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Thiele Says State Should Continue Pushback Against Dredge Dumping Near Fishers Island

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The area where more than 1 million tons of dredge spoils from the Thames River in Connecticut would be dumped. Assemblyman Fred Thiele says the state has given up its years-long objections to the proposal, which he called

The area where more than 1 million tons of dredge spoils from the Thames River in Connecticut would be dumped. Assemblyman Fred Thiele says the state has given up its years-long objections to the proposal, which he called "misguided." Graphic by: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

authorMichael Wright on Feb 1, 2023
State Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. this week blasted a Department of State’s decision to end its formal objection to a proposal to dump sediment dredged from near a Connecticut... more

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