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REGIONAL FINE-GRAINED DREDGED MATERIAL MANAGEMENT PLAN 

 NEXT STEPS 



Underlying any dredged material management plan is the 

 need for regulatory organizations to work through the various state 

 and federal governments in an expeditious and non-redundant manner. 

 As technological detection of contaminants becomes more and more 

 sophisticated, the appropriate toxicity standards oftentimes have 

 not been determined. The lag of standards to detection needs to be 

 shortened and definitive policy must be established. Federal/state 

 agencies need to coordinate the appropriate standards, policies and 

 regulations, e.g. if fish standards are determined by NMFS or the 

 FDA, this needs to be established at the outset. 



Broad categories for a dredged material management plan 

 and handling program are as follows: 



• Dredged material - the physical constraints of the material, 

 remediation, and the mechanics of handling; and source 

 control. 



• Disposal sites - or siting. 



DREDGED MATERIAL - Clean-up, source control and handling. 



A. Harbor Estuary Program (HEP) 



1. Ongoing participation in HEP. The comprehensive 

 conservation management plan (CCMP) is being 

 developed. The CCMP will be the NY/NJ Harbor's 

 long term management plan covering future use and 

 clean-up. 



Time: 2 years 



2. Establish HEP finance committee. The finance 

 committee will develop long range plans and 

 policies for funding the CCMP and prioritize the 

 recommendations. 



Time: 6 months 



B. Keep current on latest dredging and disposal 



technologies. and source control - Sponsorship of 

 studies/research, such as the Conference on the Bio- 

 Remediation of Sediments, the Conference on the 

 Remediation of Sediments and the Workshop on Non-Point 

 Source Pollution and Dredging (all of which were held in 

 1992) . 



