Columbia River Lock Users Meeting

Portland District Corps of Engineers

August 14, 2007

US Army CorpsUS Army Corpsof Engineersof Engineers Portland DistrictPortland District

Critical Infrastructure Ranking Model

For the Columbia – Snake River

Waterways Transportation System

Laura Hicks, Chief

Planning Branch

August 14, 2007

Three Major Rehab Studies Underway Columbia/Snake System

MCR JettiesMCR Jetties 1,800 feet lost on North Jetty and 5,000 feet lost on South Jetty

Lower MonumentalLower Monumental Downstream lift gate

John DayJohn Day Horizontal cracking on monolith bases

Our Navigation System

Uniqueness of the system and national metrics

OMBill Metric of $/tons Multipurpose projects Number 1 national export system for

grain System reliability is critical to users Transportation of juvenile salmon

Budgeting Concerns

MVD ranking system’s main performance measures are commercial tonnage and outage time –metrics not very applicable to Columbia-Snake River System

Logic DiagramColumbia/Snake System

Four broad ranking categories relate roughly to 4 FY08 funding increments and similar to other river system approach

Decision points evolved from discussions with the Operating Projects as well as internal team discussions

Safety and Reliability were determined to be the most critical when evaluating a budget item

Some adverse results not immediate (i.e., eventual dredging shutdowns to due loss of disposal site because of environmental non-compliance)

Found need to add ‘Essential Information Requirement’ to address items considered critical but ranked lower than critical in original diagram – MCR jetty monitoring, Dam Safety monitoring, hydrographic condition surveys all moved to ‘Urgent & Compelling’ based on results of applying updated logic diagram

Logic Diagram ProcessColumbia/Snake System

Columbia/Snake System Results

FY08 rankings compared to FY09 logic diagram results Mostly consistent Rehab reports ranked higher Some (mostly smaller $) maintenance items

ranked lower

Urgent and Compelling Fairly Consistent with EC guidance for level 1

funding

NAVIGATION Columbia/Snake

$-

$20,000

$40,000

$60,000

$80,000

$100,000

$120,000

Sum of FY 08 Sum of FY 09 Sum of FY 10 Sum of FY 11 Sum of FY 12

Minor

Moderate

Critical

Urgent and Compelling

Baseline

Project (All)

Data

Category

Urgent and Compelling

Channel River Channel Improvements Project FY08, and FY09

Lower Monumental Downstream Gate - interim repairs FY08, and FY09

Lower Monumental Major Rehab FY08, FY09, and FY10

Critical MCR Major Rehab 08, 09, 10, 11, 12 Bonneville Dam

Swing Bridge Bearing Replacement 08, 09, 10, 11, 12Tainter Valve Repair 08, 09, 10, 11, 12Remove Upstream Debris 08, 09, 10, 11, 12Navlock Chamber #1 Decommissioning 08, 09, 10, 11,

12 The Dalles Dam

North Downstream Gates Pintel Bearing Replacement 08Upstream Gate Cables 08Miter Gate Gear Boxes 09, 10Tainter Valve Repairs 09, 10, 11Valve Repair 09, 10, 11, 12

Critical

John Day DamE&D for Monolith Structural Repair 08, 09, 10, 11, 12 John DayMajor Rehab 08, 09, 10, 11, 12 Interim Tainter Valve Repairs 09, 10Tainter Valve Repair 10, 11, 12

McNary DamHHS Inspections 08, 09, 10, 11, 12

Ice Harbor DamPSMP 08, 09, 10, 11, 12HHS Inspections 08, 09, 10, 11, 12

Critical

Little Goose DamPSMP 08, 09, 10, 11, 12HHS Inspections 08, 09, 10, 11, 12

Lower Monumental Dam PSMP 08, 09, 10, 11, 12HHS Inspections 08, 09, 10, 11, 12

Lower Granite DamPSMP 08, 09, 10, 11, 12

The Dalles Navigation LockMiter Gate Pintle RepairUS Army CorpsUS Army Corps

of Engineersof Engineers Portland DistrictPortland District

Lance A. Helwig, P.E. Project Manager

Pintle

What’s the problem?

