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The Cape Cod Bay Disposal Site (CCBDS) is centered at coordinates 41° 54.406' N, 70° 13.268' W (NAD 83) and is located 8.0 nmi (14.9 km) southwest of Long Point, Provincetown, Massachusetts. The site has a relatively flat, featureless seafloor with an average water depth of 102 ft (31 m). The bottom gently slopes from a depth of 30.8 m in the southeast corner of the site to a depth of 31.4 m in the northwest. Encompassing a 1 nmi² (3.42 km²) area of seafloor within the east-central region of Cape Cod Bay, CCBDS receives sediments dredged primarily from Wellfleet, Barnstable, Plymouth, and Duxbury Harbors.Designated in 1990, CCBDS is the newest of the 10 New England active open water disposal sites. Approximately 951,000 yd³ of material have been disposed at the site.

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Redox Potential Discontinuity (RPD) and Organism-Sediment Index (OSI)
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Relevant DAMOS Reports:

No. 157:Monitoring Survey at the Cape Cod Bay Disposal Site, August 2003 (full report available)

No. 144: Monitoring Survey at the Cape Cod Bay Disposal Site, August 2001 (full report available)