SCH Number 1995064017

Project Info

Title

PORT OF LONG BEACH CHANNEL DEEPENING

Description

THE PLAN WILL INVOLVE DREDGING APPROXIMATELY 5.6 MILLION CUBIC YARDS OF MATERIAL FROM THE LONG BEACH APPROACH CHANNEL. THE AREA TO BE DREDGED IS ROUGHLY 1,200 FEET WIDE AND EXTENDS FROM THE QUEENS GATE SEAWARD ABOUT 11,000 FEET. THE COMPLETED CHANNEL DEPTH WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 76 FEET BELOW MEAN LOWER LOW WATER. THE DREDGED MATERIAL WILL BE PLACED IN TWO MAN-MADE PITS IN THE FLOOR OF THE OUTER HARBOR AT DEPTHS RANGING FROM -90 FEET MLLW TO -30 FEET MLLW, AND IN A LANDFILL AT THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES PIER 400 PROJECT.

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