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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of
Engineers
Intent to Prepare a Draft Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Boston Harbor Inner Harbor
Maintenance Dredging Project
Department of the Army, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, DOD.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, New England District is
preparing a Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS)
to maintenance dredge the federal
navigation channels landward of
Spectacle Island in Boston Harbor, MA.
Maintenance dredging of the navigation
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channels landward of Spectacle Island
is needed to remove shoals and restore
the navigation channels to their
authorized depths. Ships are currently
experiencing tidal delays and potential
damage from grounding. Material
dredged from the federal channels will
either be disposed at the Massachusetts
Bay Disposal Site (if the material is
suitable for ocean disposal) or, if the
material is not suitable for ocean
disposal, in confined aquatic disposal
(CAD) cell(s). Major navigation channel
improvements (depending) were made
in 1999 through 2001 in the Reserved
Channel, the Mystic River, Inner
Confluence and the Chelsa River. A
final EIS was prepared for this previous
navigation improvement project in June
of 1995 in which the use of CAD cells
in the Mystic River, Inner Confluence,
and Chelsea River were investigated.
CAD cells not used during the
construction of the previous navigation
improvement project will be
investigated for acceptability during the
preparation of this SEIS.
ADDRESSES: If you wish to be placed on
the mailing list for this project, or have
questions about the proposed action and
the DSEIS, please contact Ms. Catherine
Rogers, Ecologist, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, New England District,
Evaluation Branch, 696 Virginia Road,
Concord, MA 01742.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Catherine Rogers, (978) 318–8231.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers is authorized
by the various Rivers and Harbor Acts
and Water Resources Development Acts
to conduct maintenance dredging of the
federal navigation channels and
anchorage areas in Boston Harbor.
In addition to maintenance dredging
of the inner harbor, a feasibility study is
currently underway to investigate
deepening of the main shipping
channels in the port of Boston seaward
of the Ted Williams Tunnel to a depth
greater than the currently authorized
depths. This feasibility study, which
will also include the preparation of a
Supplemental EIS to the 1995 Record of
Decision for the navigation
improvement project, will examine the
engineering feasibility, economic
justification, social and cultural
resource impacts, and environmental
acceptability of the proposed channel
deepening. The existing ¥40 foot
MLLW main harbor entrance channel
from Broad Sound, through President
Roads, and up to the Marine Terminal
just seaward of the Ted Williams
Tunnel will be examined for depths up
to ¥50 feet MLLW, as will the Reserved
Channel. Deepening of a small area of
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the Mystic River Channel upstream of
the Moran Terminal, from the current
¥35 foot depths to ¥40 feet will also
be examined, as will deepening the
Chelsea River Channel from the current
¥38 foot depth ¥40 feet.
Maintenance dredging of the federal
Main Ship channel seaward of Spectacle
Island, the President Roads anchorage
area, and the Broad Sound North
Channel is scheduled to be completed
by May 2005. Material dredged from
these channels was determined to be
suitable for ocean water disposal and
was disposal at the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency designated dredged
material Massachusetts Bay Disposal
Site.
Alternatives: The no action alternative
will be investigated. Material unsuitable
for ocean disposal would most likely be
disposed within confined aquatic
disposal (CAD) cells within the federal
navigation channels above the Ted
Williams Tunnel. The draft and final
EIS for the previous Boston Harbor
navigation improvement project
investigated other alternative disposal
sites for the disposal of dredged
material. Material suitable for ocean
disposal would likely be disposed at the
Massachusetts Bay Disposal Site. A draft
SEIS is expected to be completed by
October 2005.
Dated: April 25, 2005.
Thomas L. Koning,
Colonel, Corps of Engineers, New England
District.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers
Intent to Prepare a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement for the Boston Harbor Inner Harbor Maintenance Dredging
Project
AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DOD.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District is
preparing a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) to
maintenance dredge the federal navigation channels landward of
Spectacle Island in Boston Harbor, MA. Maintenance dredging of the
navigation channels landward of Spectacle Island is needed to remove
shoals and restore the navigation channels to their authorized depths.
Ships are currently experiencing tidal delays and potential damage from
grounding. Material dredged from the federal channels will either be
disposed at the Massachusetts Bay Disposal Site (if the material is
suitable for ocean disposal) or, if the material is not suitable for
ocean disposal, in confined aquatic disposal (CAD) cell(s). Major
navigation channel improvements (depending) were made in 1999 through
2001 in the Reserved Channel, the Mystic River, Inner Confluence and
the Chelsa River. A final EIS was prepared for this previous navigation
improvement project in June of 1995 in which the use of CAD cells in
the Mystic River, Inner Confluence, and Chelsea River were
investigated. CAD cells not used during the construction of the
previous navigation improvement project will be investigated for
acceptability during the preparation of this SEIS.
ADDRESSES: If you wish to be placed on the mailing list for this
project, or have questions about the proposed action and the DSEIS,
please contact Ms. Catherine Rogers, Ecologist, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, New England District, Evaluation Branch, 696 Virginia Road,
Concord, MA 01742.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Catherine Rogers, (978) 318-8231.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is
authorized by the various Rivers and Harbor Acts and Water Resources
Development Acts to conduct maintenance dredging of the federal
navigation channels and anchorage areas in Boston Harbor.
In addition to maintenance dredging of the inner harbor, a
feasibility study is currently underway to investigate deepening of the
main shipping channels in the port of Boston seaward of the Ted
Williams Tunnel to a depth greater than the currently authorized
depths. This feasibility study, which will also include the preparation
of a Supplemental EIS to the 1995 Record of Decision for the navigation
improvement project, will examine the engineering feasibility, economic
justification, social and cultural resource impacts, and environmental
acceptability of the proposed channel deepening. The existing -40 foot
MLLW main harbor entrance channel from Broad Sound, through President
Roads, and up to the Marine Terminal just seaward of the Ted Williams
Tunnel will be examined for depths up to -50 feet MLLW, as will the
Reserved Channel. Deepening of a small area of the Mystic River Channel
upstream of the Moran Terminal, from the current -35 foot depths to -40
feet will also be examined, as will deepening the Chelsea River Channel
from the current -38 foot depth -40 feet.
Maintenance dredging of the federal Main Ship channel seaward of
Spectacle Island, the President Roads anchorage area, and the Broad
Sound North Channel is scheduled to be completed by May 2005. Material
dredged from these channels was determined to be suitable for ocean
water disposal and was disposal at the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency designated dredged material Massachusetts Bay Disposal Site.
Alternatives: The no action alternative will be investigated.
Material unsuitable for ocean disposal would most likely be disposed
within confined aquatic disposal (CAD) cells within the federal
navigation channels above the Ted Williams Tunnel. The draft and final
EIS for the previous Boston Harbor navigation improvement project
investigated other alternative disposal sites for the disposal of
dredged material. Material suitable for ocean disposal would likely be
disposed at the Massachusetts Bay Disposal Site. A draft SEIS is
expected to be completed by October 2005.
Dated: April 25, 2005.
Thomas L. Koning,
Colonel, Corps of Engineers, New England District.
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