Sentences with phrase «of dredged material»

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 lawmakers and local environmentalists are urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo to reject the U.S. Army of Corps of Engineers» latest plan for disposing of dredged materials in Long Island Sound.

Federal environmental officials today dismissed protests from New York and issued a final ruling that will allow operation of an open - water site in eastern Long Island Sound for disposing of dredged materials from harbors and ports.

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

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

Adrienne Esposito, executive director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment, said she believes the Corps has to stop using the Sound «as a dumpster» and find alternative ways to dispose of dredged materials.

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.

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.

Back when I was on the ground in the Gulf, I reported that Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal had announced a plan to stop the oil spill from reaching his state's shoreline: building up barrier islands out of dredged materials to act as

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).

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.

George Boulet, chairman of the Crystal Lake Watershed Management and Lake Ecology Agency, said he believed the lead and arsenic could safely be contained at Lippold Park if the dredged material were encased in clay.

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.

That lack of communication might explain why, after 10 years in development, the Dredged Material Management Plan was approved within months of the hearings.

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.

In 2005, the state called for, and the EPA agreed, to establish a goal of reducing or eliminating dredged materials in open waters of Long Island Sound, the governor said.

The alleged hostile behavior, even if it appears to comport with Percoco's preexistent public persona, serves as an example of the kind of unflattering material the trial may dredge up.

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.

Corps program manager Steven Wolf said at the September public hearing that dredged materials must be signed off on by the Environmental Protection Agency and the state before they're disposed of in open waters.

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.

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.

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.

«They reclaim the land, use dredging material, do a whole variety of things to reshape the shoreline, like we first did when we were New Amsterdam.»

«If dredging material can be used to help protect or regenerate coastlines, then we have a double benefit, both ending damage at sea and improving coastal protection,» says Radley of English Nature.

The group has worked on trying to figure out the composition of the material dredged up by the storm.

(4) Drilling into, dredging, or otherwise altering the submerged lands of the Sanctuary; or constructing or placing any structure, material, or other matter on or in the submerged lands of the Sanctuary, except as incidental to and necessary to: (i) Anchor a vessel; (ii) Install an authorized navigational aid; (iii) Conduct lawful fishing activity; (iv) Lay pipeline pursuant to exploring for, developing, or producing hydrocarbons; or (v) Explore for, develop, or produce hydrocarbons as allowed by paragraph (a)(1) of this section.

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.

At the federal level, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has to issue permits to «dredge or fill materials» into waterways and wetlands and must approve any construction in or over «navigable waters.»

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY — The three leading environmental advocacy organizations in the Hudson Valley — Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Riverkeeper and Scenic Hudson — applauded today the decision by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to resume dredging of PCBs around Fort Edward, NY with enhanced engineering controls at dredging locations to reduce spillage of material back into the river and re-suspension of PCBs.

The most obvious one is via an Eddington Valve [as I discussed above], regulating the flow of energy out of the Sun, e.g. by dredging up solar material with a slightly different composition and hence opacity.

The Army Corps of Engineers has the principal responsibility for granting permit applications for activities proposing to discharge dredged or fill materials into the waters of the United States.