construction: Natural bank with shore moorings. (See Remarks)

Mechanical Handling: 1 – 200 and 1 – 100 ton diesel crawler cranes, each with 120’boom equipped with 18‐and 10‐cubicyard clamshell buckets, respectively; average unloading rate 650 tons per hour. 10 ‐4 to 32 ton diesel forklift trucks; 6 ‐diesel front‐end loaders with 1½ to 10 cubic‐yard buckets; and use of crane described under company‐owned Mississippi Lime co. wharf.

Remarks: Wharf is in line and contiguous with adjacent, company‐owned Mississippi Lime co. wharf providing continuous berthing space. Fleeting areas fronting City of Wellsville, Wastewater Treatment Plant below wharf and bank have capacity for 6 barges in 2 tiers, each 3 barges wide. At time of survey, plans called for the construction of a 900‐foot steel sheet‐pile bulkhead. Approximately 3 acres of open storage area at rear; and 3 warehouse buildings (2 steel frame, metal‐covered over concrete walls and 1 of timber construction over concrete‐block walls), have total area of 70,800 sq. ft.

Rail Connection: 1 surface track at rear with 20 car capacity; connects with Norfolk Southern Railway.

Highway Connection: 18th Street, asphalt, 20’ wide Main Street, asphalt, 24’wide 17th Street, asphalt, 30’ wide

6.6.31. MARATHON PETROLEUM CORP., WELLSVILLE WHARF 21ST & NEVADA STREETS WELLSVILLE, OHIO

Purpose: Receipt and shipment of asphalt; receipt of fuel oil.

Ohio River Mile: 49.1

Shipments: Domestic Only

Container Handling: No

Largest Berthing: 440'

Total Berthing: 755'

Construction: 1 permanently‐moored steel barge with 45’x 5’steel‐walkway approach; and 5 steel sheet‐pile, solid‐filled cellular breasting dolphins (1 square recessed into face of barge and 4 in line with face).

Mechanical Handling: 1– 1 ton, electric mast‐and‐boom derrick with 20’boom for handling hose.

Remarks: 3 – 10” pipelines extend from wharf to 3 fuel‐oil storage tanks at rear; total capacity 259,000 barrels. 1 – 8” pipeline extends from wharf to 1 ‐54,000 barrel, asphalt storage tank at rear. Rail Connection: None.

Highway Connection: Nevada Street, asphalt, 20' wide 18th Street, asphalt, 20'feet wide Main Street, asphalt, 24' wide 6.6.32. COLUMBIANA COUNTY PORT AUTHORITY, WELLSVILLE DOCK 21ST & NEVADA STREETS. WELLSVILLE, OHIO

Purpose: Receipt and shipment of containerized general cargo and miscellaneous liquid‐and dry‐bulk commodities, including steel coils, structural steel shapes, and billets.

Ohio River Mile: 49.4

Shipments: Domestic Only

Container Handling: Yes

Largest Berthing: 480’

Total Berthing: 480’

Construction: 6 – 20’ diameter, steel‐sheet‐pile cellular breasting dolphins (4 in line and 2 set back behind middle 2 cells supporting structure); a single, 30’ diameter steel sheet‐pile, cellular breasting dolphin; and 2 steel‐pipe breasting dolphins. 1 barge is permanently moored behind middle 2 cells for supporting hopper and conveyor system.

Mechanical Handling: 1 overhead bridge crane with multiple rigging, including container harnesses, clamshell bucket, and "C" hooks. Receiving hopper serves a 48”conveyor extending to storage area at rear; rate 400 tons per hour. (See Remarks)

Remarks: 1 – 6”pipeline extends from wharf to 3 steel storage tanks at rear; total capacity 872,000 barrels. 1 ‐212,000 sq. ft. warehouse processes material at the terminal. 4 acres of riverside storage is available adjacent to the terminal. An additional 25 acres are on opposite side of railroad tracks. 700 acres are located across SR‐7 for future distribution and processing facilities. Terminal was under construction at time of survey (2005).

Rail Connection: 2 rail spurs, served by Norfolk Southern Railway, are available at the terminal with capacity for 1‐unit trains totaling 100 cars (one 3,800‐foot and one 3,600‐foot, with plans to extend to 6,000 feet).

Highway Connection: Nevada Street, asphalt, 20’wide 18th Street, asphalt, 20’wide Main Street, asphalt, 24’wide.

6.6.33. QUALITY LIQUID FEEDS, WELLSVILLE DOCK 2402 CLARK AVENUE WELLSVILLE OHIO

Purpose: Receipt of Molasses

Ohio River Mile: 49.7

Shipments: Domestic only

Container Handling: No

Largest Berthing: 425’

Total Berthing: 425’

Construction: Row of 4 steel‐sheet‐pile, solid‐filled cellular breasting dolphins, 2 with 70’x7’, steel walkway and pipeline approaches.

Mechanical Handling: Two 1/2‐ton mast and boom derricks, each with an 18’ boom for handling hose.

Remarks: 1 ‐12” and 1 – 8” pipelines connecting to a 6”pipeline extending from wharf to 3 steel storage tanks at rear; total capacity 872,000 barrels. 2 other liquid storage tanks are available for future use, each with 36,000‐barrel‐capacity. One 3”steam line serves wharf. At time of survey, plans called for this operator to move to another location and convert terminal to other uses.

Rail Connection: None.

Highway Connection: 25th Street, asphalt, 20’ wide Old Route 7, asphalt, 20‐30’wide Clark Avenue, asphalt, 24’ wide. 6.6.34. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We would like to thank the following for providing information necessary to complete this document.

 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)  U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes Maritime Research Institute (a University of Wisconsin‐Superior and University of Minnesota‐Duluth Consortium)  University of Toledo  Northeast Ohio’s Trade and Economic Consortium (NEOTEC)  Ashtabula City Port Authority  Ashtabula County Port Authority  Columbiana County Port Authority  Conneaut Port Authority  Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT)  Urban Design Center of Northeast Ohio  Ohio Environmental Protection Agency  Ashtabula River Remedial Action Plan Advisory Council  The Kinder Morgan Pinney Dock and Transport Company, LLC  Pittsburgh and Conneaut Dock Company (P&C Dock)  Port of Pittsburgh Commission  Brooke‐Hancock‐Jefferson Transportation Study  Ohio River Clean Fuels, LLC (part of Baard Energy, LLC)  Microsoft, Inc. – Bing Maps, for aerial photography of the Lake Erie and Ohio River docking facilities

(This page intentionally left blank)