observation made during this survey, that eventually caused the rejection of this 

 site as a potential disposal area, was the presence of many lobster trawls along 

 the northern slope of the depression. 



Bathymetric surveys were conducted at the Cable and Anchor Reef site on 

 February 9, 1978 (Fig. I-5(a- )), and on July 26, 1978 (Fig. I-6(a- )). The 

 predominant features on these surveys were the steep slope toward Cable and 

 Anchor Reef on the eastern edge of the area, a NE-SW trending mound on the north- 

 east section of the site and a circular mound in the western section. All fea- 

 tures are repeated on both surveys, however, the size of this site compares with 

 that of Boston Foul Ground and Lightship and detailed comparisons of contours 

 are prohibited because of the scale factors involved. 



Currents 



Two sets of current meter data have been obtained at the proposed Western 

 Long Island Sound disposal site, the first from April 12 to July 1, 1978 (Fig. 

 I-7(a-d),. Table 1-1), and the second from July 26 to September 7, 1978 (Fig. 

 I-8(a-c), Table 1-2). A similar record was also obtained at the Cable and Anchor 

 Reef site from April 11 to May 20, 1978 (Fig. I-9(a-c), Table 1-3), although 

 there are recording problems for the first twelve days of the record. The two 

 records from Western Long Island Sound cover the same period of time that data 

 were obtained at New Haven and exhibit similar characteristics in that greater 

 energy is present in the second record and the effects of a storm surge can be 

 seen in the data. In this case, however, the major increase in kinetic energy 

 is not restricted to the residual component but includes tidal energy as well. 

 Significantly, the ratio of tidal energy to total energy is constant for both 

 series of data. 



