Datasets / Environmental assessment of proposed dredging and disposal activities at the St. George small boat harbor, reconnaissance stage: Planning aid report


Environmental assessment of proposed dredging and disposal activities at the St. George small boat harbor, reconnaissance stage: Planning aid report

Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior

Issued over 9 years ago

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Summary

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a one-off release of a single dataset

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Not Applicable

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Creative Commons CCZero

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Description

Types of environmental impacts possibly resulting from dredging and disposal activities at the St. George Island small boat harbor include: 1 bottom topographic and hydrodynamic changes, 2 suspension of sediments, 3 degradation of water quality, 4 physical disruption of benthic habitat, 5 harassment of local seabird colonies and fur seal rookeries by blasting and human presence, and 6 spills of petroleum products andor hazardous wastes.