The New York District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) has received an application for a Department of the Army permit pursuant to Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C. §403).
APPLICANT: Genevieve Clifton
New Jersey Department of Transportation
1035 Parkway Avenue
P.O Box 600
ACTIVITY: Ten-Year Maintenance Dredging with Upland Disposal and return flow to
the waterway
WATERWAY: Shrewsbury River Basin
LOCATION: Shrewsbury River Basin channels 16-24, 26-28, and 31, in Monmouth
County, New Jersey
WORK DESCRIPTION: The permit applicant, New Jersey Department of Transportation, has
requested Department of the Army (DA) authorization to maintenance
dredge with ten-years maintenance, by hydraulic cutterhead pipeline
dredging, approximately 242,120-cubic yards (CY) of material from
multiple state channels to extend to a depth of six feet below the
plane of Mean Low Water (MLW) with one foot of allowable over
dredging for an approximate total of 42,120CY. The dredge material
will be pumped into geotextile bags and placed at the Shrewsbury
Basin Dredge Material Management Facility in Rumson, Monmouth
County for dewatering and future beneficial use. The purpose of the
project is to continue to provide safe depths for navigation
throughout the Shrewsbury River Basin.