Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele, Jr. (I-Sag Harbor) today announced that he joined the efforts of Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee Chairman, Assemblyman Steve Englebright, and twenty other Assembly members from Long Island and throughout New York State to voice concerns and opposition to the Army Corp of Engineers DRAFT Long Island Sound Dredged Material Management Plan (DMMP) which provides for the continued disposal of dredged materials in the Long Island Sound (LIS).

The letter states, “The water quality of the Long Island Sound directly impacts the millions of people who live along its shores as well as avian and marine species who live in or pass through it. The LIS DMMP is just the newest version of the old “out of sight, out of mind” method of waste disposal that has been with us since the dawn of the industrial revolution. Connecticut and New York asked for better and our citizens deserve better.”