Calumet Harbor Dredging

Project Description and Background

A Dredged Material Management Plan (DMMP) was approved in September 2020 that identified vertical expansion of the current facility as the lowest cost, environmentally acceptable alternative for managing dredged sediment for the next 20 years.

A contract was awarded in September 2022 to vertically expand the current confined disposal facility (CDF) to provide required capacity for the next 20 years of dredging. The expanded facility would confine a total of 1,030,000 cubic yards of sediment.

Review Plan for Calumet Harbor Beneficial Use of Dredged Material 

Current Status

The construction of the vertical expansion is currently on hold.

Design of a new dock for dredged material management is currently on hold. 

Project Authorization

Rivers and Harbors Acts of 1899, 1902, 1930, 1935, 1945, 1960, 1962 & 1965

Previously Available Documents

We are transitioning documents to the USACE Digital Library.  Found below is a list of previously available documents what were available on the project page.  Those documents will be linked below as they become available.  They can be requested through a FOIA request also linked below until then.  Thank you for your patience during this process.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS PAGES

• What is in the Sediment?
• How is the Sediment Currently Managed
• Why not Treat the Sediment
• How would the Environment be Protected?
• How would Air Quality be Protected?
• How would Vertical Expansion be Designed?

Dredged Material Management Plan (DMMP) September 2020

• Chicago Area Waterway System (CAWS) Dredged Material Management Plan (DMMP) and Integrated Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
• CAWS DMMP Record of Decision
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Response to Independent External Peer Review
• Appendix A - Coordination and Public Involvement
• Appendix A1 - Coordination Appendix Attachments 1-5
• Appendix A2 - Coordination Appendix Attachments 6-7
• Appendix A3 - Coordination Appendix Attachments 8-11
• Appendix A4 - Coordination Appendix Attachments 12-13
• Appendix A5 - Coordination Appendix Attachments 14
• Appendix B - Economic Analysis
• Appendix C - Enviornmental Engineering
• Appendix C - Enviromental Engineering Water Quality Addendum part 1
• Appendix C - Enviromental Engineering Water Quality Addendum part 2
• Appendix D - Geotechnical Analysis
• Appendix E - Civil Engineering
• Appendix F - Cost Engineering
• Appendix G - Real Estate Plan
• Appendix H - Climate Change
• Appendix I - Site Selection
• Appendix J - 404b1 Evaluation
• Appendix K - Enviornmental Justice Materials
• Appendix L - Calumet Harbor Sediment Beneficial Use
• Appendix M - Costal Consistency Determination
• Appendix N - Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act Report

If you need reports for this project not listed on this page, please contact the Public Affairs Office at ChicagoDistrict.PAO@usace.army.mil and let us know what report you are looking for.