March 8, 2013 - Waterways Council, Inc

IT WAS A CLOSE CALL, keeping open anavigable channel in the steadily fallingMississippi River despite reduced MissouriRiver flows and a lingering drought grippingthe Upper Midwest. As Maj. Gen. John W.Peabody, commander of the Mississippi RiverDivision, later remarked, “the Corps ofEngineers used every resource available.” Inso doing, the Corps wound up earningwidespread praise.

When barges began running aground inthe Mississippi River in the late summer,there were widespread fears that low watermight cause the Coast Guard to close theriver. The Corps summoned extra dredges,which removed 8 million cubic yards ofsedimentation clogging navigation channels.Then, the Corps turned its attention to rockoutcroppings obstructing barges in twostretches of the Middle Mississippi about 100river miles south of St. Louis.

Initially, officials estimated that contractbid requirements, Federal Register notices,and other “red tape” would push starting therock removal to at least March – until dozensof U.S. Senators and Congressmen inter-vened. When navigation interests, includingthe Waterways Council, Inc., pointed out that,if barge traffic on the Mississippi were halted,it would disrupt 7.2 million tons of commodi-ties worth $2.8 billion, the White Housesuddenly got involved.

Almost overnight, the Corps hired NewtMarine, Inc., of Dubuque and KokosingConstruction Co. Inc., of Fredericktown,

Ohio, to blast loose and excavate underwaterrock pinnacles in a 1.2-mile river stretch nearGrand Tower, Ill., and also in a five-milereach about 35 miles down-river near Thebes,Ill. All told, the contractors excavated 365cubic yards of the limestone formations,adding at least 2 additional feet of depth tothe navigation channel. Ironically, heavyrainfall has since swollen the river by 8 feetor more.

While the rock removal was in progress,the river was closed to navigation for longhours every day. Nevertheless, the CoastGuard said 630 towboats pushing 6,123 bargesmanaged to make their way through the rockextraction area. Meanwhile, rain storms haverecently brought high water to the Ohio,Tennessee and Gulf Coast rivers, creating newnavigation problems for bargelines.

The Missouri River – America’s longestriver (139 miles longer than the Mississippi) –supplies from 40 percent to as much as 78percent of Mississippi River flows passing St.Louis, but the huge Missouri River reservoirsare at reduced levels because of the region’spersistent drought. While acting to keep thosereservoirs off limits, the Corps was able toutilize water stored in Carlyle Lake in Illinoisand Red Rock Lake in Iowa to increaseMississippi River levels.

The combination of rock removal,additional water from the two tributaryreservoirs, and the additional upstreamrainfall prevented the complete shut-downof the river. w

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Sen. Casey proposes River Act of 2013 . . . . . . . 3Join us at WCI’s Washington Meetings . . . . . . . 4

Congr. Shuster takes over T&I Committee . . . 10Ms. Darcy expected to keep Pentagon post. . 14

Sen. Dick Durbin(Illinois) stood upfor water trans-portation when itwas threatened bylow water on theMississippi River.Page 4.

CORPS ADDS CHANNEL DEPTH, WINS PLAUDITSIN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER’S LOW-WATER SCARE

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When news outlets learned that water levelsin the Mississippi River were dropping dramat-ically, casting doubt on whether the ArmyCorps of Engineers could sustain navigationwithout heavy rainfall, the day-to-day dramabecame a media “feeding frenzy.” Hundreds ofnewspapers, news magazines, TV and radiobroadcasts, Internet blogs, small-town weekliesand wire services including the AssociatedPress and Reuters reported the story, often fromtowns and towboats along the river.

For the waterways industry, the almostaround-the-clock coverage became anunexpected bonanza. Newspaper editorialsand network anchors alike repeatedly empha-sized the importance of barge transportation inmoving the products of America’s farms, millsand mines to markets here and abroad – in

huge quantities at low rates, helping to keepour commodities competitive.

For most of November and December andinto early January, Ann M. McCullouch ofAmerican Waterways Operators and WCI’sDebra A. Colbert kept a list of news reportsand editorials which appeared in newspapersor on television, including directions foraccessing each of them on the Internet. Theirlisting totaled 38 pages and included morethan 200 entries. w

Low-Water Coverage ‘Bonanza’ for Barges

CANAL VAULTING. It all started in theNetherlands when farmers wanted tocross canals dividing their fields. Nowit’s become a competition sport. Usinglong poles stuck into the side of the canal,jumpers take a running start, leap highonto the pole, and then quickly climb upthe pole as it falls to the other side. w

“The Mississippi River looks like theDan Ryan Expressway at rush hour thesedays. Tuesday night, a towboat[pushing] 18 huge barges ran aground25 miles south of Memphis. The stalledboat backed up 35 other tows – 23headed south and 12 headed north – forseveral hours until the path could becleared. Many of the goods thatAmericans rely on for their daily livestravel up and down the Mississippi. Thesummer drought has left the river at itslowest level in decades...” – TheChicago Tribune.

“... The dearth of rain is real, and itcould shut down barge traffic along theMighty Mississippi. That could affectthe wallets of all of us if the price ofcommodities and other materials wedepend on rise because producers ofthose goods are forced to find moreexpensive ways to get them to markets....” – The (Memphis) CommercialAppeal.

“...The problem isn’t Mother Nature.It’s not environmentalists or industrial-ists. It’s not the Corps. It’s Congress.Until Congress gives a higher priority tothe nation’s great rivers, and acts asreferee among competing interests, all ofus will pay.” – The (St. Louis) Post-Dispatch. w

EDITORIAL EXCERPTS...

Low water on the Mississippi. Near St. Louis, barges and towboats wait for deeper waterahead, ideally from rainstorms. Meanwhile, more water was coming from reservoirs inIllinois and Iowa. Corps dredges cleared sediment from the navigation channel, and proce-dures were expedited to blast rock pinnacles from the river bed down river, adding preciousfeet to the channel depth.

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Sen. Casey previewed his legislativeproposal while standing on the deck of the MvEmpress tied up at the Station Square dockwith Pittsburgh towering in the background.Among those speaking at the short ceremonywas Michael J. Toohey, WCI’s president andCEO, who congratulated the Senator “for hisvision and support for revitalization of thenation’s inland transportation system.” Earlier,the Waterways Council’s Executive Committee

had endorsed Sen. Casey’s legislation as “criti-cal” to U.S. competitiveness.

