§2326g Beneficial Use of Dredged Material; Dredged Material Management Plans

Summary

The Army Corps of Engineers must try to reuse suitable dredged material from building or keeping up waterways in ways that help people and the environment. The goal is to use at least 70 percent by volume of that material for useful purposes whenever practicable. When deciding where to put dredged material, the Secretary must look at whether the material can be used in many useful ways and weigh the economic and environmental benefits, efficiencies, and harms, including effects on living coral and any gains from combining work across projects. The Secretary must count those economic benefits when setting the “Federal standard” under 33 CFR 335.7 and must send Congress (1) a report explaining the method and factors used to set that standard and (2) for each evaluation, a report showing the calculations of the economic and environmental benefits and efficiencies, including when different dredging equipment or disposal methods were considered.