TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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LIST OF TABLES iii 



LIST OF FIGURES iv 



EXECUTIVE SUMMARY vi 



1.0 INTRODUCTION 1 



2.0 OPEN WATER DISPOSAL AND CAPPING OF DREDGED MATERIAL .... 9 



3.0 DEEP WATER DISPOSAL AND DEEP WATER CAPPING 16 



3.1 Deep Water Disposal Operations 18 



3.1.1 Massachusetts Bay Disposal Site 20 



3.1.2 Elliott Bay and Port Gardner 25 



4.0 DISCUSSION 29 



5.0 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 32 



6.0 REFERENCES 33 



INDEX 



