[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR337.9]

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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
 CHAPTER II--CORPS OF ENGINEERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, DEPARTMENT OF 
                                 DEFENSE
 
PART 337_PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  337.9  Identification and use of disposal areas.

    (a) District engineers should identify and develop dredged material 
disposal management strategies that satisfy the long-term (greater than 
10 years) needs for Corps projects. Full consideration should be given 
to all practicable alternatives including upland, open water, beach 
nourishment, within banks disposal, ocean disposal, etc. Within existing 
policy, district engineers should also explore beneficial uses of 
dredged material, such as marsh establishment and dewatering techniques, 
in order to extend the useful life of existing disposal areas. Requests 
for water quality certification and/or coastal zone consistency 
concurrence for projects with identified long-term disposal sites should 
include the length of time for which the certification and/or 
consistency concurrence is sought. The section 404(b)(1) evaluation and 
environmental assessment or environmental impact statement should also 
address long-term maintenance dredging and disposal. District engineers 
should use the guidance at 40 CFR 230.80 to shorten environmental 
compliance processing time. The Corps of Engineers will be responsible 
for accomplishing or assuring environmental compliance requirements for 
all disposal areas. This does not preclude the adoption of other 
agencies NEPA documents in accordance with 40 CFR parts 1500 through 
1508.
    (b) The identification of disposal sites should include 
consideration of dredged material disposal needs by project 
beneficiaries. District engineers are encouraged to require local 
interests, where the project has a local sponsor, to designate long-term 
disposal areas.

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