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• Located on Lake Erie in the city of Buffalo, Erie County, New York.
• Authorization: River & Harbor Acts of 1826, 1866, 1874, 1896, 1899,  1900, 1902, 1907, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1919, 1927, 1930, 1935, 1945, 1960, 1962 and Water Resources Development Acts (WRDA) of 1986, 1988 and 2007.
• WRDA 2007 provided a provision to modify the project authority for Buffalo Harbor to enhance public access to the existing navigation project at a maximum Federal cost of $500,000.
• Deep draft commercial harbor.
• Authorized depths are 23-30 feet in the outer harbor and 22 feet in the river.
• 127th leading U.S. port with 1,618k tons of material shipped or received in 2007.
• Buffalo Harbor is ranked 29th among the Great Lakes Ports.
• Over 4.5 miles of breakwater structures.
•  5.5 miles of Federal channel on the Buffalo River.
• A confined disposal facility (CDF) is located adjacent to the south entrance channel.
• Major stakeholders include the Port of Buffalo, U.S. Coast Guard, General Mills, Exxon-Mobil, Lafarge Cement and Founders Supplies, Incorporated.



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