The applicant, American Sugar Refining, Inc., has requested a Department of the Army permit to perform annual maintenance dredging activities at their sugar refining plant in the Hudson River at 1 Federal Street in the City of Yonkers, Westchester County, New York. The purpose of this proposed annual maintenance dredging is to maintain sufficient water depths for the continued safe navigation of cargo vessels that unload raw sugar from ocean going ships and barges and to maintain water flow associated with the refinery’s cooling water intake.
APPLICANT: American Sugar Refining, Inc.
1 Federal Street
Yonkers, New York 10705
ACTIVITY: Maintenance dredging, with subsequent placement of the dredged material in the Historic Area Remediation Site (HARS) for the purpose of remediation. Barge overflow at the dredging site is not proposed. Decanting of barges at the dredging site is proposed.
WATERWAY: Hudson River
LOCATION: 1 Federal Street, City of Yonkers, Westchester County, New York