Subject: Peckman River Basin, New Jersey flood risk management feasibility study report

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY CHIEF OF ENGINEERS 2600 ARMY PENTAGON WASHINGTON, D.C. 20310-2600 APR 2 9 2020 DAEN SUBJECT: Peckman River Basin, New Jersey Flood Risk Management Feasibility Study Report THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY 1. I submit for transmission to Congress my report on the study of flood risk management for the Peckman River Basin, Essex and Passaic Counties, New Jersey. It is accompanied by the report of the New York District Commander. These reports are an interim response to a resolution of the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Resolution Docket 2644 adopted on June 21, 2000. The resolution requested a review of "the report of the Chief of Engineers on the Passaic River Mainstem project, New Jersey and New York, published as House Document 163, 101 st Congress, 1st Session, and other pertinent reports to determine whether modifications of the recommendations contained therein are advisable at the present time, in the interest of water resources development, including flood control, environmental restoration and protection, stream bank restoration and other allied purposes for the Peckman River and tributaries, New Jersey." The New Jersey State Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP}, the non-federal sponsor for the study, is supportive of the Recommended Plan. Preconstruction, engineering, and design activities, if funded, for the Peckman River Basin, New Jersey Flood Risk Management Project will continue under the authority cited above. 2. The reporting officers recommend authorization of the National Economic Development (NED) Plan that consists of a diversion culvert connecting the Peckman and Passaic Rivers; associated weirs; levees and floodwalls; channel modifications; and nonstructural measures within the ten percent floodplain upstream of Route 46, which will reduce the risk of flood damage to flood-prone areas of Little Falls and Woodland Park, New Jersey. The principal features of the plan include