Ocean Disposal Database

Amount of Dredged Material Disposed By Region in Cubic Meters (F=Federal, P=Permit)

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Year Federal/Permit

Atlantic

Gulf

Pacific

Total Disposed

1976

P

845,801

406,461

47,940

1,300,202

1976

F

15,310,045

24,024,650

11,059,872

50,394,567

1977

P

2,222,922

 

977,618

3,200,539

1977

F

13,948,216

9,698,339

10,934,315

34,580,870

1978

P

3,434,966

 

1,503,204

4,938,169

1978

F

14,130,267

14,642,702

6,836,594

35,609,563

1979

P

3,014,436

 

103,527

3,117,962

1979

F

9,323,456

35,479,275

7,733,086

52,535,817

1980

P

1,227,030

 

107,885

1,334,915

1980

F

12,472,385

17,337,458

3,965,369

33,775,211

1981

P

1,340,114

 

439,645

1,779,759

1981

F

6,998,613

27,596,784

6,074,518

40,669,915

1982

P

2,381,347

252,547

482,463

3,116,357

1982

F

10,208,939

10,191,048

5,204,326

25,604,313

1983

P

1,926,257

706,873

1,494,028

4,127,158

1983

F

8,638,680

27,963,028

4,741,896

41,343,604

1984

P

3,511,808

574,597

2,524,939

6,611,343

1984

F

9,514,147

24,308,316

9,555,229

43,377,692

1985

P

1,004,608

5,582

692,575

1,702,764

1985

F

10,846,080

29,466,078

9,196,074

49,508,232

1986

P

1,070,211

243,754

682,941

1,996,906

1986

F

10,135,843

22,299,788

8,663,874

41,099,506

1987

P

6,187,143

169,130

1,986,278

8,342,551

1987

F

12,513,749

32,021,677

5,953,023

50,488,450

1988

P

2,901,733

3,134,860

775,610

6,812,204

1988

F

14,148,082

19,408,148

7,119,802

40,676,032

1989

P

4,436,897

 

805,359

5,242,256

1989

F

15,996,732

27,874,411

7,108,486

50,979,629

1990

P

855,129

1,376

963,014

1,819,519

1990

F

5,652,153

22,724,141

12,783,042

41,159,336

1991

P

614,203

2,447

370,487

987,137

1991

F

5,178,254

29,248,244

5,229,023

39,655,520

1992

P

2,595,358

128,606

279,385

3,003,349

1992

F

12,447,000

34,761,774

1,703,223

48,911,997

1993

P

7,575,045

229,380

1,991,095

9,795,520

1993

F

8,254,392

31,906,987

5,055,459

45,216,838

1994

P

1,309,148

535

25,232

1,334,915

1994

F

9,811,271

24,154,861

4,932,435

38,898,566

1995

P

762,773

 

261,264

1,024,037

1995

F

9,159,279

40,902,201

5,739,852

55,801,331

1996

P

3,049,775

 

870,376

3,920,151

1996

F

6,598,539

29,517,459

1,287,021

37,403,019

1997

P

3,149,254

 

1,546,400

4,695,654

1997

F

6,458,776

36,165,909

6,372,995

48,997,679

1998

P

1,654,671

3,211

5,821,053

7,478,935

1998

F

6,420,576

34,922,111

7,156,809

48,499,496

1999

P

1,307,313

 

3,506,456

4,813,769

1999

F

9,439,675

25,564,325

5,613,627

40,617,626

2000

P

2,655,150

 

148,638

2,803,788

2000

F

22,547,213

29,564,024

1,950,648

55,921,926

2001

P

1,648,783

 

114,231

1,763,015

2001

F

21,314,601

29,199,462

5,001,707

55,515,771

2002

P

1,904,542

 

672,772

2,577,314

2002

F

20,245,232

52,568,162

4,704,354

77,517,748

2003

P

1,574,770

 

202,365

1,777,135

2003

F

12,606,648

30,281,830

5,661,634

48,550,112

2004

P

3,281,587

 

464,953

3,746,540

2004

F

12,072,269

27,366,716

5,680,902

45,119,887

2005

P

899,017

1,147

164,542

1,064,706

2005

F

8,820,502

20,323,527

6,182,097

35,326,126

2006

P

2,384,004

16,515

242,684

2,643,204

2006

F

8,408,841

20,353,728

5,749,757

34,512,327

2007

P

439,416

 

293,989

733,404

2007

F

3,618,928

20,027,627

6,707,224

30,353,779

2008

P

1,551,985

 

73,096

1,625,081

2008

F

4,733,326

20,327,581

3,709,839

28,770,746

2009

P

9,178,641

11,316

191,456

9,381,413

2009

F

3,900,225

26,199,113

7,309,958

37,409,296

2010

P

1,198,740

 

196,885

1,395,624

2010

F

6,773,117

19,859,774

4,020,037

30,652,929