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A plan to create a new destination for scuba divers in Lake Champlain has been reversed after pushback from environmental groups and the public.
The Lake Champlain Transportation Company and the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation planned to sink the Adirondack, a historic, double-ended ferry. The concept, known as an artificial reef, was created in the Atlantic off the coast of Delaware and New Jersey by sinking an old Coast Guard vessel. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.
Instead of being set underwater to create an artificial reef for scuba divers, the vessel will now be scrapped. The Adirondack is no longer needed, since there are others in the Lake Champlain Ferries fleet.
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A plan to sink a decommissioned ferry in Lake Champlain is being challenged by two local advocacy groups.
The Vermont Division of Historic Preservation and the Lake Champlain Transportation Company have received a permit from the state Agency of Natural Resources to sink the 152 foot-long M.V. Adirondack. The intent is to create an artificial reef for scuba divers near the Burlington waterfront.
The Vermont Natural Resources Council and the Lake Champlain Committee are appealing the permit, challenging the Department of Environmental Conservation’s determination that future recreational use by scuba divers meets the public good.
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Vermont Business Magazine Out of concern for Lake Champlain’s underwater ecosystems, the Vermont Natural Resources Council (VNRC) and the Lake Champlain Committee (LCC) have appealed a permit issued by the Agency of Natural Resources (ANR) to allow the sinking of a 152-foot-long ferry near the Burlington waterfront.
The permit authorizes the Vermont Division of Historic Preservation and the Lake Champlain Transportation Company to sink the MV Adirondack as an artificial reef for recreational use by scuba divers.
In order to grant the permit, the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) had to determine that sinking the ferry is in the “public good” of Lake Champlain.
Vermont Division for Historic Preservation & the Lake Champlain Transportation Company Lake Encroachment Individual Permit 3027-LEP NOTICE OF APPEAL NOW COMES Appellants Vermont Natural Resources.