Table 6-2. Mechanical dredging case studies

Site

Contaminants/Targets

Site Description

Sediment Handling

Results

Brookhaven, Peconic River, NY, 2005

Hg, Ag, Cu, PCB 

SWAC for Hg

Target Volume-1,134 tons; Tons Removed-1,134

Freshwater; 0-30 ft water depth

excavation;

silt curtain for resuspensionA renewed suspension of insoluble particles after they have been precipitated.;

clean sediment backfill for dredged area and marsh restoration

 

 

Drying pad dewatering; wet cells for decanting; contaminated sediments landfilled

 

Cleanup levels met

LTM, MNR in place

 

Kokomo Creek,

Wildcat Creek

Continental Steel, IN, 2007,

OU 3

PCB, PAH, Ar, Be

SWAC

Target volume removed: 16,000 yd3

Total weight removed: 22,467.12 tons

Freshwater; 1-4 ft water depth;

2 miles, sediment thickness 0.4-2.17 ft;

combined excavation, hydraulic dredgingDredging by use of a large suction pipe mounted on a hull and supported and moved about by a boom, a mechanical agitator, or cutter head which churns up earth in front of the pipe, and centrifugal pumps mounted on a dredge which suck up water and loose solids.

Dewatered; drying pads, sand and activated charcoal filtering; landfilled; CAMUcorrective action management unit; PCB and VOC disposed off site at permitted facility

Cleanup levels met

MNR in place

Eagle Harbor, Wycoff, WA, 1997

Creosote, PCP, PAH, Hg, Pb, Cu, Zn

Target volume Hg 1,500-1,900 yd3

Marine; 15-45 ft water depth; sheet piling;

Sediment thickness  0.7 yd depth

 

Dewatered; hotspot CDF disposal; large material landfilled; clean sediment backfill; cappingTechnology which covers contaminated sediment with material to isolate the contaminants from the surrounding environment.

Goals met; capping exceeded cleanup standards;

LTM/MNR PAH intertidal area

Dupont, Gill Creek, 1992

VOC, Hg, PCBs

Target volume: Area 1 3400 yd3, Area 2 160 yd3, Area 3 40 yd3

Actual Volume 8,020 yd3

Freshwater ; 250 ft section of Gill Creek near Niagara River; sites OU 3 – OU 5

Dewatered with sand bags and cofferdams; stabilized with fly ash and kiln dust then disposed of in TSCAToxic Substance Control Act/RCRAResource Conservation and Recovery Act landfills

230 yd3 incinerated

Concentrations lowered by dredging;  no capping needed; planned 5 yr monitoring of sediments and water

Formosa Plastics, TX, 1992

Ethylene dichloride

Target volume 330 yd3

Actual volume 7,500 yd3

Marine, 25-30 ft water depth;

silt curtain

 

Cofferdam dewatering; partially dewatered sediments mixed with cement and barged to offload and disposed at a RCRA-compliant landfill

Goals met; hydraulic dredging did not work; used barged mechanical dredging instead

Town Branch Creek, KY, 2000

PCB

Target Volume 290,000 yd3

Actual Removed 239,000 yd3

Freshwater; dams with bypass pumping

Contaminated sediments sent to TSCA facility, non-TSCA sediments sent to local SW landfill

Goals met temporarily due to a NAPL source;

NAPL recovery system installed

Fox River, Green Bay WI 

OU 2-OU 5

OU 2,OU 3 – 2013

OU 4,OU 5 – 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCBs, Dioxin, Furan, DDT, Ar, Pb, Hg

Target volume – combined 3.5 million yd3

Freshwater; 6-20 ft depth

sites contain 12 dams and 17 locks; contaminated sediment depths: 2- 40 inches; contaminated sediment area 33 miles long and 1,600 square miles

The type, extent of dredging and disposal information to be determined

Work in progress; mechanical dredging to be used on OU 2 20-mile stretch and MNR for 1,600 square miles of Green Bay; potential capping for damaged riverbanks and sand cover

Hooker, NY, 1998

VOC, Hg

Target volume 19,600 yd3

Actual Volume 28,500 yd3

Freshwater, 0-2 ft;

2.5 acres in river embayment; berm construction to contain resuspension; on-site landfill

Cofferdam and sumps to control water infiltration;  no capping for river but capped on land; sediments placed into on-site landfill, on-site landfill in river embayment

