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URI Publishes Report

On R.I. Offshore Sand

And Gravel Mining

A new report recently published by 'the University of Rhode Island

Sea Grant Program predicts that an offshore sand and gravel mining industry may soon develop in

Rhode Island waters and says the state should be ready to cope with it.

Rising demand for sand and gravel, decreasing land supply, and increasing exploitation of ocean deposits may soon stimulate off- shore mining on the East Coast,

Malcolm J. Grant, author of "Rhode Island's Ocean Sands," says. He is a resource analyst at

URI's Coastal Resources Center.

In a series of management rec- ommendations, Mr. Grant states that mining in depths shallower than 80 feet should be prohibited unless it is proved that such an operation would not result in beach erosion.

Mr. Grant recommends that firms be required to submit an en- vironmental impact statement — perhaps a joint effort of all bidders ^-before the management council issues a mineral extraction lease. "Rhode Island's Ocean Sands" is available to the public at no cost.

The 51-page publication contains information on the possible eco- nomic and environmental impact on the state of offshore mining, as well as legal considerations.

Copies may be obtained by re- questing "Rhode Island's Ocean

Sands," marine technical report number 10, from the Marine Ad- visory Service, 'University of

Rhode Island, Nairragansett Bay

Campus, Narragansett, R.I. 02882.

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