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This 3 page paper looks at the development of Boston Harbor at the end of the twentieth century. The issue of water pollution is addressed. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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as well as a place of residence for many people. Life in East Boston did revolve around bustling wharves as well as shipbuilding workshops for more than a century;
prior to the time, the shipyard fell into decline (MacDonald 6). Indeed, as many areas declined during a couple of turbulent decades, things are improving. Some have dubbed it
a "rebirth" (6). Sea Chain, for example, is a Hingham-based company that operates marinas, and it took over the lease of that shipyard in Boston Harbor in 2001 (MacDonald
6). The once-smelly, noisy, industrial yard was turned into an attractive shipyard and marina, and is considered to be a part of the Portside at Pier One, which is essentially
a complex of luxury housing and commercial space (6). The revitalization effort has attracted pleasure boaters as well as new industrial tenants (6). Sea Chain and Roseland won
the waterfront development rights in October of 2000 (6). As in many cases of development of a harbor or shore area, the merchants and residents become involved in beautifying
and attracting people. In this case, not only did private enterprise enter the picture when it came to development, but also, government agencies were involved. Why? Boston Harbor had a
pollution problem. During the early 1980s, an organization called CLF filed a law suit against the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC) as well as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the
chronic, unauthorized, and massive discharge of sometimes raw sewage into Boston Harbor ("History of CLFs" PG). CLFs suit had followed a 60-day notice of intent to sue, something required under
the Clean Water Act; it further charged that the MDC, with the acquiescence of the EPA, had illegally discharged billions of gallons of sewage into Boston Harbor (PG). This
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