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The waters of inner New Haven Harbor are classified as unacceptable by 

 Connecticut Water Quality Standards with projected improvement by 1983 

 (Connecticxit DEP, 1978) . Discharges into the harbor include primary 

 treated sewage from the East Street and Boulevard Treatment Facilities, 

 and industrial effluents (NAI, 1975). 



New Haven Harbor Station 



The New Haven Harbor Station site is located in New Haven, 

 Connecticut, on the eastern shore of New Haven Harbor about 4 miles 

 above the estuary mouth (Figure 1-1) . The site is situated on partially 

 filled ground and lies about 8.4 ft above mean sea level. It is bounded 

 on the south by East Shore Park and the expanded sewage treatment plant, 

 on the east by the East Shore Parkway and the East Shore Sewage Treatment 

 Plant; on the north by an oil tank farm and oil tanker unloading facilities; 

 and on the west by New Haven Harbor. Approximately 1000 ft of shallow 

 water separates the site from the New Haven Harbor channel. The channel 

 is 800-ft wide and 35-ft deep at mean low water at this point. 



The station is an oil-fired unit which commenced commercial 

 operation on August 29, 1975. It is a nominal 400 Mw unit, and is 

 capable of producing a maximum gross output of 460 Mw with a net station 

 output of approximately 445 Mw. Actual operating data as daily average 

 kilowatts per hour are presented in Figure 1-2 . 



A plot plan of the plant is shown in Figure 1-3. About 60 

 acres of land are enclosed between the existing riprap shoreline and the 

 plant property lines to the east. The boiler, turbine generator, con- 

 trol room and administration building are in the southwest corner of the 

 property while the fuel oil storage tanks are on the southeast corner. 

 The circulating water intake channel extends from the center of the 

 property at the existing riprap shoreline to the eastern edge of the 

 navigation channel, and the subaqueous discharge pipeline is located 

 just south of the existing oil unloading dock and extends 700 ft off- 

 shore from the riprap shoreline, terminating 300 ft east of the channel. 



