US Army Corps of Engineers BUILDING STRONG®

Partnering with the US Army Corps of Engineers

Tribal Providers Conference Andrea Elconin, P.G. November 29, 2012

TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS

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Purpose

§  Present information on cooperative support available to Tribes on transportation projects from Corps of Engineers, Alaska District

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CIVIL WORKS

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION

Traditional Missions MILITARY

CONSTRUCTION

Wetlands Assessment in Mat-Su Valley

WETLANDS PERMITS

Removal Action at Tanaga Island

Temporary Facilities in Eagle Village

DISASTER RELIEF

Rock Placement in Wrangell Harbor

Barracks at Fort Richardson

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CIVIL WORKS PROJECTS

Anchorage

Fairbanks

Juneau

Unalakleet

Bethel

Sitka

Unalaska Harbor

Chignik

Buckland

Study

Implementation

Nome

Moose Creek Dam

Akutan Harbor

St. Paul

Sand Point False Pass

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International and Interagency Support Program

q Provide reimbursable technical assistance to other federal agencies, state and local governments, Tribes, private U.S. firms, international organizations, and foreign governments

q Chief’s Economy Act (10 U.S.C. 3036(d)) provides

authority to provide services to state, local or Tribal governments

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IIS Customers §  Bureau of Land Management §  Maritime Administration §  Federal Aviation Administration §  Department of Energy §  Fish and Wildlife Service §  Coast Guard §  Denali Commission §  Municipality of Anchorage §  Northwest Arctic Borough §  Newtok Traditional Council

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Denali Commission Work

- Planning, design and construction of docks, mooring points and barge landings

- 37 projects in remote communities

- Costs from $50K studies to $2M barge landing

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Perryville Barge Landing

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Barge Landing Layout

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Kivalina Erosion Protection

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Available Services

§  Planning and Design §  Contracting

► Sole source to Native (8a) firms ► Competitive bid to small businesses

§  Construction Management §  Environmental Assessments §  Real Estate

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Memorandum of Agreement

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Memorandum of Agreement

ü Inherently Government-To- Government ü Federal funding agency certify it does not

object to Corps providing services ü Tribe certify that services cannot be

obtained quickly and reasonably through normal business channels

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Costs §  Pay for service in advance §  Negotiate scope and budget with Tribe, with

input from BIA PM §  Cost of Corps services ü $100K for contracting and construction

management ü $300K for design, contracting and

construction management

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Current IRR Customers

§  Native Village of Perryville §  Native Village of Akhiok §  Native Village of Nuiqsut

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

Andrea Elconin, P.G. Alaska District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 907-753-5680 Andrea.B.Elconin@usace.army.mil “Building and Preserving Alaska’s Future”