Congr. Ed Whitfield (Kentucky) plans to re-introduce his bill, entitled Waterways Are Vitalfor the Economy, Energy, Efficiency and Envi-ronment Act (WAVE-4), which had 27 co-sponsors in the last Congress. The leadDemocrat co-sponsor of this year’s legislation,he said, will be Congr. Daniel Lipinski (Illinois).

In October, Sen. Lamar Alexander(Tennessee) announced plans to sponsor abipartisan bill, the American Waterworks Act,to restore the Inland Waterways Trust Fundand use the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund,as intended, to keep navigation channelsadequately dredged. A draft of the legislationwould remove the requirement that the InlandWaterways Trust Fund continue to pay half ofthe cost of Olmsted L&D, freeing up as muchas $75 million a year to address other lockconstruction and rehabilitation needs. w

Congressional interest continues toincrease in the quest to modernize inlandwaterways and ports, keep navigationchannels open, improve project management,and revitalize the Inland Waterways TrustFund. With two separate bills alreadyproposed to strengthen inland navigationinfrastructure, Sen. Robert P. Casey, Jr.,(Pennsylvania) last week introduced compre-hensive legislation to “make our waterwaysmore effective and efficient.”

He titled his bill the Reinvesting in VitalEconomic Rivers and Waterways Act of 2013– or the RIVER Act, which has become S.704. “This legislation is about increasing

investments in our waterways and reformingthe current process to reduce waste and limitcost overruns,” Sen. Casey said. Co-sponsor-ing the legislation are Sen. Mary Landrieu(Louisiana) and Sen. Amy Klobuchar(Minnesota).

His bill’s key elements: Preserve 50/50cost sharing for new lock construction andmajor rehabilitation. Prioritize completion ofnavigation projects. Realize a sustainableannual construction/rehab program of $380million. Increase the inland waterway fuel taxto 29 cents a gallon. Include a cost-share capon lock construction projects to head off heftycost overruns and lengthy delays... w


Sen. Casey Offers Bill to Reinvest in Rivers

WCI Declares Support for the ‘River Act 2013'

Down by the riverside. To unveil his legislation, theRiver Act of 2013, Sen. Robert P. Casey, Jr., (Pennsyl-vania) chose a riverboat on a busy waterway. For theceremony, the Mv Empress of the Gateway ClipperFleet was moored alongside Campbell Towing’s MvTensas on the Monongahela River in downtownPittsburgh. Shown here at the podium, as Sen. Caseywatched, WCI Pres./CEO Michael J. Toohey praised thelawmaker for “his vision and support.”

Sen. Durbin, who holds the No. 2leadership position in the U.S. Senate –that of Senate Majority Whip – has longbeen an advocate of America’s inlandwaterways and ports. When water levelswere falling on the Mississippi andcontinued navigation was in some doubt,he visited the river and met with officialsof the Corps of Engineers and localentities. Back in Washington, he encour-aged his colleagues to join him in jointpleas to the White House.

In essence, Sen. Durbin helped to keepthe pressure on official Washington tomuster the Federal government’s diverseresources to help the U.S. economyescape the doomsday scenarios that manywere predicting. True, he had a lot of helpin keeping the river open in spite of greatodds, but he was a great cheerleader.

First elected to Congress in 1983, heserved seven terms in the House beforemoving to the Senate. He took office inthe Senate in 1997 and is now in his thirdterm. He has been the Majority Whipsince 2007. w

Sen. Durbin Recognizedas a Friend of Waterways

The Waterways Council’s 2013 WashingtonMeetings are only days away – March 19-21.We will meet at the newly renovated LowesMadison Hotel, on 15th Street, Northwest, atM Street in Washington. The agenda includesthe Waterways Seminar, Capitol Hill visits,and the Leadership Service Awards dinner.

Among speakers on the program: Lt. Gen.Thomas P. Bostick, Chief of Engineers; Sen.Richard J. (Dick) Durbin (Illinois), SenateMajority Whip; Congr. Bill Shuster (Pennsyl-vania), newly installed chairman of the HouseTransportation and Infrastructure (T&I)Committee; and Sen. Mary Landrieu(Louisiana).

You can find details and register on-line at:www.waterwayscouncil.org. On the openingpage, under “WCI News” click on “RegisterNow.” It’s that simple. Fees remainunchanged: $350 for the seminar and $195 forthe Leadership Service Award dinner. w


Plan Now to Attend WCI’s Washington Meetings

Gen. Bostick

The Washington Meetings begin Tuesday,March 19, with a morning session of ourBoard of Directors (WCI members only).The Water-ways Seminar kicks off with anoon luncheon, headlined by Gen. Bostick,who will review the Corps’ civil worksprogram. He will be introduced by WCIChmn. Matt Woodruff, director-governmentaffairs of Kirby Corp.

After a break, Chmn. Shuster of the T&ICommittee will speak. Introducing him willbe Peter H. Stephaich, chairman of CampbellTransportation Co. Following next will be apanel discussion featuring two Senate profes-sional staff members: Roger K. Cockrell ofthe Appropriations Subcommittee on Energyand Water Development and Richard A.Bender, senior legislative assistant to Sen.Tom Harkin (Iowa).

An added afternoon speaker will beCharles V. (Casey) Dinges, IV, senior manag-ing director for public affairs, membershipand marketing at the American Society ofCivil Engineers, an organization which haslong advocated for increased Federal invest-ment in America’s rapidly aging transporta-tion infrastructure.

Sen. Landrieu will be the final speaker ofthe afternoon. Introducing her will be H.Merritt Lane, III, of Canal Barge Co.Because of prior engagements, Sen. DickDurbin will accept WCI’s Leadership ServiceAward that afternoon, around 2:45 p.m. Thetraditional Leadership Service Award dinner,with a speaker to be announced, will be heldthat evening. w

Gen. Bostick to Givethe Opening Address


On Wednesday, March 20, from 9:00 a.m.to 5:00 p.m., in teams of about a half-dozeneach, Washington Meeting participants willvisit House and Senate committees as well asthe offices of lawmakers on both sides of theCapitol. The teams will brief Members onproposed legislation affecting waterways andports, particularly bills rejuvenating the InlandWaterways Trust Fund and ensuring the fullutilization of the Harbor Maintenance TrustFund to dredge ports and harbors to authorizeddepths and widths.

