NRDAR News Archive

On March 18, the federal and State natural resource trustees opened a 30-day public comment period on Draft Restoration Plan to restore natural resources injured by a January 2010 diesel spill on Adak Island, central Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Read More >

On February 28, the federal and State natural resource trustees and partners launched a reforestation project in Belize to restore natural resources injured by hazardous substances at Nyanza Chemical Waste Dump NPL site in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Read More >

On January 16, the federal and State natural resource trustees opened a 49-day public comment period on Draft Restoration Plan for natural resources injured by April 2006 oil spill from the container ship M/V Bermuda Islander into Delaware Bay, Delaware. Read More >

On January 11, the federal and State natural resource trustees settled natural resource damage claims arising from hazardous substances releases at the Industri-Plex NPL site in Woburn, Middlesex County, northeastern Massachusetts. Read More >

On January 8, U.S. Department of Justice opened a 30-day public comment period on a proposed settlement for natural resource damages from the February 2005 grounding of the bulk cargo ship M/V Cape Flattery at Barbers Point, southwestern Oahu, Hawaii. Read More >

On November 15, the federal, state and tribal natural resource trustees opened a 45-day public comment period on Draft Injury Assessment Plan for natural resources at Hanford NPL Sites, near Richland, in south-central Washington. Read More >

On November 6, the federal and state natural resource trustees opened a 30-day public comment period on Draft Phase II Early Restoration Plan for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Read More >

On October 17, the natural resource trustees and partners launched the first of three projects designed to restore natural resources injured by hazardous substances releases at Holyoke Coal Tar Site in Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts. Read More >

On October 10, the federal and State natural resource trustees opened a 30-day public comment period on an Amendment to the final Restoration Plan for a July 2002 well blowout oil spill into two tributaries of Obed River, Morgan County, Tennessee. Read More >

On September 17, the federal and State natural resource trustees released the publicly-reviewed Final Phase 2 Restoration Plan for the Palos Verdes Shelf NPL site in the Southern California Bight, offshore Los Angeles County, California. Read More >

On August 14, the U.S. Department of Justice opened a 30-day public comment period on a proposed settlement with Northern States Power Co. for natural resource damages at Ashland Lakefront NPL site in Ashland County, northwestern Wisconsin. Read More >

On August 2, the federal and State natural resource trustees opened a 47-day public comment period on the Draft Round 3 Restoration Plan for natural resources injured by hazardous substances releases in the Housatonic River in western Massachusetts. Read More >

On July 26, the U.S. Department of Justice opened a 30-day public comment period on a proposed settlement with 27 companies for natural resource damages at the Malone Service Co. NPL site in Texas City, Galveston County, in southeastern Texas. Read More >

On July 12, the federal and State natural resource trustees settled natural resource damage claims with multiple parties for hazardous substances releases in the lower Ashtabula River and Harbor area, Ashtabula County, in northeastern Ohio. Read More >

On July 3, the federal, State and tribal natural resource trustees announced an Agreement to cooperatively conduct natural resource damage assessment and restoration activities in Port Gardner Bay and Snohomish River estuary, Snohomish County, Washington. Read More >

On June 29, the federal and State natural resource trustees settled natural resource damage claims with Freeport-McMoRan Corp. for hazardous substances releases at the Morenci Mine site, near Clifton, Greenlee County, in southeastern Arizona. Read More >

On June 19, the federal and state natural resource trustees opened a 40-day public comment period on the Draft Restoration Plan for injuries to piping plovers from an August 2003 oil spill into Buzzards Bay and coastal Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Read More >

On June 6, the federal and State natural resource trustees settled natural resource damage claims with E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. for hazardous substances releases at the Waco Subsite of the Cherokee County NPL site, southeastern Kansas. Read More >

On May 15, the State and federal natural resource trustees released the publicly-reviewed Final Restoration Plan for the September 30, 2002 oil spill from the container ship M/V Ever Reach into Cooper River and Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. Read More >

