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Natural Resource Damages (NRD)
Assessment and Restoration Update
Karen Pelto, NRD Program CoordinatorOctober 27, 2011
Waste Site Cleanup Program Advisory Committee
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Presentation TopicsPresentation Topics
• Restored Natural ResourcesRestored Natural Resources– Buzzards Bay Bouchard B-120Buzzards Bay Bouchard B-120– Upcoming Restoration PlansUpcoming Restoration Plans
• Recent SettlementsRecent Settlements
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Colrain Acid Spill $ 30,000
GE/Housatonic$ 15 Million
Charles George Landfill$ 1.2 Million
Hallmark/Mystic River: $ 26, 801
New Bedford Harbor $ 20. 2 Million
Textron/MMR $1.3 Million
Bouchard$6,076,393
Nyanza
$ 3.1 Million
PSC Palmer$ 157,000
Holyoke Coal Tar$500,000
Massachusetts NRD TrustSettlements
Chelsea Creek: Posavina: $155,000 Global/Irving: $312,500Coal Tar/Island End: $300,000
Sutton Brook Disposal Area$ 1.65 Million
Rubchinuk Landfill$ 747,000
Jefferson Development$25,000
Tronox: $94,797
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Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Department of the Interior – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Department of Commerce – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NRD Restoration Planning Buzzards Bay Oil Spill – Bouchard B-120
Trustees:
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98,000 Gallons of Oil and 98+ Miles of Shoreline and Coastal Waters Affected
Source: B-120 Exposure Report
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Injured Resource Categories and TypesShoreline and Aquatic:
$1.52M
Shoreline Resources• Tidal marshes, sand and
gravel beaches, boulder and bedrock shores
– Including plants and animals
Aquatic Resources• Intertidal and subtidal
habitats • Substrate habitat
– Including shellfish and other benthic organisms
• Water Column– Including fish and other
aquatic organisms
Ram Island Shoreline Resources ($534,000)
• Tidal marshes, sand and gravel beaches, boulder shores
Lost Recreational Uses ($3.3M)
• Shoreline access and uses• Shellfishing• Boating
Birds and Wildlife • Piping Plovers
($715,000)• Terns• Loons and other birds• Terrapins and
other wildlife
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Buzzards Bay Oil Spill Restoration Planning
Soliciting restoration project ideas from the public:
http://www.darrp.noaa.gov/northeast/buzzard/public.html
1. Interagency consultation2. Public meetings (Sept 2011)3. Identify and evaluate
restoration alternatives4. Prepare Draft Restoration
Plan/Environmental Assessment (RP/EA)
5. Solicit public review/comment
6. Revise & prepare Final RP/EA7. Implement restoration
projects8. Oversee & monitor project
performance
NOS/NOAA
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Upcoming Restoration Plans/Grants
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Recent Settlements
Blackburn & Union Privileges – $1,094,169.56
• $575,000 ecological (wetland and river)• $300,000 groundwater • $125,000 ecological and groundwater• Assessment costs
– Consent Decree lodged August 2, 2011
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MassDEP NRD Coordinator
Karen [email protected]
617-292-5785
www.mass.gov/dep/cleanup/sites/nrd/nrd
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