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1 Summary: Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP (DCP) owns and operates the Cove Point Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal (terminal), an LNG import terminal in Lusby, Maryland (Figure 1). The terminal includes a pier, located 1.1 miles offshore of the terminal, where LNG vessels are docked and unloaded. DCP recently reinforced the existing off-shore pier to accept larger and deeper draft ships. The Pier Reinforcement Project provided greater flexibility for LNG shippers and the vessels that bring LNG cargo into the Mid Atlantic and rtheast region. In addition to reinforcement and expansion of the pier itself, this project required the dredging and subsequent placement of approximately 120,000 cubic yards of material from the area adjacent to the pier to deepen the berthing area (Figure 2). After screening 51 possible dredged material placement options, DCP selected and implemented the Cove Point marsh protection placement site. This site is a beneficial use project that created a tidal marsh close to the dredging area and adjacent to the Cove Point marsh, which is on DCP property (Figure 2). Cove Point Marsh is a Maryland Natural Heritage Area that historically supported over 40 rare, threatened, and endangered plant species. The marsh was a unique freshwater ecosystem along the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay until the beach was breached during a 4-day northeaster in This breach allowed brackish tidal bay water to enter the marsh and degrade the freshwater ecosystem. Salinity within the marsh increased from an average of 2.8 ppt to over 17 ppt. The shoreline north of the Cove Point peninsula has also been eroding, up to 400 feet in some areas along the marsh since 1938 (Figure 3). The retreat of this shoreline also threatened the continued viability of the marsh. The beach along Cove Point marsh historically supported the federally listed northeastern beach tiger beetle, which has not been found here since Continued erosion may result in the loss of habitat for this species. Constructing the dredged material placement facility at the Cove Point marsh site, therefore, had the added benefits of protecting the threatened, ecologically valuable, freshwater Cove Point marsh and stabilizing eroding beach habitat for the threatened northeastern beach tiger beetle. The Cove Point marsh protection placement project had three main components: (1) repair of the 2006 breach that converted the former freshwater Cove Point marsh into a brackish water system, (2) a dredged material placement site, which includes a continuous containment structure, placement of dredged material, and creation of tidal marsh, and (3) a segmented breakwater and beach nourishment to protect the beach south of the placement site from shoreline erosion and to enhance habitat for the northeastern beach tiger beetle. To address the ongoing impact to the Cove Point Marsh, DCP recommended using the dredged material from the Pier Reinforcement Project to repair the barrier beach breach and allow the marsh to return to a freshwater ecosystem. DCP worked closely with local, state and federal regulatory and resource agencies, local environmental groups and the local community to design and permit the dredged material area to maximize the environmental benefits. The dredged material placement site was established by constructing a 2,500-foot long stone revetment along the shoreline to protect the dredged material from the tidal and wave action of the Bay, and by sealing the breach with sand through the creation of a dune to separate the dredged material from the Cove Point Marsh. Dredged material was then placed behind the revetment to be planted with salt-tolerant plants creating a salt marsh. The revetment and the newly-created salt marsh protect the Cove Point Marsh, allowing it to return to a freshwater ecosystem. Additionally a series of segmented breakwaters were installed south of the revetment, and imported sand was used to nourish the beach. The segmented breakwaters and sand were designed to provide habitat for the northeastern beach tiger beetle, and to protect the area south of the revetment from potential future breaches.
2 Project Team Members and Affiliations: Team Member Affiliation WEDA Member Role Michael Frederick Randal Rogers. Paul Bastin Kaitlin McCormick Jeffrey Elseroad Rich Pfingsten Timothy Donegan, P.E. Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP Dominion Resources Services, Inc. Dominion Transmission, Inc. EA Engineering, Science, and Technology, Inc. EA Engineering, Science, and Technology, Inc. EA Engineering, Science, and Technology, Inc. Gahagan and Bryant Associates Yes Representative of Project Owner Representative of Project Owner Representative of Project Owner minating Entity; Consultant to Dominion; Placement Site Screening; Permitting and Environmental Compliance Consultant to Dominion; Permitting and Environmental Compliance Expert; EA Project Manager Consultant to Dominion; Wetland Restoration/Development of Planting Plan Consultant to Dominion; Project Manager Environmental Benefits: The project was designed to protect the Cove Point Marsh Natural Heritage Area. The unique habitat provided by the historically freshwater system within the marsh was lost by the 2006 breach to the beach. The barrier beach has breached and healed throughout its existence. However, previous breaches lasted only for weeks or months before they healed. Freshwater inflow from streams and precipitation lowered the salinity within the marsh after the breaches healed, thus minimizing any changes in freshwater marsh conditions and plant species composition. The breach created in 2006 was in existence for over three years, and the inflow of tidal water from the Bay converted the marsh from a non-tidal freshwater barrier wetland to a tidal brackish marsh. Because the marsh substrate was exposed to direct tidal action significant volumes of peat and root mat and the associated seed bank were lost through the breach resulting in more of the marsh converting to open water, thus further increasing the area of the marsh exposed to the erosive force of direct tidal action. This conversion meant the potential loss of the rare freshwater plant species from the marsh. In addition to the loss of freshwater plants, the fish community changed and the freshwater species that once resided in the marsh no longer had habitat. Continued erosion of the beach through the breach and the backside of the beach also posed a threat to historic habitat for the Federally-endangered northeastern beach tiger beetle. Continued erosion would likely prevent the recurrence of this species along the beach.
