Evaluation of Capping Operations at the Experimental Mud Dump Site, N.Y. Bight Apex, 1980
Evaluation of Capping Operations at the Experimental Mud Dump Site, N.Y. Bight Apex, 1980

Author: Joseph M. O'Connor

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Published: 1982

Total Pages: 70

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Conflicting, multiple uses of the New York Bight impose various stresses on its physical and biological resources. Ocean disposal of waste poses a management problem which is regulated by no fewer than four pieces of Federal legislation and several state and federal regulatory agencies. Dredged material disposal in the New York Bight is regulated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Current regulations dictate that contaminated waste dredged material be given special treatment. The special treatment discussed in this synthesis report is the capping of contaminated waste dredged material with clean material to minimize transport of toxicants from the sediment to marine biota.