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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Flood Risk Management Project (FRMP)/Channel
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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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Green Brook – Borough of Bound Brook, Segments U, R1, R2, 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 Ann’s 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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Coastal Storm Risk Management (CSRM)
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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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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 Barnegat Inlet
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Atlantic Ocean
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Monmouth/Middlesex
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CSRM
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Snag & Clear
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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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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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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 FY23 and are scheduled to be inspected in FY24 as part of the Inspection of Completed Works (ICW) program: Bound Brook (Segments T, U, R), Elizabeth, Hillside, Ramapo River at Oakland, Raritan Bay & Sandy Hook Bay (Keansburg), McKeel Brook, Molly Ann’s Brook, Rahway, South Orange, and Sandy Hook to Barnegat Inlet. Additionally, Port Monmouth is scheduled to be inspected in FY24.
PROJECT COST: The annual operating budget for ICW in the State of New Jersey is $157,000.
CONTACT:
Sean O’Donnell
Emergency Manager
P: (917) 790-8500
Email: CENAN-EOC2@usace.army.mil
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District
Emergency Operations, Room 16-410
26 Federal Plaza
New York, NY 10278