NJ

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Trenton
Philadelphia
Manasquan Inlet
PA
CD Canal
MD
NJ
Average Annual Maintenance Quantities 1.5 MCY
Baltimore
Dover
IWW from Delaware River to Chesapeake Bay, DE
MD
DE
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Chesapeake and Delaware Canal

• Federal ownership in 1919 toll-free waterway
• Last modified authorization 1954
• Federal Budget priority process
• Historic shoaling rates
• Periodic surveys of channel

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Chesapeake and Delaware Canal

• Coordination with users
• Port of Baltimore
• Maryland and Delaware Pilots Associations
• Coast Guard
• Navigational safety issues
• Water Quality Certification and requirements

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Chesapeake Delaware Canal - Northern Approach
Channel, DE MD
Delaware City
Chesapeake City
CD Canal
Delaware River
Chesapeake Bay
Baltimore
Pooles Island
DE
MD
Reach 1 5-10,000 CY Reach 2 50,000 CY Reach 3
250,000 CY Reach 4 1.2 MCY
Dover
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Chesapeake and Delaware Canal

• Disposal Areas and Environmental Windows
• Upland Federal owned sites
• Delaware and Maryland
• 20 years of ultimate capacity
• 15 June 31 March
• Historic open water placement sites
• Pooles Island area
• Capacity or 2010
• 1 October 31 March

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Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Tonnage

• Average Yearly Commerce 14,800,000 Tons
• Equipment/Machinery
• Petroleum and Associated Products
• Crude Materials (Except Fuel)
• Coal and Lignite
• Chemicals
• Manufactured Goods
• Food and Farm Products