FINAL_NAO_JamesRiverIDIQ_IndustryDay_Presentation_10MAY2022.pdf

“The views, opinions and findings contained in this report are those of the authors(s) and should not be construed as an official Department of the Army position, policy or decision, unless so designated by other official documentation.”

10 May 2022

Norfolk District North Atlantic Division James River Maintenance Dredging Industry Day

2Agenda

1000: Opening Remarks, Norfolk District Contracting Office

1015: James River Maintenance Dredging Project Background Presentation

‐ Project Overview – Joseph McMahon, Project Manager

‐ Environmental Considerations – Chris Turner, Environmental Manager

1100: Questions from Audience

1115: Open Discussion – Feedback from Industry

1200: Wrap‐Up

3Opening Remarks

Norfolk District Contracting

4Norfolk District Dredging Program Execution Schedule FY 2022 - FY 2023

Type of Dredging Work

Project Name Acquisition Strategy Stand Alone Contract or

IDIQ

Small Business or Unrestricted

Estimated Price Range

Schedule Notes

Cutterhead Pipeline and Mechanical Dredging

Norfolk Harbor Inner Channels and CNN Deepening

Stand Alone Unrestricted $50M - $100M 3Q FY22 9M cubic yards; maintenance and new work dredging; fines and sands; upland placement.

Cutterhead Pipeline Dredging

James River Maintenance Dredging

5-year IDIQ SATOC Unrestricted $25M - $50M 4Q FY22 1M to 1.5M cubic yards; maintenance dredging;

upland and overboard placement; fines and sands.

Mechanical Dredging Norfolk Harbor Maintenance Dredging

Stand Alone Unrestricted $10M - $25M 4Q FY22 1M cubic yards; maintenance dredging; ocean placement of dredged material at NODS. fines and sands

Hopper Dredging Atlantic Ocean Channel Deepening (Phase 1)

Stand Alone Unrestricted $25M - $50M 4Q FY22 2M to 2.5M cubic yards; maintenance and new work dredging; placement at Craney Island;

sandy dredged material.

Cutterhead Pipeline and Mechanical Dredging

Fort Eustis 3rd Port Improvements

Stand Alone TBD $5M - $10M 4Q FY22 25K cubic yards; marine construction and new work dredging; upland placement; fines and debris; demolition.

Cutterhead Pipeline Dredging

Lynnhaven Inlet Maintenance Dredging

Stand Alone Set Aside to Small Business

$1M - $5M 3Q FY23 200K cubic yards; beach placement and upland placement at several locations; sandy dredged material. IIJA

Cutterhead Pipeline and Mechanical Dredging

Milford Haven Maintenance Dredging and Jetty Repairs

Stand Alone Set Aside to Small Business

$5M - $10M 4Q FY23 25K cubic yards; one contract to perform jetty repairs and maintenance dredging; beach placement; sandy dredged material. IIJA

Hopper Dredging Atlantic Ocean Channel Deepening (Phase 2)

Stand Alone Unrestricted $25M - $50M 4Q FY23 5M to 5.5M cubic yards; maintenance and new work dredging, sandy dredged material; beach placement and placement at DNODS.

Mechanical Dredging Southern Branch Maintenance Dredging

Stand Alone TBD $5M - $10M 4Q FY23 250K cubic yards; maintenance material; fines and potential contamination; upland placement and landfill.

James River Channel Vessel Types

6James River Channel Restrictions

7James River Channel Restrictions

Scope of Work:

Quantity: Approx. 1.0 MCY

Material Type: Fines, Sand

Placement Area: Upland and Overboard

Type of Equipment: Cutter-head Pipeline

Environmental Windows:

No Dredging 15 Feb – 30 Jun

Maintenance Dredging

9James River Channel Bank Height (excerpt)

• 1 foot rule for average bank height

• Average bank height calculation

• No unit price adjustment due to variation of the average bank height

SHOAL

DATE

COMPLETED T.O.

