Above is suction dredge unloading to barge
The Department of Defense along with the Army Corp of Engineers
announced the Selection of the 10 Pilot Projects Pursuant to Section 1122 of
the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2016 for Beneficial Use of
Dredged Material.
The USACE received 95 proposals for beneficial use of
dredged material. Based on criteria set in Section 1122 10 projects were
selected as having high likelihood of delivering environmental, economic and
social benefits described in the proposals, and exhibit geographic diversity.
An Environmental Assessment and findings of no significant Impact
was prepared and available to the public by email at Section-1122-Beneficial-Use-Of-Dredged-Material@usace.army.mil.
10 project goals for the beneficial reuse are;
Reduce storm damage to property and infrastructure;
promoting public safety; protecting, restoring and creating aquatic ecosystems
habitats; stabilizing stream systems and enhancing shorelines; promoting
recreation; supporting risk management adaptation strategies; reducing the cost
of dredging and dredge material placement or disposal, such as projects that
use dredged materials for-Construction or fill material-civic improvement
objectives-other innovative uses and placements alternatives that produce
public economic or environmental benefits.
The ten recommended pilot projects
are:
California: Restoring San Francisco’s bays natural
Infrastructure with Dredged Sediment-Strategic Placement.
Hawaii: Haleiwa Small Boat Harbor Maintenance Dredging and
Beach Restoration.
Illinois: Public Beach Protection pilot in 4 Illinois
Coastal communities.
Mississippi: Deer Island Lagoon Project.
New Jersey: Beneficial Use Placement Opportunities in the
state of New Jersey Using Navigation Channel Sediments-Barnegat Inlet.
Puerto Rico: Condado Lagoon.
South Carolina: Crab Bank Seabird Sanctuary.
Texas: Hickory Cove Marsh Restoration and Living Shoreline.
Washington: Grays Harbor South Jetty Sand Placement Pilot
Project.
Wisconsin: Mississippi River Upper Pool 4, Pierce County
Islands and Head of Lake Pepin Backwater Complex-beneficial use of dredged
material.
Let us hope that all these projects show just how important
sediment reuse is and use the findings for future targets here in Humboldt.
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