An investigation was conducted on the environmental effects of open water dredged material disposal at the Eatons Neck Disposal Site in central Long Island Sound, New York. However, because of local political and public opposition to the dredging project, the field investigation was terminated after Phase I, a 12-month baseline survey of the disposal site and surrounding area. Phase I data, therefore, were used to describe environmental conditions at the Eatons Neck Disposal Site as they were four years after cessation of disposal operations. Dredged material, building rubble, and other materials were dumped at the site for about 70 years (1900 to 1971); 9,841,000 cu m of dredged sediments were placed at the site from 1954 to 1971. Results of hydrodynamic, bathymetry, and sediment studies showed no evidence of dispersion of dredged material from the site. Thus it appears that the Eatons Neck site is suitable, from a confinement standpoint, for the disposal of dredged sediments. Measured current velocities were typically

The 'Publication Index and Retrieval System' is designed to facilitate dissemination of the information contained in the more than 200 reports resulting from the Dredged Material Research Program (DMRP) and to foster operational applications of their findings and conclusions. Information referenced in this document is applicable to project environmental assessments, detailed design, construction, and operation and maintenance as well as evaluation under requirements of regulatory functions programs. Chapter 1 contains abstracts of the DMRP Synthesis Reports, which present summaries of findings for each of the major DMRP objectives with emphasis on the significance and application of the information. Chapters 2-9 contain abstracts for each of the detailed reports; the abstracts are identified under the major DMRP objectives. Chapter 10 contains the abstracts of the reports on the field tests and demonstration projects concerned with the effects of dredged material disposal in open water and the use of dredged material for habitat creation. The abstracts are also indexed as follows: subject, geographic location, agency/organization, and author. (Author).