On both Tuesday and Wednesday evenings,receptions are planned. Our annualLeadership Service Award will take placeWednesday afternoon, but there will still be adinner with a headline speaker that evening.

The final event on the WashingtonMeetings program will be a meeting of theNational Waterways Foundation trustees onThursday morning, March 21 (trustees only).The foundation’s chairman, Michael W.Hennessey of Brownsville (Pa.) MarineProducts, LLC, will preside. w

Visits to Capitol Offices on our Meeting Agenda

Nelson Spencer honored. Atits annual River Bell Awards

luncheon in Paducah, theSeamen’s Church Institutenamed H. Nelson Spencer,

publisher of the WaterwaysJournal, now in its 126thyear of publication, as its2012 “river legend.” He is

shown, second from left, withhis wife Crystal at right. With

them are their son Spence,the magazine’s business

manager, and his wife Katie.The River Bell Award went to

William F. Paxton, III, mayor of Paducah.

- (c) 2012 Seamen's Church Institute, Brad Rankin Photography

AN EARLY FINISH. Extensive repairs to leaky Wolf Creek Dam near Jamestown, Ky., arewinding up, permitting the water level in Lake Cumberland to be raised soon by 20 feet.

It turned out that the dam was built years ago on porous limestone and could fail. In2007, the lake was lowered by 40 feet to relieve pressure on the dam. To stabilize the struc-ture, contractors drilled 1,197 holes 4 feet in diameter some 275 feet deep just below thedam and then filled the holes with 536.5 million tons of concrete. That should work. w


All smiles for the camera. Photo 1: WCI Chmn. MattWoodruff., left, with Harris County Judge Edward M.Emmett. Photo 2: Michael Ricks of Cargill, Inc., left;Michael D. McLean of Consol Energy, Inc.; Ken Ericksenof Informa Economics, Inc.; and Thomas Schick ofAmerican Chemistry Council. Photo 3: Bruce D.McGinnis of McGinnis, Inc, left, with William D.Stegbauer of Southern Towing Co.

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Photo 4: At a Space Center buffet, Lee J. Nelson ofUpper River Services, right, teases NWF Chmn. MichaelW. Hennessey of Brownsville Marine Products, LLC.Photo 5: Sampling the buffet are Rodney M. Weinzierlof Illinois Corn Growers Assn. and Medina S. Moran,WCI’s Senior Executive Assistant.

SCENES FROM OUR 2012 WATERWAYS SYMPOSIUM IN HOUSTON

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The Corps of Engineers has launched aneffort to transform its civil works programwith the goal of making it more responsive.“The way we have been doing business is nolonger sustainable,” Maj. Gen. Michael J.Walsh, Deputy Commanding General for Civiland Emergency Operations, told ourWaterways Symposium in Houston.

“We fund too many studies/projects at lessthan capability,” he said. “We try too hard tojustify unviable projects. It takes too long toget studies and projects completed and coststoo much. We make sponsors and stakehold-ers unhappy due to lack of timeliness and costeffectiveness.”

The remedy, he believes, is a four-partprocess including “planning modernization”(weeding out studies unlikely to leadanywhere); “budget transformation” (identify-ing local government, non-profit, or privateentities to participate in innovative partner-ships and financing arrangements), “infrastruc-ture strategy” (recapitalizing critical assets tomaintain their viability or else re-purpose,retire or divest them) and “methods of deliv-ery” (removing unnecessary administrative or

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Because of Congressional caucuses,regional initiatives and task forces, residentswho live near the Mississippi River are nowmore organized than ever. Almost a dozengroups have been established to represent rivervalley citizens and/or speak for them on publicpolicy issues.

One of the first such organizations was theMississippi River Caucus, set up in 1998-99 byformer Congr. Leonard Boswell (Iowa) andformer Congr. Kenny Hulshof (Missouri), as co-chairs, neither of whom is still in Congress. Thecaucus was just recently revived in the Senateby Sen. Roy Blunt (Missouri) and Sen. TomHarkin (Iowa). In the House, a new counterpartcaucus is co-chaired by four Congressmen: RickCrawford (Arkansas), Stephen Fincher(Tennessee), Ron Kind (Wisconsin), and TimWalz (Minnesota).

There’s already an Upper Mississippi RiverBasin Task Force co-chaired by Congr. Kindand Walz and the Mississippi River Valley andTributaries Caucus co-chaired by fourCongressmen: Rodney Davis (Illinois), BlaineLuetkemeyer (Missouri), Collin Peterson(Minnesota) and Cedric Peterson (Louisiana).The Congressional Waterways Caucus now hasthree co-chairs: Mike McIntyre (NorthCarolina), Candice S. Miller (Michigan) andSteve Scalise (Louisiana).

AND MORE. Congr. Richmond and Congr.Michael Grimm (New York) recently announcedformation of the Congressional MaritimeCaucus. It joins the Mississippi River Citiesand Towns Initiative co-chaired by Mayor DaveKleis of St. Cloud, Minn., and Major FrancisSlay of St. Louis; the PORTS (PortsOpportunity, Renewal, Trade and Security)Caucus; America’s Great Watershed Initiative:Big River Works Initiative, etc. w

CAUCUSES MULTIPLY IN MISSISSIPPI VALLEY

Corps Wants Civil Works to Become More Attuned

Centennial celebration. At its2012 convention in Mobile,the American Assn. of Port

Authorities marked its 100thanniversary, which was

actually on December 10.Winston Groom of nearby

Fairhope, author of ForrestGump, was the luncheonspeaker, and then AAPA’s

incoming chairman,Armando Duarte-Pelaez of

Santa Marta (Colombia) PortCorp., right, and AAPA’s

immediate past chairman,Jerry A. Bridges of the

Virginia Port Authority, cut aceremonial birthday cake.


Some of our speakers. Photo 1: Richard R. (Rick)Calhoun of Cargill, Inc., WCI’s past chairman, left,with Pres. Gregory E. DiLoreto of American Society ofCivil Engineers. Photo 2: Dr. Kenneth N. Mitchell ofthe Corps’ Engineering Research and DevelopmentCenter. Photo 3: Tim Parker of Parker Towing Co.with Maj. Gen. Michael J. Walsh of CorpsHeadquarters.