No capping needed in water, but was used on landfill

Housatonic River, MA, 2002

PCBs, NAPL

Target Volume (hotspot) 2,800 yd3

Half mile 18,138 yd3

Freshwater, 0-8 ft;

contaminated sediment area 0.5 miles; sheet piling, dewatered for excavation; no silt curtains; dry excavation

 

Cofferdams, sumps;

contaminated sediments placed in on-site facility

Periodic NAPL release slowed project. Isolation capA covering over material (contaminated sediment) used to isolate the contaminants from the surrounding environment. installed on area not dredged;

dredged areas backfilled and seeded/replanted

Messer Street Manufactured Gas Plant, Laconia, NH, 2001

PAHs, VOCs, TPH

 

Freshwater, 5 ft water depth;

3 acres, dredge depth 2-5 ft,

Dry and wet excavation, silt curtains,

Sheet pile barrier, mechanical cable arm  clamshell and hydraulic bucket used;

backfilled with mostly gravel materials

Sheet pile barrier for dry excavation; dewatered; sediment disposal by thermal desorption facility and RCRA-compliant landfill

Clam bucket difficulty with sandy sediments; pre- and postdredging concentrations significantly different; successful cleanup

Money Point, VA, 2009-present

PAH, PCP, dioxins, Ar, Cr, Cu, Pb, Zn

Target volume 80,800 yd3

Marine; 1.7 acres wetlands/forested shoreline;

sediment thickness up to 6 ft; earth-moving equipment and clamshell/bucket dredge used; silt curtains, absorbency booms, crane/barge used;

dredged areas to be backfilled with clean sand and topsoil

To be shipped by barge to be land transported to landfill for thermal treatment. Some sediments to be disposed on site

Work in progress.

Petroleum sheen from disturbed sediments;

Mummichogs to be sampled 1-2 years for cancer until background levels are reached

Natural Gas Compressor Station, MS, 1997

PCBs

Target volume 51,432 yd3 stream sediment, 8,290 yd3 floodplain soils

Actual volume removed 23,883 yd3

Creek bed/flood plains

2 miles, sediment depths 8-10 ft, 15-25 ft wide

Excavation with creek flow pumping

Backfill with seeding and mulch.

No dewatering; some sediments mixed with lime and fly ash to make them suitable for land transport

Goals met

NS McAllister Point Landfill, OU 4, Rhode Island, 1996

PCBs, PAHs, anthracene, fluorine, pyrene, metals, Cu, Ni, debris

Target volume 34,000 yd3

Actual volume removed 2,700 m2

Marine, 3 ft MLW; landfill revetment; 47 acres adjacent to landfill; mechanical clamshell, silt curtains

Decontamination and  recycling of dredged rocks; other dredged material sent off site for recycling or disposal; remaining dredge disposed of at landfill or other site

Goals met. Upland revetment regraded, capped, and re-vegetated

Ottawa River, Canada, 1998

PCBs

Target volume 6,500 yd3

Actual volume removed 6,800 yd3 tributary sediment; 1,653 yd3

wetlands soil

Water depth 0-40 ft; tributary and adjacent wetlands; tributary 975 ft x 9 ft wide;

conventional earth  moving equipment; steel sheeting installed at tributary mouth to hydraulically isolate tributary from river; water pumped, treated on site; backfilled with clean fill

Excavated material transported  to dewatering pad, fed into pug mill; 14,975 tons of dewatered sediments disposed as TSCA waste; wetlands soils disposed as nonhazardous waste RFD and mixed with stabilizer or stabilizing agent and sent to landfill

PCB levels reduced

Queensbury NMPC OU 1, 1996

PCB

Target volume 5,000 yd3

Actual volume removed 6,800 yd3

Hudson River shoreline; 0.3 acres; water level lowered to expose riverbank and shoreline using local dam; silt fence, Jersey barriers wrapped  in geotextile installed on upper inland boundary; backfilled with topsoil and  rip-rap; upland seeded and revegetated.

Dewatering pads used for one week; contaminated sediments transported to off-site landfill.

PCB levels reduced.

