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Committee Report For FY 2001 Energy & Water Development Appropriations Act

(Under the O&M Program)

SAVANNAH HARBOR, GEORGIA – The Committee is aware of the need to evaluate the adverse impacts of the Savannah Harbor Navigation Project on the tidal delta and adjacent ocean shores, and to identify and evaluate both the positive and negative impacts of beneficial placement of harbor sediments within that area, and has added $500,000 to the budget request for the SAVANNAH HARBOR, GEORGIA PROJECT to accomplish a study to identify and quantify the economic, environmental and social positive and negative impacts of depositing excavated sediments in the nearshore area and on adjacent beaches, rather than at the Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site or confined disposal areas. The study will identify positive and negative impacts that would accrue to other Federal projects and programs, non-Federal projects, and existing structures from the beneficial placement of harbor sediments. The study will also recommend changes to existing programs to implement the optimum solutions. The study shall be conducted in cooperation with the administrators in Georgia and South Carolina of the federally-approved Coastal Zone Management Programs.

(Copy of original attachment to Beach Erosion Committee Report:)

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SAVANNAH HARBOR, GEORGIA – The Committee is aware of the need to evaluate the adverse impacts of the Savannah Harbor Navigation Project on the tidal delta and adjacent ocean shores, and to identify the positive impacts of beneficial placement of harbor sediments within that area, and has added $500,000 to the budget request for the SAVANNAH HARBOR, GEORGIA PROJECT to accomplish a study to identify and quantify the economic, environmental and social benefits of depositing excavated sediments in the nearshore area and on adjacent beaches, rather than at the Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site or confined disposal areas. The study should identify benefits that would accrue to other Federal projects and programs, non-Federal projects, and existing structures from the beneficial placement of harbor sediments. The study should also recommend changes to existing programs to implement the optimum solutions. The study shall be conducted in cooperation with the administrators in Georgia and South Carolina of the federally-approved Coastal Zone Management Programs.

Note: Insert in Cmte Report for FY 01 Energy & Water Development Appropriations Act under the O&M program