APPROXIMATE

SURFACE AREA

(SQUARE FEET)

VOLUME

REMOVED PAID

(CUBIC YARDS)

APPROXIMATE

DREDGED

BANK HEIGHT

PAID (FEET)

VOLUME

REMOVED PAID

PLUS EXCESS

(CUBIC YARDS)

APPROXIMATE

BANK HEIGHT

PAID PLUS

EXCESS (FEET)

CITY POINT SHOAL CHANNEL 27-Jan-2001 1,040,000 142,178 3.69 DANCING PT - SWANN PT CHANNEL 6-Feb-1998 6,080,000 345,218 1.53 DANCING PT - SWANN PT CHANNEL 7-Nov-2018 3,338,505 351,901 2.85 458,811 3.71 DANCING PT - SWANN PT CHANNEL 29-Oct-2019 8,373,204 578,335 1.86 911,217 2.94 DANCING PT - SWANN PT CHANNEL 22-Oct-2020 3,450,006 286,725 2.24 443,912 3.47 DANCING PT - SWANN PT CHANNEL 5-Feb-2021 840,003 30,514 0.98 122,022 3.92 DANCING PT - SWANN PT CHANNEL 26-Jul-2021 2,135,395 97,009 1.23 154,315 1.95 DANCING PT - SWANN PT CHANNEL 28-Dec-2021 4,553,331 201,196 1.19 348,554 2.07

GOOSE HILL CHANNEL 21-Oct-2018 4,165,454 476,677 3.09 700,948 4.54 GOOSE HILL CHANNEL 27-Nov-2020 2,550,003 221,580 2.35 330,940 3.50 GOOSE HILL CHANNEL 26-Sep-2021 2,979,713 131,705 1.19 196,840 1.78

JORDAN POINT TO WINDMILL POINT 10-Dec-2019 1,307,240 213,594 4.41 308,307 6.37 JORDAN POINT TO WINDMILL POINT 28-Aug-2021 2,698,383 162,644 1.63 232,884 2.33

RDWT to HOPEWELL 24-Aug-2020 935,368 118,516 3.42 177,965 5.14 RICHMOND DEEPWATER TERMINAL (RDWT) 30-Jul-2020 1,517,810 284,347 5.06 334,613 5.95 RICHMOND DEEPWATER TERMINAL (RDWT) 15-Feb-2022 1,679,505 145,350 2.34 183,023 2.94

TRIBELL SHOAL 22-Jan-2021 2,182,834 278,679 3.45 369,740 4.57 TRIBELL SHOAL 2-Dec-2021 1,565,674 74,261 1.28 87,675 1.51

10James River Channel Task Orders (Sample Scope of Work)

The work to be performed under this IDIQ Contract Task Order will be on the Middle James River and includes Dancing Point to Swann Point channel. The work to be performed are the items defined in option year 2 contract and specification section 01 22 00, contract line items number XXXX, XXXX, XXXX, XXXX, and all associated work as defined in the contract specifications. Plan Drawings will not be issued for this Task Order. A Before Dredging survey of each dredging area will be performed upon receipt of the Contractor’s advance notice for dredging, as stipulated in Section 35 20 23, paragraph 1.X.X acceptance sections, Contractor designated acceptance sections shall be for contiguous areas, full width of the channel, identified by station numbers, and shall not exceed two acceptance sections for each channel segment identified for maintenance dredging within the task order issued.

The Contractor shall begin work as soon as the Notice to Proceed (NTP) is given from the Contracting Officer. The Contractor shall begin performance within XX calendar days and complete all work within XXX calendar days after receiving notice-to-proceed.

Portions of Dancing Point to Swann Point on the James River Federal Navigation Project are to be dredged in the order indicated below, up to full channel width, to the following elevations:

Dancing Point-Swann Point Channel, Station -20+00 to Station 379+33.9; -26 Feet MLLW One foot of over depth dredging will be allowed.

Actual dredging areas, dredging widths, and associated dredging volume will be determined based on results of the Before Dredging (BD) Surveys for each channel as indicated.