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Photo 4. Informa Economics’ team includedChmn./CEO Bruce A. Scherr, left, James R. Wiesemeyer,and Kenneth A. Eriksen, both senior vice presidentsPhoto 5: From left, WCI Vice Pres. Paul C. Rohde, DrewPreston of U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Philip L. Byrd ofAmerican Trucking Assns., Kurt J. Nagle of AAPA, andJohn J. Gray of Assn. of American Railroads.

HOUSTON MEETING INCLUDED VISIT TO SPACE FLIGHT CENTER


Reunion in the Big Easy. Photo 1. Mark L. Mazzanti, left,chief of the Corps’ Programs Integration Division, with apredecessor, Thomas F. (Fred) Caver. Photo 2: Maj. Gen.John W. Peabody, president of Mississippi RiverCommission, presents a citation to retiring CommissionerWilliam Clifford Smith of Houma, La. At right areCommissioners Sam E. Angel of Lake Village, Ark., andR. D. James of New Madrid, Mo. Photo 3: Gen. Peabodyswears in the newest commissioner, Dr. Norma JeanMaattei of Metairie, La.

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Photo 4. Sen. Roger Wicker (Mississippi), the floodcontrol association’s president, with departing Congr. JoAnn Emerson (Missouri) and Congr. Jerry Costello(Illinois). Photo 5: Corps officials Edward E. Belk,Programs Director of Mississippi Valley Division, JamesR. Hannon, Jr., Chief of Operations and Regulatory,and James E. Walker, recently retired NavigationProgram Manager.

FLOOD CONTROL ASSOCIATION MEETS AGAIN IN NEW ORLEANS

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One of the few leadership changes in thenew 113th Congress, which took office inJanuary, was the chairmanship of the HouseTransportation and Infrastructure (T&I)Committee. That position is now held byCongr. Bill Shuster (Pennsylvania), whoreplaced term-limited Congr. John L. Mica(Florida). Congr. Mica now chairs the eight-member Subcommittee on GovernmentOperations of the Committee on Oversight andGovernment Reform.

Chmn. Shuster took over a chair held byhis father, Congr. E.G. (Bud) Shuster (also

Pennsylvania), in 1995-2001. Shortly afterassuming the chairmanship, the new Chmn.Shuster won plaudits from water transportationproponents by announcing that passage of anew Water Resources Development Act “willbe a top priority.”

Congr. Nick J. Rahall, II, (West Virginia)will remain the T&I Committee’s rankingminority member. The Subcommittee onWater Resources and Environment will againbe headed by Congr. Bob Gibbs (Ohio) withCongr. William H. Bishop (New York) contin-uing as ranking member. w

Congr. Shuster Assumes T&I Panel Chairmanship

REPUBLICANS (MAJORITY)Bob Gibbs, Ohio, Chairman Don Young, Alaska Gary G. Miller, CaliforniaShelley Moore Capito, West Virginia Candice S. Miller, Michigan Andy Harris, MarylandEric A. (Rick) Crawford, ArkansasRichard L. Hanna, New York * Daniel Webster, Florida Jeff Denham, California Reid J. Ribble, Wisconsin * Thomas Massie, Kentucky* Steve Daines, Montana * Tom Rice, South Carolina * Markwayne Mullin, Oklahoma * Mark Meadows, North Carolina* Rodney Davis, Illinois Bill Shuster, Pennsylvania, (ex officio)

DEMOCRATS (MINORITY)Timothy H. Bishop, New York, Ranking Donna F. Edwards, Maryland * John Garamendi, California * Ann Kirkpatrick, Arizona * Lois Frankel, Florida Eleanor Holmes Norton, District of Columbia Eddie Bernice Johnson, Texas Grace F. Napolitano, California * Elizabeth H. Esty, Connecticut Michael H. Michaud, Maine * Richard M. Nolan, Minnesota * Janice Hahn, California * Sean Patrick Maloney, New York Nick J. Rahall, II, West Virginia, (ex officio)

* New member of the committee

House Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment

BATTLE CRY. “Taxation without channelization!” This phrase rallies supporters ofRAMP legislation – the Realizing America’s Maritime Promise Act. Bills are now pendingin the House and Senate. The legislation’s intent is to ensure that the Harbor MaintenanceTrust Fund is fully utilized to dredge navigation channels to their authorized dimensions.The trust fund now has a surplus of $7.6 billion. w


On the Senate side, the counterpartEnvironment and Public Works (EPW)Committee retained its chair, Sen. BarbaraBoxer (California), but acquired a newranking member, Sen. David Vitter(Louisiana). He replaced Sen. James M.Inhofe (Oklahoma), who became rankingmember of the Armed Services Committee.

EPW’s long-time Republican staff direc-tor, Ruth H. Van Mark, retired shortly afterthe November elections and just before Sen.Vitter brought in a number of new staffmembers, including his former legislativedirector, Zakir A. (Zak) Baig, who wasnamed minority staff director – a processfollowed in many if not most Congressionaloffices when lawmakers switch from oneoffice to another.

At recent EPW hearings, Sen. Vitter saidhe intended to propose legislation to makethe Corps of Engineers more efficient andpush the agency to deliver reports on time.He also reminded the panel of his intentionto work with Sen. Bill Nelson (Florida) on ameasure giving state and local authoritiesmore control over Corps projects. w

Sen. Vitter

Sen. Vitter Gets MinoritySlot on EPW Committee

DEMOCRATS (MAJORITY)Barbara Boxer, California, ChairMax Baucus, MontanaThomas R. Carper, DelawareFrank R. Lautenberg, New JerseyBenjamin L. Cardin, MarylandBernard Sanders, VermontSheldon Whitehouse, Rhode IslandTom Udall, New MexicoJeff Merkley, OregonKirsten Gillibrand, New York

REPUBLICANS (MINORITY)David Vitter, Louisiana, RankingJames M. Inhofe, OklahomaJohn Barrasso, WyomingJeff Sessions, AlabamaMike Crapo, Idaho* Roger F. Wicker, MississippiJohn Boozman, Arkansas* Deb Fischer, Nebraska

* New member of the committee.

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee

Floor debate. Martin T.(Marty) Hettel of AEP River

Operations discussed the low-water crisis during a break in

the Waterways Symposiumproceedings to make a point,

or maybe two or three, inconversing with Debra A.Colbert, WCI’s senior vice

president. This event tookplace last fall in Houston.


