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NRDA Process and Trustee Activities

NRDA Process and Trustee Activities. What have the trustees been doing?. Coordinating w/EPA/ACOE/OMR on remedy/restoration Formed a Trustee Council: policy/strategy/mgmt Gathering and synthesizing information (databases, posters, etc.)

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NRDA Process and Trustee Activities

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  1. NRDA Process andTrustee Activities

  2. What have the trustees been doing? • Coordinating w/EPA/ACOE/OMR on remedy/restoration • Formed a Trustee Council: policy/strategy/mgmt • Gathering and synthesizing information (databases, posters, etc.) • Drafting a Preassessment Screen (PAS), Preliminary Estimate of Damages (PED), and NRDA plan • Initial restoration planning • Discussing potential for a cooperative assessment w/potentially responsible parties

  3. Hazardous Substance Release Response Restoration The Process NRDA/Restoration Process: Preassessment (PAS/PED/NRDA Plan) Injury Assessment Damages Claim* Restoration Planning Settlement or Litigation Restoration Implementation *Primary plus compensatory restoration plus cost of assessment

  4. NRDA Process (cont.) • Preassessment Screen (PAS) • Purpose: should the trustees proceed w/a NRDA? • Haz. Substance Release? • Injured resources? • Viable PRPs? • Remediation? • Cost of assessment > damages? • Status: routing for signature

  5. Preliminary Estimate of Damages (PED) • Purpose: internal screening to determine likely categories of injury, and estimated amount/type of restoration required. • Help identify: • contaminants of potential concern • data gaps • priorities NRDA Process (cont.)

  6. Passaic PED Assessing Injuries via Risk to: • Benthos • Fish • Wildlife • Calculate service losses and lost human uses • Status: due late 2004 NRDA Process (cont.)

  7. NRDA Plan: • Purpose: describe how assessment will be conducted • Status: partially drafted, release in 2005. • Examples: • Hudson River NRDA Plan (http://www.darp.noaa.gov/northeast/hudson/injury.html) • FWS Region 3 website http://midwest.fws.gov/nrda/index.html NRDA Process (cont.)

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