Port and Navigation Channel Dredging — Nationwide Permit
Current understanding
The introduced DEEP Act would establish a nationwide Clean Water Act permit for dredging ports and navigation channels in place of individual permitting reviews. This could change the timing and administrative costs of projects serving importers and exporters, but effects on freight costs and consumer prices are not established. The bill also proposes repealing restrictions on foreign-flagged dredging vessels; neither change is established here as enacted.
Evidence log
- 2021-12-09 — DEEP Act: cross-connection with foreign-dredge-act-repeal: The DEEP Act combines expanded market access for foreign-flagged dredging vessels with a nationwide dredging permit, addressing contractor eligibility and project permitting through separate provisions. (novelty: 3)