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Guidance Documents
USACE Official Publications of the Headquarters
This collection of publications is the single official repository for official USACE Engineering Regulations (ERs), Engineering Circulars (ECs), Engineering Manuals (EMs) and other official public documents originating from Headquarters USACE. At this site you will find useful Engineer Manuals (see examples below). Click here to go to publications site.
Dredging and Sediment Management
Dredged material is becoming more recognized as a valuable resource that can be used in environmentally beneficial ways. Visit the links below to learn more.
Clean Water Act (CWA) (external link)
Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA) (external link)
The National Dredging Team (NDT) (external link)
Dredged Material Testing and Evaluation
Testing Manuals
Inland Testing Manual: Evaluation of Dredged Material Proposed for Discharge in Waters of the U.S. (details)
- Inland Testing Manual (ITM) (PDF)
- ITM Appendix A: 40 CFR PART 230 (external website)
- ITM Appendix B: Guidance for Evaluation of Effluent Discharges from Confined Disposal Facilities (PDF)
- ITM Appendix C: Evaluation of Mixing (PDF)
- ITM Appendix D: Statistical Methods (PDF)
- ITM Appendix E: Summary of Test Conditions and Test Acceptability Criteria for Tier Iii Bioassays (PDF)
- ITM Appendix F: Methodologies for Identifying Ammonia as a Toxicant in Dredged-Material Toxicity Tests (PDF)
- ITM Appendix G: Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) Considerations (PDF)
Dredged Material Testing and Evaluation
For regulations and guidance, such as Regional Implementation Manuals or Site Management and Monitoring Plans, and additional ocean placement information please visit:
USEPA Ocean Dumping Management (external link)
USACE Ocean Disposal Database (external link)
Dredged Material Testing and Evaluation
Bioaccumulation or toxicity databases are useful for comparing measured tissue concentrations from a bioaccumulation test, such as those performed to evaluate dredged sediments, to published information that describes the relationship between contaminant tissue concentration and the likelihood of an adverse effect.
USACE Environmental Residue-Effects Database (ERED) (peer-reviewed & gov’t reports) (external link)
USACE Biota-Sediment Accumulation Factor Database (BSAF) (peer-reviewed & gov’t reports) (external link)
USEPA ECOTOX Database (peer-reviewed & gov’t reports) (external link)
USEPA Biota-Sediment Accumulation Factor Database (mostly superfund sites) (external link)
U.S. Government Publishing Office: Electronic Code of Federal Regulations
The Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (e-CFR) is a currently updated version of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). It is not an official legal edition of the CFR. The e-CFR is an editorial compilation of CFR material and FEDERAL REGISTER amendments produced by the National Archives and Records Administration's Office of the Federal Register (OFR) and the Government Publishing Office. The OFR updates the material in the e-CFR on a daily basis.
USEPA Regulations: title 40 Ocean Dumping Parts 220-238 (external link)
Knowledge Core: ERDC’s digital repository
Knowledge Core is a service of ERDC's Information Science and Knowledge Management Branch that collects, preserves and distributes the ERDC's research publications and historical knowledge. The growing collection includes articles, technical reports, papers, photographs, and videos.
At this site you will find collections for ERDC’s current and past dredging research programs. There has been over 40 years of research and development for evaluating engineering alternatives and environmental impacts of dredging and dredged material management.
Engineering with Nature 2010-present (EWN) (external link)
Dredging Innovations Group 2012-present (DIG)
Knowledge Core: ERDC’s digital repository
A collection of archived former dredging research programs is available:
Dredged Material Research Program 1973-1978 (DMRP) (external link)
Dredging Research Program 1978-1994 (DRP) (external link)
Environmental Effects of Dredging Program (EEDP) (external link)
Long-Term Effects of Dredging Operations 1985-2002 (LEDO) (external link)
Other Guidance
Monitored Natural Recovery Guidance at Contaminated Sediment Sites (PDF)
This guide establishes principles and evaluation criteria for monitored natural recovery use as a remedial option and provides a framework for the design, implementation, and monitoring of MNR.
Other Dredging Resources
USACE Navigation Portal (external link)
The Navigation Data Integration Framework is an effort to establish a detailed methodology to link data and tools across the Navigation Business line and make them easily available to our stakeholders. You will find information for dredging, surveying & mapping, marine transportation system, e-Navigation, sediment & ecosystem management, and infrastructure & asset management.
Please see DOTS supported and other related websites for more dredging resources (internal link)