1. Planning for Non-Routine Activities
Maria Wegner-Johnson
Headquarters USACE
Planning Community of Practice
12 May 2012

2. Plan Non-Routine Activities
The Portfolio
Risk Management Process
Plan Non-Routine Activities

3. 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

4. Risk Assessment to Confirm LSAC
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
Level of detail in BCRA is just to determine whether a feasibility study should be pursued
LSAC rating reviewed and may be revised due to BCRA
BCRA can highlight need for additional IRRM actions

5. The Portfolio
Risk Management Process
What is not said in here?

6. 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

7. Levee Safety Risk Management Studies

8. 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

9. Levee Safety Risk Management Study
Objective
Reduce inundation risks – life safety, economic, environmental
Process
Reconnaissance Phase
Feasibility Phase
Following the planning process

10. Inundation Scenarios Overtopping Without Breach
Overtopping with Breach
Breach Prior to Overtopping
Malfunction of Levee System Components
People are exposed to the inundation risk that arises from these four inundation scenarios. Understanding these scenarios assists in identifying solutions. The inundation risk may arise from the following four inundation scenarios: 1) levee breaches prior to overtopping; 2) levee overtopping without breach; 3) levee overtopping with breach; 4) and inundation of the leveed area results from the malfunction of a levee system component, such as gates, pumps, culverts, etc.

11. Without Further Adieu Ceil Strauss, CFM
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources