DESCRIPTION: The Inspection of Completed Works (ICW) Program is an Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Program that provides for Corps of Engineers inspections of Flood Risk Management Projects (FRMPs) and Coastal Storm Risk Management Projects (CSRMs) that have been constructed by the Federal Government. The projects have been turned over to the local public sponsor (city, town or village), which is responsible for O&M. Coastal Storm Risk Management Projects are also overseen by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP). Inspections are conducted jointly by engineers or technical representatives of the New York District and the local public sponsors, noting any observable deficiencies that need to be addressed in order for the project to maintain its structural integrity and design capabilities and provide flood protection to the community.
Within the New York District there are 14 projects in the State of New Jersey in the ICW inventory:
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Project Name
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Waterway
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County
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Project Type
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Elizabeth
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Elizabeth River
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Union
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FRMP
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Greenbrook - Borough of Boundbrook, Segments U, R1, R1, and T
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Raritan River
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Somerset
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FRMP
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Hillside
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Elizabeth River
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Union
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FRMP
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McKeel Brook
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Rockaway River
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Morris
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Channel
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Molly Anne Brook
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Passaic River
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Passaic
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Channel
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Rahway
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Rahway River
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Union
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FRMP
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Ramapo River at Oakland
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Pompton River
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Passaic
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FRMP
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South Orange
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Rahway River
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Essex
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FRMP
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Liberty State Park
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Upper N.Y. Bay
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Hudson
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CSRM
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Port Monmouth
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Raritan Bay & Sandy Hook Bay
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Monmouth
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CSRM
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Raritan Bay & Sandy Hook Bay (Keansburg)
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Raritan Bay & Sandy Hook Bay
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Monmouth/ Middlesex
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CSRM
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Sandy Hook to Barnegut Inlet
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Atlantic Ocean
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Monmouth/ Middlesex
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CSRM
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Lincoln Park/Pequannock
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Beaver Brook
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Morris
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Snag & Clear
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Morris/Passaic
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Pompton River
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Morris/Passaic
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Snag & Clear
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Legend:
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Flood Risk Management Project (FRMP)/Channel
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Coastal Storm Risk Management (CSRM)
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Snag & Clear
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AUTHORIZATION: The projects are authorized under separate and subsequently amended Flood Control Acts for planning, design, construction, and inspection. In addition, local sponsors are responsible for Flood Control Works’ O&M through previously executed Local Cooperation Agreements.
STATUS: The following projects were inspected in 2019 and are scheduled to be inspected in 2020 as part of the Inspection of Completed Works (ICW) program: Greenbrook – Boundbrook Segments U, R, and T, Elizabeth, McKeel Brook, Molly Ann’s Brook, and South Orange. Subject to availability of funds, the following projects are scheduled to be inspected in 2020: Hillside, Raritan Bay and Sandy Hook Bay (Keansburg), Rahway, Ramapo River at Oakland, and Port Monmouth. Sandy Hook to Barnegat Inlet was severely damaged during Superstorm Sandy (2012) and met eligibility criteria under Public Law 84-99, Public Law 113‑2, and Engineering Regulation 500-1-1, and have since been rehabilitated back to pre-storm (P.L. 84‑99) and original profile (P.L. 113-2) conditions.
PROJECT COST: The annual operating budget for ICW in the State of New Jersey is $471,000.
CONTACT:
Sean O’Donnell, Emergency Manager, (917) 790-8500
mailto:cenan-eoc@usace.army.mil
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District
Emergency Operations, Room 1937
26 Federal Plaza
New York, NY 10278