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Thank you to those people who were able to attend our Dredged Material Management Plan kick-off forum last Thursday evening in
As we gather information to create a DMMP for the Bayshore region of
In the meantime, for your review, below is the official attendance for our Thursday, June 14th, kick-off forum.
In addition, if you were unable to attend or wish to review what was said during the forum, a Bayshore Watershed volunteer was able to record the sound of the forum (Thanks Bob!). I encourage those of you who did not attend the forum to listen to the presentations of Genevieve Clifton (NJDOT), Suzanne Dietrick (NJDEP), John Tiedermann (Monmouth University) and Cindy Zipf (Clean Ocean Action) as recorded in the audio file that can be accessed and downloaded using the url: http://key.biz/brwc06142007.wma , the url http://msblib.com/brwc06142007.wma , or the url http://econ.biz/brwc06142007.wma . Informative questions and responses by individuals, specialists, marina and business representatives involved in dredging, acquisition of materials, and recycling of dredge materials are captured in the referenced recording. The length of the recording is approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes. It can be scanned or browsed in a casual or piecemeal fashion using the Windows Media Player online, after permitting the Media Player to cache the audio file. The recording is approximately 11mb in size.
Moreover, the last item below is an article that was recently written in the Asbury Park Press about the forum. If you have any questions or comments, please forward them to Steve Taylor, DMMP Project Manager, via email at thelorax@comcast.net
Thank you for your help, time & energy. We will need the help of everyone if we are to create a successful and workable DMMP for the Bayshore region. Fair winds, Joe Reynolds Co-Chair Bayshore Regional Watershed Council
Attendance at the Bayshore Regional Watershed Council, Dredged material Management Forum, A total of 52 people: Lou Andreuzzi ( Christine Balint (Friends of Freneau Woods/ Christian Bolte (Keyport Borough Council) Terri Bolte (Keyport Environmental Commission) Karen Bowes (The Independent Newspaper) Linda Brennen ( Pam Brightball (Deputy-Mayor for Genevieve Boehm-Clifton (NJDOT/OMR) Valerie Craig ( John Curran (Hazlet/HAQLA) Bob Dieterich ( Suzanne Dietrick (NJDEP) Jennifer DiLovenzo (Navesink/Shrewsbury DMMP) Fran Donnelly (Hazlet/HAQLA) Steve Dorrler ( Jim Dugan (Pond Recovery Services, Mike Fedosh ( Kevin Ganson ( Gene Geer (Hazlet/HAQLA) Steve Hallgring (Middletown Department of Public Works) Barry Heffernan (Leonardo) Mark Jaworski (Weston Solutions) Gene Keller (NJDEP –Bureau of Coastal Engineering) Meghan Leavey ( Peter Lopez (Matawan) Bob Ludwig (Keyport Environmental Commission) Ted Maloney (Middletown Department of Public Works) Joe Martin (Middletown Environmental Commission) Kari Martin (Clean Ocean Action) Bill McFarland (Holmdel) Jerry Meyer ( Frank Montecalvo (Bayshore Recycling) Valeria Montecalvo (Bayshore Recycling) Kevin Penton ( Ed Pitts (Fair Haven/ Vince Poulsen ( Hollis Provins (National Park Service – Joe Reynolds (BRWC/Atlantic Dave Rosenblatt (NJDEP/Engineering & Construction) Bill Shewan (Hazlet/HAQLA) Bill Simmons (Monmouth County Health Department) Rob Slifer ( Sam Snyder (Browns Point Marina/Keyport) Steve Taylor (DMMP Project Manager) John Tiedemann (Monmouth University) Jeff Thein (NJDEP – Office of Dredging & Sediment Technology) Bob Weigand (Hazlet/HAQLA) Jeff Weiner (International Bio-Solutions, Anna Will (Clean Ocean Action) Chris Yonclas (Holmdel Environmental Commission) John Zazzarino ( Cindy Zipf (Clean Ocean Action)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070615/NEWS01/706150429/1004/NEWS01 Watershed council seeks ways to use dredged materials Officials from marinas, towns and environmentalists discuss problem Posted by the Asbury Park Press on BY KEVIN PENTON KEYPORT — After marinas deepen their docking areas or the channels leading to their harbors, the dredged material needs to go somewhere. Most often, the murky, potentially contaminated stuff ends up in piles near the marinas. The Bayshore Regional Watershed Council wants to find a better use for the material, such as to top landfills or as construction or road fill. On Thursday, more than three dozen officials from marinas, municipalities, and environmental groups in the region gathered to begin figuring out how to match those who generate dredged materials with those who could use it. The meeting, held at the municipal complex, was sponsored by the watershed council, a nonprofit environmental advocacy group, and several other regional and state environmental organizations. "Right now, it's a burden for the marinas," said Steve Taylor, project manager for the dredged material management plan for the Bayshore region. Funded by the state Department of Transportation's Office of Maritime Resources, the plan's goals are to identify who in the So far, the council has identified eight areas in northern "That is so 20 years ago in terms of technology," said Clean Ocean Action's Cindy Zipf, referring to the piles of dredged material, which are called confined disposal facilities by the state Department of Environmental Protection, which regulates them. From 1999 to 2005, the DEP allowed 190,714 cubic yards of material to be dredged in the region, Before trucks can begin lining up to haul away the material, it must be tested for contaminants, said Suzanne Dietrick, chief of DEP's Dredging & Sediment Technology Office. Those who would manage it also would need to demonstrate to the state that they are properly trained and equipped to handle the material so it does not end up back in the water or contaminate another site, she said. "We have the regulatory flexibility to allow the material to be used in perhaps 50 different ways," Dietrick said. "There is a critical need to think outside of disposal." Currently, the only place in the region where dredged material is being actively used is at the Belford landfill in Depending on its level of contamination, other potential uses for dredged material include beach replenishment and wetlands enhancement. "Without you and your participation, this plan will end up on a shelf,"
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