Reynolds, NY, 2004

PCBs, PAHs, TDBF

Target volume – none specified

Actual volume removed 85,655 yd3

Freshwater; near shore area with outfall area;  21.8 acres dredged; dredging with cable arm buckets, derrick barge with fixed-boom mounted crane with GPS system;

sheet pile system with herbicide application within system; silt curtains for select area; golf course water required for some areas

Low concentration sediments stabilized with cement and disposed of in facility landfill. High concentration sediments shipped and disposed of in  hazardous waste facility

Some areas did not meet PCB cleanup goal. One failed area was backfilled to reach cleanup goal; some PAH cells were below cleanup goal and were not capped;  low molecular weight PAHs would further  break down to achieve goals

Hudson River, NY, 2009-present

PCBs

SWAC

Target volume 2.4M yd3

Actual volume removed 660 K yd3 (as of 2011)

Freshwater; 0-25 ft water depth; 43-mile stretch of river.

Mechanical dredge with environmental bucket, silt curtains, cofferdams, dewatering system; 150,000 tons of backfill and caps

 

Contaminated sediment shipped to multiple off-site facilities; spoils sites covered with low-permeability1) Characteristic of a material or membrane that allows liquids or gases to pass through it; 2) The rate of flow of a liquid or gas through a porous material. soil caps

Dredging still ongoing

Starkweather Creek, WI, 1993

Hg, Pb, Cr, Oil, Grease

Target volume 17,000 yd3

Actual removed 15,000 yd3

1.5-2  ft, sediment thickness 4-7 ft, area 1 mile x 50 ft; dredge depth  up to 7 ft; wet excavation with backhoe; goal to increase depth from  4-7 ft

Double silt curtains

Transported sediment to retention and dewatering facility off site and later disposed of

Goals met; no capping or backfilling required; no MNR

Ketchikan Pulp, AK, 2001

NH3, sulfide, 4-methylphenol

Target volume 20,550 yd3

Actual removed volume 11,865 yd3

Marine; 15-20 ft water depth; 80 acres within 250 acre cove; sediment thickness 3-10 ft; mechanical clamshell; 23,000 yd3 within 30 acres backfilled/capped with sand

Contaminated sediments disposed of on site

Not specified but intended for protection of benthos

Sullivan’s Ledge, MA,  2001

PCBs, PAHs

Target volume-unspecified

Actual volume removed 35,000 yd3 in OU 2, OU 3.

RG remove  contaminated sediment

Brackish Marsh, no depth  info; 80% debris content; OU 1 12 acres disposal area, stream and golf course water hazards. OU 2 7 acres wetlands in 25/100 yr floodplain; backhoes and  long reach excavators; silt fencing, air monitoring

Removed sediments trucked to on-site treatment pad for stabilization. Contaminated material capped on site

Goals not met.

Cleanup criterion determined to be unrealistic after sampling results

Ten Mile/Lange/Revere Canal, MI,  2003

Heavy metals, VOCs, SVOCs, PCBs

Target volume unspecified;

actual quantity removed 23,230 tons

Freshwater, 12-18 ft water depth; TMD system, catch basins, sanitary sewers, marina, sheet piles, silt curtains, dewatering systems

Contaminated sediments stabilized by bentonite-polymer mixture, off-site disposal to Wayne, MI, and Lenox, MI, disposal sites; canal soils sent to USACE site in Point Mouillee, MI

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goals met

No capping, backfill required,

Limited dredging in marina slips

Tennessee Product, TN, 1998

PAHs

Target volume 5,000 yd3

Actual volume removed 23,300 yd3

Freshwater, 0-4 ft water depth; 2.5 miles x 50-75 ft width of Chattanooga Creek; floodplain disposal pit and coal tar area; earthen dams, pumping, long stick excavator  used; NAPL capped site

Sediments mixed with drying agent, trucked to off-site disposal facilities, cement kiln in SC and TN, boiler in GA

No capping, backfilling required except for the NAPL site capped with Aquablok which is still being monitored

Terry Creek, GA , 2000

Toxaphene

Mass removal of toxaphene

Target volume 26,000 yd3

Actual volume removed 35,148 yd3

Freshwater;  900 ft outfall ditch, 2.2 acres of creek and confluent areas; environmental clamshell bucket, sheet piling

Sediments retained in drain beds for 6 months; dried sediments sent off site

Goals met with post removal concentrations

Table 6-3. Mechanical dredging case studies

Site

Contaminants/Targets

Site Description

Sediment Handling

Results

Fox River/Green Bay, WI,  2002

PCBs, Hg, PAHs

Target volume 92,000 yd3

Actual removed 81,816 yd3

SWAC

 

Project 1: Freshwater, 2-14 ft water depth; hydraulic auger dredging, followed by different dredging; silt curtains, sheet pilings; backfilled with sand

