US Army Corps of Engineers PLANNING SMART BUILDING STRONG ® Planning for Non-Routine Activities...

US Army Corps of Engineers

PLANNING SMARTBUILDING STRONG®

Planning for Non-Routine Activities

Maria Wegner-Johnson

Headquarters USACE

Planning Community of Practice

12 May 2012


Inspections(Routine)(Periodic)(Special)

Incident or inspection

finding triggers formal LSAC

review?

Interim Risk Reduction Measures

LSAC I, II, III, & IV levees?

Levee Safety Risk Management Study

No

Implement Risk Reduction & Risk

Management Measures

Reassess Risk & Revise LSAC

LSAC I, II, III, & IV

Routine O&M, Monitoring, &

Incident Reporting

Yes

All Levees

Risk Assessment to Confirm LSAC

Plan Non-routine Activities

LSAC I, II, & III

Yes

All Levees

No

No

Yes

Assign LSAC class informed by available risk assessment and other

levee information.Screening

Proceed to Recon Phase?

National Levee

Database

Communicate Levee Inundation Risk(LSAC and overtopping w/o breach)

ReconYesProceed to Study Phase?

No

Yes

The PortfolioRisk Management Process

Plan Non-Routine Activities


Plan Non-Routine Activities

Communicating the LSAC Risk Assessment to Confirm LSAC Plan Interim Risk Reduction Measures

(IRRM) Implement a Strategic Risk Management

Plan Levee Safety Studies



Uses existing data to establish base condition of levee, including potential failure modes analysis

No additional data is collected

Developed jointly by the District, Risk Cadre, Risk Management Center (RMC), & Sponsor

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review?




No


Management Measures




Incident Reporting

Yes

All Levees



LSAC I, II, & III

Yes

All Levees

No

No

Yes




National Levee

Database



No

Yes

The PortfolioRisk Management Process

What is not said in here?


What’s Missing Section 206 of 1960 FCA

►Flood Plain Management Services (FPMS)►Flood plain information and technical services►Emphasis on non-structural activities

Section 22 of WRDA 1974, as amended►Planning Assistance to States (PAS)►Technical Assistance►Cost Shared 50%/50%

PL 84-99





review?




No


Management Measures




Incident Reporting

Yes

All Levees



LSAC I, II, & III

Yes

All Levees

No

No

Yes




National Levee

Database



No

Yes

Levee Safety Risk Management Studies


Authorities

USACE O&M Levee Systems► Major Rehabilitation program; USACE authority to study and

budget for action/construction

Federally Authorized, Local O&M Levee Systems► Study Authority under Section 216 ‘Modifications to Existing

Projects’ ► Requires cost sharing for feasibility study► Congress must authorize modifications and appropriate funding


Levee Safety Risk Management Study Objective

►Reduce inundation risks – life safety, economic, environmental

Process►Reconnaissance Phase►Feasibility Phase►Following the planning process

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Malfunction of Levee System Components

Overtopping with Breach

Breach Prior to Overtopping

Overtopping Without Breach

Inundation Scenarios

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Without Further Adieu

Ceil Strauss, CFM►Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

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