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DREDGING AND DISPOSAL OF SPOILS <br /> INTRODUCTION <br /> NOTE: Maintenance dredging operations , those carried out <br /> on a regularly occurring basis , are exempt from the Shore- <br /> line Permit Process. However, this activity must still be <br /> conducted in a-manner which is consistent with the policy <br /> of the Shoreline Management Act, and the City of Everett' s <br /> Shoreline Master Program. <br /> Eighty years -of-dredging in the Everett area has provided - - - <br /> materials for the creation of a number of areas . These <br /> include Jetty Island, the East Waterway fill, 14th Street <br /> Marine area, the base of I-5 between Everett and Marys- <br /> ville, and the Port of Everett ' s Hewitt Avenue Terminal. <br /> Future expansion of port, water-dependent industrial and <br /> commercial activity along our waterfront will require <br /> dredging and the employment of the dredging material as <br /> fill. <br /> Dredging of the Snohomish River Navigation Channel occurs <br /> on a regular basis, and can be anticipated. The Corp <br /> of Engineers can predict the areas needing dredging and <br /> the amount of material to be removed. <br /> Securing of land sites for the depositing of spoils is <br /> an involved and complex process involving a number of <br /> public and private entities. <br /> -17 <br /> In the last couple of years, due to the problems of <br /> identifying and acquiring sites, scheduled dredging of <br /> the Snohomish River has not occurred, and consequently <br /> the navigation channel did not function as efficiently <br /> as was possible. <br /> There are segments of Everett' s shoreline which could be <br /> made more usable through an organized spoils placement <br /> plan. However, there are also shoreline areas which <br /> would be sensitive to placement of spoils material. <br /> IV-20 <br />