Economic Impacts of Environmental Windows Associated with Dredging Operations

Abstract

This technical note describes potential economic impacts that result from compliance with requests for environmental windows (i.e., temporal constraints) on dredging operations. The primary purpose of this effort was not to quantify the exact total cost attributable to environmental windows throughout the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) dredging program, but rather to estimate incremental costs of windows compliance across a spectrum of dredging project scenarios. The information contained herein, when examined in tandem with characterizations of the frequencies of windows associated with Federal dredging projects and the technical issues used to justify requests for specific environmental windows (Reine, Dickerson, and Clarke 1998), is intended to support decisions regarding prioritization of directions of future research.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA361194

Entities

People

  • Dena D. Dickerson
  • Douglas G. Clarke
  • Kevin J. Reine

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Corps Of Engineers
  • Civil Engineering
  • Contracts
  • Cost Analysis
  • Cost Estimates
  • Costs
  • Dredging
  • Economic Analysis
  • Economic Impact
  • Engineers
  • Fish
  • Geographic Regions
  • Habitats
  • Materials
  • New England
  • New York
  • Water Resources

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

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