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<section article="gec" article_name="Economic Development" number="5-903" title_number="5" title_name="Economic Development and Financial Assistance Programs" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Dredged Material Disposal Alternatives Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The purposes of the Program are to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>designate innovative reuses of dredged material as a sustainable alternative in the management of dredged material disposal; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>provide financial assistance for the production and marketing of technologies that dewater, analyze for contaminants, dry, and process dredged material for reuse in an economically beneficial manner.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The goals of the Program are to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>implement the beneficial reuse of dredged materials as a sustainable dredged material management method;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>foster markets for end-use products that use dredged material as a resource;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>increase public awareness of the many valuable commercial and industrial uses of dredged material and products made using dredged material; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>facilitate the reuse of at least 500,000 cubic yards of dredged material each year.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
