The applicant, the Department of the Navy, has requested a Department of the Army permit to perform maintenance dredging of the previously authorized dredging areas of Naval Weapons Station Earle including the shipping berths, the turning basin, the terminal channel and a portion of the Sandy Hook Federal Channel for a period of three years located in Sandy Hook Bay and the Atlantic Ocean, at Middletown Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey with subsequent placement of the dredged material at the Historic Area Remediation Site (HARS) for the purpose of remediation.