Sen. Mikulski to Chair Appropriations PanelCongr. Hal Rogers (Kentucky) remains

chairman of the House AppropriationsCommittee as well as Congr. Rodney P.Frelinghuysen (New Jersey) as chairman of theEnergy and Water DevelopmentSubcommittee. However, ranking minoritymembers of both the full committee and thesubcommittee have changed.

Congr. Nita M. Lowey (New York)succeeded retiring Congr. Norman D. Dicks(Washington) as ranking member of the fullcommittee, and Congr. Marcy Kaptur (Ohio)replaced Congr. Peter J. (Pete) Visclosky(Indiana) as ranking minority member on thesubcommittee. Congr. Visclosky became

ranking minority member of the DefenseSubcommittee while continuing as a memberof the EWD Subcommittee.

On the Senate side, Sen. Barbara A.Mikulski (Maryland) took over chairmanshipof the Appropriations Committee, followingSen. Daniel K. Inouye (Hawaii), who diedlast December 17. The Committee’s newranking member is Sen. Richard Shelby(Alabama). In leadership roles on the Energyand Water Development Subcommittee areSen. Dianne Feinstein (California) for themajority and Sen. Lamar Alexander(Tennessee) for the minority. w

REPUBLICANS (MAJORITY)Rodney P. Frelinghuysen, New Jersey,ChairMike Simpson, IdahoRodney Alexander, LouisianaAlan Nunnelee, Mississippi* Ken Calvert, California* John Carter, Texas* Chuck Fleischmann, Tennessee

DEMOCRATS (MINORITY)* Marcy Kaptur, Ohio, RankingPeter J. (Pete) Visclosky, IndianaEd Pastor, ArizonaChaka Fattah, Pennsylvania* New member of the committee


House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development (EWD)

DEMOCRATS (MAJORITY)Dianne Feinstein, California, ChairPatty Murray, WashingtonTim Johnson, South DakotaMary Landrieu, LouisianaFrank Lautenberg, New JerseyTom Harkin, IowaJohn Tester, MontanaRichard J. Durbin, Illinois* Tom Udall, New Mexico

REPUBLICANS (MINORITY)Lamar Alexander, Tennessee, RankingThad Cockran, MississippiMitch McConnell, KentuckyRichard Shelby, AlabamaSusan Collins, MaineLisa Murkowski, AlaskaLindsey Graham, South Carolina* John Hoeven, North Dakota


Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development

New Congress Brings Committee Staff MovesMurphie N. Barrett, who left the U.S.

Chamber of Commerce a few years ago forthe Senate Environment and Public Works(EPW) Committee to work on water resourcesissues, has joined the House Transportationand Infrastructure (T&I) Committee, focusingon the highway and transit program... T&IChmn. Shuster has named Christopher P.(Chris) Bertram, who formerly handledhighway and transit matters, as the commit-tee’s chief of staff...

Sen. Barbara Boxer (California), EPWchair, has added two new hires to the majoritystaff: Jeremy I. Symons and JosephMendelson, III, both from the NationalWildlife Federation. Mr. Symons was NWF’ssenior vice president for conservation andeducation, and Mr. Mendelson was director ofclimate and energy policy. At EPW, he wasappointed to a new position, that of chiefclimate counsel. w

Jo-Ellen Darcy, a long-time Senate stafferwho has served as Assistant Secretary of theArmy (Civil Works) since August 2009, isexpected to remain in this position in thesecond Obama Administration. Her deputy,Terrence C. (Rock) Salt, plans to retire in mid-March. He is a former commander of theCorps’ Jacksonville District and was laterdirector of the Department of the Interior’sEverglades Restoration Initiative.

Thomas L. Hengst of the Vicksburg Districtwas promoted to chief of its river operationsdivision, home of the mat-sinking unit whichconsists of the Dredge Jadwin and three motorvessels... Eric W. Johnson of the St. Paul

District won the Mississippi Valley Division’s“construction hard hat of the year” award...

MOVING ON. Col. Dionysios (Dan)Anninos, a former commander of the NorfolkDistrict and recently the Corps’ Chief of Staff,retired last month. Col. R. Mark Toy,commander of the Los Angeles District, willtake over the post this summer. Claudia L.Tornblom, is to retire at the end of April. Sheis a former Office of Management and Budgetofficial who moved to the office of theAssistant Secretary of the Army for CivilWorks in 1987 and was subsequently named asDeputy Assistant Secretary for Managementand Budget. w

MS. DARCY MAY RETAIN HER PENTAGON POSITION

For the last decade, Janet G. Merritthas worked at Cannelton Locks on theOhio River. When she and Elvin Barksof nearby Corydon, Ind., decided to getmarried, guess where they planned theceremony – right there on the lock wall.It was during the lock workers’ annualholiday party but, not to run afoul of anyArmy regulations, she took annual leavefor the day.

Mr. and Mrs. Barks won’t have anytrouble remembering when they tied theknot. It was precisely at 12:12 p.m. on12/12/12. w

A DATE TO REMEMBER

At Foundation session. Listening to the discussion at a meeting of the trustees of theNational Waterways Foundation were, from left, the Rev. David M. Rider of the Seamen’sChurch Institute, J. Russell Flowers of J. Russell Flowers, Inc., and H. Nelson Spencer of theWaterways Journal. The trustees met during the Waterways Symposium.



All dressed up. Photo 1: Brig. Gen. Anthony C.Funkhouser, Northwestern Division commander, withMaj. Gen. Hans A. Van Winkle, USA-Ret., a former CivilWorks Director and Deputy Chief. Photo 2: Lt. Gen.Thomas P. Bostick, center, with Brig. Gen. Jeffrey H.Holmes of Tennessee National Guard with his wifeRhonda. Photo 3: Maj. Gen. Merdith (Bo) Temple, USA-Ret., right, Acting Chief for 11 months in 2011, withChristine T. Altendorf, PhD, Chief of the Corps’ Environ-mental Division, and her friend, CW4 Larry Johnson.

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Photo 4: Maj. Gen. Russell L. Fuhrman, USA-Ret.,right, with Brig. Gen. Eugene S. Witherspoon, USA-Ret.,a former Lower Mississippi Valley Division commander.Photo 5: Maj. Gen. Don T. Riley, USA-Ret., right, withhis wife Roz with their son Daniel and his guest, LauraRomanchik.

ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS HOLDS ITS ANNUAL CASTLE BALL


Career Changes Attract Well Known LawmakersIn January, two sitting Members of

Congress unexpectedly resigned. Sen. JamesW. (Jim) DeMint (South Carolina), firstelected to the Senate in 2005, stepped downon New Year’s Day to become president ofthe Heritage Foundation, the Washington-based conservative think tank.

On January 22, Congr. Jo Ann Emerson(Missouri) gave up her seat to become presi-dent and CEO of the National Rural ElectricCooperative Assn. (NRECA), a post longheld by former Congr. Glenn L. English, Jr.(Oklahoma), who retired on March 1. Ms.Emerson was elected to the House ofRepresentatives in 1996 following the death

of her husband, former Congr. N. W. (Bill)Emerson, who represented the “boot hill”region of Missouri almost 16 years.

So far, one House and four Senatemembers have already announced plans notto seek re-election in 2014. Among them isSen. Tom Harkin (Iowa), who served 10years in the House and will complete hisfifth Senate term in 2015. In 1993, Sen.Harkin sponsored a sense-of-the-Senateresolution, adopted by an 88-12 vote, whichwas instrumental in derailing a ClintonAdministration plan to enact a $1-per-gallonfuel tax to recover O&M costs on the inlandwaterway system. w

Mr. Grugett

Mr. Rash

Medical issues forced George C. Grugett,executive vice president of the MississippiValley Flood Control Association since June1980, to resign late last year. During thesummer, he suffered a head injury when hiscar was rear-ended. He had almost recov-ered from this accident when he had toundergo emergency gall bladder surgery.That’s when he decided to step aside. Hetook over the flood control group after retir-ing from the Army Corps of Engineers,where he was the Memphis District’sExecutive Assistant.

Last month, when he was about to leave arehabilitation facility, he slipped whilewalking around his bed and fell to the floor,breaking his hip. Using a minimallyinvasive procedure, surgeons were able toinsert a couple of screws to repair the hip.At last report, Mr. Grugett was still veryweak but recovering. Just yesterday, heturned 88. Happy Birthday!

Named to replace him at the flood controlassociation was Robert G. (Rob) Rash ofMarion, Ark. He is CEO and chief engineerof the St. Francis Levee District, which isbased in West Memphis, Ark. The seven-county northeast Arkansas district includes160 miles of mainline Mississippi River

levees and 75 miles of St. Francis Rivertributary levees. w

George Grugett Leaves Flood Control Position

After 36-plus years with the Corps ofEngineers, James E. Walker, Jr., NavigationProgram Manager, retired on January 3. OnFebruary 11, he began working for theAmerican Assn. of Port Authorities as itsdirector of navigation policy and legislation.

This was the position which David B.(Dave) Sanford, Jr., another former Corpsofficial, had held (until recently) for sevenyears. During some 32 years with the Corps,Dave served in a number of high-rankingposts, including that of Chief of Civil WorksPolicy. Though now twice retired, he is nowwith a government relations firm, ManchesterMaritime Associates, LLC., based inManchester, New Hampshire.

Before transferring to Corps headquarterssix years ago, Mr. Walker was assistant chiefof the Mobile District’s Operations Division,helping to manage one of the Corps’ largestand most diverse O&M programs. w

Jim Walker’s RetirementLasted a Mere 39 Days!


The Corps Reform Network is no more. It’snow known as the Water Protection Network(WPN). The National Wildlife Federation(NWF) has, directly or indirectly, supported bothgroups. David R. Conrad, NWF’s long-timesenior water resources specialist, has apparentlyleft the organization. He was listed on WPN’s2012 membership meeting program as thatgroup’s ”independent consultant.”

Recently taking over as senior waterresources counsel at NWF was Melissa A.Samet, formerly the senior director of waterresources at American Rivers, Inc. While withthat organization, she directed AmericanRivers’ “Corps of Engineers Reform

Campaign” and was listed as co-chair of theCorps Reform Network.

The Environmental Working Group(EWG), which focuses on research andadvocacy in public health and other consumer-related issues, has named a new executivedirector: Heather B. White, who was recentlydirector of education advocacy for theNational Wildlife Federation. Founded in1993, EWG has an annual budget of $6.7million and almost 50 employees. w

Environmental Groups Revamp, Leaders Move

Waiting for dad. Six-year-old Seth waits patiently as his father, Timothy S. (Steve) Gambrell,executive director of the Mississippi River Commission, visits with Brig. Gen. Margaret W.Burcham, commander of the Corps’ Great Lakes and Ohio River Division, at the recent Miss-issippi Valley Flood Control Assn. meeting. Seth is standing still, but his feet are getting restless.

Robert F. Cockrell, 87, of WestPoint, Miss.; survivorsinclude a son, Roger K.Cockrell of theprofessional staffon the SenateAppropriationsSubcommitee onEnergy and WaterDevelopment...

(Delayed) MaryAn Kirwin, 70, ofKaty, Tex., wife ofDennis L. Kirwin, formerly vice presi-dent and general manager of MidlandMarine Corp. in Houston, who laterserved as president of Waterways Work!,a national campaign which was aforerunner of the Waterways Council,Inc.... Asbury H. (Abby) Sallenger, Jr.,63, an expert on coastal hazards for theU.S. Geological Survey...

Richard G. Peckham, 61, of WestSussex, England, founder of Interna-tional Bulk Journal and executive direc-tor of Dry Bulk Terminal Group, a non-profit organization facilitating theexchange of safety, security and environ-mental information among dry bulkshippers and terminals around theworld... To their families and manyfriends, we extend our condolences. w

In Memoriam...


During the summer months, mostlyin the June-to-August period, the leader-ship of at least 15 Corps of EngineersDistricts will change:

Charleston, S.C. – Lt. Col. John T.Litz vice (in place of) Lt. Col. Edward P.Chamberlayne. Galveston – Col.Richard P. (Rich) Pannell vice Col.Christopher W. (Chris) Sallese. KansasCity – Col. Andrew D. Sexton vice Col.Anthony J. (Tony) Hofmann.

