Agencies Revise Ocean Dumpsite Cleanup Plan

The US Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) and US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provided a 10-year update on the Site Management and Monitoring Plan for the Historic Area Remediation Site (HARS), or old Mud Dump Site, and put forth a revised plan for managing the site in the future.  According to the agencies, almost 31.5 million cubic yards of glacial till, sand, and mud from NY/NJ Harbor has been dumped at HARS as part of the cleanup effort.  The agencies seek feedback from interested parties on the plan.  COA requested a meeting for an update on research and studies done and the status of the site before the revised plan is adopted.  Click here to read COA's comments.

Project Comments

Clean Ocean Action submitted comments on the following projects with sediments proposed for HARS placement:

• NY Harbor Deepening of Federal Anchorage Channel 2009
• Consolidated Edison Co. Maintenance Dredging 2009
• Jamaica Bay 2008
• Port Jersey 2008
• Elizabeth 2008
• Global Marine Terminal Dredging 2007
• US Gypsum Maintenance Dredging
• South Brother Island Channel Maintenance Dredging
• Feb 2006 - Supplemental Newark Bay 50 Foot Harbor Deepening Project
• Global Marine Terminal Deepening Project 2005 
• Newark Bay 50 foot Harbor Deepening Project
• Newark Bay Dredging 2005
• Maintenance Dredging of Newark Bay 2005
• Buttermilk Channel Maintenance Dredging Project Jan 2005
• Port Jersey 2004
• Arthur Kill/Howland Hook Marina

For questions regarding any of these projects, please contact Jennifer Samson at (732) 872-0111 or e-mail at Science@CleanOceanAction.org

We also have a webpage for dredging projects that do not included disposal at the Historic Area Remediation Site (HARS), please visit the Contaminated Sediments page to read these comments.