According to the Corps of Engineers, the proposed dredging 

 operations .ill result ^ "" ^^'^"^^^ ' ^„d bioaccmnuxa tion studies. 



-:r-r"\""d^^ce- th ^ J ^^J--.^ 

 ^:^^^i^ r^he^^i p.J^- £L:-tr"the^:i!i '- 



^ of the Chelsea and «y"-/-" ^-^t^ ^^'^t ^!" ■ ;!; ^ach tributary 



,uf£icient quantity ounderlyn.Ua^^^^^^^ ^_ ^^^ p^^ ^^^^ ^ Section Il.C.l.a. S 



^^e^g^d sptil" rr:he1e:rrv:d Channel is sa.d ^o .^^^ 'clean- alSO generic response D. 



orli^ary harbor bottom material requiring no special disposal 

 ordinary har^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^._^^^^^ ^^^ ^p^_^ „^^^^ discharge. 



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measures 



She-eas. the Soston Harbor Navigation Improvement Feasibility 



Study calls for -^ -position =^/;-^:--:r th" t" potential 

 Massachusetts Bay Disposal Site ve ^^^^^ ^^^^,^ ^ ^^^ 



prohibition =-f ^^=P°J^^^ of Che project, or outright shelving it 

 Corps' putting off "^^-e start or tn P J improvements vould vreak 

 Postpone=ent or cancellation of the proposea xmy 

 irreparable economic ham. on the Port oi Boston. 



F-NOMIC IMPAC OF TW F PORT OF B0S70H : Every port in the United 

 States - t^ on id s iLIlt a majo. ga.euay has published at some 

 ::t;r Averse Pieces Of economic literature con^^ 



commonly ^"-""^ "^f ,^^\^^ ' a^d erved by the port. Boston is 

 rex^:pti :. rd° L: orfha^^rom time to time, eitner produced 



"i:t:":rstuiies on its -;;— "ur.^B^^irton!"::^ .tthur B. 

 transportation consultants as Booz. *!!" i o attempt to 



might be useful to outline some of the findings. 



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2) 



3) 



4) 



The Port of Boston is Ne» England's major seaport 

 providing all of the services shippers erpect for fast 

 knd efficient cargo handling. A source of jobs and 

 commerce for the entire region, more than twenty-one 

 Billion tons of cargo, worth over eight billion 

 dollars pass annually over Boston piers. 



In a national context, Boston ranks eighteenth in the 

 important category of containerized tonnage and 

 twenty-second in terms of total port trade. Boston is 

 a regular port of call for some two dozen steamship 

 lines providing frequent and regularly scheduled 

 service to 175 world ports. 



The Port's public general cargo marine tenninals. 

 owned and operated by the Massachusetts Port 

 Authority, annually handle over one million tons of 

 general cargo, such as automobiles, machinery, high 

 tech components, photographic equipment, paper 

 products. »nd high value consumer goods. 



The role of Massachusetts Port Authority is to serve 

 as a catalyst for the economic growth of the region by 

 providing modem port facilities for the interaodal 

 transfer of New England export and import cargo 

 between overland and waterbome carriers. As 

 previously stated. Massport carries out these 

 responsibilities by operating all of the Boston public 

 marine terminals which. In fiscal 1990, contributed 

 more than SI. 35 billion to the regional economy. The 

 most recent economic impact report divides these 

 economic benefits into three major categories. 



a) Shipments of export and ijaport cargo through 

 Boston's oceanfront facilities create jobs on 

 the waterfront and generate revenue for local 

 businesses and individuals participating 

 directly in the activities of the port, e.g.. 

 stevedores, longshoremen, ocean common 

 carriers, steamship agents, truckers, custom 

 house brokers, foreign freight forwarders, 

 cargo consolidators. etc. The direct economic 

 benefit associated with public terminals in 

 the Port of Boston was measured at nearly 

 SI. 02 billion in FY90. This figure represents 

 the annual revenues of more than 200 

 organizations employing over 6.000 people who 

 are directly involved in the general cargo 

 activities of the port. 



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