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Ocean City Harbor Inlet and Sinepuxent Bay Maryland Fact Sheet OCEAN CITY HARBOR & INLET & SINEPUXENT BAY, MD FACT SHEET as of February 2019 AUTHORIZATION: The project was approved by the River and Harbor Act of August 1935 in accordance with Rivers and Harbors Committee Document No. 38, 72nd Congress and modified in Document No. 60. It was also modified in 1954. TYPE OF PROJECT: Navigation PROJECT PHASE: Operation and Maintenance CONGRESSIONAL INTEREST: Senators Van Hollen and Cardin (MD), Representatives Harris (MD-1) NON-FEDERAL SPONSOR: Worcester County, Maryland BACKGROUND: The location of the Ocean City inlet is on the far eastern boundary of Maryland along the Atlantic Coast. The project provides for an inlet channel 10 feet deep from the Atlantic Ocean through West Ocean City harbor. The inlet channel width varies from 100 to 200 feet. The inlet channel is protected by two stone jetties at the entrance from the Atlantic Ocean. The project also includes a channel 6 feet deep and with widths that vary from 100 to 150 feet in Sinepuxent Bay from the inlet to Chincoteague Bay. The project also includes a channel 6 feet deep with widths that vary from 75 to 125 feet from the inlet into the Isle of Wight Bay. STATUS: The Ocean City inlet has a history of shoaling rapidly, especially near the entrance to the West Ocean City harbor. Limited maintenance dredging of the Ocean City inlet via one of the Corps’ special purpose dredges will be accomplished with fiscal year (FY) 2019 funds. U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS – BALTIMORE DISTRICT 2 Hopkins Plaza, Baltimore MD 21201 https://www.nab.usace.army.mil page 1 of 5 BUDGET: Federal Funds Data Total Allocation for FY 2018 750,000 President Budget FY 20191 5,000 Allocation for FY 20192 255,000 President Budget FY 20201 TBD 1 The President typically sends the budget to Congress in February each year. Upon release, budget amounts for the USACE Civil Works programs and specified projects are posted online at the HQUSACE website in a Program Budget Press Book at http://www.usace.army.mil/Missions/CivilWorks/Budget.aspx. 2 The allocation amount for a project is determined after enactment of the Energy and Water appropriations and release of the approved FY work plan. SCHEDULE: FY 2018 Completed Work: Approximately 18,000 cubic yards of material were removed through maintenance dredging of the Ocean City inlet. The maintenance dredging was carried out by Corps special purpose hopper dredges with material being beneficially used with placement occurring in the surf zone near Assateague Island. FY 2019 Scheduled Work: Maintenance dredging of the Ocean City inlet via Corps’ special purpose dredge MURDEN was conducted in November-December 2018. A Corps’ special purpose dredge is scheduled to conduct additional visits throughout FY 2019 to remove additional material from the inlet with remaining FY 2019 funds. For more information regarding the Ocean City Harbor & Inlet & Sinepuxent Bay, MD contact Danielle Szimanski, CENAB-OPN, (410) 962-6064, e-mail [email protected]. Also see this project’s related web page at https://www.nab.usace.army.mil/Missions/Civil- Works/Nav-Maps/. U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS – BALTIMORE DISTRICT 2 Hopkins Plaza, Baltimore MD 21201 https://www.nab.usace.army.mil page 2 of 5 U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS – BALTIMORE DISTRICT 2 Hopkins Plaza, Baltimore MD 21201 https://www.nab.usace.army.mil page 3 of 5 U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS – BALTIMORE DISTRICT 2 Hopkins Plaza, Baltimore MD 21201 https://www.nab.usace.army.mil page 4 of 5 U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS – BALTIMORE DISTRICT 2 Hopkins Plaza, Baltimore MD 21201 https://www.nab.usace.army.mil page 5 of 5 .
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