CONCORD, Mass. – A Draft Integrated Feasibility Report and Environmental Impact Statement (D-IFR/EIS) has been prepared as part of the New Haven Harbor Navigation Improvement Project Study (NHHNIP). To facilitate efficient and safe navigation and marine commerce in New Haven Harbor in New Haven, Conn., navigation improvements (i.e., deepening and widening) to the existing Federal navigation project were studied.
The proposed project consists of deepening the main ship channel, maneuvering area, and turning basin to -40 feet MLLW and widening the main channel and turning basin to allow larger vessels to efficiently access the Port of New Haven’s terminals.
The proposed improvements would remove about 4.28 million cubic yards of predominately glacially deposited silts from the Federal channel. Additionally, approximately 43,500 cubic yards of rock would be blasted and removed from the channel. Several feasible alternative dredged material placement sites were identified and include: an area for shellfish habitat creation, two borrow pits in the harbor, an area for salt marsh creation, an area for rock reef creation, and open water disposal at an EPA designated ocean dredged material disposal site (ODMDS) in Long Island Sound. This D-IFR/EIS describes the existing environment of the project area and assesses the impacts of the proposed project.
The D-IFR/EIS is available for review on the USACE web site at:
http://www.nae.usace.army.mil/Missions/Projects-Topics/New-Haven-Harbor/.
Comments concerning the D-IFR/EIS are requested to be submitted by Nov. 15, 2018.
Comments on the D-IFR/EIS should be sent to:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
New England District
696 Virginia Road
Concord, Massachusetts 01742-2751
Attention: Mr. Todd Randall
Mr. Randall can be reached via phone at (978) 318-8518 or by email at
NAE-PD-PN@usace.army.mil
Public Hearings are scheduled for:
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Harry M Bailey Middle School
106 Morgan Ln, West Haven, CT
Doors and registration open at 5:30 p.m.; hearing begins at 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
Hall of Records, Hearing Room
200 Orange Street,
New Haven, CT
Doors and registration open at 5:30 p.m.; hearing begins at 6:30 p.m.