Dredging coordination

In carrying out operations and maintenance activities, including dredging, at federally authorized ports and inland and intracoastal waterways, to the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall coordinate with relevant Federal agencies, non-Federal project sponsors, and other relevant non-Federal public entities and stakeholders— (1) on the scope of, and timeline for the completion of, those activities; (2) to mitigate, to the maximum extent practicable, the impacts on waterways operations, including the safe and efficient movement of vessels, associated with those activities; and (3) on opportunities to improve communication regarding when those activities are proposed to be carried out.

In carrying out operations and maintenance activities, including dredging, at federally authorized ports and inland and intracoastal waterways, to the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall coordinate with relevant Federal agencies, non-Federal project sponsors, and other relevant non-Federal public entities and stakeholders— (1) on the scope of, and timeline for the completion of, those activities; (2) to mitigate, to the maximum extent practicable, the impacts on waterways operations, including the safe and efficient movement of vessels, associated with those activities; and (3) on opportunities to improve communication regarding when those activities are proposed to be carried out.