EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 



through the cap, management 

 actions are proposed. 



Given the reality of fiscal 

 constraints on budgets coupled with 

 the number of disposal sites that 

 require monitoring, there was a clear 

 need to streamline the approach to 

 disposal site monitoring that 

 historically had been employed under 

 the DAMOS program. The 

 development of these tiered 

 monitoring protocols is our attempt to 

 fulfill this need. This is one of the first 

 tiered programs developed for dredged 

 material disposal site monitoring and, 

 as such, it has evolved through a 

 process of periodic public review and 

 has undergone substantial revision. 

 The flow charts presented in this 

 document are not inflexible protocols, 

 but instead provide a framework for 

 NED's overall management and 

 monitoring of the DAMOS disposal 

 sites; their application requires a 

 degree of both common sense and best 

 professional judgement. It is the 

 intention of the DAMOS program to 

 continue to revisit the monitoring and 

 management issues periodically to 

 improve the program further as we 

 gain a better understanding of the 

 environmental responses to dredged 

 material disposal. 



