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  • FACT SHEET - Hudson Raritan Estuary Restoration, NY and NJ

    SUMMARY: The Hudson Raritan Estuary (HRE) Feasibility Study was initiated in 2001 and subsequently integrated with five (5) other ecosystem restoration studies within the HRE Study Area. The feasibility phase was completed and resulted in the HRE Comprehensive Restoration Plan (CRP) (Volume 1- 2016) which was adopted by the NY/NJ Harbor

  • FACT SHEET -- Fire Island to Montauk Point, NY

    Hurricane and Storm Damage Reduction Project. Hurricane protection and beach erosion control along 5 reaches between Fire Island Inlet and Montauk Point, New York.

  • FACT SHEET- Raritan and Sandy Hook Bay - Port Monmouth, N.J.

    DESCRIPTION: The project involves the construction of about 7,070 feet of levees, 3,585 feet of floodwalls, 2,640 feet of dune, and beach renourishment at 10-year intervals along the Raritan Bay and Sandy Hook Bay in Port Monmouth Middletown Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey.  The project provides protection to low-lying residential and

  • FACT SHEET - Raritan Bay and Sandy Hook Bay, Union Beach, NJ

    DESCRIPTION: The Borough of Union Beach, New Jersey, the project area is located in the northern portion of Monmouth County, New Jersey. It occupies an approximate 1.8 square mile area of land along the coast of Raritan Bay.  The area is located in low elevation regions with numerous small creeks providing drainage.  Low-lying residential and

  • FACT SHEET - Spring Creek (North) Park Ecosystem Restoration Project, Queens, NY

    DESCRIPTION: The Spring Creek North project area is a 47-acre portion of Spring Creek Park located adjacent to the banks of Spring Creek and Ralph’s Creek, located in northern Jamaica Bay straddling the NYC Boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. The proposed ecosystem restoration project seeks to improve the habitat in Spring Creek Park and Jamaica Bay.

  • FACT SHEET – Staten Island Warehouse

    DESCRIPTION: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), New York District, is addressing the Staten Island Warehouse (SIW) Site under the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP). This program authorizes USACE to identify, investigate, and clean up sites used in the nation’s early atomic weapons and energy programs. The 1.25-acre SIW

  • FACT SHEET-Middlesex Sampling Plant, NJ

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) New York District is conducting environmental investigations and survey activities related to the former Middlesex Sampling Plant (MSP) site located at 239 Mountain Avenue in the Borough of Middlesex, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The MSP was established in 1943 as part of the Manhattan Engineer District (MED) to sample, store, test, and transfer ores containing uranium, thorium, and beryllium. The ongoing site work is being performed under the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP), a program that is cleaning up sites with contamination resulting from the nation’s early atomic energy program.

  • FACT SHEET - Middlesex Municipal Landfill, NJ

    DESCRIPTION:  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, is addressing contamination at the Middlesex Municipal Landfill (MML) Site as part of the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP). This program authorizes USACE to identify, investigate, and clean up sites that were part of the nation’s early atomic energy and

  • FACT SHEET- Eastchester Creek, New York

    DESCRIPTION: Maintenance dredging of creek and upland placement of dredged material.

  • FACT SHEET-Bronx River, New York

    DESCRIPTION: The project has been sampled and tested for possible future upland placement of the dredged material, subject to availability of funds.