Expiration date: 3/4/2026
The permit applicant, NJDOT-Office of Maritime Resources, proposes to conduct ten-year maintenance dredging of the Ship Bottom State Navigation Channel Complex, which is comprised of Margos State Navigation Channel #143, Beach Haven West State Navigation Channel #144, Mill Creek State Navigation Channel #145, and Little Egg State Navigation Channel #157; with disposal of all dredged material into a subaqueous former sand borrow pit known as Dredged Hole #61 located in Barnegat Bay near Long Beach, Ocean County, New Jersey, for aquatic habitat restoration. The stated purpose of the project is to maintain safe navigational depths for transiting emergency, commercial, and recreational vessels.