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Natural Resource Damages (NRD) Assessment and Restoration

Natural Resource Damages (NRD) Assessment and Restoration. June 23, 2010 Waste Site Cleanup Program Advisory Committee. Presentation Topics. NRD Program Program Notes Process Recent Settlements Restored Natural Resources Recent/Upcoming Restoration Plans Recent/Upcoming RFRs.

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Natural Resource Damages (NRD) Assessment and Restoration

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  1. Natural Resource Damages (NRD) Assessment and Restoration June 23, 2010 Waste Site Cleanup Program Advisory Committee

  2. Presentation Topics • NRD Program • Program Notes • Process • Recent Settlements • Restored Natural Resources • Recent/Upcoming Restoration Plans • Recent/Upcoming RFRs

  3. MA NRD Trust Fund MA Trustee: EEA Secretary Richard K. Sullivan, Jr. MA NRD Trustee Representatives and Alternates Bouchard B-120: Mille Garcia-Serrano and Karen Pelto MMR/Textron: Karen Pelto with Millie Garcia-Serrano and Len Pinaud as Advisors GE/Housatonic: Karen Pelto and Tom Potter New Bedford Harbor: Lisa Alexander and Rose Knox Nyanza: Rose Knox and Lisa Alexander Holyoke Coal Tar: Brian Harrington and Tom Potter Sutton Brook: MOA in progress NRD Program Notes

  4. NRD Process • Conduct Pre-Assessment Screen • Assess Injury • Quantify Monetary Damages • Present NRD Claim and Demand to RP • Negotiate Settlement • Settle Claim • Implement Restoration

  5. Charles George, Tyngsboro $ 1.2 Million PSC, Palmer $ 157,000 Colrain Acid Spill $ 30,000 Sutton Brook Disposal Area, Tewksbury $ 1.65 Million Mystic River, Medford $ 26, 801 Rubchinuk $ 747,000 Chelsea Creek: Posavina: $155,000 Global/Irving: $312,500 Coal Tar/Island End: $300,000 GE Housatonic River, Pittsfield $ 15 Million (MA & CT) Holyoke Coal Tar $500,000 Nyanza, Ashland $ 3.1 Million New Bedford Harbor $ 20. 2 Million Textron/MMR: $1.3 Million Bouchard: $ 6.076 Million Massachusetts NRD and other Settlements

  6. Sutton Brook Disposal Area $1,650,000 $825,000 ecological (wetland and brook) $825,000 groundwater Consent Decree entered November 10, 2010 Bouchard B-120 $6,076,393 $1,522,000 Aquatic and Shoreline $534,000 Ram Island Shoreline $3,305,393 Recreational $715,000 Piping Plovers Consent Decree entered May 18, 2011 Recent Settlements

  7. New Bedford Harbor Round IV New Bedford: $2.9 million - Acushnet River upland riparian walkway $100,000 – Palmer’s Island ecological restoration Acushnet: $1,197,493 – Acushnet Sawmill ecological restoration $600,000 - LaPalme Farm purchase and restoration Dartmouth: $1.3 million - Round Hill Marsh restoration Buzzards Bay: $485,440 - Common and Roseate tern protection and restoration Approved Restoration Plans/Grants

  8. Housatonic Round II Aquatic Biological Resources and Habitat: $498,394 – Habitat continuity Wildlife Resources and Habitat: $30,900 - Installation of Gates Over Bat Hibernacula (MassWildlife) $199,429 - Invasive Species Control $171,850 - Bartholomew’s Cobble Floodplain Forest Restoration and Habitat Improvement Approved Restoration Plans/Grants

  9. Housatonic Round III Habitat Conservation through Land Acquisition $2 million Nyanza Aquatic, riparian and floodplain biological resources and habitats Recreation and public access $3.7 million Holyoke Coal Tar Shortnose sturgeon Freshwater mussels Benthic habitat $345,000 Upcoming Restoration Plans/Grants

  10. Rubchinuk Community cleanup of solid waste to reclaim and revitalize properties as neighborhood open spaces in Essex County communities with Environmental Justice populations $747,000 Recent Request for Responses

  11. Global/Irving Restore, enhance or preserve critical aquatic, riparian and wetland habitats Restore or enhance the function of water-dependent ecosystems by implementing measures to improve water quality $212,500 Upcoming Request for Responses

  12. MassDEP NRD Coordinator Karen Pelto Karen.Pelto@state.ma.us 617-292-5785 www.mass.gov/dep/cleanup/sites/nrd/nrd

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