US Army Corps of Engineers

BUILDING STRONG®

Civil Works Transformation

James Hannon, SES Director, Regional Business Southwestern Division

BUILDING STRONG®

Agenda

Overview of SWD Programs ►Civil Works►Military

Current Initiatives/Future Opportunities Civil Works Transformation Summary Questions

2

BUILDING STRONG®

BUILDING STRONG®

Civil Works

Military Programs

International & Interagency Service

BUILDING STRONG®

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

BUILDING STRONG®

• 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

BUILDING STRONG®

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.

7

BUILDING STRONG®8

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.

BUILDING STRONG®9

BUILDING STRONG®

Imp

rove

Lev

ee S

yste

m a

nd

/or

See

k O

ther

So

luti

on

s

Red

uce

Flo

od

Ris

k

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

Incorp

ora

te in

to ER

500-1

-1

BUILDING STRONG®

Trends Influencing CW’s Future

11

Flood Risk Aging InfrastructureGlobalization

Focus on Sustainability

Competition for Water

Climate Change

USACE OrganizationDomestic Discretionary Funding

International water security & USACE OCONUS missions

BUILDING STRONG®

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

13 BUILDING STRONG®

BUILDING STRONG®

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

17

BUILDING STRONG®

Strategic Plan

Vision

Mission

Goals

Objectives

Infrastructure Investment Roadmap

Capital Development

Recapitalization

O&M

Divestiture

Strategic Communication(Listening-Based)

Interagency

Private Industry

State & Local

19

Civil Works Infrastructure Strategy

BUILDING STRONG®

Summary

16

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.

BUILDING STRONG®

Questions?

www.swd.usace.army.mil

17

www.facebook.com/swdusace

Follow us on Facebook at:

For more information, please visit us on the internet at: