Amount requested:  $8,000,000
The funds will be used for construction of a confined dredged material disposal facility (CDF) on a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) site located in East Chicago, Indiana. The project will dredge the federal channel to authorized navigation depths, and will also include the removal of sediment in adjacent berthing and docking areas at non-federal expense. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ mission includes navigation maintenance and dredging and the project’s activities are federally authorized pursuant to the Rivers and Harbors Acts of 1910, 1930, 1935, 1937 and 1960; the Water Resource Development Acts of 1986 and 1996; and Section 6011 of Public Law 109-13.
Recipient Address:  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers—Chicago District, 111 North Canal Street, Suite 600, Chicago, IL 60606