 

Dredged material to landfill; isolated in cell, monitored for leachate for life of landfill

Ineffective dredge replaced multiple times, different dredges used, 2 dredging passes, 1999-2000

Northern Deposit Fox River/Green Bay, WI, 1998

PCBs, Hg

Target volume 12,000 yd3

Actual removed 8,200 yd3

RG mass removal, demonstration

Project 2: Freshwater, 0-8 ft water depth, contaminated sediment thickness 2-3 ft; Hydraulic cutterhead with swinging ladder; additional dredging at bedrock interface; perimeter barrier, silt curtain; turbidity meters; deflection barrier around industrial water intake

Sediments taken to county landfill; 1,632 tons to EQ landfill, 2,400 tons to disposal facility

Mixed results, PCB levels lowered in some areas, other areas post dredge levels higher that pre-dredge

Fox River Green Bay, WI, 2009

PCBs, Dioxin, Furan, DDT, heavy metals

Target Volume 748,000 yd3

Actual removed 500,000 yd3

SWAC

OU 1: Freshwater, 6-20 ft; contaminated sediment area 39 miles, depth 1-6 ft; swinging ladder dredge used; silt curtains; sand cap

Non TSCA sediments transported to landfill

Goals met

DuPont, Gill Creek, 1992

VOCs, Hg, PCBs

Target volume 40-3,400 yd3 in select areas; riverbank unknown

Actual removed 120-6,500 yd3

Freshwater, 250 ft contaminated sediment area; hydraulic and mechanical dredging, and excavation; clay liner to prevent GW discharge; cofferdams, sandbags, dewatering systems used for excavation

Sediment stabilized with fly ash, transported to RCRA/TSCA landfill; hazardous sediments identified and incinerated

Goals met, lower levels, no backfilling required; 5-yr postremediation monitoring by sediment/water sampling

GM Massena St Lawrence River NY,  1995

PCBs

Target volume 29,000 yd3

Actual removed 13,800 yd3

 

Freshwater, St Lawrence River, flow rate 2.9 fps, 11 acres, 2,500 ft long near shore area; bottom boulders recycled to shore reconstruction; silt curtains replaced later by sheet pile

Highly contaminated sediments transported by rail to Utah facility; remaining sediments to lined on-site landfill

Goals met in 5/6 cells; augmented with sand backfill

Gould, Inc. East Doane Lake, OR, 1998

Pb, dioxin

Target volume 6,000 yd3

Actual removed 11,000 yd3

 

 

Freshwater, debris contaminated lake, contaminant area 3.1 acres, 2 ft sediment depth; 1-5 ft dredge depth; horizontal dredge used; rock backfill

 

 

 

 

Sediments disposed of in on-site RCRA containment cell and later into constructed on-site landfill

Goals met with lower contaminant levels

Grand Calumet, IN, 2003

PAHs, PCBs, metals, cyanide

Target volume 750,000 yd3

Actual removed 788,000 yd3

RG remove non-native sediments and contaminants

 

Freshwater, 0-4 ft water depth, 5 mile contaminated area, dredge depth 0-20 ft; floating debris boom, oil boom, turbidity curtain maintained 2,000-3,000 ft downstream, sheet pile system, cofferdams

Cofferdams to contain dredging areas over specified level; sediment deposited in on-site CAMU

Initial goals met but contaminant levels increased later; additional dredging required

Grand Calumet, IN,  2007

PCBs

Target volume 24,000 yd3

Actual volume 38,000 yd3

Freshwater, 0-4 ft water depth, 63,000 ft river stretch

Sediment disposed in on-site landfill

Goals met after second dredging event when contaminant levels were above cleanup level

Grasse River (hotspot), NY, 1995

PCBs

Target volume 3,500 yd3

Actual removed 3,000 yd3

SWAC

 

Freshwater, 10-15 ft depth, one acre near shore sediments; hydraulic auger with diver assisted vacuum, floating oil booms, silt curtains

Dredged slurry separated and treated with lime then filtered, disposed of in TSCA/RCRA landfill

Dredging difficulty due to bottom debris; higher post dredging fish tissue contaminant levels that later returned to pre-dredging levels; sediment sampling indicated that contaminant levels were reduced from surface to all depths; most of projected mass removed

Grasse River, NY, 2005

PCBs

Target volume 75,000 yd3

Actual removed 24,400 yd3

 

