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THE CONFEDERATION OF ASSOCIATIONS 



OF 



ATLANTIC CHARTERBOATS & CAPTAINS 



230 PARK AVENUE 



SUITE 1221 



NEW YORK, N.Y. 10169 



MARCH 24,1993 



TEL: (212)867-3730 

 FAX: (212)751-1384 



THE SUB-COMMITTEE ON OCEANOGRAPHY 



GULF OF MEXICO AND THE OUTER 



CONTINENTAL SHELF 



HOUSE ANNEX II 



ROOM 57 5 



WASHINGTON D.C. 20515 



ATTENTION MR. ROBERT WHARTON: 



GENTLEMEN: 



I REPRESENT THE HARDWORKING MEN AMD WOMEN OF THE ATLANTIC CHAPTER 

 BOAT INDUSTRY. WE HAVE 1500 VESSELS , 10 , 000 JOES , CONTRIBUTE OVER 

 $300,000,000 TO THE EASTERN COSTAL STATES ECONOMIES , AND WE TAKE 

 5,000,000 AMERICANS FISHING A YEAR. WE ARE SORRY THAT YOU DID NOT 

 HAVE ROOM FOR ME TO TESTIFY BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON MARCH 30,1993 

 TO TAKE TESTIMONY ON THE ISSUE OF OCEAN DISPOSAL OF CONTAMINATED 

 DREDGE MATERIALS. WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THIS ISSUE FOR SOME 

 TIME AND PROBABLY WILL BE THE MOST AFFECTED USER GROUP SHOULD THE 

 DIOXIN DREDGE SPOILS BE ALLOWED TO ENTER THE FOOD CHAIN AT THE 

 MUD DUMP SITE, SIX MILES OFF ' SANDY HOOK, NEW JERSEY ; RIGHT IN THE 

 MIDDLE OF ONE OF THE MOST PROLIFIC FISHING GROUNDS WE HAVE ON THE 

 EASTERN COAST OF THE UNITED STATES. 



I WOULD LIKE THE FOLLOWING TO APPEAR IN THE PUBLIC RECORD FOR THE 

 HEARING. 



PLEASE NOTE THAT 1 HAVE INCLUDED A HEW WAY TO DREDGE NEWARK BAY 

 AND OTHER AREAS SO INFECTED WITH CONTAMINATED MATERIALS. 

 WE BELIEVE THAT THE PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY 

 IMMEDIATELY PUT OUT A RFP REGARDING THIS PROPOSAL SO THAT 

 WORK TO DREDGE THE HARBOR CAN BEGIN AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. 



I AM ENCLOSING THE FOLLOWING: 



1. MY LETTER OF MARCH 17,1993 TO ROBERT WHARTON SHOWING 

 CREDENTIALS 



2. OUR LETTER TO COLONEL YORK REGARDING OCEAN DUMPING Or 

 CONTAMINATED DREDGE MATERIALS 



3. DRAWINGS AL-A2-A3 SHOWING PROPOSED SUCTION DREDGING OF 

 CONTAMINATED AREAS. OF AMY HARBOR. 



VERY TRULY YP1 



ERY TRULY YPU J> t , - s> 

 HE CONFEDERATION OF 1 



THE CONFEDERATION OF THE ASSOCIATIONS 

 OF ATLANTIC CHARTER BOATS AND CAPTAINS. 



