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Nauset Estuary Dredging Project
Advisory Notice
Expanded Environmental Notification Form (EENF)
- EENF - Section M - Grain Size Chemistry Data (PDF)
- EENF - Supplemental Information to April 2021 Draft (PDF)
- EENF - Plans (PDF)
- EENF - Sections A Through F - Summary, Description, Alternatives, Environment (PDF)
- EENF - Sections N Through Q - Shorebird Monitoring Reports, Support Letters, Public Notice, Maps-Plans (PDF)
- EENF - Sections G Through L - Construction Methods, Regulatory Compliance, Mitigation Measures, Post Construction, Engineering Reports-memos (PDF
Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) with Town of Eastham
Citizen Forum Documents & Presentations
Meeting Videos
The Project
- Location: Channel from Town Cove to behind the barrier beach and stopping at the Nauset Inlet
- The Inlet: The inlet would not be dredged
- Amount of Sand/Sediment: 155,560 cubic yards of material to be dredged (removed offsite via trucks, and/or cast aside)
- Channel Length and Width: 28,300 linear feet. 50 feet wide, 100 feet wide behind the barrier beach
- Dredge Zone: An area several hundred feet wide where the dredging and dredge channel could occur, depending on the location of shoals on a given year
- Cost: $3.1 million for one full dredge project; the project cost will be revised during permitting to include additional project elements
- Duration: One full dredge episode could take place over several years, this has not yet been determined; approximately an additional 60,000 cubic yards may need to be dredged behind the barrier beach annually; other locations would need repeat dredging every 8 to 15 years
- Purpose: Improve navigation in the marsh and Town Cove; water quality will not be improved
- Methods: 3 - Hydraulic dredge, mechanical dredge, side-cast dredge
- Permits Required: 8 plus
- Expanded Environmental Notification Form (EENF - State)
- Environmental Impact Report (EIR)
- National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA - Federal)
- Cape Cod Commission (Regional)
- Notice of Intent - Eastham and Orleans Conservation Commissions (Local)
- 401 Water Quality Certification (DEP- State)
- Chapter 91 Permit (DEP - State)
- Coastal Zone Management for Federal Consistency (CZM - State)
- US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE- Federal)
- Any other additional studies, mitigation, and/or plans required by the agencies mentioned
- Expanded Environmental Notification Form (EENF - State)
Miscellaneous
Stakeholder Group Minutes
- Nauset Estuary Stakeholder Group - Meeting Minutes July 9, 2020 (PDF)
- Nauset Estuary Stakeholder Group Meeting July 9, 2020 (PDF)
- Nauset Estuary Stakeholder Group- Meeting Minutes September 1, 2020 MLF Beg Edits (PDF)
- Nauset Estuary Stakeholder Group- Meeting Minutes September 22, 2020 (PDF)
- Nauset Estuary Stakeholder Group Meeting PowerPoint January 13, 2020 Reduced (PDF)