SECTION 1122 OF WRDA 2016 1 BENEFICIAL USE OF DREDGED MATERIAL PILOT PROGRAM National Dredging Meeting June 13, 2018 The views, opinions and findings contained in this report are those of the authors(s) and should not be construed as an official Department of the Army position, policy or decision, unless so designated by other official documentation.
SECTION 1122 OF WRDA 2016 IMPLEMENTATION 2 Information/Purpose of the Legislation Proposal Submission Process & Requirements Timeline Proposal Evaluation & Selection
3 SECTION 1122 OF WRDA 2016 LEGISLATION PURPOSE What: Section 1122 of WRDA of 2016 requires USACE to establish a pilot program to carry out 10 projects for the beneficial use of dredged material Implementation guidance (IG) signed by Acting ASA(CW) on Jan 3, 2018 Federal Register Notice issued on Feb 9, closing date of March 12 95 proposals submitted
SECTION 1122 OF WRDA 2016 IMPLEMENTATION CONSIDERATIONS 4 the Secretary shall carry out the pilot program in a manner that Maximizes the beneficial placement; Incorporates, to the maximum extent practicable, 2 or more Federal navigation, flood control, storm damage reduction, or environmental restoration projects; Coordinates the mobilization of dredges and related equipment; Fosters Federal, State, and local collaboration; Implements best practices to maximize the beneficial use of dredged sand and other sediments; Ensures that the use of dredged material is consistent with all applicable environmental laws.
SECTION 1122 OF WRDA 2016 PILOT PROJECT COST SHARING 5 The incremental costs above the Federal standard for transporting and depositing material from federal projects will be borne entirely by the Federal government Costs for dredging additional material, dredging material from a non-federal navigation project or for additional activities (e.g., wetland creation) must be cost-shared according to Sec 204 of WRDDA 1992 as amended HQUSACE, in consultation with ASA(CW), will recommend funding sources for planning and implementation of each pilot project
6 SECTION 1122 OF WRDA 2016 PILOT PROJECTS PURPOSES Examples: Reducing storm damage to property and infrastructure Promoting public safety
7 SECTION 1122 OF WRDA 2016 PILOT PROJECTS PURPOSES Examples, Cont: Protecting, restoring, and creating aquatic ecosystem habitats Stabilizing stream systems and enhancing shorelines Marsh Creation New Jersey Intercoastal Waterway Mouth of the Columbia River Sand Disposal Tracking
8 SECTION 1122 OF WRDA 2016 PILOT PROJECTS PURPOSES Examples, cont: Promoting recreation Supporting risk management adaptation strategies Antioch Dunes Ecosystem Contra Costa County CA Cat Island Coastal Mississippi Photo Credit: Patrick Quigley
9 Examples, cont: SECTION 1122 OF WRDA 2016 PILOT PROJECTS PURPOSES Reducing the costs of dredging and dredged material placement, such as projects that use dredged material for: Construction or fill material Civic improvement projects Other innovative uses and placement alternatives that produce public economic or environmental benefits
10 State MSC Project Name AK POD Aurora Harbor - Marine Services Yard Expansion @ Norway Point Phase III AL SAD Beneficial use of dredge material to enhance intertidal and marsh health, to adapt to sea-level rise at Coffee Island, and to protect the coastal livelihood of Bayou La Batre AL SAD Dauphin Island Beach Profile Nourishment AL SAD Dauphin Island Feeder Berm CA SPD Beneficial Reuse of Sediments Dredged from the Shallow-Draft Federal Navigation Channels on San Pablo Bay CA SPD Humboldt Bay Benenficial Reuse CA SPD Marina Del Ray Maintenance Dredging CA SPD Oakland Harbor CA SPD Restoring San Francisco Bay s Natural Infrastructure with Dredged Sediment: Strategic Placement CA SPD Rincon Parkway Nourishment Project CA SPD San Rafael Canal CT NAD Multiple Proposals - State of Connecticut FL SAD Baker's Haulover Inlet/Intracoastal Waterway Dredged Material to Benefit the Miami Beach Erosion Control and Hurricane Protection Project FL SAD Construction of artificial reef and seeding it with excavated live rock to accelerate natural recruitment of sessile organisms, using material obtained during maintenance dredging FL SAD Dredge Pass-a-Grille Inlet Restore Pass-a-Grille Beach, Restore Ft. De Soto Park South Beach, and Upham Beach FL SAD Dredge Pass-a-Grille Inlet Restore Pass-a-Grille Beach and Restore Ft. De Soto Park South Beach FL SAD Miami Dade County Coastal Everglades Restoration Project FL SAD Miami Harbor Dredged Material to Benefit the Miami Beach Erosion Control and Hurricane Protection Project FL SAD Nourishment of eroded sea turtle nesting beach at historic Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park, using suitable sand material obtained during maintenance dredging FL SAD Perdido Key Disposal Project FL SAD Jacksonville Inner Harbor GA SAD Beneficial Use of Dredged Material Jekyll Island GA SAD HarborRock - Savannah HI POD Haleiwa Small Boat Harbor Maintenance Dredging and Beach Restoration IA MVD Guttenberg Pool 10 Beach IA NWD Flood Risk Reduction Levee Improvements - Council Bluffs Levee Program IL LRD Public Beach Protection Pilot in Four Illinois Coastal Communities IL MVD Beardstown, Illinois; Beardstown Marina Mile 88 IL MVD Peoria Lakes Comprehensive Conservation Plan in Peoria, Illinois
11 State MSC Project Name IN LRD The Portage-IN Beach Restoration Project KS NWD Tuttle Creek Lake Water Injection Dredging (WID) Demonstration Project KS SWD John Redmond Dredging Initiative LA MVD Beneficial Use of Dredged Material for Environmental Restoration and Storm Damage Risk Reduction LA MVD South Pass Wetland Creation and Hydrologic Restoration Project LA MVD Sawdust Bend Habitat Creation LA MVD Programmatic beneficial use of Lower Atchafalaya River sediments to create coastal habitats AKA Beneficial Use of Atchafalaya bar channel fluff for nourishment on Point Au Fer Island, St Mary Parish, LA, Atchafayala 1 LA MVD Central Wetlands Marsh Creation LA MVD Beneficial Use of Dredge Material A Phased Approach to Move Dredged Material from the Lower Atchafalaya River to the Atchafalaya Delta Wildlife Management Area and Point Au Fer Island AKA Atchfaylaya Delta Marsh Restoration Project, Atchafalaya 2 LA MVD Beneficial Use of Dredged Material for West Fifi Island Restoration and Storm Damage Risk Reduction for Grand Isle LA MVD Atchafalaya River to Avoca Island Beneficial Use Project (AABU) LA MVD Cameron-Creole Watershed Marsh Creation Project LA MVD Red Eye Crossing LA MVD The Terrebonne Port Commission (TPC) Sediment Trap for the Houma Navigation Canal (HNC) Bar Channel LA MVD Pilottown Anchorage Restoration Project LA MVD Southwest Pass Bar Channel MA NAD Northeast Regional Beneficial Use Pilot Project MA NAD North Terminal Construction & Phase V Maintenance Dredging Project MD NAD Smith Island Dredged Material Coordination Program MD NAD Sparrows Point Northwest Offshore Sediments Site Mitigation/Restoration Project MD NAD Fleming Park: Urban Thin Layer Placement Pilot Project ME NAD Stratton Island Restoration MN LRD Characterization Tool Box for Dredge Sediment and By-product Recycling to Produce Sustainable Designer Soil MN MVD Pigs Eye Lake Beneficial Use of Dredged Material MN MVD Waterfront Enhancements MN MVD HVRC&D Biochar MN MVD Reuse of Upper Mississippi Channel Dredging Sediments MO MVD New Madrid County Port Authority North of Harbor Property MS SAD Deer Island Lagoon Project MS SAD Greenwood Island Expansion Project
