York, the cities of Glen Cove and Long Beach, New York, the counties of 

 Nassau and Westchester, New York, the Passaic Valley Sewerage Conunission, 

 the Linden-Roselle Sewerage Authority, the Joint Meeting Sewage Disposal 

 Commission, Elizabeth, New Jersey and the Middlesex County Sewerage 

 Authority. 



(4) Wreck Dumping Ground : is located at a point not less than 

 13 miles 66° True from Sea Girt Light at Latitude 40° 13' 32" North and 

 Longitude 73° 46' 02" West. Wrecks of vessels are intermittently dis- 

 posed of in this area by marine contractors for the owners of vessels or 

 for the Federal Government where the removal of sunken vessels is under- 

 taken in navigable waters by the Corps of Engineers under Section 19 or 

 20 of the River and Harbor Act of 3 March 1899 (33 U.S.C. 414 and 415). 



(5) Waste Acid Dumping Ground : is located southeast of a point 

 about 16.3 nautical miles, 120" True from Sandy Hook Light. During the 

 summer, the area is south of Latitude 40° 20' North and east of Longi- 

 tude 73° 40' West; during the winter, the area is south of Latitude 40° 

 20' North and east of Longitude 73° 43' West. 



(6) Chemical Dumping Ground : is located about 120 nautical 

 miles southeast of New York within an area bounded on the north by 

 Latitude 39° North, on the south by Latitude 38° 30' North, on the east 

 by Longitude 72° West and on the west by Longitude 72° 30' West. Due to 

 the high cost of transporting the material to this area, it has not been 

 utilized, and other means of disposal of the wastes have been employed. 

 Small quantities of toxic wastes and high explosives have been disposed 

 of intermittently in past years at a point 115 nautical miles 127° True 

 from Sandy Hook Light, at Latitude 39° 17' 30" North and Longitude 72° 

 West. However, the nature and quantities of the wastes and their sources 

 are not readily available. 



3. Objectives and Scope of Studies 



The Corps of Engineers, as part of its Civil Works, has been responsi- 

 ble for defining certain ocean areas as disposal grounds for various types 

 of waste material, issuing permits to parties desiring to use these 

 grounds for the disposal of certain types of wastes, and for disposing in 

 the specified disposal grounds, spoils dredged from harbors and waterways. 



Increasing concern over the effects of marine waste disposal in the 

 New York Bight, prompted the Corps to study monitoring offshore disposal 

 activities in the Bight to determine impact on the environment. The 

 primary objectives of the Corps of Engineers in funding such research 

 investigations were the following: 



a. The determination of the impact of waste disposal activities in 

 the Bight on water quality, safety, water use, ecology, fish and wildlife 

 conservation, and recreation. 



b. The development of scientific information that could assist the 



