Soo Locks Winter Work

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Great Lakes Icebreaking Conference

• Soo Locks Winter Work
• Soo Locks Memorandum of Agreement
• Maintenance Dredging Program
• Soo Replacement Lock

Wayne Schloop, PE Chief, Operations Detroit
District
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Soo Locks Winter Work January - March 2008
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2008 - 2009 Winter Work

• MacArthur Lock
• Closed from 15 December 2008 to 12 April
  2009
• Work Consists of
• - Placing dewatering bulkheads
• - Sandblasting painting of
  gates
• - Concrete repairs to the gate
  sills
• - Mechanical and electrical
  repairs/upgrades

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Great Lakes Icebreaking Conference

• Soo Locks Winter Work
• Soo Locks Memorandum of Agreement
• Maintenance Dredging Program
• Soo Replacement Lock

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Soo Locks Memorandum of Agreement

• Signed by COE, USCG, USFWS, MDEQ MDNR
  (expired 10 August 2008)
• Reaffirmed operating dates for the Soo Locks
• Closed 15 January (2400hrs) to 25
  March (0001hrs)
• USCG shall monitor enforce speed limits
• COE conduct low aerial flights of West Neebish
  Channel (every 3 years for duration of MOA)
• During the last year of MOA parties shall meet
  and determine if new/revised agreement warranted

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Great Lakes Icebreaking Conference

• Soo Locks Winter Work
• Soo Locks Memorandum of Agreement
• Maintenance Dredging Program
• Soo Replacement Lock

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Maintenance Dredging Program
Chippewa Harbor
Grand Marais
Lake Superior
Beaver Bay
Eagle Harbor
Two Harbors
Lac La Belle
Grand Traverse Bay
Knife River
Keweenaw Waterway
Cornucopia
La Pointe
Duluth-Superior
Bayfield
Big Bay
Ontonagon
Port Wing
Little Lake
Whitefish Point Harbor
Black River
Presque Isle
Grand Marais
Saxon
Soo Locks
Ashland
St. Marys River
Marquette
MI
Channels in Straits of Mackinac
Detour
Manistique
Les Cheneaux Island
Gladstone
Grays Reef
Mackinac Island
Little Bay de noc
Mackinac City
St. James
Cheboygan
Cross Village
Hammond Bay
Inland Route
Petoskey
Washington Island
Cedar River
Charlevoix
CANADA
Menominee
Lake Huron
WI
Ogdensburg
Leland
Alpena
Oconto
Morristown
Sturgeon Bay
Greilickville
Pensaukee
Black River Harbor
Algoma
Big Suamico
Frankfort
Harrisville
Kewaunee

Green Bay
Cape Vincent

Arcadia
Au Sable Harbor
Portage Lake
Tawas Bay
Lake
Sackets Harbor
Two Rivers
Manistee
Manitowoc
Point Lookout
Port Austin
Ontario
Port Ontario
Ludington
Harbor Beach
Sheboygan
Oswego
Pentwater
Saginaw
Port Sanilac
Lake Michigan
White Lake
Port Washington
Bay Port
MI
Lexington
Muskegon
Caseville
Little Sodus Bay
Sebewaing
Grand River
Great Sodus Bay
Oak Orchard
Black River
Irondequoit Bay
Milwaukee
Rochester
Olcott
Grand Haven
Wilson
Pine River
St. Clair River
Little River
Belle River
Holland
NY
Buffalo
Kenosha
Clinton River
Saugatuck
Lake St. Clair
Black Rock Lock/Tonawanda
Sturgeon Point
South Haven
Waukegan
Lake Erie
Cattaraugus
Rouge River
Put-In-Bay
Detroit River
St. Joseph
Dunkirk
St. Joseph River
Barcelona
Monroe
New Buffalo
Chicago Harbor
Toledo
Bolles Harbor
Erie
Michigan City
Chicago River
Conneaut
PA
Ashtabula
Indiana Harbor
Cooley Canal
Port Clinton
Geneva On-The-Lake
West Harbor
Toussaint River
Calumet
Fairport
Burns Small Boat Harbor
Burns Waterway Harbor
Cleveland
IL
Rocky River
Lorain
Vermilion
Huron
Sandusky
IN
OH
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2007-2008 Groundings on the Great Lakes

• Ludington Harbor, MI
• 6 SEP 2008

Lake Superior
Two Harbors
Keweenaw Waterway
Duluth-Superior
Ontonagon
Presque Isle
Soo Locks
Ashland

