Date Event 



and certain recommendations for future studies. 



1 Jun 70 Under contract with CERC, Woods Hole Oceanographic Insti- 



tution (WHOI) began a bibliographic study on the effects of 

 marine disposal of sewage sludge and dredge spoil in the 

 waters of the Bight. 



3 Sep 70 Letter from SHL informed CERC that final SHL report would be 

 transmitted by 15 Feb 1971. 



Sep 70 SUNY, SB submitted report to CERC, Technical Report No. 7 



of the Marine Sciences Research Center, entitled, "Analyses 

 of Dredged Wastes, Fly Ash, and Waste Chemicals - New York 

 Metropolitan Region." 



10 Dec 70 CERC, through the New York Corps of Engineers District, 

 entered into a contract with Sperry Systems Management 

 Division of Sperry Rand Corp. (SPERRY), funding a study of 

 a Sea Dump Monitoring System. 



29 Jan 71 IVHOI submitted to CERC its final report. Technical Memo- 

 randum 1-71, entitled, "The Marine Disposal of Sewage 

 Sludge and Dredge Spoil in the Waters of the New York Bight." 



22 Feb 71 SUNY, SB submitted report to CERC, Technical Report No. 8 



of the Marine Sciences Research Center, entitled, "Survey of 

 Marine Waste Deposits - New York Metropolitan Region." 



22 Mar 71 CERC submitted to SI two completed reports requesting re- 

 view by SAC. The two reports were the following: 



a. "The Marine Disposal of Sewage Sludge and 

 Dredge Spoils in the Waters of N.Y. Bight," by 

 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 



b. Technical Report No. 8, "Survey of Marine 

 Waste Deposits, New York Metropolitan Region" 

 by Marine Sciences Research Center, State Uni- 

 versity of New York, Stony Brook 



12 Jul 71 Two copies of draft SHL final report were delivered to CERC 

 for internal review. 



1 Oct 71 SPERRY submitted final report entitled, "System Study for 

 Surveillance of Ocean Dumping Operations." 



15 Feb 72 SHL in a telecon informed CERC of final completion of SHL 



report. Delivery of subject report promised for March, 1972. 



