Public Hearings! EPA Rule Eastern LIS Site Designation

The US EPA has issued a Proposed Rule regarding Designation of an Eastern Long Island Sound Disposal Location.

This long awaited Rule will be subject to Public Comment through June 27, 2016.  But Public Hearings will be held in Connecticut and New York.

Statement from EPA:

The US EPA is currently proposing to designate the ELDS (Eastern Long Island Sound Disposal Site) as its preferred alternative, EPA also has concluded, based on the analysis in the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Designation of Dredged Material Disposal Site(s) in Eastern Long Island Sound, Connecticut and New York (DSEIS), that two other alternatives, the Niantic Bay and Cornfield Shoals disposal sites (NBDS and CSDS), or portions thereof, could potentially be designated in addition to, or instead of, the ELDS. EPA is not currently recommending the NBDS and CSDS as preferred alternatives, but is inviting public comments on the option of designating one or both of these sites instead of, or as a complement to, the ELDS

More information from CMTA will be forthcoming, but please mark your calendars.  Your voice needs to be heard.