33 U.S.C. § 419a — Management practices to extend capacity and useful life of dredged material disposal areas

The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, must use - and encourage others to use - management practices that extend how much material a dredged material disposal area can hold and how long it can stay in use. The goal is to keep the need for building new disposal areas as low as possible. The Secretary decides which specific practices are appropriate. The law lists some required examples, without limiting the Secretary to just these: building dikes, consolidating and dewatering (removing water from) the dredged material, and building drainage and outflow facilities.