• Rochester Harbor, NY
• 22 MAR 2007

St. Marys River
Marquette
MI

• Muskegon Harbor, MI
• 22 AUG 2007
• 10 SEP 2007
• 13 NOV 2007
• 8 JAN 2008

Channels in Straits of Mackinac
Gladstone
Grays Reef
Little Bay de noc
Cheboygan
Charlevoix
Menominee
Lake Huron
WI
Ogdensburg
Alpena
Sturgeon Bay
Frankfort
CANADA
Kewaunee

Green Bay

Ontario
Manistee
Manitowoc
Lake
Ludington
Harbor Beach
Sheboygan
Oswego
Saginaw
Lake Michigan
Port Washington

• Grand Haven Harbor, MI
• 3 DEC 2007

MI
Muskegon
Milwaukee
Rochester
Grand Haven
St. Clair River
Holland
NY
Buffalo
Kenosha
Black Rock Lock/Tonawanda
Lake St. Clair
Sturgeon Point
Waukegan
Lake Erie
Rouge River
Put-In-Bay
Detroit River
St. Joseph
Dunkirk
Monroe
New Buffalo
Chicago Harbor
Toledo
Erie
Chicago River

• Waukegan Harbor, IL
• MID-OCTOBER 2007

Conneaut
PA
Ashtabula
Calumet
Fairport
Burns Waterway Harbor
Cleveland
IL
Indiana Harbor
Lorain

• St Joseph, MI
• 24 MARCH 2008

Huron
Sandusky
IN
OH
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• FY2008 Projects
• Michigan Dredging Program

Big Bay
Ontonagon
Little Lake
Whitefish Point
St Marys River
Leland
Arcadia
Menominee
Au Sable
Portage Lake
Manistee
Port Sanilac
Pentwater
White Lake
Lexington
Muskegon
Saginaw
Clinton River
Sebewaing
Grand Haven
Holland
Rouge River
Monroe
Saugatuck
Detroit River
South Haven
New Buffalo
Bolles
St Joseph
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• Ongoing Dredging
• Michigan Dredging Program

Ontonagon
St Marys River
Menominee
Saginaw
Clinton River
Sebewaing
Monroe
South Haven
Bolles
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• FY2008 Projects
• Wisconsin and Minnesota Dredging Program

Grand Marais
Duluth
Saxon
Cornucopia
Port Wing
Sturgeon Bay
Green Bay
Kewaunee
Manitowoc
Milwaukee
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• Ongoing Dredging
• Wisconsin and Minnesota Dredging Program

Grand Marais
Duluth
Cornucopia
Port Wing
Sturgeon Bay
Kewaunee
Manitowoc
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FY2009 Presidents Budget
LUDINGTON HARBOR, MI
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Great Lakes Icebreaking Conference

• Soo Locks Winter Work
• Soo Locks Memorandum of Agreement
• Maintenance Dredging Program
• Soo Replacement Lock

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The Soo Locks Today and Tomorrow
A View Today . . .
A View into the Future!
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WRDA 2007
SEC. 3091. SAULT SAINTE MARIE, MICHIGAN. (a) IN
GENERAL.The text of section 1149 of the Water
Resources Development Act of 1986 (100 Stat.
4254) is amended to read as follows The
Secretary shall construct, at Federal expense, a
second lock, of a width not less than 110 feet
and a length not less than 1,200 feet, adjacent
to the existing lock at Sault Sainte Marie,
Michigan, generally in accordance with the report
of the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors,
dated May 19, 1986, and the limited reevaluation
report dated February 2004 at a total cost of
341,714,000.. (b) CONFORMING REPEALS.The
following provisions are repealed (1)
Section 107(a)(8) of the Water Resources
Development Act of 1990 (104 Stat. 4620) (2)
Section 330 of the Water Resources Development
Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3717). (3) Section 330 of
the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (113
Stat. 305).
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FY 09 Activities

• Complete Coffer Dam Plans and Specifications
• Award Construction Contract Initiate
  Construction
• Complete Detailed Design Reports for the Channel
  Excavation/Guide Walls and Lock Chamber
• Initiate Plans Specifications for the Channel
  Excavation/Guide Walls and Lock Chamber

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FY 09 Funding

• Presidents Budget 0
• House Appropriations Mark Up 17.0 M
• Senate Appropriations Markup 2.0 M
• Conference Amount ??

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Construction Schedule
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Rendition of Future Poe Size Lock
Length 1,200 feet Width 110 feet Depth
32 feet at normal pool
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• Other Information

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Soo Locks - Draft
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Soo LocksTonnage Statement
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Wayne.Schloop_at_us.army.mil [phone]
St. Marys River Dredging Upper St. Marys River
(Vidal Shoals) Lower St. Marys River
(Little Rapids)