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Galveston District-FY16 Scheduled Contracts FY17 Planned Contracts FY-16 Scheduled Contracts FY-17 Planned Contracts Christopher Frabotta Deputy Chief, Operations Division / Chief, Navigation Branch Southwestern Division - Galveston District November 19, 2015 Galveston District – Dredging Meeting Custodians of the Texas Coast US Army Corps of Engineers BUILDING STRONG® GALVESTON DISTRICT FACTS Texas #2 in Nation in Maritime Commerce Texas Ports moved 538M+ tons at $320B in 2013 Galveston District Ports National Rank Houston (2) Beaumont (4) Corpus Christi (7) Texas City (13) Port Arthur (18) Freeport (32) Galveston (49) Matagorda (51) Brownsville (73) Galveston Victoria District – Dredging Meeting (74) Custodians of the Texas Coast Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (3) GIWW-TX 73M+ tons at $43B in 2013 21.8% Nation’s Import/Export/Domestic Tonnage US23.9% Army Corpsof Nation’s of Engineers Total Export tonnage 50,000 square miles BUILDING29.6% of Nation’s STRONG Total ®Import tonnage GALVESTON NAVIGATION OM FUNDING FY-15 Execution President’s Budget $113,351,000 FY-15 Allocation $131,892,000 Carry-in $ 15,739,000 Available to Obligate $147,632,000 Obligated $126,068,000 Percent Execution 85.4% FY-16 Funding Outlook President’s Budget $110,404,000 Carry-in $ 21,564,000 Total Anticipated $131,968,000 BUILDING STRONG® FY-16 INITIATIVES Continue Hydrographic Survey Webpage • All six (6) Deep Draft Nav. Complexes now online • Gulf Intracoastal Waterway this year 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 BUILDING STRONG® HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY WEBSITE BUILDING STRONG® HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY WEBSITE BUILDING STRONG® HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY WEBSITE BUILDING STRONG® HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY WEBSITE BUILDING STRONG® DEEP DRAFT FY16 CONTRACT SCHEDULES Galveston District – Dredging Meeting - Custodians of the Texas Coast BUILDING STRONG® SABINE-NECHES WATERWAY PORT ARTHUR CANAL,TURNING BASIN, JUNCTION AREA AND TAYLORS BAYOU Project: Sabine-Neches Waterway Port Arthur Port Arthur Canal, Turning Basin, Junction Area and Port Arthur Taylors Bayou Turning Basins Dredging Depth: 42 ft. Required Depth Dredging Width: 400 - 1200 ft. Dredging Length: Varies 8 Dredging Quantity: 3,000,000 cubic yards 9 Material Type: Silt/Clay Placement Area: PA 8 and PA 9 Junction Area Distance to Place Area: 1.5 - 2 Miles Avg. Type of Equipment: Pipeline Env. Window: NA Est. Start Date August 15, 2016 Est. Completion Date January 18, 2017 Galveston District – Dredging Meeting - Custodians of the Texas Coast BUILDING STRONG® SABINE-NECHES WATERWAY OUTER BAR AND BANK CHANNEL Project: Sabine Neches Waterway Outer Bar and Bank Channel Dredging Depth: 44 ft. Required Depth Dredging Width: 800 ft. Dredging Length: Varies 4 Dredging Quantity: 2,500,000 cubic yards Material Type: Silt/Clay Placement Area: Offshore Distance to Placement 3 3 Mile Avg. Area: Type of Equipment: Hopper Env. Window NA 2 Est. Start Date July 6, 2016 Est. Completion Date April 2, 2017 1 Galveston District – Dredging Meeting - Custodians of the Texas Coast BUILDING STRONG® DEEP DRAFT FY16 CONTRACT SCHEDULES Galveston District – Dredging Meeting - Custodians of the Texas Coast BUILDING STRONG® GALVESTON HARBOR Project: Galveston Inner Harbor Dredging Depth: 41 - 46 ft. Required Depth Dredging Width: 1000 ft. Dredging Length: Varies Dredging Quantity: 2,000,000 cubic yards Pelican Material Type: Silt Island PA San Placement Area: Offshore Jacinto PA Distance to Place Area: 8 Miles Avg. Type of Equipment: Hopper Dredge Env. Window: NA Reason for Window: NA Est. Start Date April 25, 2016 Est. Completion Date July 15, 2016 Galveston District – Dredging Meeting - Custodians of the Texas Coast BUILDING STRONG® HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL PLACEMENT AREA NO. 14 DEWATERING Project: Houston Ship Channel Placement Area No. 14 Spillman Is. Dewatering Type of Work: Dewatering La Porte Atkinson Is. Dredging Width: NA 16 Dredging Length: NA Dredging Quantity: NA Material Type: 15 Placement Area: PA 14 Distance to Place NA Area: 14 Marsh Buggy/Earthmoving Type of Equipment: Equipment Env. Window: NA Est. Start Date April 1, 2016 Est. Completion Date October 15, 2016 Galveston District – Dredging Meeting - Custodians of the Texas Coast BUILDING STRONG® HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL MORGAN’S POINT EXXON AND BARBOURS TERMINAL Project: Houston Ship Channel Morgan’s Point to Exxon & Barbours Terminal 49 ft. (HSC) & 45 ft. Dredging Depth: (Barbours) Required Depth Dredging Width: 1222 - 300 ft. Dredging Length: Varies Dredging Quantity: 2,500,000 cubic yards Material Type: Silt Placement Area: Spilman Distance to Place Area: 1 Mile Avg. Type of Equipment: Pipeline Env. Window: NA Est. Start Date: May 23, 2016 Est. Completion Date: