{"id":15677,"date":"2021-03-09T02:08:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T02:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/?p=15677"},"modified":"2024-03-05T16:15:37","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T21:15:37","slug":"news-2021-03-09-dredging-application-for-nantuxent-channel-submitted-comment-by-march-26-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/news-2021-03-09-dredging-application-for-nantuxent-channel-submitted-comment-by-march-26-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Dredging Application for Nantuxent Channel Submitted Comment by March 26, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>New Jersey Fish and Wildlife&#8217;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.gov\/dep\/fgw\/shelhome.htm\">Bureau of Shellfisheries and Delaware Bay Shellfisheries Council<\/a>, have requested Department of the Army authorization to perform ten (10)-year maintenance dredging of the Nantuxent Creek entrance channel to Delaware Bay, and a commercial vessel dockage area upstream within Nantuxent Creek. The Nantuxent Creek entrance channel to Delaware Bay, although historically utilized by transiting marine vessels, is being proposed as a new State Channel (#212), to be included in the State of New Jersey&#8217;s maintenance dredging program managed by the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.gov\/transportation\/freight\/maritime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NJ Department of Transportation&#8217;s Office of Maritime Resources<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All resultant dredged material will be beneficially re-used within the Delaware Bay system to restore the eroded Money Island shoreline, enhance habitat, and improve ecological and community resilience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Permit Application Number:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nap.usace.army.mil\/Missions\/Regulatory\/Public-Notices\/Article\/2513573\/2020-00403-95\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NAP-2020-00403-95<\/a>&nbsp;((US ACE Site)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Project Location: Downe Township, Cumberland County;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/n1KH4VCx4duwBAGU7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Latitude: 39.283859\u00baN, Longitude: 75.243329\u00baW<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Public Notice Issued: February 24, 2021<br>Public Notice Expires: March 26, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nap.usace.army.mil\/Portals\/39\/docs\/regulatory\/publicnotices\/CENAP-2020-00403-95.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Public Notice and Plan Details<\/a>&nbsp;(pdf, USACE Site)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Written comments may be submitted by e-mail only to the District Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers &#8211; Philadelphia District at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:PhiladelphiaDistrictRegulatory@usace.army.mil\">PhiladelphiaDistrictRegulatory@usace.army.mil<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Comments must be submitted by March 26, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Jersey Fish and Wildlife&#8217;s&nbsp;Bureau of Shellfisheries and Delaware Bay Shellfisheries Council, have requested Department of the Army authorization to perform ten (10)-year maintenance dredging of the Nantuxent Creek entrance channel to Delaware Bay, and a commercial vessel dockage area upstream within Nantuxent Creek. The Nantuxent Creek entrance channel to Delaware Bay, although historically utilized [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,56,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fishing","category-saltwater-commercial","category-saltwater-recreational"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15677\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}