3 The project created an estimated 12.4 acres of tidal marsh. The created tidal wetland seals off the existing marsh from tidal inundation to allow it to return over time to the nontidal, freshwater marsh that it was before the breach. The dredged material placement site also created approximately 3.8 acres of upland, beach/dune habitat planted with native dune vegetation.
4 The closure of the breach stopped tidal inundation and will allow the marsh to gradually return to its previous condition. w that the breach has been repaired, the Cove Point marsh is expected to convert back to freshwater marsh. The conversion to its historical condition will most likely occur over many years while material accumulates in the marsh and the marsh is gradually flushed with freshwater. w that the habitat is restored, the plant species previously occurring in the marsh will likely begin to return. Without this conversion, there was little likelihood of the return of any of the over 40 state-listed plant species previously documented at the site. An additional approximately 0.5 acres of beach nourishment was completed adjacent to the placement site. This beach nourishment area is located behind a new segmented breakwater to protect the area from erosion. The nourished beach and associated segmented breakwaters are designed to enhance and protect a portion of the beach that has historically supported the northeastern beach tiger beetle. Sand placed as part of the beach nourishment project was of a grain size that supports preferred northeastern beach tiger beetle habitat. Innovation: DCP evaluated and permitted three potential dredged material placement options. One of these was to use an existing innovative reuse project. This existing facility would not have required any additional studies or engineering on the part of DCP, but had high costs associated with the transport of material approximately 180 miles to the site. The second placement option was a beneficial use project that included the construction of breakwaters consisting of shoreline protection and island restoration at Barren Island. The Barren Island project would have built a segmented breakwater system, previously designed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. DCP would then have placed the material dredged as part of the Pier Reinforcement Project behind the breakwaters. DCP recognized a need for environmental restoration at Cove Point Marsh. Rather than implement existing, designed placement options, DCP worked to engineer a solution to meet both DCP s need for placement capacity and the Cove Point Natural Heritage Trust s goal of preserving and protecting Cove Point Marsh. Rather than implement a project that was only a wetland restoration project, DCP integrated the environmental protection goals of (1) restoring Cove Point Marsh, (2) reducing the potential for future breaches of Cove Point Marsh, and (3) restoring and protecting habitat for the northeastern beach tiger beetle, a federally listed species, into the placement site design. DCP developed a hybrid design that included multiple habitats including tidal wetland, mudflat, dune, beach, and shoreline structure. This multifaceted design represents a holistic consideration of the needs of the Cove Point Marsh ecosystem while also meeting the placement capacity needs for the Pier Reinforcement Project. Economic Benefits: Placement of material at the Cove Point Marsh protection placement site provided cost savings for DCP, by eliminating the high transportation costs associated with transporting material to other placement sites, particularly one option considered that was 180 miles from the dredging area. The use of the Cove Point Marsh protection placement site also eliminated the need to handle dredged material. Material was hydraulically dredged from the offshore pier and pumped directly into the placement site. The other placement options evaluated would have required mechanical dredging, transport, and offloading at the placement site. Without the development of Cove Point Marsh protection placement site, there would not have been funding for repair of the breach at Cove Point Marsh. This provided cost savings, associated with
5 the repair of the breach, to the Cove Point Marsh Natural Heritage Trust. Further, since the repair of the breach, storm action has threatened the beach along Cove Point Marsh, but the wetland cell has withstood wind and wave action, preventing any new breaches of the dune system within the armored shoreline area. Had the breach not been repaired, it would have continued to expand, increasing repair costs of the breach. This repair would have then been the responsibility of the Trust, if it was to be completed. Transferability: DCP s Pier Reinforcement Project should provide a case study for the preferred method to identify dredged material placement sites. The comprehensive planning and screening of potential placement sites throughout the region and consideration of non-traditional placement options is recommended for all projects. DCP first screened a wide range of placement options and considered all potential placement options, including those options not even to the conceptual phase. After a long list of potential placement options was developed, this list was narrowed based on the characteristics of the placement site needed. This screening considered the costs, geotechnical constraints, chemical characteristics, timing, environmental benefits, and regulatory requirements applicable to both the placement sites and the material to be dredged as part of the Pier Reinforcement