Environmental Defense Fund Archive Collection 232
Record Group 2: New York Office Sub-group IV: Program Files - Research and Dissemination
Subgroup IV.2: Land and Water Issues
SERIES 1: Administration SERIES 2: Land Projects SERIES 3: Water Projects SERIES 4: Environmental Impact Statements SERIES 5: Public Statements/Texts
SERIES 1: Administration
James Tripp
Box 1
Memoranda, 1978: Litigation Review Committee General Programming Incoming memoranda
Farmland loss; grant report to the William H. Berri Fund, 1981
Program proposals: Water program, 1973 Coastal resources program, 1977
Policy statements: Land Use, 1975 Agricultural lands, 1980
New Jersey farmland documents: National Agricultural Lands Study—study plan Land use policy and agriculture—speeches, 1974
Box 2
Agricultural preservation of NJ farmlands—draft reports Tripp, J.T.B. (n.d.) Impacts of Sec. 201, 208, 404 on the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Draft manuscript.
SERIES 2: Land Projects
Boxes 1-2: Solid Waste Management & Resource Recovery (1978)
Box 1
State solid waste program reports, 1977-78: California Massachusetts Florida Indiana Islip, NY NYC
Box 2
Recycling: Memoranda, 1978 Beverage Containers: Environmental impact (Housewives to End Pollution), 1972 Academic reports, 1973
Garden State Paper Company, 1973 Department of Defense--copies of correspondence, 1974 Resource recovery analysis (EDF), 1977 Federal--Resource Conservation and Recovery Act--EDF comments, 1977 Federal--Model for Solid Waste Management Planning (EPA), 1977 Lopac containers--conference papers, 1973 Solid Waste disposal facilities, draft environmental impact statement, 1978
Box 3: Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission (HMDC)
Hackensack Meadowlands fact sheet, n.d. Master Plan (HMDC), 1973 Open Space Plan (HMDC), 1973 Berry’s Creek Center information booklet, 1980
Reports: Ecology (HMDC), 1970 Solid waste management decision (HMDC), 1974 Water quality (HMDC), 1975-76 Wetlands reports, 1972, 1975
Boxes 4-10: Pinelands--New Jersey (1980-82)
Box 4
Correspondence, 1981-82 Memoranda, 1981, n.d.
Media: Bulletins (Pinelands Commission), 1979-81 Bulletins (NJ Environmental Coalition), 1980-81 Clippings (New York Times, NJ media), 1980 Press releases (Governor’s office), 1978, 1980
Comprehensive Management Plan: Work plan (Pinelands Commission), 1979 Draft plan v. I & II, 1980
Box 5
Comprehensive Management Plan: Draft plan, June, 1980 Draft plan, August, 1980 Re-draft of volume 2, 1980
Box 6
Environmental Impact Statement for the Management Plan, 1980 Comments on the EIS (EDF), 1980
Comments on the draft plan: Academic County governments Environmental groups EDF
Box 7
Comprehensive Management Plan:
Economic impact analysis: For the Department of the Interior, 1980 For the Pinelands Commission, 1980
Acquisition cost analysis (for the Pinelands Commission), 1980 Alternative to the management plan (Coalition for the Sensible Preservation of the
Pinelands), 1980 Effect of the management plan on land value (for Pinelands Commission), 1980
Box 8
Reports: Critical area designation hearing transcripts, 1977 Hydrogeology assessment (Pinelands Commission), 1980 Pinelands management planning (Pinelands Commission), 1977 Land Management Techniques (to the Pinelands Commission), 1977
Box 9
National and Cultural Resources of the Pinelands (Rutgers/NJ DEP)
Pinelands Commission, 1980: Report of the Coalition for the Sensible Preservation of the Pinelands Commission roster Outlines for suggested programs Notes on meetings Population reports
Box 10
Soil Survey data (Pinelands Commission).