Little Rock – Col. Courtney W. Paulvice Col. Glen A. Masset. Los Angeles– Col. Kimberly M. Colloton vice Col.R. Mark Toy. Memphis – Col. JefferyA. Anderson vice Col. Vernie L.Reichling, Jr. Mobile – Col. Jon J.Chytka vice Col. Steven J. Roemhildt.

Nashville – Lt. Col. John L. Hudsonvice Lt. Col. James A. DeLapp. NewOrleans – Col. Richard L. (Rich) Hansenvice Col. Edward R. Fleming. Pittsburgh– Col. Bernard R. (Bernie) Lindstromvice Col. William H. (Butch) Graham.Sacramento – Col. Michael J. (Mike)Farrell vice Col. William J. Leady.

St. Paul – Col. Daniel C. (Dan)Koprowski vice Col. Michael J. Price.Savannah – Col. Thomas J. Tickner viceCol. Jeffery M. Hall. Tulsa – Col.Richard A. Pratt vice Col. Michael J.(Mike) Teague. Vicksburg – Col. JohnW. Cross vice Col. Jeffrey R. (Jeff)Eckstein. w

Corps Plans Rotationin District Commands

Once again, the Inland Waterways UsersBoard has been allowed to lapse into a bureau-cratic “black hole.” The terms of all currentmembers, appointed last year, expired at theend of February. At last report, the Corps ofEngineers, which serves as the Users Board’ssecretariat, was still answering queries fromthe Department of the Army.

Last year, a squabble over the appointmentof Users Board members was resolved whenthe Army agreed that companies which moveproducts on the inland waterways, includingboth carriers and shippers, could be named tothe board and that these companies could thendesignate specific individuals to representthem on the Users Board. It is not knownwhat specific issue or issues have caused thecurrent stalemate.

Whenever these matters are finally settledand a new Users Board is in place, it likelywill not include at least two of those whoserved on the board last year: W. Scott Noble,a senior vice president of Ingram Barge Co.,who plans to retire later this year, and Larry R.Daily, formerly of Alter Barge Line, Inc. (nowAlter Logistics, Inc.,) who is no longer withthe firm. w

Users Board in Limboas its Future Is Debated

In recent days, the President hasannounced his intention to nominate severalnew members of his second-term presidency,all of whom require the Senate’s confirmation:

Secretary of Energy – Ernest J. Moniz, aphysicist at Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology. Secretary of the Interior – SallyJewell, chief executive of outdoor retailerRecreational Equipment, Inc. (REI ). EPAAdministrator – Regina A. (Gina) McCarthy,an EPA’s assistant administrator (air and radia-tion). Budget Director – Sylvia M. Burwell,president of Wal-Mart Foundation, one of thenation’s largest corporate philanthropic organi-zations. w

Cabinet Picks FaceSenate Confirmation

CROC WATCH. Recent flooding inSouth Africa swept some 15,000 croco-diles out of farms where they were beingraised for the fashion industry. Thou-sands were soon trapped, but at least10,000 more are still roaming free. w


IN THE MAINSTREAM...After serving more than 22 years as execu-

tive director of the Upper Mississippi RiverBasin Assn., Barbara L. Naramore left tobecome an assistant commissioner of theMinnesota Department of Natural Resources...Frederick G. (Bud) Wright, a former head ofthe Federal Highway Administration (2001-08), is the new executive director of theAmerican Assn. of State Highway andTransportation Officials (better known asAASHTO). He replaces John C. Horsley,who retired last month...

The President has appointed the firstwoman to serve on the 133-year-oldMississippi River Commission: Norma JeanMattei, Ph.D., who chairs the University ofNew Orleans’ department of civil and environ-mental engineering; she succeeds WilliamClifford Smith of Houma, La., whose termexpired. Appointment of a second woman,Brig. Gen. Margaret W. Burcham,commander of the Corps’ Great Lakes andOhio River Division, is expected shortly...

In a couple of months, Rear Adm. KevinS. Cook, the Coast Guard’s deputy comman-der of its Atlantic Area, will take overcommand of the New Orleans-based EighthCoast Guard District, relieving Rear Adm.Roy A. Nash, who has held the post sinceJune 2011...

The commander of the Corps of Engineers’Northwestern Division, formerly Col. AnthonyC. Funkhouser, is now a brigadier general; hewas promoted last month... PIANC-USA hastwo new commissioners: Edward J. Schmeltzof New York, senior vice president of AECOM,who replaced Dominic J. Izzo of Houston-based KRB, Inc., and Michael A. (Mike)Leone of Kingston, Mass., recently retired portdirector of the Massachusetts Port Authority,who took the place of David B. Sanford, Jr., ofAmerican Assn. of Port Authorities...

James D. Ogsbury, a former staff directorof the House Appropriations Subcommittee onEnergy and Water Development, was namedexecutive director of the Denver-basedWestern Governors’ Assn.... The Senate hasconfirmed Polly E. Trottenberg as DOT’sUnder Secretary for Transportation Policy; she

is the former executive director of BuildingAmerica’s Future, a bipartisan organization co-chaired by former Pennsylvania Gov. EdRendell and former California Gov. ArnoldSchwargenegger...

The Upper Mississippi, Illinois andMissouri Rivers Assn. has a new executivedirector: Meagan A. Kaiser of BowlingGreen, Mo. She replaces Kim Robinson, whoresigned... Greg J. Genz of South St. Paul,Minn., owner of Kaposia Marine Service, isnow president of the Upper MississippiWaterway Assn....

Capt. James E. (Jimmy) Cramond waselected president of Crescent River Port Pilots,who guide some 17,000 ships a year up anddown the meandering 106 miles between NewOrleans and Pilottown; he succeeds Capt.Allen J. Gibbs, who’s held the post for thelast 11 years... John A. Harms, senior publicaffairs advisor for Marlowe & Co., was namedmanager of the Atlantic region for AmericanWaterways Operators...

Charles K. Minton, a former president ofCampbell Transportation Co., has joinedBellaire (Ohio) Harbor Services as vice presi-dent... Ingram Barge Co. promoted Robert J.Barker to senior vice president and chiefinformation officer... The new president of theWaterways Industries of Paducah is Robert(Stoney) Stone, general manager of HunterSand & Gravel Division...

PORT REPORT. Jeffrey E. (Jeff) Miles isnow the North Carolina State Ports Authority’sacting executive director. Formerly the deputydirector, he replaced Thomas W. Bradshaw,who left after only a few months on the job...