Project. This screening resulted in a short-list of placement options that was narrowed to three viable placement options: Cove Point Marsh protection placement site, Barren Island, and agricultural reuse. This planning process was very successful and identified a site (Cove Point Marsh) that would not have traditionally been identified as placement site. Another transferable component of this project is the nature of the placement site. Wetland restoration is a beneficial use project that can be implemented as a placement project for any dredging project with uncontaminated dredged material. DCP has demonstrated its commitment to environmental stewardship, which is a goal of many industries and entities with the growing push toward sustainability and environmental responsibility. This project is a case study demonstrating that a company can complete environmental restoration projects while also developing a costeffective and environmentally beneficial solution for dredged material placement. Outreach and Education: Dominion coordinated the repair of the breach at Cove Point Marsh with the Cove Point Natural Heritage Trust (the Trust). The Trust s mission is to preserve and protect ecologically sensitive sites at Cove Point and vicinity through land conservation, scientific research, and environmental education. DCP worked with the Trust to develop an appropriate method to repair the breach while also developing the needed dredged material placement capacity.
6 Dominion partnered with the National Aquarium in Baltimore's Conservation Team for the planting of the wetland and dune system created to seal the breach at Cove Point Marsh. This program is based on partnerships with a variety of organizations in the region around the Chesapeake Bay. These partnerships create opportunities for volunteers to help restore tidal wetlands throughout the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. Volunteers and members of the Aquarium's Conservation Team completed a planting project along the dunes at the site in February The volunteer groups consisted of local school students, community leaders and local community volunteers. The approximate 2-acre dune was planted with American beach grass (Ammophila bevilgulata), coastal panic grass (Panicum amarum) and Virginia switchgrass (Panicum virgatum). A second planting event, to plant vegetation within the approximately 11-acre tidal wetland with salt-tolerant marsh plants, which will stabilize the dredged material, is scheduled for May 11 to 14, The Aquarium's Conservation Team generates both a volunteer and hands-on learning opportunities for the public. The partnership between Dominion and the Aquarium provided an opportunity for Aquarium and Dominion staff to work with interested participants to educate them about wetland ecology, planting methods, and the unique wetland community at Cove Point Marsh. DCP is also working with the Providence Center, a nonprofit organization that operates greenhouses and offers employment services to mentally handicapped adults to grow the marsh plants. Providence Center currently is growing the plants for the May 2011 planting. Other: This project is deserving of an environmental award from the Western Dredging Association (WEDA), because it meets both the goals of DCP, by providing a dredged material placement site, while also developing an innovative environmental restoration project that addressed multiple environmental needs. DCP worked in consultation with local, state and federal resource agencies (Calvert County Department of Planning, Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Maryland Department of the Environment, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and National Marine Fisheries Service), as well as with local stakeholders (Cove Point Natural Heritage Trust) to develop a comprehensive plan that met the multiple environmental concerns and the differing habitat needs of multiple sensitive species. DCP successfully placed all their dredged material at the site, meeting their project goals. DCP sealed the breach at Cove Point Marsh, beginning the natural succession of the site to its historic condition as a freshwater marsh. DCP also constructed a segmented breakwater system, protecting potential northeastern beach tiger beetle habitat, simultaneously with the construction of the dikes for the placement facility. The linking of the placement site with the environmental project into a single and complete project, rather than a series of segmented projects, represents a holistic approach to beneficial use of dredged material. DCP also found a way to incorporate the interested public through the Aquarium s Conservation Team. The community outreach program provides an educational, environmental stewardship project for any member of the public interested in gaining a deeper understanding of environmental restoration project or the specific restoration project at Cove Point Marsh. DCP serves a role model to the dredging community, by demonstrating that there are cost-effective, ways to merge industry needs with environmental stewardship in a cost-effective and innovative manner. DCP s Cove Point Marsh protection project associated with the Pier Reinforcement Project exceeds all criteria for the WEDA Environmental Excellence Award and deserves recognition for this exemplary project.
7 Figure 1. Vicinity Map
8 Approximate Dredging Area Cove Point Marsh Protection Placement Site Figure 2. Aerial Photo with Project Area
9 Figure 3. Historical Shorelines at Cove Point Marsh
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