The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has temporarily expanded the boundaries of the Massachusetts Bay Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site (MBDS) in order to restore an adjacent area known as the Industrial Waste Site (IWS). A Proposed Rule for the Temporary Modification of an Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site in Massachusetts Bay was published in the Federal Register on September 22, 2017 (82 FR 44369 Exit) with a 31-day comment period ending October 23, 2017. The Draft Environmental Assessment on the Expansion of the Massachusetts Bay Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site (ODMDS), September 2017 was also released for public comment and can be found below. The Final Rule for the Temporary Modification of an Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site in Massachusetts Bay was published in the Federal Register on May 29, 2018 (83 FR 24408 Exit). The Final Environmental Assessment on the Expansion of the Massachusetts Bay Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site, May 2018, which includes the Response to Comments, has also been released.

• Final Environmental Assessment on the Proposed Temporary Expansion of the Massachusetts Bay Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site (PDF)(399 pp, 90 MB, May 2018)
• Draft Environmental Assessment on the Expansion of the Massachusetts Bay Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site (ODMDS) (PDF)(307 pp, 77 MB, September, 2017)