Addressing the Contaminated Sediment Problem: NOAA's Role
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OR&R; provides technical expertise in sediment evaluation and decision support for cleanup, with particular expertise in aquatic ecological risk assessment. |
Brownfields Showcase Community: Glen Cove, NY
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Glen Cove is a small city located on the north shore of Long Island. Parks, public beaches, nature preserves, and private homes span eight miles of the city?s shoreline. |
Brownfields Showcase Community: Metlakatla, AK
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Metlakatla is a small town located in the Annette Islands Reserve in Southeast Alaska. Annette Island was the site of several military facilities
during and following World War II. |
Brownfields Showcase Community: New Bedford, MA
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NOAA has a history of working collaboratively in New Bedford. Beginning with the New Bedford Harbor Superfund site, we?ve delivered environmental solutions to contaminant problems in New Bedford since the late 1980s. NOAA programs are still helping to restore New Bedford Harbor. |
Delaware One-Pager
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Fact sheet for Delaware Estuary Project |
Lavaca Bay, Texas, Restoration Projects Map
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Lavaca Bay, Texas, Restoration Projects Map |
Port Arthur, Texas, Old Gulf Oil Refinery Old River Pimple Mound Restoration Map
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Old Gulf Oil Refinery Old River Pimple Mound Restoration Layout |
Port Arthur, Texas, Restoration Project Locations for the Old Gulf Oil Refinery Site Map
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Restoration Project Locations for the Old Gulf Oil Refinery Site |
Portfields Interagency Initiative: Phase I
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The Portfields Initiative, a federal interagency project, focuses on the redevelopment of brownfields in and around ports, harbors, and marine transportation hubs, with an emphasis on development of environmentally sound port facilities. |
Portfields: A Coordinated Approach to Revitalizing Ports
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Portfields is a federal interagency partnership addressing brownfields in and around port communities, with an emphasis on the development of environmentally sound port facilities. |
Portfields: Revitalizing Port Communities
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Portfields is a federal interagency project that focuses on the redevelopment of brownfields in port and harbor areas, with emphasis on development of environmentally sound port facilities. |
Protecting Coastal Resources at Hazardous Waste Sites
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Coastal Resource Coordinators (CRCs) are NOAA environmental scientists who work in EPA regional offices with Superfund
program managers. |
Restoration: Buzzards Bay Oil Spill in Massachusetts (Bouchard Barge 120)
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On April 27, 2003, the Bouchard Barge 120 struck an obstacle in Buzzards Bay, creating a twelve-foot rupture in the hull of the barge and spilling between 22,000 and 98,000 gallons of No. 6 fuel oil. The Trustees for this incident, in cooperation with the responsible party, Bouchard Transportation Co., are investigating impacts to shoreline habitat, numerous bird species, aquatic resources and recreational uses of the bay resulting from the spill. |
Restoration: City of Baytown, Texas
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Restoration at City of Baytown, Texas |
Restoration: Galveston Bay, Texas
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Restoration in Galveston Bay, Texas |
Restoration: Jefferson City, Texas
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Restoration in Jefferson City, Texas |
Restoration: Lavaca Bay, Texas
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Restoration in Lavaca Bay, Texas |
Restoration: Partnerships to Clean and Restore the Anacostia River
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NOAA has formed partnerships with regional stakeholders and other NOAA offices to evaluate the effects of contaminants and develop appropriate actions to restore the Anacostia River. |
Restoration: Port Arthur, Texas
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Restoration in Port Arthur, Texas |
Restoration: Vieques Island, Puerto Rico
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The Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R;) works with federal and local partners to assist in the cleanup and restoration of Vieques Island, Puerto Rico. |
Revitalizing Local Economies and Improving Quality of Life
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Brownfields are abandoned, idle, or underused industrial or commercial sites where contamination complicates redevelopment. |
Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet Assessment Project: July 2008 Update
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One page status report for July 2008. |
Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet Assessment Project: June 2008 Update
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One-page status report for June, 2008. |
Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet Assessment Project: March 2008 Update
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One-page status report for March 2008. |
Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet Assessment Project: May 2008 Update
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One-page status report for May, 2008. |
Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet Assessment Project: Nov/Dec 2008 Update
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One-page status report for November and Decemnber, 2008. |
Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet Assessment Project: October 2008 Update
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One-page status report for October, 2008. |
Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet Assessment Project: September 2008 Update
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One-page status report for September, 2008. |
Watershed Database and Mapping Projects Decision Support Tools Summary Document
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A PDF document describing ARD's Watershed Database and Mapping Projects developed as decision-making tools. |
Watershed Database and Mapping Projects/Anacostia River
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The Anacostia River Watershed Database and Mapping Project one-pager describes ARD's approach to the remedial decision-making process. |
Watershed Database and Mapping Projects/Calcasieu Estuary
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The Calcasieu Estuary in southwest Louisiana is a highly productive estuarine habitat system that supports fisheries for shrimp, oysters, catfish, blue crabs, redfish, and menhaden. Industrialization of the upper portion of the Calcasieu Estuary began in the 1940s with oil refineries and petrochemical industries predominating in the upper 10 miles of the 37-mile long estuary. |
Watershed Database and Mapping Projects/Charles River
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The Charles River Watershed Database and Mapping Project one-pager describes ARD's approach to the remedial decision-making process. |
Watershed Database and Mapping Projects/Christina River
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Protection and restoration of coastal watersheds requires the synthesis of complex environmental issues. |
Watershed Database and Mapping Projects/Christina River
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The Christina River, a tributary of the Delaware River, formerly supported significant populations of anadromous sturgeon, shad and several herring species. The Christina project spatially integrates contaminant and bioassay data collected by the state of Delaware and three Superfund site investigations with basemaps showing drainage basins, wetland types, fish species distribution, and landuse. |
Watershed Database and Mapping Projects/Hudson River (1)
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The objective of the Hudson River Watershed Project is to provide state and federal trustees with the ability to integrate the large amount of existing point data on sediment chemistry, tissue chemistry, and sediment toxicity with maps that identify key habitats, potential restoration sites, and potential point sources (including stormwater). |
Watershed Database and Mapping Projects/Newark Bay
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Protection and restoration of coastal watersheds requires the synthesis of complex environmental issues. |
Watershed Database and Mapping Projects/Portland Harbor
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The lower Willamette River was named a Superfund site by the US EPA in 2000 because studies showed that sediments in the river bottom are contaminated with PAHs, PCBs, pesticides, herbicides, dioxins/furans, metals. |
Watershed Database and Mapping Projects/San Francisco Bay (California) (1)
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The San Francisco/Sacramento-San Joaquin delta estuary is the largest estuary on the U.S. Pacific Coast. The estuary supports a diverse and productive ecosystem, which is currently at risk due to a variety of stressors including increased coastal development, mining, and expansion of marine transportation systems. |
Watershed Database and Mapping Projects/San Francisco Bay (California) (2)
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The San Francisco/Sacramento-San Joaquin delta estuary is the largest estuary on the U.S. Pacific Coast. The estuary supports a diverse and productive ecosystem, which is currently at risk due to a variety of stressors including increased coastal development, mining, and expansion of marine transportation systems. |
Watershed Database and Mapping Projects/St. Andrew Bay
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ARD developed the St. Andrew Bay Watershed project to help cooperating agencies preserve the biodiversity of this estuarine ecosystem. The system consists of three connected, high salinity embayments adjacent to Panama City, on the eastern Florida panhandle. |