Freshwater, 10-15 ft water depth; hydraulic cutterhead dredge, silt curtains, dewatering, Geotube system

Treated water returned to river, dewatered sediments disposed of in on-site TSCA/RCRA landfill

Pilot study for different capping materials; rocky bottom impeded progress and had equipment failures, limited dredging; after backfilling, 95% lower levels

Gruber’s Grove Bay,  WI, 2001

Hg, methyl Hg, Cu, Pb

Target volume 87,000  yd3

Actual removed 88,300 yd3

 

Freshwater, 2-18 ft water depth, 1-7 ft contaminated sediment thickness, area 18.2 acres; silt curtains, Geotubes

Dredged sediments placed into Geotubes, buried with clean soil cap cover

Uncertain, project completed with final corrective action, contaminant levels exceeded discharge permit

New Bedford, MA OU 1, 2004-present

PCBs

Target volume 17,000-433,000 yd3

Amendment with 867,000 yd3.

Harbor, 6-50 ft water depth, silty sediments, 170-190 acres contaminated sediment area; salt marsh, residential, shipping channels; two hydraulic cutterhead dredges; silt curtains, 5 acre dewatering facility

Disposed of into 5 acre dewatering facility, 4 nearshore CDFs, slurry sent off site to TSCA facility by rail or truck

Silt curtains failed, replaced by BMPs, water quality measurements to ensure protective risk and continuation of ongoing dredging; PCB levels are lower

Petit Creek, Flume, NY, 1994

DNAPL

Target volume 2,000 yd3

 

Freshwater, river sediment, 1-acre cove area; diver assisted suction hydraulic dredging of grid sections; silt curtains, sheet pile system, cofferdams

 

 

 

 

Majority of sediments processed, placed into super sacks, remaining sediments disposed of into landfill

Post dredging sediment sampling indicated lower levels

White Lake (OOC), MI, 2003

Cr, As, Hg, Tannery waste

Target volume 76,000 yd3

Actual removed 85,000 yd3

 

Freshwater, 10-15 ft, 6.2 acres of bay; hydraulic cutterhead dredging, barge mounted excavator, silt curtains, dewatering system

Dewatering on barges and in Geotubes; sediments treated prior to disposal in off-site landfill; some dredged areas backfilled

Most tannery waste removed, post sampling residuals reduced

New Bedford, MA  OU 2, 1995

PCBs, metals

Target volume 10,000 yd3

Actual removed 14,000 yd3

 

5 acres contaminated sediment area; hydraulic cutterhead dredge modified with oil catching shroud; silt curtains

Dredged sediment were transported by pipeline to temporary CDF, dewatered and disposed of into off-site TSCA landfill

Goals met well below cleanup level

Outboard Marine Waukegan Harbor, IL, 1989

PCBs

Target volume 10,900 - 35,700 yd3

Actual removed 6,300 – 32,000 yd3;

SWAC

 

Freshwater harbor, 14-25 ft water depth, 10 acres of contaminated sediments; hydraulic cutterhead dredge; marina slip converted into on-site landfill; sheet pile system, silt curtains

Constructed on-site marina landfill sediments treated by thermal desorption; upper harbor sediments pumped directly into the marina landfill and water pumped out; the landfill was capped and vegetated

 

Goals met; silt curtains failure allowed suspended sediments to be treated with coagulant before silt curtain removal and upper harbor dredging completion; continued dredging in 2012, results unknown

Pegan Cove, MA OU 2 /Natick Labs / Army Natick Soldier Systems Center (NSSC),  2010

PCBs

SWAC

Target volume 2,510 yd3

Freshwater, 0-10 ft water depth, shoreline,  34 acres contaminated sediments, SW outfall, 4 hotspots; hydraulic cutterhead dredge, silt curtains, water monitoring, dewatering systems (geotextile bags, pipeline)

Sediments pumped into geotextile bags; slurry pumped into dewatering stations; geotextile bags cut open, sediment trucked to off-site facility

Goals met, SWAC met; NFA

Lavaca Bay, TX, 1999

Hg, PAH

SWAC

Target volume 184,000 yd3

Actual removed 79,500 yd3

Marine, bay, fringe marsh, 80,000 acre contaminated sediment area; hydraulic cutterhead dredge, silt curtain, turbidity monitoring, dewatering system

