Equipment for the project has already been set up at the Wilcox Dock in Plattsburgh, and construction will be scattered throughout Lake Champlain, from Rouses Point to Essex County
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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.