NEW YORK DISTRICT

Resident Engineer Paul Jalowski, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, watches as bulldozers move freshly pumped sand into place on Monmouth Beach in New Jersey on Dec. 2, 2011. The work was part of a beach renourishment project at Monmouth Beach designed for coastal storm risk reduction that the Corps of Engineers is managing in partnership with the state of New Jersey. (photo by Chris Gardner, New York District public affairs)

Resident Engineer Paul Jalowski and Coastal Engineer Donald Cresitello, both with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, look into a special discharge basket that helps filter sand as it is pumped onto Monmouth Beach in New Jersey while working on the project site Dec. 2, 2011. The work was part of a beach renourishment project at Monmouth Beach designed for coastal storm risk reduction that the Corps of Engineers is managing in partnership with the state of New Jersey. (photo by Chris Gardner, New York District public affairs)

Resident Engineer Paul Jalowski, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, talks on the phone with a contractors while sand is pumped into place on Monmouth Beach in New Jersey on Dec. 2, 2011. The pumping is part of a beach renourishment project at Monmouth Beach designed for coastal storm risk reduction that the Corps of Engineers is managing in partnership with the state of New Jersey. (photo by Chris Gardner, New York District public affairs)

Sand is pumped onto Monmouth Beach in New Jersey on Dec. 2, 2011. The pumping was part of a beach renourishment project at Monmouth Beach designed for coastal storm risk reduction that the Corps of Engineers is managing in partnership with the state of New Jersey. (photo by Chris Gardner, New York District public affairs)

Coastal Engineer Donald Cresitello and Resident Engineer Paul Jalowski, both with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, chat as sand is pumped into place on Monmouth Beach in New Jersey on Dec. 2, 2011. The work was part of a beach renourishment project at Monmouth Beach designed for coastal storm risk reduction that the Corps of Engineers is managing in partnership with the state of New Jersey. (photo by Chris Gardner, New York District public affairs)

Sand is pumped onto Monmouth Beach in New Jersey on Dec. 2, 2011 as the dredge that collected the sand is visible in the background. The pumping was part of a beach renourishment project at Monmouth Beach designed for coastal storm risk reduction that the Corps of Engineers is managing in partnership with the state of New Jersey. (photo by Chris Gardner, New York District public affairs)

A representative from the state of New Jersey (c) looks into a special discharge basket designed to filter any larger objects out of sand being pumped onto the beach during beach renourishment work at Monmouth Beach on Dec. 2, 2011. Resident Engineer Paul Jalowski (l) and Coastal Engineer Donald Cresitello (r), both with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, prepare to also look inside the basket to see what, if anything, ended up in it during the most recent pump out. The Corps of Engineers, in partnership with the state of New Jersey, is managing a beach renourishment project at Monmouth Beach designed for coastal storm risk reduction. (photo by Chris Gardner, New York District public affairs)