Army Corps to Release Draft Harbor Navigation Study Report.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 29, 1999-- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of District (the District), will release Friday, Oct. 1, 1999, for public review, a draft version of a harbor navigation study report, which lays out an overall strategy for harbor channel improvements in the Port of New York and New Jersey. Entitled en·ti·tle tr.v. en·ti·tled, en·ti·tling, en·ti·tles 1. To give a name or title to. 2. To furnish with a right or claim to something: the New York and New Jersey Harbor Navigation Study Feasibility Report and Draft Environmental Impact Statement, the report recommends deepening deep·en tr. & intr.v. deep·ened, deep·en·ing, deep·ens To make or become deep or deeper. Noun 1. deepening - a process of becoming deeper and more profound the Port's main channels to a depth of 50 feet which will remove some 47 million cubic yards of sediment sediment, mineral or organic particles that are deposited by the action of wind, water, or glacial ice. These sediments can eventually form sedimentary rocks (see rock). , a combined effort estimated to cost 1.8 billion dollars. The report discusses a range of issues including a determination of the economic feasibility of deepening channels, an assessment of potential environmental (biological, physical and chemical) impacts from construction and improved navigation, and sediment disposal.. The Corps plans to put forward its final recommendations December 1999. Upon approval by the Chief of Engineers, the Corps will ask Congress for authorization The right or permission to use a system resource; the process of granting access. See access control. to proceed with the project. The report will be available on Oct. 1, 1999 at local area libraries (listed below) and on the District's website at: http://www.nan.usace.army.mil/news/index.htm
-- Newark Public Library, 5 Washington Street, Newark, NJ 07101
-- Bayonne Main Library, 697 Avenue C, Bayonne, NJ 07002
-- Elizabeth Public Library, 11 South Broad Street, Elizabeth, NJ
07202
-- Brooklyn Central Library, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY 11238
-- St. George Library Center, 5 Central Avenue, Staten Island, NY
10301
-- New York Public Library, 455 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10018
In addition, the Corps plans to hold public information meetings November 3rd at the Holiday Inn, Newark, NJ and November 4th, at the Staten Island Staten Island (1990 pop. 378,977), 59 sq mi (160 sq km), SE N.Y., in New York Bay, SW of Manhattan, forming Richmond co. of New York state and the borough of Staten Island of New York City. Hotel, NY. to solicit public comment on the study. The formal review period will end Nov. 14, 1999. To request a copy of the Draft Feasibility Report and DEIS please call 212/264-5746 For further information regarding the Draft Feasibility Report, please contact Thomas (language) Thomas - A language compatible with the language Dylan(TM). Thomas is NOT Dylan(TM). The first public release of a translator to Scheme by Matt Birkholz, Jim Miller, and Ron Weiss, written at Digital Equipment Corporation's Cambridge Research Laboratory runs J. Shea, III, Project Planner, Planning Division, New York District, USACE, 26 Federal Plaza Room 2145, New York, NY 10278-0090 or telephone 212/264-5570. For the DEIS, please contact: Jenine Gallo Gal·lo , Robert Charles Born 1937. American virologist who was one of the first to identify the virus that causes AIDS and to develop a test for it. , Project Biologist, Planning Division, New York District, USACE, 26 Federal Plaza Room 2142, New York, NY 10278-0090 or telephone 212/264-0912. |
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