Pilot dredging study, New Bedford Harbor, Massachusetts, Superfund project

Technical Report · Wed Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:7261368

Andreliunas, V L

Testing of sediment from the northern portion of New Bedford Harbor, Massachusetts, has revealed that most of the area is contaminated by polychlorinated. biphenyls (PCBs). In August 1984, the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) published a Feasibility Study of Remedial Action Alternatives for this area, which proposed five cleanup alternatives. Four of these dealt specifically with dredging the area to remove the contaminated sediments. In response to comments received, the USEPA asked the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to perform additional studies to better evaluate the engineering feasibility of dredging as a cleanup alternative. This study is a joint effort of the US Army Engineer Division, New England, Waltham, Mass., and the US Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station (WES), Vicksburg, Miss. This paper describes a proposed pilot study of dredging and dredged material disposal alternatives to support the engineering feasibility study.

• Research Organization: Corps of Engineers, Waltham, MA (United States). New England Div.
• OSTI ID: 7261368
• Report Number(s): AD-P-006837/9/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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DREDGING
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
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