Contaminated sediment transported to off-site facility

Two phases were completed, one implemented as treatability study, second as full-scale remediationThe act or process of abating, cleaning up, containing, or removing a substance (usually hazardous or infectious) from an environment.; Hg levels elevated periodically; MNR to observe biota tissue level decreases 

Pioneer Lake, OH, 1997

VOC, PAH, BTEX, Coal Tar

Target volume 6,600 yd3

Actual volume removed: 6,600 yd3

Freshwater, gravel pit, lake sediment, sand, 0.5-3 ft sediment depth, 1 acre lake site, hydraulic cutterhead dredge, absorbent boom, silt curtains, settling basin

Phase 1: Nonhazardous sediments to landfill, nonhazardous sludge to city,

Phase 2:  coarse sediment to ECL, nonhazardous sludge to RDF, solidified sludge to treatment facility

Goals met, no capping needed

Table 6-4. Mechanical dredging case studies

Site

Dredging Method

Volume Dredged Material

Disposal Location

Material Treatment

Material Regulated?

Transfer Method

Comments

Formosa Plastics, TX

Excavation

7,500 yd3

Two off-site hazardous waste landfill; one 105 miles away, other 264 miles

Mixed with 10% cement to stabilize after partial dewatering

RCRA regulated

Truck

$1.4 million total cost, disposal rushed to meet deadlines, so two disposal facilities used and sediment stabilized with cement.

Lavaca Bay, TX

Hydraulic dredging

200,000 yd3

on-site CDF on existing Dredge Island

No treatment

No

Direct Transfer

$3 million total cost

Messer St. MGP, NH

Hydraulic dredging and excavation

13,000 yd3

2 hazardous waste disposal facilities. One 20 miles away, other 105 miles

Thermal desorption

Treatment allowed material to meet regulations of hazardous waste disposal facility

Truck

$13 million total cost; approximately $60/ton disposal cost, excess sediment treated at secondary landfill to save time

Fox River and Green Bay OU 1, WI

Swinging ladder hydraulic dredging

188,000 yd3

off-site landfill approximately 20 miles away

Dewatering

Non-TSCA PCB waste

Truck

$61.7 million total cost

Gruber’s Grove Bay, WI

Hydraulic dredging

88,000 yd3

on-site CDF buried with top-soil

Dewatering with Geotubes

Non-regulated

Piping

$7 million total cost

Ketchikan, AK

Mechanical dredging

11,865 yd3

Adjacent industrial landfill

Gravity dewatering, water allowed to drain into ground

Material tested, found suitable for disposal in industrial landfill

Not mentioned

$1.8 million total cost, approximately $0.4 million for disposal

Housatonic River, MA

Excavation within sheet pile cells

6,000 yd3 and 1,000 yd3

Off-site commercial landfill

Gravity dewatering in stockpile

TSCA permitted landfill

Not mentioned

$4.5 million for first 6,000 yd3

Bremerton Naval Complex, WA

Mechanical dredging

400,000 yd3

CAD

Not needed

Testing after burial showed no contamination in water

Barge transfer, clamshell bucket for controlled placement

5 ft cap placed on CAD

Baird and McGuire, MA

Mechanical dredging

4,700 yd3

On-site disposal

Incineration

No

Truck transfer to incinerator

Incinerated material returned to point of removal. Incinerator used for 210,000 tons of soil on site

Ashtabula River, OH

Hydraulic dredging

550,000 yd3

Off-site CDF 3 miles away

Dewatering

CDF for the non-TSCA waste

3-mile pipeline

$50 million total cost

Marathon Battery, NY

Hydraulic and mechanical dredging as well as excavation

100,000 yd3

Off-site landfill in Michigan

Dewatering and stabilization

Stabilization allowed disposal to commercial sanitary landfill

Rail car

77,000 yd3 dredged, 23,000 yd3 excavated

United Heckathorn, CA

Mechanical dredging

108,000 yd3

Two off-site landfills; one 871 miles away in AZ, the other 860 miles away in UT

Dewatering and stabilization

Stabilization allowed disposal to commercial solid waste landfill

Rail car

Cost for transport to landfill approximately $50 per ton

Reynolds, NY

Mechanical Dredging

85,600 yd3

Majority to on-site CDF, remainder to off-site disposal 325 miles away

Stabilization with Portland cement for CDF

TSCA regulated PCB waste to authorized hazardous waste facility

Truck

69,000 yd3 disposed on site, 16,600 yd3disposed off site

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