Omar R. Benjamin stepped down as portdirector at Oakland, Calif., and Deborah AleFlint, formerly aviation director, wasappointed as acting port director...

Janiece M. Longoria, a partner in aHouston-based law firm, was appointed chair-man of the Port of Houston Authority, replacingJames T. Edmonds, who had headed theauthority since 2000. She is the first woman tohold this position.... Lanny H. Cawley, execu-tive director of the Port of Kalama, Wash., forthe last 19 years, plans to retire at month’s end...

Dr. Mattei

Ms. Trottenberg

Ms. Longoria

Long-feared “sequestration” automaticallyforcing across-the-board cuts in funding formost Federal departments and agencies,including the Corps of Engineers and CoastGuard, finally took effect last weekend. Whilenot felt immediately, transportation stands totake a hit – not just in on-going construction(like port-deepening projects) and essentiallock maintenance but at deep-draft docks,navigation locks, airports, etc. Officials arealready cutting back on overtime and handingout notices of possible furloughs, some of asmuch as one day per week.

Many held out hope that Congress and theAdministration would find a compromise plantempering the pain of planned budget cuts,choosing only logical budget cuts. But thishasn’t happened, at least so far. In fact,Congress is on the verge of including the cuts,albeit in a somewhat different fashion, in anew Continuing Resolution (CR) to keep thegovernment operating from March 27, whenthe current CR expires, until the end of thisfiscal year.

This latest CR, which has already passedthe House, does not increase spending caps for

Olmsted L&D and other projects nearing theirauthorized limits. But the House-passed CRdoes provide some flexibility to theDepartments of Defense and Veteran’s Affairsin handling their budget. The Office ofManagement and Budget has already circu-lated detailed guidance on “sequestrablebudgetary resources” showing that the Corpscould lose $484 million in appropriations aswell as $67 million more from trust funds andother such accounts. w


A threat turns into a treat. While Great Lakes fishermen fear an invasion of hungryAsian carp, Illinois fisheries are selling millions of pounds of the fish, mainly tooverseas customers. One of them, a Chinese importer, has announced plans to buy 50million pounds a year. Meanwhile, carp is making inroads in American kitchens.Shown here are Asian carp burgers on sale for $8 a pound at Dirk’s Fish and GourmetShop in Chicago’s ritzy Lincoln Park neighborhood.

Sequestration in Effect, Congress Expediting CR

Authorizing committees in both the Houseand Senate continue to work on a WaterResources Development Act (WRDA ‘13)which, if passed, would be the first in fiveyears. The Senate Environment and PublicWorks Committee started developing its billlast year, and in November the committee’schair, Sen. Barbara Boxer (California), circu-lated a 135-page draft bill. Sen. David Vitter(Louisiana), who became the panel’s rankingmember in January, and Sen. Boxer hope tomark up a revised WRDA draft on March 20.

Meanwhile, the House Transportation andInfrastructure (T&I) Committee, with Congr.Bill Shuster (Pennsylvania) as its new chair-man, is working on WRDA, too.

He has promised that such legislation willbe the first his committee will tackle. InFebruary, he held his first T&I hearing, whichwas on the Federal role in America’s infra-structure. Although some in Congress believestates and non-Federal entities should providetransportation infrastructure, Congr. Shusterbelieves this is mostly a Federal responsibility.

If WRDA ‘13 is to pass this year, lawmak-ers have only limited time to move the legisla-tion. A problem, for both the Senate and theHouse, is how to write an authorization billwithout any earmarks to identify specificprojects or, in other words, how to fashion anauthorization bill which contains only policyprovisions. w

WRDA Makes Progressin the House and Senate


Renewing friendships. StevenL. Stockton, right, the Corps’Director of Civil Works, visits

with two former AssistantSecretaries of the Army (Civil

Works): Robert K. Dawson,left, who served in 1985-87,

and H. Martin Lancaster,1996-97. They met at theCorps of Engineers’ recent

Castle Ball.

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March 11-13, NWC’s LegislativeSummit, Washington... March 12-14, Freightin the Southeast (Mid-America FreightCoalition, Kentucky BiennialFreight Conference and the eight-state Institute for Trade andTransportation), Louisville...

March 18-20, MississippiValley Flood Control Assn.’swinter meeting, Washington...

March 19-21, WCI WashingtonMeetings and Leadership ServiceAward Dinner, Loews MadisonHotel, Washington...

March 19-21, California Marine Affairsand Navigation Conference’s Washington(D.C.) Week...

March 19-22, Inland Rivers Ports &Terminals, Inc., New Orleans... March 25-28, National Working Waterfronts andWaterways Symposium, Tacoma... April 7-12, Mississippi River Commission’s annualhigh-water inspection trip...

April 9 (open to public)-April 10(members only), Coalition for America’sGateways and Trade Corridors,Washington... April 9-11, CriticalCommodities Conference, New Orleans...April 16-19, AWO spring convention,Washington... April 24-26, Greater NewOrleans Barge Fleeting Assn.’s river and

marine industry seminar...May 6-10, International Assn. of Ports

and Harbors, Los Angeles... May 9,International Trade Symposium,Norfolk... May 19-23, ASCE’sEnvironmental and WaterResources Congress, Cincinnati...May 22-24, Warrior-TombigbeeWaterway Assn., Point Clear,Ala... June 3-7, World DredgingCongress, Brussels...

June 6, Seamen’s ChurchInstitute’s Silver Bell Awards

Dinner, New York... Aug. 7-9, GulfIntracoastal Canal Assn., New Orleans...Aug. 25-28, Western Hemisphere DredgingConference (Western Dredging Assn. andTexas A&M), Honolulu... Aug. 25-29, Ports‘13 (PIANC/ASCE/COPRI), Seattle...

Aug. 27-28, Ouachita River ValleyAssn., Camden, Ark.... Sept. 16-19, WorldCanals Conference, Toulouse, France...Sept. 23-27, PIANC/Smart Rivers 2013,Liege, Belgium, and nearby Maastricht, TheNetherlands... Sept. 25-27, NationalWaterways Conference (NWC), Savannah...

Oct. 1-3, Waterways Symposium (WCI/Informa Economics/Waterways Journal),Peabody Hotel, Memphis... Oct. 9-11,International WorkBoat Show, NewOrleans... w

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