Local
dredge dumping sites include Cornfield Shoals, just north of Greenport, and another near New London, west of Fishers Island.
«With coral reefs facing a myriad of threats,» said Kimberly Puglise, an oceanographer with NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, «the finding of extensive reefs off Maui provides managers with a unique opportunity to ensure that future activities in the region, such as cable laying,
dredging dump sites, and deep sewer outfalls, do not irreparably damage these reefs.»
Not exact matches
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says the state will sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over its final decision to allow a new
site to
dump dredged materials in Long Island Sound.
A long - simmering dispute over
dumping dredged materials from rivers and harbors into Long Island Sound has flared up again with a new federal plan to govern disposal
sites.
The majority of
dredging occurs in Connecticut and the
dump sites are technically in that state's waters.
Two other areas in Niantic Bay and near Cornfield Shoals could also be used for
dredge material
dumping instead of, or in addition to, the eastern Long Island Sound
site.
Last week, delegates warned that the Great Barrier Reef could be placed on a list of threatened
sites due to plans to
dump up to 3 million cubic meters of
dredge spoils inside the UNESCO World Heritage
Site.
Its an effort that would require shipping coal by rail to the coast, and
dredging and
dumping waste in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage
site in order to expand ports and channels for shipping the coal to India.