Water Quality: Petition for sole source aquifer Aquifer designation testimony, 1977 Groundwater assessment reports, 1980 Application of “bubble concept”, 1980
Wildlife: Amphibian assessment report (for Pinelands Commission), 1980 Bird life assessment report (for Pinelands Commission), 1980 Wildlife report, 1979
SERIES 3: Water Projects
Box 1: Oil Terminal Discharge Permit (1974-75)
Correspondence & Memoranda, 1974-75 Comments on NPDES permits (EDF, NJDEP) Scientific reports (MIT, CEQ, NAS)
Boxes 2-6: Wastewater--Southwest Sewer District--Long Island (1974)
Box 2
Southwest Sewer District Project: Memoranda, 1974-75 Construction permits (Army Corps of Engineers), 1976-77 Project status reports, 1976 Report on the effects of sewering Stream flow augmentation--comments, 1977 Clippings, 1976
Box 3
Citizens Advisory Committee; Federal Water Pollution Control Act, sec. 208: Correspondence, 1976-78 Memoranda, 1972-78 Meeting minutes, 1975-78
Box 4
Citizens Advisory Committee--208: Bi-county wastewater management study, 1975-77 Comments on application for Federal Water Pollution Control Act 208 designation (EDF), 1975 Wastewater management (208) newsletters, 1976 Regional Marine Resources Council reports, 1972, 1976 Water quality planning reports, 1976 Clean Water Act s. 404 comments (EDF), 1979
Box 5
Wastewater Documents: Contaminants in Marine Water--conference papers, 1974 Wastewater Management on LI--reports, 1974-76 Marsh sewage treatment systems (Brookhaven National Laboratory)--report, 1975 Review of EPA wastewater management guidelines (National Wildlife Federation), 1976
Box 6
Groundwater Documents: Temporary State Commission on Water Supply Needs of SE NY: Proceedings, 1973 Recommendations, 1973 Comments to the Commission (EDF), n.d. Legislation, 1974-75
United States Geological Survey Reports: Chemicals in the water supply, 1971-76 Pure water research, 1974-75 Surface water records of LI, n.d.
Water supply Documents: Attorney’s comments on sewering Long Island Water Resources bulletins Surface water records of LI, n.d.
Box 7: Water Quality Management Program (NYC)
Citizens Advisory Committee Federal Water Pollution Control Act s. 208: Correspondence, 1975-77 Citizens Advisory Committee meeting minutes, 1977-78 Federal Water Pollution Control Act s. 208 plan--comments, 1978 Newsletters, 1981
Progress reports to the EPA: NYC Department of Environmental Protection NYC Dept. of Health--Beach sampling, 1978, 1980-81
Water Quality Management Plan--Michigan, 1979 Water Quality studies (USGS), 1979 Yazoo River Basin Study, 1975, 1977
Box 8: Port Jefferson Sewage Plant (Suffolk Co. Sewer District 1) (1976)
Area study plan for NYS DEC certification, 1976 Information booklets (Brookhaven League of Women Voters), 1971 Citizens Advisory Commission (CAC)--Meeting minutes CAC--Plan of Study, n.d. Comment on project, n.d.
Box 9: Wastewater Management--Cape Cod (1975)
Correspondence, 1975-77
Cape Cod Planning…and Development Commission: Meeting minutes, 1977 Barnstable Co. wastewater management program
Association for the Preservation of Cape Cod: Position papers, 1977 Cost benefit analysis, n.d.
Boxes 10-11: Teton Dam disaster (1976)
Box 10
Reports on the failure (US DOI Failure Review Group), 1976
Box 11
Transcripts and statements before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Government and Operations, 1976 August
Box 12: Water Quality Management Plan (NYS)--NYS/EPA Agreement (1977)
NYS s. 208 Water quality management work plan, 1976
NYS/EPA Agreement: Draft agreement, 1977 NYS plan for control of water pollution, 1978 Draft agreement, 1980 Comments on draft plan, 1980
Boxes 13-15: Yazoo River Basin Pesticide Study (1977)
Correspondence, 1977-80 Cotton Industry--reports (USDA), 1981 Pumped storage projects--reports (US Fish & Wildlife Service), 1978, n.d. Soil Survey of Yazoo County (USDA), 1975
Box 16: Coastal Zone Management Act (1978)
Regulations (NYS & NJ), 1978 Comments on the Act (Natural Resource Defense Council), 1979 1980 Amendments--issue papers, 1979 Reports Coastal Zone Management Plan (LA), 1975
Box 17: Waterways User Study (US Army Corps of Engineers) (1978)
Press releases, 1978-81 Waterway system maps Preliminary system evaluation, 1980 Statement on the study (Association of American Railroads)
Study plan (Dept. of Transportation) Traffic impacts of user charges (3 volumes) (Dept. of Transportation)
