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(10) One of the issues which New York City and the New Jersey 

 municipalities believe should be factored into a decision of 

 whether ocean dumping should be allowed to continue at the 

 12-mile site is cost. A quick survey by my staff of costs in- 

 curred by other municipalities in disposing of their sludge pro- 

 duced the following: 



Chicago — $70-90/dry ton ( landf illing) ; 

 Denver — $65/dry ton (landfill and farm injection); 

 Washington D.C. — $120-250/dry ton, depending on method 

 (composting, incineration, landspreading) 



What are New York's (or N.J. municipalities') costs per dry ton 

 in disposing at the 12- and 106-mile sites? It's my understand- 

 ing that the population of New York (within the City limits) is 

 approximately seven million people. Using rough calculations, 

 it seems that each person in the City pays about 50 cents per 

 year to ultimately dispose of the sewage sludge coming out of 

 the City's treatment plants at the 12 mile site. Moving the 

 site to the 106-Mile location would cost an additional $1.00 to 

 $2.00 per year per person. Do you believe this additional cost 

 would be an "unreasonable" burden for New York City's residents 

 to bear? Is it fair to say that ocean dumping has been a 

 virtual bargain for the City since dumping began at the 12-mile 

 site in the 1930 's? 



New York City does not have the information to estimate sewage 

 sludge management costs of other municipalities. However, based 

 on a limited telephone survey of a few of the larger cities, we 

 would like to provide the following information although the ac- 

 curacy of any of the figures given can only be verified by the 

 appropriate municipality itself. While the figures obtained by 

 New York City are in general agreement with those listed by 

 Committee staff, there were some discrepancies. The Washington, 

 D.C. costs communicated to New York City ranged from $142-240 

 per dry ton, depending upon the management method. Similar fi- 

 gures were reported by Philadelphia ($150-250 per dry ton, ex- 

 clusive of digestion and de-watering costs) , St. Louis ($100 per 

 dry ton), and Los Angeles ($90-100 per dry ton for composting 

 and landfill). It should be noted that these figures 



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