Lt. Col. Thomas Woodie, Deputy Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District, gave this presentation on the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project to the Propeller Club, March 14, 2013 in Savannah, Ga.

1. Savannah Harbor Expansion Project
Presentation To
The Propeller Club
14 March 2013
By Lt. Col. Thomas Woodie
Deputy Commander
Savannah District
US Army Corps of Engineers
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2. Agenda
 Quick Overview of SHEP
 Next Steps
 Designs for First Features
 Construction Timeline
 Questions
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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
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• 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)
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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
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6. Engineering Overview
Individual Studies Were
Conducted
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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
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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
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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
- 2.92M TEU through-put in 2011
- 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
- 5.5:1 @ 4% (discount rate) Benefit to Cost Ratio
- Projected to create 11,000+ jobs nationwide
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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.
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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
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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
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13. Progress to Date
 April 2012: Release of Final Report
 August 2012: Chief of Engineers signs Final Report
 October 2012: Record of Decision signed
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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
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15. Disposal Area 14A & 14B Dike Raisings
Work performed
by USACE
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16. Up River Site
Upper River Site
Dissolved
Oxygen
Injection
Work performed by
Down River Site
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17. Injection Concept
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18. CSS Georgia Recovery
Work performed
by U.S. Navy
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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)
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20. CSS Georgia Curation
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21. CSS Georgia Curation
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22. Work performed by
New Savannah
Bluff
Augusta, GA
Lock & Dam
Fish Passage
Savannah
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23. Rendition of NSBL&D
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24. McCoys Cut Diversion Structure
Flow
Re-Routing
Work performed by
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25. Raw Water Storage Impoundment
Work performed by
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26. Storage Impoundment Concept
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27. Raw Water Storage Example
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28. SHEP Construction Timeline
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29. Summary
 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
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30. Questions?
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31. Learn more on our website:
www.sas.usace.army.mil
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