DEEP Commissioner Backs Sound Dredging Plan

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Connecticut’s environmental commissioner has endorsed a U.S. Army Corps of Engineering plan to dump dredged materials from waterways and harbors into areas of Long Island Sound.
Rob Klee, commissioner of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, said Wednesday the draft plan “identifies a range of environmentally sound alternatives for the handling of materials created by dredging projects.”
He cited uses such as beach rehabilitation an