What is being done about finding alternate uses for the dredged material to reduce upland disposal requirements?
The Corps and DRPA consider the dredged material to be a resource, and not a by-product, that can be reused for a number of purposes, thereby reducing the need for new permanent upland disposal placement. There are numerous potential applications for material from the Delaware River Main Channel. Recent uses include fill to support construction of Philadelphia International Airport’s commuter runway (about two million cubic yards), the River Winds golf course in West Deptford, N.J. and highway construction projects in Delaware. Recently, the DRPA and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania began a test project to use 50,000 cubic yards of dredged material from the Corps’ Fort Mifflin Confined Disposal Facility to fill a mine stripping pit in Tamaqua, Pa. It is hoped that the project will lead to similar larger scale efforts in the future to solve a serious environmental problem in Pennsylvania and a dredged material capacity concern along the Delaware River. While this initiative is technical
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