Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Eastern Long Island Sound

On April 27, 2016, EPA released a proposed rule for the designation of a dredged material disposal site in eastern Long Island Sound (81 FR 24748) and a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Designation of Dredged Material Disposal Site(s) in Eastern Long Island Sound, Connecticut and New York (ELIS DSEIS). The comment period for the proposed rule and ELIS DSEIS ended on July 18, 2016. For more information, please visit Dredged Material Management in Long Island Sound.

• Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Designation of Dredged Material Disposal Site(s) in Eastern Long Island Sound, Connecticut and New York (ELIS DSEIS) (pdf) (21.1 MB, April 2016)
• ELIS DSEIS Appendix A: Public Involvement (pdf) (55.44 MB, November 2015)
• ELIS DSEIS Appendix B: Analysis of Alternative Open-Water Dredged Material Disposal Sites (pdf) (6.8 MB, April 2015)
• ELIS DSEIS Appendix C: Physical Oceanography of Eastern Long Island Sound Region (pdf) (109.46 MB, December 2015)
• ELIS DSEIS Appendix D: Side-Scan Sonar Data Processing and Mosaicking: Eastern Long Island Sound (pdf) (78.13 MB, February 2014)
• ELIS DSEIS Appendix E: Biological Characterization of the Eastern Long Island Sound Dredged Material Disposal Sites (pdf) (22.67 MB, May 2014)
• ELIS DSEIS Appendix F: Disposal Area Monitoring System (DAMOS): Data Summary Report of the New London Disposal Site and Vicinity Sediment Profile and Plan-View Imaging Survey (pdf) (3.4 MB, March 2015)
• ELIS DSEIS Appendix G: Physical and Chemical Properties of Sediments in Eastern Long Island Sound (pdf) (7.16 MB, December 2015)
• ELIS DSEIS Appendix H: Essential Fish Habitat Assessment (pdf) (1.17 MB, December 2015)
• ELIS DSEIS Appendix I: Draft Site Management and Monitoring Plan (SMMP) for Eastern Long Island Sound Disposal Site (pdf) (885.09 KB)