The applicant, the New Jersey Department of Transportation – Office of Maritime Resources, has requested Department of the Army authorization to perform 10-year maintenance dredging of the Waretown and Barnegat Light State Channel Complex, with disposal of all dredged material at the Oyster Creek Confined Disposal Facility and Barnegat Light State Park Beach. The stated purpose of this project is to maintain safe navigational depths for transiting emergency, commercial, and recreational vessels.