Ouachita/Black Rivers Lock Operations 2012 ORVA PDT Ouachita/Black Rivers Lock Operations Jerry Stewart Chief, River Operations Vicksburg District 07 February 2012 Good morning. On behalf of the Vicksburg District, I am please to welcome you aboard for this Awareness Trip that will hopefully bring you a greater understanding of the district's projects along the Ouachita. US Army Corps of Engineers BUILDING STRONG® 1 1

Agenda Opening Statements- Colonel Jeffrey Eckstein Introductions FY12 Work Plan Level of Service(LOS) for Locks Inland Marine Transportation System( IMTS) Water Control Congressional Perspective Stakeholder’s Perspective Next Meeting? Adjourn

OUACHITA & BLACK RIVERS FY12 Work Plan   Funding Available $7,304,000 Lock and Dam Cost Total O&M $3,771,000 Offsite Costs $934,000  Dredging $1,217,000 Total Navigation $5,922,000 Recreation (LFO) TOTAL RECREATION $1,382,000 Total Cost

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Ouachita/Black Rivers LOS 2012 ORVA PDT Ouachita/Black Rivers LOS Skip Martin Chief, Monroe Navigation Project Office 07 February 2012 Good morning. On behalf of the Vicksburg District, I am please to welcome you aboard for this Awareness Trip that will hopefully bring you a greater understanding of the district's projects along the Ouachita. US Army Corps of Engineers BUILDING STRONG® 5 5

Inland Marine Transportation System IMTS As a reminder, the IMTS includes a large number of inland waterways across the country including the Columbia-Snake. 12,000 Miles of waterways Over 200 locks and dams 60% of domestic waterborne tonnage

Introduction/Background NavLocks Study 2007-8 Business Process Review 115 Improvement ideas from workforce and industry To refresh your memory, here is some background on the IMTS. It was created as a result of the NavLocks study conducted in 2007 to 2008. During the study, the workforce and industry generated 115 improvement ideas. So we faced a major challenge of finding the way to implement those. So that led us to propose several critical concepts in our draft study report, including the creation of process and structure that goes with the name of the “Inland Marine Transportation System”. We’re give you a quick update on those today.

IMTS Structure and Process IMTS Board of Directors: Chaired by Deputy CG for Civil Works and Emergency Ops Members are Division Commanders and HQ USACE Chief of Ops Working Group: cross section of skills from across IMTS Action Teams Composed of experts with hands-on experience (lockmasters, Ops Managers, etc.) Develop draft outputs for review by workforce and industry, review and approval by Board Implementation of new standards/policies IMTS-wide by Board of Directors IMTS Board Of Directors Working Group Action Teams I also want to remind you that the heart of the IMTS concept is a structure and a process. The IMTS structure and process was created to implement the improvements ideas from the workforce and industry. The key concept for it all is to have an open process with participation by our workforce and by the industry users. Key: an open process with participation by workforce and industry users

Recent Progress LOMA-AIS Implementation Enhanced Communications Levels of Operating Service Standardized Position Descriptions Human Capital Improvements Now let’s talk about the progress we have made. Here is a list of the some of the recent improvements we have worked on. We will discuss each one of these in detail. Lock Operator uses the AIS hardware and software system to help lock boats through Installing AIS hardware at project 9

Levels of Operating Service Driver: expected budget reductions Uniform and consistent process to evaluate Levels of Operating Service Key element of process: user input Levels of Service Guide Another area that we have completed recently is to look at how to change our levels of operating service. I’m sure everyone has heard the news about the intense pressure to reduce costs at the federal government as well as state and local government units. We expect budget reductions to occur. So we want a uniform and consistent process to evaluate our Levels of Operating Service at Navigation Locks and Dams that will help us meet these budget constraints. So we formed an Action team and worked hard to develop a well thought-out process. We have developed a Levels of Service Guide to help identify potential areas to evaluate for changing the levels of service. We have an IMTS Handbook that spells out the process to follow for evaluating the levels of service and making the changes. Of course, a key element of the process is to get user input. Budget cuts force change

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PROPOSED LEVEL OF SERVICE BASED ON LOCKAGE DATA 2006 - 2011 YEAR Jonesville Lockages Columbia Lockages Level Of Service Description 2006 964 787 2 16 to 20 hours a day 2007 984 696 7 days a week 2008 934 711 365 days a year 2009 757 540 2010 707 562 2011 601 375 Average 825 612 Felsenthal Lockages Thatcher Lockages 5 Lockages on weekends 214 213 and holidays only. 198 197 161 162 200 196 238 221 92 83 184 179

PROPOSED LOCKING SCHEDULE Mid Summer 2012: Jonesville, Columbia – 0700-1600, 1900-0400 / 7days/365 Double Cut Tows – 0700-1300, 1900-0100 / 7days/365 Felsenthal, & Thatcher – 0800-1600, 2000-0400 / 7days/365 Post IMTS LOS Implementation in 2013: Jonesville & Columbia – 0700-1600, 1900-0400 / 7days/365 Felsenthal & Thatcher – 0800-1600, 2000-0400 / Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, & Holidays (if so directed)

PROPOSED TRANSITION TIMELINE 07 Feb 2012 PDT meeting at Tensas Basin Levee District Office with ORVA, waterway users, and local media to inform them of Level of Service changes 12 March 2012 Advertise Changes in Hours of Operation for each L&D in the Federal Register for 30 days 01 May 2012 Present Implementation Plan to MVK Leadership Mid Summer 2012 Begin Following IMTS Level of Service 2 Lockage Guidelines at all four Locks and Dams During 2013 Begin Following IMTS Level of Service 5 Lockage Guidelines at Felsenthal and Thatcher

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