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Hello, My name is Major Daniel Tabacchi

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and I'm the new Deputy District

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Commander. I'm happy to join the

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Pittsburgh team and I'm looking forward

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to meeting everyone at our projects

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sites, lakes and facilities. Fiscal

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Year 2022 was a significant year for

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our district even as we gather today,

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Colonel Czekanski and the temporary

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power team are on the ground supporting

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disaster relief in areas devastated by

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hurricanes Ian and Fiona. Thank you

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to all the members of the district who

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to assist in restoring power to

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critical facilities in Florida and

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Alabama. I also want to thank everyone

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for taking on additional duties to

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support deployed members on the ground.

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This is our sixth temporary power

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deployment of the 2022 fiscal year. In

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addition to Puerto Rico and Florida,

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the Pittsburgh readiness office oversaw

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more than 350 corps personnel deployed

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to Kentucky New Mexico and the U.S.

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Virgin Islands. From start to finish,

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we continue to make progress on the

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region's vital infrastructure. Our

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planning programs and project

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management division oversaw projects in

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various stages from continuing studies

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in Hawaii and North Carolina to

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completing a project partnership

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agreement. We continued supporting

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communities with our engineering

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expertise and experience the bipartisan

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infrastructure law funded nearly $1

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billion for the Upper Ohio Navigation

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project. This funding will enable the

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Ohio River's three smallest locks to

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continue providing reliable navigation

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to the region and nation. Our locks

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past more than 100 and 65 million tons

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of cargo along our rivers with our dam

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operators, mechanics and lock masters

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on station 24/7 ensuring our locks and

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dams continued operating as designed on

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the Allegheny River and new work boat

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enables our employees to install safety

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buoys complete maintenance and

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conduct dive and periodic inspections

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are local flood risk reduction projects

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and reservoirs prevented more than $150

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million in flood damages. Additionally,

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we paid contractors more than $75

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million for the work they performed.

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The contracting office completed 513

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actions and obligated more than $85

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million throughout the year.

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Additionally, our construction and A.

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E. Teams were also able to get zero

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overage CPAR's reported

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in the fourth quarter. At our recreation

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facilities, resource managers and

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equipment, upgrading machinery and

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installing new exercise and playground

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building new amenities. In addition,

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East Branch staff opened a new

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interpretive visitor's center. Many of

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our sites have hosted numerous

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stakeholder events, public meetings

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and VIP's, including the Chief

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of Engineers, Lieutenant General

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Spellmon, Brigadier General Peeples

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and numerous elected officials.

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Throughout the year, we improved our

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workplace by replacing 50% of the

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district's computers and 80% of the

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copiers. We also purchased new dive and

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survey equipment. In addition, we

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introduced two new employee benefit

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programs, with personnel participating

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in the health and fitness program and

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using paid parental leave. The

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Resource Management Office executed 98%

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of our commands operating budget and

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investments in people, equipment and

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facilities, as well as educating

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timekeepers and new supervisors. The

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district's logistics team added almost

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$3 million of property to the district's property book.

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In FY 22, our

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regulatory team issued almost 1200

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permits. They conducted 340 pre-

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application meetings, performed 452

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compliance actions, resolved 60

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unauthorized activities and issued more

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than 100 jurisdictional determinations.

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The district helps the public and

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industries make balanced permit

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decisions that promote development and

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growth while protecting the environment.

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Our employees are truly the heart of

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the district. Without them, none of

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our accomplishments would be possible.

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In Fiscal Year 22, the district hired

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72 new employees and bid farewell to 21

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employees who retired. These are just

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a few of the highlights from Fiscal

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Year 22, it's impossible to capture

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everything our district accomplishments

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everything you do to make our district great.