5+ +2 

 Study Area 



Farallon 

 . Islands 



SKAMOi 



S Independence? 



AlternativeS Study Area 3 





BATHYMETRIC (DEPTH) CONTOURS IN METERSX 

 (1 METER = 3781 FEET) 



I 



SITES OF HISTORICAL WASTE DISPOSAL 



1-5+ Dredged material 8-10+ Low-level radioactive waste 



6 + Acid waste 



7 + Cannery waste 



Farallon Islands Radioactive 

 Waste Dump (FIRWD) 



11 - 13 Explosives and munitions 



Map of the Gulf of the Farallones, showing sites 

 of historical waste disposal, as well as locations 

 of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA] Study 

 Areas (shaded) and Alternative Sites (dotted out- 

 lines). Study Areas 2 through 5 and Alternative Sites 

 3 through 5 were investigated by the U.S. Geological 

 Survey (USGS) for possible designation by the EPA as 

 disposal sites for dredged material. After the USGS 

 reconnaissance survey. Study Areas 3, 4, and 5 on the 

 Continental Slope were retained, and Study Areas 1 

 and 2 on the Continental Shelf were eliminated from 

 further consideration. In 1994, the EPA designated 

 Alternative Site 5 as the San Francisco Deep-Ocean 

 Disposal Site. 



Disposal of Dredged Material and other Waste on the Continental Shelf and Slope 63 



