Sentences with phrase «dumping dredging»

Lawmakers also were considering joining a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to stop the federal government from dumping dredging material in the Long Island Sound.

The Suffolk County Legislature approved a resolution to join a lawsuit with New York State against the Environmental Protection Agency's plan to dump dredging materials from Connecticut into the Long Island Sound.

New York State is formally objecting to the federal government's plan to continue dumping dredged materials in Long Island Sound.

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.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo joined Long Island politicians in Sunken Meadow State Park to call on the EPA to reject the Army Corps of Engineer's plan to continue dumping dredged materials into Long Island Sound for the next 30 years

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and dozens of Long Island elected officials are calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to stop the Army Corp of Engineers» plan to continue to dump dredged materials into Long Island Sound for the next 30 years.

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 controversial plan is the Corps» response to a 2005 mandate from New York and Connecticut aimed at phasing out the practice of dumping dredged materials into Long Island Sound.

The waste bed is owned by Allied's successor, Honeywell International Inc., and sits next to another waste bed (No. 13) where Honeywell recently dumped dredge material from Onondaga Lake.

Not exact matches

WWF Australia has said the material dredged during the port expansion would be enough to fill 150,000 dump trucks that «lined up bumper - to - bumper would stretch from Brisbane to Melbourne», a distance of more than 1,000 kilometres (620 miles).

Army Corps of Engineers records at the Wilmette Historical Society studied by the Tribune indicate that sand was dredged from the harbor and dumped just to the south in 1976 and 1978 on the neighboring Baha'i lakefront property, which is specifically mentioned on hand - drawn maps of the area.

In January, the district began dredging Veteran Acres Pond and transporting the dredged material in dump trucks to Lippold Park.

Gary Schaefer, president of Hey & Associates, which oversees the dredging project for the Park District, learned that some of the truckers working for Elgin - based Martam Construction Inc. had put diesel fuel in their truck beds to keep the material from adhering when it was dumped.

New York State is preparing to sue the Environmental Protection Agency over its decision to permanently allow dumping of dredged material in the Long Island Sound, according to a press release from Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office.

Suffolk County Legislator Al Krupski state and town officials and environmental advocates are calling for an end to the dumping of potentially toxic materials from dredging operations into Long Island Sound.

In hopes of bringing boats back to the Syracuse Inner Harbor, where the water depth is as little as two feet in places, the Onondaga County IDA voted to let state canal officials dump mud dredged from the harbor on property owned by the county agency.

If we dredge and free the water ways and our people still dump refuge in the water ways, government efforts would be futile.

Suffolk County is moving forward with a million - dollar plan to restore seven acres of land at Indian Island County Park in Riverhead that once served as a dumping ground for the county's dredging projects.

We wish he had done more to stop the Federal Aviation Administration's extension of the North Shore Helicopter Route earlier this year, and believe it would be wise for him to protect Long Islanders against dredge spoil dumping in the Long Island Sound in this next term.

They expressed concern for the health of the water that divides Long Island and Connecticut if dredged materials, possibly containing toxins, were dumped back into it over the next 30 years.

He and fellow Democrat Attorney General Eric Schneiderman say the EPA plan will allow tens of millions of cubic yards of dredged sediments to be dumped in the waterway that divides Long Island and Connecticut.

Suffolk County lawmakers, civic leaders and environmentalists urged Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo Tuesday to veto a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plan to continue dumping as much as 53 million cubic yards of dredge spoils in Long Island Sound over the next three decades.

New York state has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency opposing a plan to allow dredged sediments to be dumped into the Long Island Sound.

In March, Suffolk lawmakers and local environmentalists urged Gov. Cuomo to reject the U.S. Army of Corps of Engineers» plan for about 53 million cubic yards of dredge spoils to be dumped into the Sound over the next 30 years.

d) «Should General Electric Co. have been forced to dredge the Hudson River to remove PCBs it deposited there before the dumping was made illegal?»

Suffolk County lawmakers, civic leaders and environmentalists urged Cuomo to veto a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plan to continue dumping as much as 53 million cubic yards of dredge spoils in Long Island Sound over the next three decades.

It calls for continued dumping of dredged materials into areas of the Sound.

The majority of dredging occurs in Connecticut and the dump sites are technically in that state's waters.

They say the continued dumping of dredged materials from Connecticut will adversely affect quality of life in Long Island.

We would like to see Governor Cuomo disclose the details of his offer to GE, especially because GE is one of his biggest political contributors and there is a major controversy over GE's refusal to continue dredging the toxic PCB's it dumped into the Hudson north of Albany.

In 2005, the EPA set a goal of reducing or eliminating dredge dumps in the Sound.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, backed by about 30 elected officials, announced on Thursday the state may take legal action against the Environmental Protection Agency to stop a plan to allow dumping in Long Island Sound of materials dug up from dredging.

Local dredge dumping sites include Cornfield Shoals, just north of Greenport, and another near New London, west of Fishers Island.

On Wednesday the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approved a 30 - year - plan for the continued dumping of dredge material in the Long Island Sound.

Dozens of state legislators, most of them Democrats, have called on GE to extend dredging operations in the upper Hudson River near two shuttered capacitor plants in Fort Edward, which dumped over a million pounds of PCBs in the river from the 1940s through the 1970s.

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.

Opponents of the plan claim the materials dug up through dredging could be toxic and may be diffused throughout the sound if the dumping continues.

Camillus officials unsuccessfully opposed the dumping of the dredge material, but Coogan said she and the rest of the Camillus Town Council would support the development of waste bed No. 12 into an inland port if it is selected.

In 2005, the EPA set up a goal of reducing or eliminating dredge dumps in Long Island Sound.

One answer is dredgings from harbours and navigation channels, which are currently mostly dumped out to sea, where they may damage the marine environment.

Instead, the law directs the agency to run 10 pilot projects across the country in which dredged sediment will be used to restore and protect coastlines instead of being dumped as waste, often at sea.

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.

«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.»

Millions of cubic metres of spoil must be dredged and dumped near the reef for the coal port to be constructed.

The sandbar was used to dump materials from dredging of San Diego Bay for US Navy requirements in World War II which required a deepening of the harbor channel, further building it up.

Indeed, the Sacca is an abandoned tip created between 1930 and 1950 by the repeated dumping of rubble and dredging of the lagoon.

The grand estate was built to host travelers for the 1893 Columbian Exposition and was said to contain land «enhanced» or fabricated by the developer after dredging sand from Lake Michigan, dumping it on shore, -LSB-...]

Yet in 2014, the GBRMA approved a permit for a state - owned coal terminal operator to dump as much as 3 million cubic meters of dredged mud and sediment inside the park.

The coastal models are so flawed that Pilkey recommends dredging up a lot of sand and dumping it on the beach «willy - nilly» and he predicts you would end up with the same result, minus the «false mathematical certitude.»

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.