Los Angeles Basin Contaminated Sediments Task Force

Summary of Aquatic Disposal and Dredge Operations
Committee Meeting
June 27, 2000

  1. Meeting time and location: June 27, 2000 at the Port of Los Angeles, from 10 am to noon.
  2. Attendees: Michael Lyons (RWQCB), Kathryn Curtis (POLA), Tom Johnson (POLB), Bill Paznokas (Cal DFG), Russ Boudreau, Chimin Chian, Susie Ming (Moffatt and Nichol Engineers), Maile Gee (CCC), Doland Cheung, Tony Risko, and Jane Grandon (USACE).
  3. The purpose of the meeting was to review the draft of the 905(b) Analysis Report for the Corp’s Los Angeles Regional Dredged Material Management Plan Reconnaissance Study (DMMP). Also, a draft Table of Contents was reviewed for the Technical Appendix. Comments of note were as follows:
    1. New estimates for Feasibility Study - $2.3 million to be completed in 3 years;
    2. Corps will need updated contaminated sediments dredge quantities for the next 5-years;
    3. Local sponsor relationships will have to be formalized in writing soon; Local sponsors currently identified are the City of Long Beach, Port of Long Beach, Port of Los Angeles, and County of Los Angeles.
    4. 3 of 4 pilot projects were identified in the Draft 905(b) Analysis (Aquatic capping, Sediment blending, Concrete stabilization). A fourth pilot project was recommended and agreed on to research the possibility of chloride removal for potential brownfield/upland disposal options.
    5. The Corps will research if State funds spent on monitoring portions of the Pilot studies can offset sponsor dollars.
    6. Draft Feasibility Study is projected to be completed 25 months from Nov/Dec 2000. The current cost estimate is at $2.3M.
    7. An issue of concern was what the final product of the Feasibility Study would be. The final product could be either an NED plan or a combination NED/Locally Preferred Plan.
  4. We also discussed issues of importance to continue timely progress of the DMMP study. It was stressed that at our next meeting, we will need to discuss:
    1. Biological resources of concern in the region.
    2. Impacts to those biological resources from dredging of contaminated sediments
    3. Control measures to reduce impacts to those biological resources

    In order to address the above issues, we will invite various colleagues in the biological fields to assist us in this discussion.

  5. The next meeting is tentatively scheduled for August 3, 2000 from 10am to 1pm at the Port of Los Angeles.
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