Savannah Harbor Expansion Project

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1 Savannah Harbor Expansion Project Presentation To The Propeller Club 14 March 2013 By LTC Thomas Woodie Deputy Commander, Savannah District US Army Corps of Engineers

2 Agenda Quick Overview of SHEP Next Steps Designs for First Features Construction Timeline Questions 2

3 Existing Project 42-ft Navigation Channel 32.7 miles long 7 Turning Basins 7 Confined Disposal Facilities, 5,305 ac Offshore Dredged Material Disposal Site, 4.26 sq mi Freshwater Control System Depth and tide restricted Garden City Terminal 4th largest container port in US 2nd largest container port on East Coast US Largest single terminal in North America 3 Fastest growing container port in the Nation since 2001

4 SHEP Bottom Line Up Front NED & Selected Plan is the 47-foot alternative Yields $174 M in total annual net benefits Project First Cost $652 M at FY 12 price levels Benefit to Cost Ratio of 5.5 to 1 Annual O&M costs increase from $22 M to $27 M Environmental impacts can be mitigated to an acceptable level The CMA CGM FIGARO (8500 TEUs) 4

5 Project Objectives Improve the efficiency of moving goods through Savannah Harbor Reduce tidal constraints Avoid, minimize and mitigate impacts to maximum practicable extent 4,600 TEUs 8,200 TEUs 5

6 Engineering Overview Individual Studies Were Conducted 6

7 Summary of Environmental Effects Project features adequately mitigate for: Loss of 16 AC brackish marsh (0.85 in SC) Conversion of tidal marshes 223 AC freshwater marsh to brackish marsh (none in SC) 740 AC salt marsh to brackish marsh (563 in SC) Loss of fish habitat 7% loss in shortnose sturgeon winter habitat 10% loss in striped bass spawning habitat Impacts to dissolved oxygen Impacts to drinking water Other project effects: Gain in southern flounder habitat (57%) Gains in dissolved oxygen 7

8 Economics Overview TEU Projections 2030 Container Fleet (6,500,000 TEUs) Garden City Terminal Reaches Maximum TEU through-put Capacity in 2030 With deepening, increased proportions of more efficient Post-Panamax Generation II vessels call at Savannah 8

9 47 NED Selected Plan Value to the Nation - 4th largest container port in US - Largest single terminal operation in North America - Fastest growing container port in the Nation for the last 10 years M TEU through-put in Supports in GA over 352,000 jobs, $18.5B in income and $2.5B in state and local taxes annually - Supports in SC over 19,700 jobs, $959M in income, $147M in state and local taxes annually - $66.9B in GA revenue (9% of GA total sales) annually - $4.3B in SC revenue (1.3% of SC total sales) annually Project Information - Deepen from 42 to 47 NED selected plan - $652M Total First Cost (FY 12 Price Levels) - $311M Total Mitigation Cost - 70% Federal 29% Non-Federal Cost Share: - $174M Annual Net Benefits -Benefits Derived From Increased Transportation Efficiencies - 4% (discount rate) Benefit to Cost Ratio - Projected to create 11,000+ jobs nationwide 9

10 Cost Summary 47 NED Selected Plan Cost Amount in Millions Channel modification and dredged material placement $257 Fish, Wildlife & Wetlands mitigation features $221 Other mitigation features $71 Lands Easements Rights of Way Relocations (LERRs) $19 Pre-Eng and Design (including $41M sunk costs) $69 Construction Management $15 Total $652 Note: The project has a Benefit Cost Ratio of 5.5 to 1 and mitigation and environmental features are 47% of the Project First Cost. 10

11 Navigation Features FEATURE Program Value Outer Harbor Dredging $81M Inner Harbor Dredging 157M USCG Navigation Aids $5M Disposal Area 14A & B Dike Raising $12M Additional Dike Raising $8M

12 Mitigation Features FEATURE Program Value Fish Passage $30M 1S Marsh Restoration $18M Raw Water Storage Impoundment $26M Striped Bass Stocking Payment $3M Dissolved Oxygen Injection System $72M Monitoring $42M CSS Georgia Removal $14M McCoy s Cut Work $15M Sediment Basin Work $52M 12

13 Progress to Date April 2012: Release of Final Report August 2012: Chief of Engineers signs Final Report October 2012: Record of Decision signed

14 What s Next? Complete designs for first features Legal challenges by SELC and SC SRMC Congressional Approval for Cost Increase (902 limit fix) Cost Share Agreement (PPA with Georgia) FY14 is earliest we can expect funding

15 Disposal Area 14A & 14B Dike Raisings Work performed by USACE 15

16 Up River Site Upper River Site Dissolved Oxygen Injection Work performed by Down River Site 16

17 Injection Concept 17

18 CSS Georgia Recovery Work performed by U.S. Navy 18 BUILDING STRONG

19 CSS Georgia Ordnance 1863 Inventory of Guns 1 EA - 6 Pounder 3 EA 8-Inch Shell Guns 2 EA 9-Inch Shell Guns 1 EA 24-Pounder 4 EA 32-Pounder Rifles 1986 Dive Operations Recovered Items 1 EA 24-Pounder 1EA 32 Pounder Rifle Assorted Brooke Projectiles, Percussion Fuses and Spherical Shot Known Remaining Guns in the Debris Field 2 EA 32 Pounder Rifles 1 EA No. 1 Cannon (On Inventory Listed as an 8-Inch Shell Gun) 19

20 CSS Georgia Curation 20

21 CSS Georgia Curation 21

22 Work performed by Augusta, GA New Savannah Bluff Lock & Dam Fish Passage Savannah Harbor 22

23 Rendition of NSBL&D 23

24 McCoys Cut Diversion Structure Flow Re-Routing Work performed by 24

25 Raw Water Storage Impoundment Work performed by 25

26 Storage Impoundment Concept 26

27 Raw Water Storage Example 27

28 SHEP Construction Timeline 28

29 Selected Plan (47-foot alternative) is well justified Benefit to Cost Ratio of 5.5 to 1 Project First Cost $652 M at FY 12 levels yields $174 M in total annual benefits Annual O&M costs increase from $22 M to $27 M Environmental impacts would be mitigated to an acceptable level Developed a comprehensive mitigation plan ($311M or 47% of project cost) Includes extensive monitoring and adaptive management SHEP supports the Administration s priorities of being protective of the environment, improving infrastructure, creating jobs, and maintaining global competitiveness ASA(CW) signed ROD on 26 October 2012 Need Congress to adjust 902 limit and signed PPA before construction can begin Designs for first features underway Summary 29

30 Questions? 30

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