Box 18: Water Policy Reform (1978)
Reform: Correspondence, 1978-79 National Water Policy Symposium--papers, 1978 Comments on water policy (EDF), 1978-79
Principles & standards: Correspondence, 1978-79 Comments on revised standards (Water Resources Council), 1979 Draft revisions (Water Resources Council), 1979 Hydroelectric Power evaluation, 1978
Procedure Manual: Water Resources Council minutes, 1979 Comments on the procedure manual, 1979
Box 19: Delaware River Basin Level B Study (1978)
Study work group--correspondence, 1978-80 Study comments and critique, 1978 Basin study (Delaware River Basin Commission), 1979
Boxes 20-21: Obion Forked Deer River Basin (1979)
Box 20
Obion Forked Deer Workshop draft report, 1979 Comments on the draft report, 1979 Final report (EDF), 1980 Land Treatment plan (USDA et al), 1977 Land and Water Survey Reports (USDA et al.), 1973 Water Quality Management (TN Dept. of Public Health), 1979
Box 21
Design memoranda (Dept of the Army), 1962-68
Boxes 22-23: West Milford (NJ) Land & Water Planning (1978)
Box 22
Pequannock Watershed: Conservation & development plan, n.d. Progress reports, 1979
West Milford: West Milford analyses--reports (Town of West Milford), 1979 Groundwater resources (NJ Dept. of Environmental Conservation) Land use guidelines (NJ Dept. of Environmental Conservation) Natural resources inventory, 1976
Box 23
Open space plan, n.d. West Milford planning reports, 1979
Boxes 24-26: Coal Slurry Terminal, Staten Island, NY (1982)
Box 24
Environmental Task Force: Correspondence, 1982 Correspondence (copies of inter-agency memoranda), 1983 Scope of work plan, 1981 Meeting minutes and notes, 1981 Position papers, 1982
Coal Slurry Terminal--Dept. of Ports & Terminals: Request for proposal for design study, 1981 Reports, 1981 Design Study, 1982
Box 25
Coal Slurry Terminal--Dept. of Ports & Terminals: Economic impacts and feasibility reports, 1982 Coal marketing study, 1982 Stapleton Community Board papers, 1982 Press releases, 1982 Port development general legislation, 1981
Box 26
Coal Slurry Terminal--Dept. of Ports & Terminals: Staten Island Coal Slurry Terminal Project Review
SERIES 4: Environmental Impact Statements
Box 1: Alabama
National Forest Management (USDA), 1982
Boxes 2-12: Alaska
Boxes 2-8
Natural Gas Transportation System, draft (Federal Power Commission) 1975
Boxes 9-12
Natural Gas Transportation System, final (U.S. Dept. of the Interior), 1976
Box 13: Arkansas
Gillham Dam Bull Creek Reservoir, 1982 Ouachita National Forest Management Plan (USDA), 1984
Boxes 14-16: Connecticut
Naval Submarine Base (Dept. of the Navy), 1976
Box 15
Thames River Dredging (Trident), 1979
Box 16
North Haven Mall (Army Corps of Engineers), 1983 (missing Vol. 1 section 2 and Vol. 2 section 2)
Boxes 17-18: Florida
Box 17
Palm Beach County Sewage Program (EPA), 1972
Box 18
Escambia Bay and Pensacola Bay System, 1975 Ocklawaha River, Ocala National Forest, 1974 Duette Mine (Estech General Chemical Corporation), 1980
Box 19: Georgia
Savannah Harbor, operation and maintenance, 1974 Lake Alma Project, 1976 Chattahoochee & Oconee National Forest, Management Plan, 1985
Boxes 20-23: Illinois
Box 20
Illinois and MS River--Operation & Maintenance Pools 24-26 (Army Corps of Engineers),
1975 Kaskaskia Navigation Project (Army Corps of Engineers), 1975
Box 21
Locks & Dam No. 26
Box 22-23
Calumet Tunnel System, Chicago, 1976
Box 24: Kentucky
West Kentucky tributaries project (Obion) (Army Corps of Engineers), 1976/1978 Daniel Boone National Forest Management Plan, draft (USDA), 1984
Boxes 25-35: Louisiana
Box 25
Outer Continental Shelf lease of oil & gas (Army Corps of Engineers), 1974 Vermilion Lock repairs (Army Corps of Engineers), 1975 Hurricane Protection Project (Army Corps of Engineers), 1974
Box 26
Atchafalaya Basin Floodway (Army Corps of Engineers), 1974 Navigation Projects--Lake Borgne Vicinity (Army Corps of Engineers), 1975 Flood Protection, Jefferson Parish (Army Corps of Engineers), 1974
Box 27
Central Madison watershed East Franklin watershed Bayou Plaquemine Brule watershed Dualde des Cannes Kinder watershed
Box 28
Bayou Segnette & Barataria Bay, 1976 Bayou Grosse Tette, 1976 Gulf Intercoastal Waterway, 1976
Box 29
