Lorain Harbor Dredging Public Notice

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE DREDGING AND DREDGED SEDIMENT PLACEMENT 

LORAIN HARBOR

LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO

This Public Notice has been prepared pursuant to Section 404(a) of the Clean Water Act (CWA). It is being administered in conformance with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) regulation, “Practice and Procedure: Final Rule for Operation and Maintenance of Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works Projects involving the Discharge of Dredged Materials into Waters of the United States or Ocean Waters,” 33 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 337.1. The purpose of this Public Notice is to specify what dredged/fill materials would be discharged into waters of the United States by implementation of the proposed action and advise all interested parties of the proposed project and to provide an opportunity to submit comments or request a public hearing.

The USACE – Buffalo District anticipates the need to dredge and manage sediment excavated from the authorized federal navigation channels of the Lorain Harbor project in order to maintain sufficient depth for deep-draft commercial vessels. The attached map (Figure 1) shows the authorized limits and depths of the federal navigation channels. To ensure that minimum authorized depths in these channels are maintained throughout the shipping season and to account for dredging tolerance, an additional one foot of sediment may be removed. An estimated total of approximately 100,000 cubic yards of sediment would be dredged from the Lorain Harbor federal navigation channels annually.

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Lorain Harbor Dredging Public Notice 2026 FINAL