Prior to the commencement of work, a Before Dredge (BD) Survey will be performed for each acceptance section to be dredged.

For each acceptance section surveyed, the Government shall provide the Contractor in a timely manner, BD drawings indicating the required dredging locations, required and allowable dredging depths, and available pay volume.

Task order magnitude $500,000 to $5M; 2 to 3 Task Orders per Contract Year

Curles Neck Upland Placement Site 11

Richmond Deepwater Terminal Upland Placement Site

Tribell Shoal Overboard Placement Site 13

Environmental Considerations

PROTECTED SPECIES

• Native habitat for anadromous fish, sturgeon and other wildlife protected by federal law or species of special concern for the State of Virginia

• Time of Year Restrictions (TOYR) for dredging activities

• Lower James – February 15th through June 15th of any year to protect anadromous fish populations and shellfish

• Middle James – February 15th through June 15th for Goose Hill Shoal and February 15th through June 30th of any year for Dancing Pt – Swann Pt, Jordan Pt-Harrison Bar to Windmill Pt, and City Point Shoals to protect anadromous fish

• Upper James – February 15th through June 30th of any year to protect spawning habitat for anadromous fish

ENDANGERED SPECIES MONITORING

• Endangered Species Training provided by USACE

• Designate a look-out to monitor visible action area from dredge plant

• Look for parts/pieces of Atlantic sturgeon entrained in the cutterhead, floating around the dredge or collected in the inflow pond inside the upland placement area

• Document observations and notify Contracting Officer Representative ASAP

• Follow “Sturgeon Incidental Take Procedures”

• Fin clips

• Measurements, photos, specimen preservation

WATER QUALITY MONITORING (Upper James)

• Comply with requirements for Section 404 of the Clean Water Act for discharges associated with confined disposal facilities

• Manage spillboxes to ensure adequate ponding depth for effective sedimentation & to maximize use of available effective weir length ensuring that only clarified supernatant flows over the weir crest.

• The Contractor must maintain a daily average Total Suspended Solids (TSS) concentration of less than 500 mg/l. The “less than” 500 mg/l TSS concentration is a threshold limit and not a TSS target or goal.

• Environmental Testing and Upland Effluent Measurements

• TSS samples

• Collected every 12 hours at weir crest of each operating spillbox

• Hach 900/DR Colorimeter model #9385100, program 94 “Suspended Solids”, or approved equal

• 1000 ml wide mouth polyethylene bottle (Nalgene 2104-0032 or equal)

• Visual inspection for clarified water required every 4 hours at each operating spillbox

• Spillboxes shall be maintained, and weir boards adjusted so that only clarified water is released.

• Dissolved Oxygen samples

• Collect instream dissolved oxygen concentrations at a minimum of once per day during return flow operations at each discharge location into receiving waters, during the period of July 1st through October 31st of any year.

• Hach Hydrolab MS5/DS5 Multiprobe Water Quality Meter or approved equal is required for DO collection.

• Environmental Testing and Upland Effluent Measurements

• Upland Placement Site Effluent Discharge

• At the direction of the Contracting Officer and during active dredging operations of the

Upper James River Shoals, chemical sampling and testing of dredged material effluent water overtopping weircrest of each operating spillbox may be required.

• CO will direct contractor to complete sampling and testing with an independent qualified analytical laboratory and environmental services provider to ensure integrity and validity of water quality compliance test results.

• Analytical laboratories must be Virginia Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (VELAP) certified.

• Analytical results of dredged material discharge shall be delivered to the CO.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PLAN (E.P.P)

• Contractor must submit E.P.P that includes:

• Spill Control Plan

• Hazardous Waste Controls

• Non-hazardous Solid Waste Disposal Plan

• Recycling & Solid Waste Disposal Plan

• Contaminant Prevention Plan

• Historical, Archaeological, Cultural, Biological, & Wetland

Resources Plan

21James River Maintenance Dredging

Questions

Open Discussion

22James River Maintenance Dredging

Conclusion