Teche Vermilion Watershed--operation and maintenance (Army Corps of Engineers), 1976 Upper Bayou Nezpique watershed (USDA), 1976 Calcasieu River Basin operation and maintenance (Army Corps of Engineers), 1976
Box 30
Calcasieu River Basin Final (Army Corps of Engineers), 1976 Grosse Tette Watershed--flood control (Pointe Coupee Parish Police Jury), 1976 Choctaw Bayou Watershed plan, 1976 Development of port facilities by Port Terrebone Commission, draft (Army Corps),
1977
Box 31
Development of port facilities by Port Terrebone Commission (Army Corps of Engineers),
1977 Lake Verret Watershed (Lower Delta Soil and Water Conservation District), 1977 Lower Bayou Teche watershed [USDA], 1978 Mermentau Basin--operation and maintenance (Army Corps of Engineers), 1978
Box 32
Gulf Outlet Bridge I-10, Orleans Parish, draft (Federal Highway Administration), 1980 East Carroll Watershed (Soil and Water Conservation District), 1980
Box 33
Deep draft access to ports in New Orleans and Baton Rouge (Army Corps of Engineers),
1980
Box 34
Larouse to Golden Meadow Hurricane Protection project (Army Corps of Engineers), 1984 Proposed Louisiana World Exhibition (International Trade Commission), 1983 Proposed Oil and Gas Lease Sale, Gulf of Mexico (Dept. of the Interior), 1984
Box 35
Kisatchie National Forest Management Plan (USDA), 1984
Boxes 36-37: Maine
Wastewater collection & treatment facilities, 1977
Boxes 38-40: Massachusetts
Box 38
Impact of Federal Water Pollution Control Act on Boston Harbor and Charles River,
1975 Cambridge Harbor (Army Corps of Engineers), 1975 Wastewater collection and treatment facilities (EPA), 1975
Box 39
Water Quality Management Plan for Cape Cod (EPA), 1978 Routes 25 and 28, Wareham Massachusetts (Federal Highway Administration), 1978
Box 40
Wastewater collection and treatment facilities, Yarmouth (EPA), 1980 Route 25 Federal Aid Highway Project (FHA), 1974 Sludge management plan, Boston (EPA), 1974
Box 41: Minnesota
Superior National Forest, draft and final land and resource management plan [maps are located in map drawer] (USDA), 1984
Box 42: Michigan
National Forest management plan (USDA), 1984 MI coastal management plan, draft (Dept of Wildlife Conservation), 1980
Box 43-46: Missouri
Harry S. Truman Dam and Reservoir (Army Corps of Engineers), 1978
Box 47-48: New Jersey
Wastewater Treatment facilities (EPA), 1974 Coastal Management Program (U.S. Dept. of Commerce), 1978 Naval weapons station, Colts Neck--modernization and expansion (Dept of the Navy),
1979
Box 48
Wastewater treatment facilities plan (draft), Monmouth Co. (EPA), 1979 Statement for Industrial Park Development and Resource recovery (U.S. Economic Development
Commission), 1979 Wading (Mullica) River estuarine sanctuary (U.S. Dept. of Commerce), 1981 Pinelands National Reserve Management Plan, draft, 1981
Boxes 49-53: New York
Box 49
Upper Delaware National Scenic and Recreational River proposal (Dept of the Interior),
1974 Mill Brook watershed, Chenango Co. (USDA), 1974 Turnkey Public Housing proposal (HUD), 1974 Fire Island National Seashore (Dept. of the Interior), 1977 Green Brook Basin, draft (Army Corps of Engineers), 1978 Reservoir Releases regulations (NYS Dept of Environmental Conservation), 1978
Box 50
St. Lawrence Seaway Navigation season extension Vol. I (Army Corps), 1980 NY Expo and Convention Center, 1980 Islip Co-generation resource recovery facility (Town of Islip Department of Planning
and Development), 1982
Box 51
Ocean Dumping of sewage in NY bight (EPA), 1976 Somerset Railroad construction in Niagara Co., 1982 Moriches Inlet Project, 1982
Box 52
Stapleton Fort Wadsworth complex at Staten Island (Dept. of the Navy), 1985
Box 53
St. Lawrence Seaway navigation project environmental assessment (NYS Dept. of Environmental
Conservation), 1978
Box 54: North Dakota
Garrison Diversion (Department of the Interior), draft, 1976
Box 55: Oregon
Rogue River, Mt. Hood, Williamette National Forests herbicide use (USDA), 1972 Umatilla--the Dulles--Operation and Management (Army Corps of Engineers), 1975 Coos Bay--Deep Draft Navigation Project (Army Corps of Engineers), 1975
Box 56: Pennsylvania
Allegheny National Forest management plan (USDA) Paxton Creek and Susquehanna River flood control
Boxes 57-58: Tennessee
Box 57
Duck River project (Tennessee Valley Authority), 1972 Tellico Project (Tennessee Valley Authority), 1972 West Tenn. tributaries project, 1973
Box 58