12 State MSC Project Name MS SAD Substrate Stabilization for the Restoration of Oyster Resources in the Mississippi Sound, MS through the Beneficial Use of Dredged Sediments NC SAD Morehead City Harbor, Beneficial Use of the Dredged Material Program NC SAD Cape Fear Bird Islands NC SAD Cub Creek Habitat Restoration and Beneficial Use of Dredged Materail NE NWD Potential Uses for Dredged Material From the Niobrara River in North Central Nebraska NJ NAD Beneficial Use Placement Opportunities in the State of New Jersey Using Navigation Channel Sediments: Barnegat Inlet NJ NAD Storm Damage Reduction and Habitat Enhancement Using Dredged Material NJ NAD Protecting Maurice River Inlet with Hybrid Breakwaters and Beneficial Use of Dredged Material--Commercial Township, Cumberland County, NJ OH LRD HarborRock, Cleveland, Ohio OH LRD Toledo Harbor Dredged Material Distribution and Agricultural Application Network PA NAD Federal PWI 73883 Dredge Recycling Depot Involving Delaware River Commercial Federal Waterway with Category I and II Industrial Rail and Federal Interstate 295 at Exit 19 PR SAD Condado Lagoon SC SAD Crab Bank Seabird Sanctuary SC SAD Charleston Inner/Lower Harbor TX SWD Hickory Cove Marsh Restoration and Living Shoreline TX SWD Galveston Island Beneficial Use for Sustaining Habitat and Tourism TX SWD Restoration of Barrier Islands along Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) West Galveston TX SWD Permanent Pipeline for Conveying Dredge Material to Nueces Bay for Beneficial Use TX SWD Port Freeport Placement Area (PA) 85 Dredged Material Harvesting TX SWD Galveston Inner Bar Channel TX SWD South Padre Island VA NAD Tangier Island VA NAD Eastern Shore of Virginia Seaside Barrier Islands and Back-barrier Saltmarsh VA NAD Hampton Roads Regional Sediment Management Project VA NAD Cape Henry Federal Navigation Channel VA NAD York Spit Federal Navigation Channel WA NWD Grays Harbor South Jetty Sand Placement Pilot Project WA NWD Grays Harbor WA NWD The Woodland Islands Beneficial Use of Dredged Material Ecosystem Restoration Project
13 State MSC Project Name WA NWD Snohomish County Nearshore Restoration Project WA NWD Port of Seattle Terminal 5 (T5) Nearshore Habitat Restoration Project WA NWD Mint Farm Industrial Park - Phase II WA NWD South Bachelor Island Wetland Connection and Habitat Restoration project WA NWD Columbia River Bar, mouth of the Columbia River WI MVD Mississippi River Upper Pool 4, Pierce County Islands and Head of Lake Pepin Backwater Complex - Beneficial Use of Dredged Material WY NWD Willwood Dam Shoshone River, WY Accumulated Sediment Removal and Reuse
BAR GRAPH NUMBERS BY STATE 14 number of proposals by State 14 12 10 8 NUMBER 6 4 2 0 AK AL CA CT FL GA HI IA IL IN KS LA MA MD ME MN MO MS NC NE NJ OH PA PR SC TX VA WA WI WY STATE/TERRITORY
SECTION 1122 OF WRDA 2016 PILOT SELECTION PROCESS TIMELINE 15 Federal Register Notice 30-day Submission Period Begins (Feb 9, 2018) Non-Fed Proponents Submit Pilot Project Proposals (March 12, 2018) USACE Regional Teams Evaluate Proposals (April 2018) HQUSACE Develops Evaluation Process (May 2018) HQUSACE RECOMMEND 10 PROJECTS TO Asst. Secretary of the Army (CW) (June 2018)* *Note WRDA 2016 is an authorizing document and does not provide appropriations for the execution of the 10 selected projects. Implementing those projects will require separate appropriations by Congress and is not guaranteed.
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