Statement of Assemblyman Fred Thiele on the Final Long Island Sound Dredged Material Management Plan

“I am deeply disappointed in the Army Corp of Engineers (ACOE) decision to allow for open water disposal and burial of dredged material in the Final Long Island Sound Dredged Material Management Plan. It is unconscionable that the ecological health and productivity of this fragile estuarine ecosystem will be further jeopardized by this action. The Final DMMP should have focused on alternative disposal mechanisms, technologies, locations, and uses.”