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Originally Posted by Charlie B
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This is extracted from the PDF file you kinked to:
Transco proposes to dispose of acceptable material at the USACE-managed Historic Area
Remediation Site (HARS), a 15.7 square nautical mile area in the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 7.7
nautical miles south of Rockaway, New York. The HARS previously received contaminated sediments
and other materials during 63 years of disposal activity, and the USACE is now capping the area with
dredged material that meets certain USACE and EPA chemical criteria and which would not cause
significant undesirable effects, including through bioaccumulation. In September 2017, Transco submitted
an application to the USACE for a permit under section 103 of the MPRSA to transport and dispose of
dredge material at the HARS and continues to consult with the USACE regarding potential use of the
HARS. For dredge material determined unsuitable for disposal at the HARS, Transco has secured
preliminary agreement to dispose of the material at licensed onshore facilities in Kearney and Jersey City,
New Jersey. Transco may side-cast dredge material derived from portions of anchorage area 28 and
between MPs 35.2 and 35.5 and re-use this material as backfill if approved by the NYSDEC; otherwise,
these dredge materials would also be disposed of at approved onshore or offshore sites.
So it sounds to me that contaminated material will be disposed of both in the water and on the land. In my opinion it is better not to dredge up this material.
