The Applicant is applying for a Department of the Army permit to dredge material from the aquatic bed of Lake Michigan for the purpose of increasing the depth around a private pier to accommodate a larger vessel. Material would be dredged by a mechanical excavator operated from atop a barge positioned within the work area. Excavated material would be placed into specialized dewatering boxes on the barge deck and allowed to dewater overnight before being loaded to dump trucks staged in uplands above the Ordinary High Water Mark (OHWM)
and hauled off-site for disposal. The project would increase the current water depth to 6 feet deep.