Tudor Wharf Draft Environmental Impact Report EOEA # 6744 



6.0 Dredging 



The following section outlines the 

 reasons for the proposed dredging at 

 Tudor Wharf, provides the results of the 

 sediment analysis performed, outlines the 

 disposal options and reviews the effects 

 of the Charles River on the dredging 

 operations. 



6.1 Present Conditions 



At the present time the Tudor Wharf site 

 consists of filled tidelands, mudflats 

 that are exposed at low tide and water 

 ranging up to -3 mean low water (MLW) . 

 Along the east side of the present pier 

 building, the water ranges from -30 MLW 

 to about -3 (MLW) , at low tide. Along the 

 end of the present pier building, the 

 water is consistently 30 feet deep. On ' 

 the west side of the pier, the bottom 

 rises rapidly and is exposed along much 

 of the pierside at low tide. 



6.2 Proposed Dredging 



In order to permit the use of the west 

 side of the new pier structure for the 

 historic ship exhibit, or any other use, 

 about 6,655 cubic yards of material must 

 be dredged out and disposed of. The area 



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