The REMOTS® survey showed that recently deposited 

 dredged material was evident in the area of disposal point "C", 

 supporting the results of the bathymetric survey. Much of this 

 newly deposited dredged material consists of coarse-grained 

 sediments (fine to medium sands) . This material may extend 

 somewhat beyond the survey area to the east and northeast. 

 However, given that the survey area is approximately 1600 meters 

 west and 900 meters south of the Disposal Site boundaries, it is 

 highly unlikely that this material extends out of the disposal 

 site. Lower contrast dredged material layers were evident in the 

 western portion of the survey area apparently representing 

 material deposited a number of years ago. Apparent relict 

 dredged material is observed in some replicates from the WLIS 

 Reference station. This material is clearly relict (deposited 

 more than just a few years ago) based on its extremely low 

 reflectance and discontinuous layering. Relict dredged material 

 has been observed at this station since the initiation of REMOTS 

 surveys in 1984. The reference station is located close to an 

 historically-used disposal site (Eatons Neck) . There is no 

 evidence that recent disposal activities have occurred at this 

 location. 



Although limited benthic recolonization of the survey 

 area had occurred since the August 1985 survey, the area 

 continued to exhibit a "stressed" biological community. The 

 highly disturbed WLIS Reference community indicated that this 

 stress was not directly related to disposal activities, but 

 reflected a regional ecosystem disturbance factor, i.e., bottom 

 hypoxia. 



Statistical analyses of the chemical data collected for 

 the sediment at WLIS indicated that the concentrations of lead, 

 nickel, copper, and oil and grease were elevated in the WLIS-A 

 sediment compared to the levels at the Reference station. The 

 concentrations of nickel and copper are, however, only slightly 

 elevated in the dredged material and are within the range of 

 concentrations reported by other investigators for central and 

 western Long Island Sound. The lead concentrations at WLIS-A 

 are, however, elevated compared to what other investigators have 

 found. These same four elements exhibited elevated 

 concentrations in the top 2 cm of the sediment cores when 

 compared to the remaining 2-10 cm for both the disposal mound and 

 Reference station. The reason for only these elements to be 

 elevated is unknown, but more sampling would be required to 

 determine the actual chemical and physical processes occurring in 

 the sediment. In addition to the above elements, the PCB 

 concentration appeared to be high in the WLIS-A sample. 



For the concentrations of metals in the body tissue of 

 Nephtys . only the concentration of lead was significantly higher 

 in Nephtys collected from WLIS-A compared to levels in organisms 

 collected from the Reference station. This is consistent with 



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