Dredged Material Disposal Dredged Material Disposal Volumes and the RMPVolumes and the RMP

April 17, 2006SFEI

Elizabeth Christian, SFRWQCBBrian Ross, USEPA

RMP and Small Dredgers

• RMP intended to give small dredgers a break on fees

• LTMS will significantly reduce in-bay disposal

• Hamilton ATF is key to LTMS success• BUT Hamilton may result in mainly small

dredgers disposing in-bay • Thus, under current fee structure small

dredgers could pay most non-Corps RMP fees

Transition to the LTMS “40/40/20 Plan” Began in 2001Transition to the LTMS “40/40/20 Plan” Began in 2001

Long-term Goal

In-Bay Disposal:

* In-Situ volume

*

0

500000

1000000

1500000

2000000

2500000

3000000

3500000

4000000

4500000

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

Total Dredging Volume By Year

4,433,693 4,281,358

3,650,948

3,317,555

*

•“Bin volume”

Actual Dredging Has Been Decreasing Overall

2,749,222

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