Dredge definition

Dredge means a mechanical device that is towed behind a fishing vessel and whose purpose is to collect shellfish from the sea floor.

Dredge means equipment used for harvesting bottom dwelling aquatic life which is not a trawl and is powered by mechanical means, and is designed to contact the bottom when in operation.

Dredge means to mine with an underwater suction machine.

Examples of Dredge in a sentence

• Among other requirements, Section IV.B.1 of the Dredge or Fill Procedures requires that Project impacts will not cause or contribute to a degradation of waters; or violate water quality standards.

• Among other requirements, Section IV.B.1 of the Dredge or Fill Procedures requires that Project impacts will not contribute to a net loss of the overall abundance, diversity, and condition of aquatic resources; cause or contribute to a degradation of waters; or violate water quality standards.

• Conditions in this section related to restoration and/or mitigation of temporary impacts are consistent with the Dredge or Fill Procedures, which requires “in all cases where temporary impacts are proposed, a draft restoration plan that outlines design, implementation, assessment, and maintenance for restoring areas of temporary impacts to pre-project conditions.” (Dredge or Fill Procedures section IV.

• These conditions are necessary to ensure compliance with state and federal anti-degradation policies and are consistent with Section IV.B.1.a of the Dredge or Fill Procedures, which requires that the Water Boards will approve a project only after it has been determined that a sequence of actions has been taken to first avoid, then to minimize, and lastly compensate for adverse impacts that cannot be practicably avoided or minimized.

• The CONSULTANT shall review Dredge and Fill Detail sheets to ensure information on the sketch(es) meet the requirements of the regulatory agencies and are appropriate for environmental permit application submittal and acquisition.

More Definitions of Dredge

Dredge means a subsurface hose from one and one-half to ten inches in diameter that is powered by an engine and is used to draw up auriferous material that is then separated in the sluice portion of the unit.

Dredge means to use any device to gather, scrape, scoop, fish for or otherwise take bottom dwelling horseshoe crabs.

Dredge means to clean, deepen, widen or excavate, either temporarily or permanently.

Dredge means to cleanse, scour, cut, deepen, widen or dredge the bed or the banks of the Thames or take up, or move material (including through the use of conventional dredgers and hydrodynamic dredging techniques using water injection or agitation or devices to move material) whether or not the material is suspended in water from one part of the bed or the banks of the Thames to another part or remove material from the bed or the banks of the Thames, and “dredging” shall be construed accordingly;

Dredge means a rigid structure towed on the seabed in order to collect a targeted species;

Dredge means any floating vessel used for —

Dredge means a subsurface hose from 1.5 to 10 inches in diameter that is powered by an engine and is used to draw up auriferous material that is then separated in the sluice portion of the unit.