Webinar: Beneficial Reuse of Sand Resources

The Monmouth University Urban Coast Institute (UCI) and Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean (MARCO) hosted a webinar on May 30, 2018, to discuss how federal and state agencies can work together to ensure the best use of the Mid-Atlantic’s limited offshore and nearshore sand resources. The webinar focused on agency roles and responsibilities, best practices, and opportunities and impediments to beneficial reuse of sand and sediment in the region. The session was moderated by UCI Associate Director Thomas Herrington with presenters Monica Chasten, Operations Management, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Bill Dixon, Director, Division of Coastal Engineering, NJDEP; and Bill Hanson, Vice President of Government Relations and U.S. Business Development, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company.