Colonel William J. Leady (USACE Northwestern Division)

USACE Northwestern Division Leadership
COL William J. Leady
Deputy Commander,
Northwestern Division
October 16, 2014
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PNWA Conference October 16, 2014
 Panel Agenda
Management Update
► Budget Climate
► WRRDA
►
► Regional
Topics
• Long term outage
• Fish returns and BiOp goals
• Columbia River Treaty Update
• Division Headquarters Move
► District Topics
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Northwestern Division Leadership Team
Commander
Deputy
Commander
BG John S. Kem
Kansas City
COL William Leady
Omaha
Portland
Programs
Director
Reg. Business
Director
Dave Ponganis
Jim Hearn
Seattle
Walla Walla
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COL Andrew
Sexton
COL Joel
Cross
COL Jose
Aguilar
COL John
Buck
LTC Timothy
Vail
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Corps Funding FY 14-15
 FY 14 Appropriation - Favorable for NWD
► FY
14 Funding pots in NWD O&M + $38.6M
► FY 14 NWD Navigation funding + $31.5M
► Great Overall Execution
 FY 15 Pbud – Overall NWD decrease from
FY 14 Pbud
► O&M
increased share of the funds
► Low Commercial Use Navigation continues
to be funded at low levels compared to FY 12
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President’s Budgets
($ millions)
President’s
Budget
FY 15
Civil
Coastal
Inland
Navigation
Navigation
Works
Navigation Navigation
Total
%
Total
$991
$834
$1,825
$4,561
40
FY 14
$980
$904
$1,884
$4,826
39
FY13
$967
$780
$1,747
$4,731
37
FY12
$832
$744
$1,575
$4,631
34
FY11
$873
$779
$1,652
$4,939
33
FY10
$971
$796
$1,767
$5,125
35
FY09
$969
$931
$1,900
$4,741
40
FY08
$957
$1,052
$2,009
$4,900
41
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NWD NAV BUDGET
($ millions)
FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015
NWD O&M Total
NWD O&M NAV Specific
PBUD
Allocation
PBUD
% of O&M
Allocation
NWD High & Med Comm Use PBUD
Allocation
PBUD
NWD Low Comm Use *
Allocation
270.4
284.4
87
290.1
279
97
331.8
370.4
110.8
377.9
32%
33%
33%
35%
101.8
78.1
89.3
8.9
12.5
122.2
86.5
111.7
10.5
10.5
142.3
101.3
119.8
9.5
22.7
133.3
119.5
13.8
* Includes Missouri River Low Use Inland
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WRRDA
(P.L.113-121)
 Very Broad Impacts to Corps programs and
processes
► Authorizations
and Deauthorizations
► Project Planning and Development
► Alternative Financing and Partnerships
► Levee and Dam Safety
► Regulatory Processes
► Water Supply
► Navigation
 Listening Session during August & September
 Implementation Guidance forthcoming
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Regional Topics
Long Term Lock Outage
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Regional Topics
Fish Returns and
BiOp Requirements
Record breaking counts
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Regional Topics
Columbia River Treaty
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Regional Topics
February 2015
Northwestern Division Prepares
to Move to New Offices
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USACE Northwestern Division
Leadership
Questions?
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