United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2016_register executive 2016-02-10 article Proposed Rules D09002ee1c7f692d2 D09002ee1c7f6934a United States Environmental Protection Agency originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today proposes to amend federal regulations that designated, and placed restrictions on the use of, the Central Long Island Sound and Western Long Island Sound dredged material disposal sites, located offshore from New Haven and Stamford, Connecticut, respectively. The amended regulation incorporates standards and procedures for the use of those sites as recommended in the Long Island Sound Dredged Material Management Plan, which was completed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on January 11, 2016. The Dredged Material Management Plan identifies a wide range of alternatives to open-water disposal and recommends standards and procedures for determining which alternatives to pursue for different dredging projects, so as to reduce or eliminate wherever practicable the open-water disposal of dredged material. 81 FR 7055 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-02-10/2016-02585 2016-02585 fr10fe16-10 6560-50-P FRL-9942-08-Region 1 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-02-10/2016-02585 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-02-10/html/2016-02585.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-02-10/pdf/2016-02585.pdf Environmental Protection Water Pollution Control 9 p. 7055 7063 81 FR 7055 Title 40 Part 228 40 CFR Part 228 Ocean Disposal; Proposed Amendments to Restrictions on Use of Dredged Material Disposal Sites in the Central and Western Portions of Long Island Sound; Connecticut; Federal Register Vol. 81, Issue PRORULE 2016-02585 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 2016-03-25 FRL-9942-08-Region 1 6560-50-P 2016-02585 Proposed rule.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today proposes to amend federal regulations that designated, and placed restrictions on the use of, the Central Long Island Sound and Western Long Island Sound dredged material disposal sites, located offshore from New Haven and Stamford, Connecticut, respectively. The amended regulation incorporates standards and procedures for the use of those sites as recommended in the Long Island Sound Dredged Material Management Plan, which was completed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on January 11, 2016. The Dredged Material Management Plan identifies a wide range of alternatives to open-water disposal and recommends standards and procedures for determining which alternatives to pursue for different dredging projects, so as to reduce or eliminate wherever practicable the open-water disposal of dredged material.

Comments must be received on or before March 25, 2016. EPA will hold two public meetings to receive comment on the proposed rule. The first will be held on March 1, 2016, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Port Jefferson Free Library, 100 Thompson Street, Port Jefferson, New York. The second will be held on March 2, 2016, from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the University of Connecticut-Stamford, Auditorium 2, 1 University Place, Stamford, Connecticut. Stephen Perkins, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, New England Regional Office, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100, Mail Code: OEP06-3, Boston, MA 02109-3912, telephone (617) 918-1501, electronic mail: perkins.stephen@epa.gov. Environmental Protection Water Pollution Control Ocean Disposal; Proposed Amendments to Restrictions on Use of Dredged Material Disposal Sites in the Central and Western Portions of Long Island Sound; CT , CLDS@epa.gov perkins.stephen@epa.gov http://www.nae.usace.army.mil/Missions/ProjectsTopics/LongIslandSoundDMMP.aspx http://www3.epa.gov/region1/eco/lisdreg/eis.html Vol. 81, no. 27 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2016-02-10 continuing daily deposited born digital 179 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-02-10 P0b002ee18e783a31 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr10fe16 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-02-10 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-02-10/pdf/FR-2016-02-10.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-02-10/xml/FR-2016-02-10.xml fdlp 7025 7193 DGPO 2016-02-10 2024-06-02 FR-2016-02-10 machine generated eng FR FR-2016-02-10 81 27