Permitting
While the design of coastal projects may be challenging, obtaining permits from the various agencies having jurisdiction over your project site can seem an insurmountable task. BlueShore
Engineering has brought many projects through the morass of regulatory process from concept through construction.
We have the experience and working relationships with:
- New York Department of Environmental Conservation
- The United States Army Corps of Engineers
- The National Marine Fisheries Service
- The New York Department of State Division of Coastal Resources.
- The New York City Department of Buildings
- The New York City Department of Environmental Protection
We have worked with many other agencies in and out of New York State. I will expand this list as we expand our area of operation.
Example Projects:
The following are examples of permits obtained.
- Harbor Marine Facilities
New York, NY
Obtained USACE, NYDEC, and NYDOS permits, as well as NMFS, USCG, and NYOPRHP concurrence.
Grant Assistance
BlueShore can help you find and apply for funding for your coastal project. Some examples of grant programs that can help fund your coastal project:
Open Grant Opportunities
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Clean Vessel Assistance Program
New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation
The CVAP is a federally funded program that provides grants to marinas for the installation, renovation and replacement of pumpout stations for the removal and disposal of recreational boater septic waste. Grants are also available for annual operation and maintenance of pumpout facilities, and information and education to boaters on the benefits, use and availability of pumpouts. -
Historic Preservation Tax Credit Programs
New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation
Owners of income producing real properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places or contributing to a Nationally certified historic distric may be eligible for a 20% federal income tax credit for the substantial rehabilitation of historic properties, as well as an additional 20% state income tax credit beginning January 1, 2010. -
Boating Infrastructure Grant Program
New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation
A program of the Department of the Interior, US Fish and Wildlife Service, administered by the States for the development and maintenance of facilities for transient, non-trailerable recreational boats. (2009 Application date has passed, 2010 applications, if funds are available, will be due approximately August, 2010.) -
Small Shipyard Grant Program
United Stated Department of Transportation Maritime Administration (MARAD)
Grant funds are to be used for capital improvements, and related infrastructure improvements at qualified shipyards that will be effective in fostering efficiency, competitive operations, and quality ship construction, repair, and reconfiguration. (2009 Application date has passed, 2010 applications, if funds are available, will be due approximately April, 2010.) -
Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial Eco-docks
Grant Program
New York State Department of State
The application deadline has passed for this single-year funding allocation.
Grant Awards Obtained
- East End Historic District Investment Property, Historic
Preservation Grant - Newburgh, NY
Obtained approval for a tax credits equivalent to 40% of the qualifying construction costs (20% Federal, 20% State), resulting in approximately $160,000 reimbursement of the total $400,000 construction cost to renovate a completely gutted Second Empire Style brick structure, built in the late 1800's, for use as an investment rental property.