West Tenn. tributaries project (Obion River) (Army Corps of Engineers), 1982
Boxes 59-67: Texas
Box 59
Outer continental shelf oil and gas lease (Dept of the Interior), 1973 Town Bluff Dam, Sam Rayburn Dam & reservoir (Army Corps of Engineers), 1975 Choke Canyon Dam and Reservoir (Army Corps of Engineers), 1975 Cooper Lakes and Channels (Army Corps of Engineers), 1975
Box 60
TX City Channel (Army Corps of Engineers), 1977 Brazos Island Harbor, Brownsville Channel (Army Corps of Engineers), 1977 Cooper Lakes and Channel, final, 1977 Freeport Harbor, draft (Army Corps of Engineers), 1977
Box 61
Gulf Intercoastal Waterway--Chocolate Bayou (Army Corps of Engineers), 1978 San Antonio wastewater treatment facilities (EPA), 1978 Colorado River diversion (Army Corps of Engineers), 1978 Fire/explosion potential of crude oil carriers at Pelican Island, 1980
Box 63
Lower Rio Grande flood control & drainage project (Army Corps of Engineers), 1980
Box 64
Neches River and tributaries, saltwater barrier, Beaumont (Army Corps of Engineers),
1981 Clear Creek flood control project (Army Corps of Engineers), 1981
Box 65
Sabine-Neche wastewater channel improvements (Army Corps of Engineers), 1982 Deepwater channel and terminals, Brownsville (Army Corps of Engineers), 1982
Box 66
Clear Creek flood control (Army Corps of Engineers), 1982 Guadelupe River & channel to Victoria (Army Corps of Engineers), 1982
Box 67
Texas City channel (Army Corps of Engineers), 1982
Box 68-70: Virginia
Boxes 68-69
Jefferson National Forest Land Management Plan (USDA) Water supply reservoir on Ware Creek (Army Corps of Engineers) Norfolk Harbor deepening and disposal (Army Corps of Engineers)
Box 70
George Washington National Forest Management Plan (USDA), 1984
Boxes 71-72: Washington State
Box 71
Grays Harbor Maintenance Dredging (Army Corps of Engineers), 1976
Box 72
Coastal Zone Management Program, 1977 Grays Harbor channel improvements, 1977 Tacoma Harbor channel improvements, 1977
Boxes 73-76: Northeast Region
Tocks Island Dam--NY/PA/NJ (Army Corps of Engineers), 1976
Boxes 77-80: Southeast Region
Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway--AL and MS Second supplement environmental report and final impact statement (Dept of the Army),
1978 Wildlife mitigation feasibility study, draft statement, 1983
Boxes 81-82: National Projects
Box 81
Endangered Species Act (USDA), draft Tanker Construction Program (US Dept. of Commerce), 1975
Box 82
Outer Continental Shelf Mining and Leasing Program (Dept of the Interior) Timber Management, draft (USDA) Deepwater Port Regulations (US Coast Guard), 1975
SERIES 5: Public Statements/Texts
Box 1
Rogers, E.L., et al. (1971). Comments of the Environmental Defense Fund on the DEIS for the Blue Eye Creek Watershed (Alabama).
Rogers, E. L. & Eisel, L.M. (1972). Comments regarding the preliminary draft environmental statement, dated June 1972, Pattonsburg Lake, Missouri.
Tripp, J.T.B. (1978). Comments on the St. Lawrence Seaway winter navigation demonstration project. Submitted to the Army Corps of Engineers.
Pennsylvania Transportation Institute. (1979). Season extension on the Great Lakes/St Lawrence Seaway: A Critique of the recommended plan of the Army Corps of Engineers.
El-Ashry, M. T. (1978 September 8). Comments on the June 1978 review draft report “Irrigation Water Use and Management” of the technical work group for
the Inter-agency Task Force on Irrigation Efficiencies. Submitted to the Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service.
Willey, W.R.Z. (1980 March). Review of the Soil and Water Conservation Act, appraisal drafts of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture by the Environmental Defense Fund.
Testimony / Speeches:
Sandler, R. Statement by Environmental Defense Fund regarding Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits for oil terminal facilities in NY
and NJ. EPA notices No. NPDES 74-387 and NPDES 74-402. March 24, 1974.
Environmental Defense Fund. “Pricing and Water Conservation in Agriculture.” Delivered at the Agricultural Water Conservation Conference, U.C. Davis,
June 24, 1976.
Hearings relating to the Fire Island Inlet…New York beach erosion control and hurricane protection…public notice 7871. (December 5, 1974). Statement of the Environmental Defense Fund.
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