2006 AAPA Quality Partnership Initiative Project Managers Workshop

October 11, 2006
Portland, OR

The AAPA/Army Corps of Engineers Quality Partnership Initiative (QPI) Project Managers Workshop, October 11-12, will be hosted by the Port of Portland. The Workshop will be held at the Hilton Portland & Executive Tower—921 SW 6th Avenue, Portland, OR.

10/11/2006
Welcome and Opening Remarks

• Kurt Nagle, President & CEO, American Association of Port Authorities
• Steven Stockton, Deputy Director, Civil Works U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• Sebastian Degens, Marine Planning & Development Manager, Port of Portland

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Washington Perspective

Status of WRDA and Impacts on the Corps and the Port Industry.

• Steven Stockton, Deputy Director, Civil Works U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

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Critical Issues for the Port Industry – Workshop Format, Goals and Objectives, Issues

• Frank Hamons, Deputy Director for Harbor Development, Maryland Port Administration
• Paul Carangelo, Coastal Environmental Planner, Port of Corpus Christi Authority

10/11/2006
Funding Options for Dredged Material Management Plans (DMMP)

• Richard Worthington, Senior Policy Advisor, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Planning & Policy

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Coordinating DMMPs Prepared by the Corps and the Ports

• Frank Hamons, Deputy Director for Harbor Development, Maryland Port Administration

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Outstanding DMMP Issues – Corps & Port Representatives Panel

Determining the Base Plan (Federal Standard) & Cost Sharing Policy for Beneficial Reuse

• Jeffrey McKee, Chief, Deep Draft Navigation Section, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District

Need for Programmatic Changes in Funding and Accomplishing DMMPs

• Dr. Bory Steinberg, Senior Partner, Steinberg & Associates

Scope of Alternatives Analysis in DMMPs

• Eric Laschever, Principal, Stoel Rives LLP

Integrating Dredge Material and Watershed Management:  Conclusions & Actions from the Managing Sediments in the Watershed Workshop, Portland, OR, August 2006

• Craig Vogt, Deputy Director, U.S. EPA - Oceans and Coastal Protection Division

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Regulatory Compliance and Consistency

Status Report on Corps Regulatory Initiatives

Experience with Funding to Expedite the Evaluation and Processing of Permits

• David McCraney, Port of Seattle

Regulatory Issues

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The New Contracting Environment

The New Rules

• Dan Murray, Office of the Counsel, HQUSACE

Recent Lessons Learned

• Oakland Harbor, David Doak, Project Manager, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District
• Port of New York & New Jersey, William Slezak, Chief, Harbor Program Branch, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Where Are We Headed?

• Peter Luisa, Program Development, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Views from the Dredge Community

• William Hanson, Manager, U.S. Business Development, Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company LLC

10/12/2006
Planning Process Improvements

a.  Status of Incorporation of Watershed Approach into
     Navigation Improvement Studies

b.  Role of Sustainable Development in Corps Navigation Projects

• Thomas Waters, Chief, Planning and Policy Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

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Role of Centers of Expertise

• Wilbert Paynes, Chief, Planning and Policy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, South Atlantic Division

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Experience with Over-depth Dredging Guidance: How Is It Working?

• David Doak
• Jeffrey McKee
• Karen Garmire, Portland District 
• Sebastian Degens
• William Slezak

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Conflicting Requirements – State & Local vs. Federal Law

• Dr. Bory Steinberg

10/12/2006
Quality Partnership Initiative (QPI) Action Items/Action Plan

- How do we measure progress / success?
- Development of Action Items

CORPS Thomas Waters Peter Luisa Richard Worthington

PORTS Frank Hamons Sebastian Degens Paul Carangelo

10/12/2006
QPI Action Item Panel

10/12/2006
Wrap-up

• Frank Hamons