On May 1, the U.S. Department of Justice opened a 30-day public comment period on a proposed settlement with E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. for natural resource damages at Waco Subsite of Cherokee County NPL site, southeastern Kansas. Read More >

On April 25, Department of the Interior settled natural resource damage claims arising from an July 2007 hazardous substances release from Blacksburg Country Club into the North Fork Roanoke River in Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Virginia. Read More >

On April 11, the federal, State and tribal natural resource trustees announced an Agreement to cooperatively conduct natural resource damage assessment activities at Port Angeles Harbor, along the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Clallam County, Washington. Read More >

On March 22, the U.S. Department of Justice opened a 30-day public comment period on a proposed settlement for natural resource damages with Blacksburg Country Club for a July 2007 hazardous substances release in Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Virginia. Read More >

On March 14, the natural resource trustees and partners received the 2012 Conservation Partnerships Award from the National Military Fish & Wildlife Association in Atlanta, Georgia, for a successful seabird restoration project in California. Read More >

On March 7, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Deputy Secretary David J. Hayes presented the Distinguished Service Award to Charles M. Wooley at the Department of the Interior’s 68th Honor Awards Convocation in Washington, DC. Read More >

On March 1, the federal, State and Tribal natural resource trustees released a “Notice of Intent to Conduct Restoration Planning” for the July 26, 2010 Enbridge Energy pipeline oil spill into the Kalamazoo River near Marshall, Calhoun County, Michigan. Read More >

On February 28, the Department of Justice opened a 30-day public comment period on a proposed settlement, including natural resource damages, with debtors at the Peck Iron & Metal Superfund site in Portsmouth, Norfolk County, Virginia. Read More >

On February 15, the Department of the Interior settled natural resource damage claims arising from an August 10, 2008 crude oil spill from a pipeline, owned by Marathon Pipe Line LLC, into the Elm Creek floodplain, near Mount Erie, Wayne County, Illinois. Read More >

On February 14, the State of Kansas and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, acting as natural resource trustees, announced the acquisition of 711 acres in Cherokee County, Kansas, for restoration as native grasslands and riparian wetlands. Read More >

On February 7, the State and federal natural resource trustees together with cooperating partners completed the purchase of a conservation easement on 20 acres of property fronting the Housatonic River in Litchfield County, Connecticut. Read More >

On January 19, the U.S. and the Coeur d’Alene Tribe settled claims, including natural resource damage claims, against 7 companies responsible for the release of hazardous substances at Operable Unit 3 at the Bunker Hill Superfund site in Idaho. Read More >

On November 9, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released the “Final Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment for the Texmo Tanker Truck Diesel Spill and Fire at the Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona." Read More >

On September 19, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar joined representatives from the U.S. DOJ, NOAA, the State of California and the City of San Francisco at a press conference to announce a proposed settlement in the M/V Cosco Busan oil spill case. Read More >

On August 12, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the lodging of a proposed Consent Decree to settle claims for natural resource damages against 4 settling parties at the Blackburn & Union Privileges Superfund Site in Walpole, Massachusetts. Read More >

On March 25, the State and federal natural resource trustees released the Final Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment for the July 2, 2005 grounding of the M/V Casitas at Pearl and Hermes Atoll, Hawaii. Read More >

A proposed Consent Decree for an agreement between The United States and the Coeur d’Alene Tribe and the Lookout Mountain Mining and Milling Company and Silver Bowl, Inc. was entered in court and made available for public comments. Read More >

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service, Coeur d'Alene Tribe, and the State of Idaho have settled for $1,687,500 in damages for injury to natural resources. Read More >

The first phase of the restoration of the West Branch of the Grand Calumet River is complete with the support of $11.6 million from the Natural Resource Trustees. Read More >

The Department of Justice, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the state of Rhode Island announced today that Bouchard Transportation Co. Inc. and its affiliates will pay more than $6 million for natural resource damages from Buzzards Bay. Read More >