Final Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment for the Island End River Former Coal Tar Processing Facility, Everett, Massachusetts


Book Description

"The purpose of this restoration action is to implement a single salt marsh restoration project at Oak Island in Revere, Massachusetts. The project will be funded through the Island End River Damage Assessment Remediation and Restoration Program case settlement for which NOAA, as lead federal agency and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (acting through the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs), as cooperating agency will complete assessment, design, implementation and evaluation of these restoration projects"--Cover letter summary.




Manufactured Gas Plant Remediation


Book Description

The assessment, remediation, and redevelopment of manufactured gas plant (MGP) sites pose a significant technical and financial challenge to successor property owners, including municipalities and other public entities undertaking brownfields revitalization, and to their consulting environmental engineers. Due to the toxicity of many coal tar constituents, sites contaminated as a result of gasworks operations pose a significant threat to public health. This book will discuss the history of the manufactured gas industry in Massachusetts (the largest in the US), as well as the toxicity of gasworks waste products, technical challenges in the cleanup process, and the process for site cleanups.




Final Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment, Holyoke Coal Tar Deposits and Former Holyoke Gas Works, Connecticut River, Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts


Book Description

"The EA was prepared by federal and state natural resources Trustees responsible for restoring natural resources and services injured as a result of releases of hazardous substances in areas at or impacted by release from the Holyoke Coal Tar Site, Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts. The EA describes the natural resource injuries and the actions selected by the Trustees to restore the natural injuries. These actions take the form of funding awards for restoration projects to be implemented in the towns of Pelham, Easthampton, and the mainstem of the Connecticut River situated within multiple Massachusetts municipalities. The selected projects are as follows: 1. Bartlett Fish Rod Company dam removal, Pelham, MA; 2. Manhan Dam fishway installation, Easthampton, MA; 3. Benthic mussel surveys, Connecticut River mainstem, various municipalities"--Summary on cover letter.



















Supplemental Environmental Assessment for the Pritchard Park East Bluff Shoreline Restoration Project


Book Description

"This Supplemental Environmental Assessment (SEA) briefly summarizes the purpose and need for restoration as previously described in the RP/EA, and discusses the screening and selection of the PPEB as a preferred project under the RP/EA. The SEA evaluates the potential impact of proposed restoration actions at PPEB on the quality of the physical, biological, socioeconomic, and cultural environment. The SEA also discusses the ongoing process of restoration of injured resources using Wyckoff settlement funds and describes the process for submission of further project proposals for screening and possible selection for implementation. The Trustees involved in this restoration planning process consist of the following agencies and Indian tribes: the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce; the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), represented by the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS); the Washington State Departments of Ecology (WDOE, as lead state Trustee) and Fish and Wildlife (WDFW, as state co-Trustee); the Suquamish Tribe and the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe"--Page 4.




Final Programmatic Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment for the Buzzards Bay Bouchard Barge-120 (B-120) Oil Spill Shoreline, Aquatic and Natural Resource Use Injuries Massachusetts and Rhode Island


Book Description

"The purpose of this restoration action is to implement multiple restoration projects throughout the Buzzards Bay affected environment. The projects will be funded through the B-120 Buzzards Bay Damage Assessment Remediation and Restoration Program case settlement for which NOAA, as lead federal agency, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, as cooperating agency and co-trustee state agencies will complete assessment, design, implementation and evaluation of these restoration projects"--Cover letter summary.