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INFORMATION ON DUMPING PERMITS CURRENTLY IN FORCE FOR PERIOD 1 JANUARY 
1971 Fok Deposir or MATERIAL IN NEW YorK BIGHT 
A. Mud dump. Permittees: Moran Towing & Transp. Company, 6,000 C.Y. 
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, 2,365,000 C. Y. 
B. Celler Dirt Dump. Permittee: Moran Towing & Transp. Co. 12,000 C.Y. 
C. Sludge Dump. Permittees: New York City Dept. of Water Resources, 
750,000 C.Y. General Marine Transport Corp., 85,000 C.Y. A & S Transportation 
Co., 20,000 C.Y. Modern Transportation Co., 127,100 C.Y. McAllister Bros., 2,300 
C.Y. Weeks Dredging & Contracting, 5,000 C.Y. 
D. Waste Acid (non-toxic) Dump. Permittees: Moran Towing & Transporta- 
tion Co., 600,000 C.Y., Allied Chemical Corp., 2,000 C.Y., Spentonbush Transport 
Service, 5,000 C.Y. 
E. Chemical Waste (toxic) 106 Mile Dump*:; Permittee: Spentonbush Trans- 
port Service, 5,000 C.Y. 
2. Dumping activities are monitored by a 65-foot patrol vessel that operates 24 
hours a day, 6 days a week, and one 8-hour tour on Sunday. During storms or 
rough sea conditions, the vessel is not on Station because of its size. Inspectors 
are assigned to ride contractors’ tows to the 106 mile dump. 
Cost oF DREDGE 
The hopper dredge McFarland, which is the most recently constructed Corps 
of Hngineers Dredge, has a capacity of 3,000 cubic yards and cost approximately 
$17,000,000 in 1968. It is estimated that a hopper dredge with a capacity of 
6,000 cubic yards, constructed to the same standards as the McFarland, would 
cost at least $30,000,000 in todays market. 
General Groves. Certainly. 
Mr. Dincett. With regard to between the 3- and 12-mile limit, 
will you tell us, please, General, whether or not you require permits 
for American citizens to dump in that area ? 
General Groves. As a general rule, sir, we do not. In the three har- 
bors that I mentioned, Hampton Roads, New York, and Boston, 
we do. 
Mr. Dineett. You do require a permit for American citizens to 
dump outside the 3-mile but not inside the 12-mile limit ? 
General Groves. That is correct. 
Mr. Dincett. You do have general instructions that are issued to 
your district engineers in those areas ? 
General Groves. Yes, sir. ‘ 
Mr. Dincetx. Would you please submit to this committee for review 
by the counsel those instructions ? 
General Groves. Yes, sir. 
Sir, I might point out there is one other case beyond those three 
harbors, and that is where an artificial island is created in that zone 
that might interfere with navigation. In that case, we would require a 
permit. 
Mr. Drncett. I see. 
Mr. Everett. : 
Mr. Evererr. Can you tell us what other department, if any, would 
have jurisdiction over dumping by American citizens beyond the area 
you indicated over which you had jurisdiction ? oe eee 
General Groves. I don’t know of any that would have jurisdiction 
in a legal sense. However, any time we issue a permit, we coordinated 
it fully throughout the Federal Government, including the Department 
of State in those cases. 