December 9, 2016 Galveston District – Dredging Meeting - Custodians of the Texas Coast BUILDING STRONG® HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL BAYPORT FLARE AND RED FISH REEF TO MORGAN Project: Houston Ship Channel Bayport Flare and Redfish Reef to Morgan Point (include Bayport Bend E.) Dredging Depth: 47 ft. Required Depth Dredging Width: 530 ft. Dredging Length: Varies Dredging Quantity: 2,000,000 cubic yards Material Type: Sand/Silt Marsh Cells 7/8/9 and Mid-Bay Placement Area: PA Dist. to Place Area: 1-4 miles Type of Equipment: Pipeline Nesting bird window at Mid- Bay PA (avoid impacts to Env. Window: nesting birds March 1st to August 31st) Reason for Window: Migratory Bird Treaty Act Est. Start Date: September 23, 2016 Est. Completion Date: October 23, 2016 Galveston District – Dredging Meeting - Custodians of the Texas Coast BUILDING STRONG® HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL ROSA ALLEN CONTAINMENT DIKE RAISE House-Stimson Project: Houston Ship Channel Filter-Bed Tracts Rosa Allen Containment Dike Raise Glendale Type of Work: Levee Raising Dredging Width: NA Dredging Length: NA Dredging Quantity: NA Material Type: Silt/Clay Placement Area: Rosa Allen PA Contractor: NA Rosa Allen Containment Dragline/Earthmoving Dike Raise Type of Equipment: equipment Env. Window: NA Reason for Window: NA Est. Start Date November 12, 2016 Est. Completion Date September 8, 2017 Galveston District – Dredging Meeting - Custodians of the Texas Coast BUILDING STRONG® HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL SPILMAN ISLAND PA DEWATERING Project: Houston Ship Channel Lost Lake Spilman Island PA Dewatering Type of Work: Dewatering Dredging Width: NA Dredging Length: NA Goat Island Dredging Quantity: NA Peggy Lake Material Type: Silt/Clay Placement Area: Spilman Island Alexander Distance to Place Area: NA Island Marsh Buggy/ Excavation Type of Equipment: Equipment Spilman Env. Window: NA Island Spilman Island PA Reason for Window: NA Dewatering Est. Start Date: TBD Est. Completion Date: TBD Galveston District – Dredging Meeting - Custodians of the Texas Coast BUILDING STRONG® DEEP DRAFT FY16 CONTRACT SCHEDULES Galveston District – Dredging Meeting - Custodians of the Texas Coast BUILDING STRONG® FREEPORT HARBOR PLACEMENT AREA #1 CONTAINMENT DIKE RAISE Project: Freeport Harbor, TX Placement Area #1 Containment Dike Raise Type of Work: Levee Raising Dredging Width: NA Dredging Length: NA Dredging Quantity: NA Material Type: Sand/Silt Placement Area (PA): PA 1 Distance to PA: NA Type of Equipment: Dragline Env. Window: NA Reason for Window: NA Est. Start Date: April 15, 2016 Est. Completion Date: January 20, 2017 Galveston District – Dredging Meeting - Custodians of the Texas Coast BUILDING STRONG® FREEPORT HARBOR ENTRANCE CHANNEL Stauffer Channel Brazos Harbor Upper (De-Authorized) Brazosport Project: Freeport Harbor Turning Basin Turning Basin Turning Basin and Channel Surfside Entrance Channel Dredging Depth: 49 - 47 ft. Required Depth Dredging Width: 600 ft. 1 Quintana 7 Dredging Length: Varies Dredging Quantity: 2,600,000 cubic yards Material Type: Sand/Silt 85 Placement Area: Offshore Distance to Place Area: 2.5 Mile Avg. Type of Equipment: Hopper 88 1-A Env. Window: NA Reason for Window: NA Buffer Zone Est. Start Date: September 5, 2016 Limits of Est. Completion Date: November 19, 2016 Discharge Galveston District – Dredging Meeting - Custodians of the Texas Coast BUILDING STRONG® DEEP DRAFT FY16 CONTRACT SCHEDULES Galveston District – Dredging Meeting - Custodians of the Texas Coast BUILDING STRONG® MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL MATAGORDA PEN. TO POINT COMFORT Palacios Project: Matagorda Ship Channel Red Matagorda Pen. to Point 14 Lavaca Bay Bluff Comfort 13 12 Dredging Depth: 38 ft. Required Depth Point Comfort Carancahua 11 Bay Dredging Width: 200 ft. Port 19 10 23 18 Lavaca 22 9 112-B Dredging Length: Varies 17 112-A Keller Bay 8 21 16Lavaca Bay 7 Dredging Quantity: 1,800,000 cubic yards Harbor 20 15 113 112-C Of Refuge 14 6 114 115 Material Type: Sand/Silt 5 116 12 Open Water/Semi 11 4 Placement Area: 10 Confined 3 9 Distance to Place 2 1 Mile Avg. 8 Area: 7 6 1 Type of Equipment: Pipeline Dredge 5 117-a Env. Window: March 1 thru August 31 Port O’Connor Reason for Window: Nesting birds Est. Start Date: August 30, 2016 1 Est. Completion Date: April 2, 2017 Galveston District – Dredging Meeting - Custodians of the Texas Coast BUILDING STRONG® DEEP DRAFT FY16 CONTRACT SCHEDULES Galveston District – Dredging Meeting - Custodians of the Texas Coast BUILDING STRONG® CORPUS CHRISTI ENTRANCE Project: Corpus Christi Entrance Channel Aransas Pass Dredging Depth: 49 - 47 ft. Required Depth Ingleside Nueces Dredging Width: 700 - 600 ft. Bay 2 Dredging Length: Varies Port Aransas Dredging Quantity: 1,000,000 cubic yards 1 Corpus Christi Corpus Ship Channel Material Type: Silt/Sand BCN 82 Christi
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