USCG Bridge Program

The United States Coast Guard (USCG) will provide an overview of the Coast Guard Bridge program covering the mission to ensure safe vessel passage under/through bridges over navigable U.S. waters, regulatory authority, and the four core functional areas: permitting regulation, monitoring, and construction.

Note that this presentation will not be recorded.

Specific Topics Include:

• USCG Bridge Program 101
• Navigation Impact Report/ Preliminary Navigation Clearance Determination
• USACE Sections 404 and 408
• USCG Permit Application Walkthrough
• USCG Plan Sheets
• Project timeline development
• Post Permit coordination/completion reports/lighting

Learning Objectives

• Understand the mission, scope, and regulatory authority of the Office of Bridge Program.
• Describe the key steps and requirements involved in applying for a bridge permit.
• Recognize how navigation impacts, clearance determinations, and other vessel related concerns influence bridge design and permit approval.
• Outline the typical project timeline and stakeholder coordination (including other federal agencies, environmental reviews, and public notices) for a bridge project under USCG jurisdiction.
• Identify situations when exemptions might apply (or when liaison with other agencies, such as highway authorities, is required) under the regulatory process.

CE Credit: 5.5 hours

Registration

This event is IN PERSON only.

Location

Follow The Directions For Student Center East:

Student Center East
750 South Halsted Street
Chicago‚ Illinois 60607

Registration

Early Bird Member- $225
Early Bird Nonmember- $325

Early bird closes January 25th. 

Member - $325
Non-Member - $425

Receive $50 off both Member and Nonmember ticket prices if you buy in a group of 5 people or more. Email staff@seaoi.org to arrange. 

About the Speakers

Jim Moore

Program Analyst (USCG Liaison to FHWA)
U.S. Coast Guard – Office of Bridge Programs
(CG-BRG-2)

Jim spent 29 years of combined active duty in first the Navy and then the Coast Guard, retiring as a Senior Chief Operations Specialist in May of 2013. Afterwards, he continued in federal service, joining the Coast Guard Bridge Program, starting work initially as a Bridge Management Specialist for the First Coast Guard District in New York, where he dealt extensively with state and municipal level DOT agencies as well as Metropolitan Planning Organizations while reviewing and then permitting numerous bridge projects. He transferred to Coast Guard Headquarters in 2017 after being picked up as the Coast Guard liaison to the Federal Highway Administration. In his current position, Jim is responsible for ensuring the smooth flow of interagency communications and processes pertaining to infrastructure projects that involve bridges crossing navigable waters of the United States. One of his most vital jobs includes traveling throughout the country and offering state and local agencies insight into the Coast Guard Bridge Program and what is required to not only obtain a permit, but to expedite the process.