The permit applicant, Phillips 66, has requested Department of the Army authorization for ten-year maintenance dredging of Barge Piers “A” and “B” at the Phillips 66 Bayway Refinery at 1400 Park Avenue in the City of Linden, Union County, New Jersey. All resultant dredged material is proposed to be mechanically dredged with a standard environmental closed-bucket clamshell dredge and loaded onto floating barges for transport to a State-approved upland disposal facility. The stated purpose of the project is to maintain and improve safe vessel navigational and mooring depths at Barge Piers “A” and “B” at the Phillips 66 Bayway Refinery for transfer of liquid bulks and other materials for use in refining processes. Maintenance dredging at Barge Piers “A” and “B” was historically authorized by DA Permit Numbers NAN-2004-00327 and NAN-1992-07650.