DREDGING DISPOSAL MANAGEMENT PLAN FOCUSES ON VOLUNTARY ACTIONS

A draft California Long-Term Management Strategy (LTMS) to reduce disposal of dredged materials in the San Francisco Bay emphasizes volunteer actions prior to instituting mandatory controls. Environmentalists want to see an automatic trigger to launch mandatory waste discharge requirements if the voluntary program is unsuccessful but regulators are undecided how a mandatory program would be activated, according to sources. The LTMS's goal of reducing the amount of sediment and other materials dredged and disposed in the bay should greatly improve...