Jersey Shore Erosion ‘Hot Spots’ May Get Federal Scrutiny

Federal experts may soon be required to examine the effects of rapid coastal erosion in New Jersey and then provide recommendations about how to limit it.

Lawmakers included language that directs the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to study “hot spot” erosion — the loss of sediment from a concentrated location more swiftly than the surrounding area — in legislation the House passed in July.

That bill is one of the few remaining pieces of legislation likely to become law before the new Congress begins in January.