Task force opens dialogue on permit changes to lower dredging costs and allow reuse methods
Regulatory staff said DES and the Army Corps are open to discussions about permitting language and methods (vegetation thresholds and allowable excavation techniques) that could permit thin-layer placement of dredged materials and reduce costs for outfall work.
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Task-force staff relayed that state and federal permitting offices reviewed multiple 'general permits' since 2022 and that agencies are willing to engage on possible language changes that could lower costs and expand allowable maintenance techniques. "To date, right now, it says you can't disturb more than 0.1 of an acre and it can't be more than 51% vegetated," a staff presenter said while describing current constraints and potential adjustments to vegetated-percentage thresholds and methods.
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