Lower Allegheny River Stakeholders Meeting June 15, 2006

Resource Personnel Port of Pittsburgh Commission –James R. McCarville, Executive Director –Mary Ann Bucci, Marketing Director Waterways Association of Pittsburgh –Mark Devinney, Freeport Terminals and Nicholas Enterprises, Inc. USACE –Col. Steve Hill, District Engineer –Rich Lockwood, Director of Operations

Success of Other PPC Stakeholder Efforts PPC stakeholders’ group for the Monongahela and Ohio Rivers (new construction) In the FY07 President’s budget and the House Appropriation bill, there is: –$62.3M for the Lower Mon Improvement Program (New Construction) –$17M for Emsworth Dam (Emergency Repairs) The House has added $1.3M for EDM study Coordination with Waterways Council, Inc

Historical Problem Statement USACE’s O&M funding history for Locks and Dams over past 30 years –Aging infrastructure requires more M, but –Personnel costs have inflated, and O&M funding has been flat USACE rationed O&M funds to high use rivers (tons, ton-miles on river) Allegheny River has had little or no M over the past 10 years.

Recent Events USACE-LRP has taken a serious reduction in force USACE-LRP and LRD have demonstrated leadership in promoting the need to consider “risk and reliability” factors in allocating maintenance funds

FY08 Guidelines USACE is expanding the criteria to: –“Must-have” basic service maintenance –Tons, ton-mile and average cost/ton-mile –Refuge, safety and security –Research and Development –Risk and Reliability –Consequences (if maintenance is not done) THIS IS THE AREA THE STAKEHOLDERS CAN HAVE THE GREATEST IMPACT

Next Steps After reviewing the condition of Allegheny Lock 2, CW Bill Young and Lock 4 Document what would be the consequences if any of these locks were out for an extended period of time Determine if this group wants to be active in seeking additional funding for the maintenance of the Lower Allegheny

LOCK 2 - Allegheny River Condition of concrete on the vertical face of the lock chamber showing missing corner armor and exposed rebar.

Condition of concrete under the grating on the lower land wall valve pit. LOCK 2 - Allegheny River

Wear in the gears of the tow haulage equipment. LOCK 2 - Allegheny River

Wear in the gears of the tow haulage equipment. LOCK 2 - Allegheny River

Three pipe clamps to stop one hole in the deteriorated oil lines. LOCK 2 - Allegheny River

Bent strut on the lower land wall draining valve alters a proper seal of the valve. LOCK 2 - Allegheny River

CW Bill Young Lock - Allegheny River This is a picture taken from the river wall pipe gallery of a monolith joint showing a hole through the wall into the lower draining valve pit.The ladder in the picture is the ladder inside the valve pit.

This is water leaking from the valve pit into the pipe gallery while on high pool. CW Bill Young Lock - Allegheny River

Condition of the concrete at the upper river wall gate machinery pit. CW Bill Young Lock - Allegheny River

Condition of oil line in pipe gallery with a pipe clamp placed over a leak. CW Bill Young Lock - Allegheny River

Oil leaking into the river at the tail race area.

CW Bill Young Lock - Allegheny River Deteriorated oil lines in pipe gallery.

CW Bill Young Lock - Allegheny River Water leaching over electric lines and oil pipe in pipe gallery.

LOCK 4 - Allegheny River Maintenance issues at Lock 4 include: 1)Presently the valve interlocks are out of operation. This is due to number one filling valve of operation. We actually have 2 filling valves out of operation. The bushings on the valves are wearing, the blades are dropping and causing the blades to rub or bind on the valve liners. This causes the motors to burn up. Need the repair party for this repair. This could continue to occur with more of the valves as time goes on. 2) We started experiencing problems with the variable frequency drive units (VFDs) which control the speed of the lock gates. Apparently the life expectancy of the VFDs are coming to an end (approx. 12 years) and are in need of being overhauled. It is a matter of sending them out and reinstalling them. It does not take us out of operation but eliminates our control over the speed of the gates.