March 07 lock outage (14 d) Cracks in both miter gates near

pintle, north gate worse Lower 30’ not mitering Undesirable load path Performed temporary weld

repairs

May 07 – current Vibrations & shock loading Monitoring situation (visual) Did cracks reopen?

Propagated? Did bolts shear off again (2005)? Lower Granite (NWW)

What needs to be done now?

Visual inspection of pintle area (diving/submersible won’t work)

Install instruments, strain gages & accelerometers

Lock outage 25 Oct (12 hr), sweep sills 29 Oct – 5 Nov (7d)

Objectives Possible minor repairs Collect data for interim repair in Mar 08 Ensure gate safe for continued use Develop contingency plans (as appropriate)

What’s the overall plan?

Phase/Activity Date Comments

Temporary Repairs Mar 07 Done

Install instruments + monitoring

29 Oct – 5 Nov 07 7d lock outage

Interim Repairs Mar 08 Target repairs for scheduled 14d lock outage

Visual inspection Summer/Fall 08 7d lock outage, if necessary

Design permanent repairs & new pintle assembly

2009 Developing scope

Final repairs Feb/Mar 2010 Extended outage likely (30d) ($3M - $5M)

On-going Challenges

Currently blind (underwater), need instruments Funding: new problem, not part of 08 budget Unscheduled outages impacts to river users Commo Plan, need to work w/ industry &

stakeholders (periodic updates) Upstream lock gate

Vibrating Investigating problem

The Dalles Navigation LockMiter Gate Pintle RepairUS Army CorpsUS Army Corps

of Engineersof Engineers Portland DistrictPortland District

US Army CorpsUS Army Corpsof Engineersof Engineers Portland DistrictPortland District

The Dalles DamSpillwall Extension Update

Bay 8/9 Wall

Bay 6/7 Wall

TDA Spillwall ExtensionUpdate

Mar 07: invited river users to ERDC Reps from Shaver, Tidewater and Foss Bay 6/7 wall – no navigation impacts

Jul 07: wall moved to Bay 8/9 reduced gas Sep/Oct 07: model 8/9 wall

ERDC (H. Parks) run model tug Expects no impacts to navigation Corps will send out model results to river users Determine if river user trip is necessary

Spillwall schedule: Complete P&S: May 08 Award contract: Jul 08 Complete construction: Apr 09

John Day Major Rehabilitation

Mark Dasso, Project ManagerDoug Clarke, Chief, Progams and

Project Management

Movement During Lockage

Movement During Lockage

0.7”0.5”

Monolith Cracks

Leaking lift lines

M27 M29

North Wall North Wall Monolith Monolith CrackingCracking

2003 Emergency Upstream Gate Repair, $4M

2004 Emergency Lock Repair, $16M

2007 Downstream Gate Wire Rope Replacement, $1 M

Future Tainter Valve Replacement

SPRA RecommendationsJohn Day Lock and Dam

Perform a Major Rehab Study asap 3-5 Years, $6M Study Design / P&S, 1-3 Years Implement Repairs, 3-5 Years

Funding from the Dam Safety “Wedge” Scoping to begin in 4th qtr FY07 $1M Funding in $FY08

Commercial Waterborne traffic (tonnage & system ton-miles) Coos Bay, Columbia – Snake System

Risk & Reliability of System Avg. O&M $ per Ton Other Considerations: Refuge & Safety, Subsistence,

National security, Commercial Fishing. All the rest Remaining Items – R&D, waterborne performance data Remarks, Purpose, Consequences

FY 07 & 08 Federal FY 07 & 08 Federal Budget JustificationsBudget Justifications

Key Factors in Navigation O&M Budget Ranking