Transcript DOTD Red River Valley Assoc Louisiana Levee Meeting

DOTD
Red River Valley Assoc
Louisiana Levee Meeting
Larry Ardoin DOTD Division of Public Works
ASCE Report Card
Louisiana Levees
Annual - American Society of Civil Engineers
– Report Card on the Nation’s Infrastructure
The La ASCE Chapter will prepare a report card
of Louisiana’s levee infrastructure
Need Levee Districts to return the Questionnaire
to ASCE
DOTD/CPRA Levee District
Oversight Planning Study
Project Background and Historic
Timeline
1976-77 – Departments of Highways and Public Works were merged into
the Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD)
Responsibilities Pre-Katrina and Rita
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DOTD’s mission includes, among other things, the development and implementation of
programs in all areas of hurricane flood protection (R.S. 36:501)
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DNR’s mission includes the conservation, management, and development of water,
minerals, and other such natural resources of the state, including coastal restoration
and management (R.S. 36:351)
Summer 2005 – Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
Project Background and Historic
Timeline
Post-Katrina and Rita
December 2005 – Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority
(CPRA) established
June 2008 – Legislation passed to integrate divisions of DOTD and
DNR that were responsible for hurricane protection and coastal
restoration respectively and establish the Office of Coastal Protection
and Restoration
Project Background and Historic
Timeline
Levee District Oversight
June 2010 – House Concurrent Resolution No. 171 by
Representatives Jane Smith, Henry Burns, and Christopher Roy to
urge and request DOTD to study the impact of expanding the
territorial jurisdiction of the CPRA to include any levee district that is
not in the coastal area and under its current jurisdiction or authority
November 2010 – SSA/HNTB engaged by DOTD to address HCR
No. 171 and also consider the most efficient organizational structure
to support all water resource functions:
 LEVEE SAFETY/OVERSIGHT/SUPPORT
 DAM SAFETY AND RESERVOIR DEVELOPMENT
 STATEWIDE FLOOD CONTROL
Snapshot of Agencies Today
OCPR
DOTD
DNR
Levee Safety/Oversight/Support
Dam Safety
Reservoir
Development
Statewide Flood
Control
Floodplain
Management
Water Well Inspection
Project Overview
Background research on statutory responsibilities and
development of an understanding of the functions
provided by DOTD, CPRA, and OCPR
Evaluate and identify the most effective and efficient
Office or Division to provide statutory functions and
services
 Scenario A: DOTD retains current water resources responsibilities
including levee district oversight
 Scenario B: Transfer all DOTD public works and water resource
functions to OCPR and DNR
 Scenario C: Transfer only the levee district oversight and support
functions to OCPR and complete the transfer of the DOTD water well
inspection program to DNR
 Scenario D: Other
Next Steps
Final report to the DOTD and CPRA by February 28,
2011
Presentation at a public hearing of the Senate and
House Committees on Transportation, Highways, and
Public Works and Natural Resources prior to the
convening of the 2011 Regular Session of the Legislature
Implementation ???
Levee Certification
Status by levee district?
Questions ?