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https://hdl.handle.net/11681/48175| Title: | New Haven Harbor, New Haven, Connecticut, Navigation Improvement Project : Final Integrated Feasibility Report and Environmental Impact Statement |
| Authors: | United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. New England District Connecticut. Department of Energy and Environmental Protection United States. National Marine Fisheries Service United States. Coast Guard United States. Environmental Protection Agency |
| Keywords: | New Haven Harbor (Conn.) New Haven (Conn.) Inland navigation Channels (Hydraulic engineering) Dredging Environmental management Environmental protection |
| Publisher: | United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. New England District. |
| Abstract: | In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) regulations for implementing NEPA, the USACE prepared a Final Integrated Feasibility Report and Environmental Impact Statement (Final-IFR/EIS) as part of the New Haven Harbor Navigation Improvement Project Study. The study investigated solutions to facilitate efficient and safe navigation and marine commerce in New Haven Harbor (New Haven, Connecticut) and navigation improvements (i.e., deepening and widening) to the existing Federal navigation project. The proposed project consists of deepening the main ship channel, maneuvering area, and turning basin and widening the main channel and turning basin to allow larger vessels to efficiently access the Port of New Haven’s terminals. The proposed improvements would remove about 4.28 million cubic yards of predominately glacially deposited silts from the Federal channel. Additionally, improvements would require the blasting and removal of approximately 43,500 cubic yards of rock from the channel. The USACE identified several feasible alternative dredged material placement sites, including: an area for shellfish habitat creation, two borrow pits in the harbor, an area for salt marsh creation, an area for rock reef creation, and open water disposal at an U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s designated ocean dredged material disposal site. This Final-IFR/EIS describes the existing environment of the project area and assesses the impacts of the proposed project. NOTE: Appendix F - Cost Engineering is only available upon request from the New England District of the United States Army Corps of Engineers and is not alongside the rest of the report attached to this record. |
| Description: | Integrated Feasibility Report and Environmental Impact Statement |
| Rights: | Approved for Public Release; Distribution is Unlimited |
| URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/11681/48175 |
| Appears in Collections: | Environmental Documents |
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| New Haven Harbor Navigation Improvement Project - Final FR and EIS_2020.pdf | 226.66 MB | Adobe PDF |  View/Open |