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Ecological evaluation of proposed dredged material from Oakland Harbor intensive study, IC-1 and OC4-B
Oakland Harbor is located on the eastern shoreline of central San Francisco Bay in Alameda County, between the cities of Oakland and Alameda, California. Oakland Harbor and its access channels are no longer wide or deep enough to accommodate modern deeper-draft vessels. The Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-662) authorized the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), San Francisco District to deepen and widen the navigation channels to (minus)44 ft mean lower low water (MLLW) ((minus)42 ft MLLW plus 2 ft of overdraft) in Oakland Harbor. Several options for disposal of the material from this dredging project are under consideration by USACE. Those options include disposal within San Francisco Bay, at open-ocean sites, or at upland disposal sites. Section 103 of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (MPRSA), Public Law 92-532, specifies that all proposed disposal of dredged material into open water be evaluated to determine the potential environmental impacts to those activities. To comply with those requirements, the potential environmental impacts of the dredged material must be evaluated by chemical characterization, toxicity testing, and bioaccumulation testing prior to dredging and disposal. Test results are described.
Ecological evaluation of proposed dredged material from Oakland Harbor intensive study, IC-1 and OC4-B
Oakland Harbor is located on the eastern shoreline of central San Francisco Bay in Alameda County, between the cities of Oakland and Alameda, California. Oakland Harbor and its access channels are no longer wide or deep enough to accommodate modern deeper-draft vessels. The Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-662) authorized the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), San Francisco District to deepen and widen the navigation channels to (minus)44 ft mean lower low water (MLLW) ((minus)42 ft MLLW plus 2 ft of overdraft) in Oakland Harbor. Several options for disposal of the material from this dredging project are under consideration by USACE. Those options include disposal within San Francisco Bay, at open-ocean sites, or at upland disposal sites. Section 103 of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (MPRSA), Public Law 92-532, specifies that all proposed disposal of dredged material into open water be evaluated to determine the potential environmental impacts to those activities. To comply with those requirements, the potential environmental impacts of the dredged material must be evaluated by chemical characterization, toxicity testing, and bioaccumulation testing prior to dredging and disposal. Test results are described.
Ecological evaluation of proposed dredged material from Oakland Harbor intensive study, IC-1 and OC4-B
M. R. Pinza (author) / H. L. Mayhew (author) / L. M. Karle (author) / J. Q. Word (author)
1993
474 pages
Report
No indication
English
Solid Wastes Pollution & Control , Water Pollution & Control , Biological Oceanography , Ecology , Harbors , Sediments , Aquatic Ecosystems , Dredging , Biological Accumulation , California , Compiled Data , Evaluation , Marine Disposal , Toxicity , Tables(data) , EDB/540250 , EDB/540220 , EDB/540350 , EDB/560300