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"... for projects the Corps would execute during the FY 2021 cycle – including all dredging activities summer ... for the dredging of its federal channel. Though the dredging target date has been delayed ... and environmental sampling work that is required before dredging of the channel can commence. These testing ... , most likely timeline for dredging, there is a silver lining in the unanticipated 1-year delay ... . If the project were to achieve permitted status as a receiving site for dredging sediment (a prospect that would ..."

"... dredging environmental/design, and the second was an in-person site visit to the Channel at low tide ... with the USACE project team to view current conditions and identify potential locations for dredged ... dredge at the earliest. The San Rafael Channel dredging project was awarded $1.378m in FY 2020 ... for environmental testing, dredging design, plans and specs. While the Channel has not yet received ... federal funding for the full dredging (approx. $13m), it is anticipated that funding will be allocated ..."

"... steps in coordinating the permitting process for the dredging of private docks and harbors along ... the San Rafael Channel. The USACE is only responsible for the dredging of the federal channel ... , to take advantage of piggyback pricing and dredge the same time as the USACE contractor is dredging ... these properties together under one “Umbrella” permit for the dredging of all non-federal portions of the San ... map of all Channel waterfront properties showing the proposed dredging limits ..."

"... of the regulatory agencies last week, the first key step in the dredging permitting process ... . Regulatory agencies involved in the dredging permitting process (yes – USACE needs a permit too!) include ... the DMMO (Dredge Material Management Office), BCDC (SF Bay Conservation and Development Commission ... guide the Corps’ dredging plan. Two big dates coming up: In March we will know whether Congress ... allocated funding for the full San Rafael Creek dredging in FY 2021. In May USACE’s sediment testing ..."

"... for sediments removed as part of the upcoming San Rafael Channel dredging project. The purpose ... dredged from San Francisco Bay. In order for the marsh to receive mud from a possible San Rafael ... dredging project in 2022 (which would be geographically ideal for the marsh project and for the USACE ... the Channel all stand to benefit greatly if the marsh is able to receive materials dredged from the San ... Rafael Channel: the proximity of the marsh relative to the Channel would lower the costs for dredging ..."

"... Money OK’d for San Rafael canal dredging, East Sir Francis Drake Blvd. bike lane ... , the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022,” which included $6.75 million for canal dredging of San ... . The dredging funds were appropriated under the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ 2022 Operation ... /Congressionally Directed Funding (County of Marin jurisdiction). The last time the canal was fully dredged ... was 2002, though a partial dredge occurred in 2011. The City of San Rafael has worked closely ..."