Natural Resource Damages (NRD) Assessment and Restoration Update

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Natural Resource Damages (NRD) Assessment and Restoration Update Flat Brook Wildlife Management Area Dedication Event October 12, 2011 Housatonic NRD Round 1 funding via Berkshire Natural Resources Council Karen Pelto, NRD Program Coordinator October 27, 2011 Waste Site Cleanup Program Advisory Committee

Presentation Topics Restored Natural Resources Buzzards Bay Bouchard B-120 Upcoming Restoration Plans Recent Settlements

Massachusetts NRD Trust Settlements Charles George Landfill $ 1.2 Million Colrain Acid Spill $ 30,000 PSC Palmer $ 157,000 Sutton Brook Disposal Area $ 1.65 Million Hallmark/Mystic River: $ 26, 801 Rubchinuk Landfill $ 747,000 Chelsea Creek: Posavina: $155,000 Global/Irving: $312,500 Coal Tar/Island End: $300,000 Tronox: $94,797 GE/Housatonic $ 15 Million Holyoke Coal Tar $500,000 Nyanza $ 3.1 Million Jefferson Development $25,000 New Bedford Harbor $ 20. 2 Million Textron/MMR $1.3 Million Bouchard $6,076,393 Massachusetts NRD Trust Settlements

NRD Restoration Planning Buzzards Bay Oil Spill – Bouchard B-120 Trustees: 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

98,000 Gallons of Oil and 98+ Miles of Shoreline and Coastal Waters Affected Source: B-120 Exposure Report

Injured Resource Categories and Types Shoreline 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

Buzzards Bay Oil Spill Restoration Planning Interagency consultation Public meetings (Sept 2011) Identify and evaluate restoration alternatives Prepare Draft Restoration Plan/Environmental Assessment (RP/EA) Solicit public review/comment Revise & prepare Final RP/EA Implement restoration projects Oversee & monitor project performance NOS/NOAA Soliciting restoration project ideas from the public: http://www.darrp.noaa.gov/ northeast/buzzard/public.html

Upcoming Restoration Plans/Grants 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 Photo credit: MA Division of Ecological Restoration Amethyst Brook Restoration

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

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