Southeast Missouri Lead Mining Sites Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Administrative Record Index

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Search this collection | I. Reference Library | II. Trustee Coordination and Management | III. Pre-assessment Phase | IV. Assessment Phase | V. Post-assessment Phase | VI. Restoration Phase | Return to Southeast Missouri Lead Mining Sites Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration main page

I. Reference Library (Laws, Regulations, and Literature)

Laws

• Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA; 42 U.S.C. §9601 et seq.)

• National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA; 42 U.S.C. §4321-4347)

Regulations

• NRDA Regulations for CERCLA Cases (43 C.F.R. 11)

• Regulations for NEPA (40 CFR Parts 1500-1508)

II. Trustee Coordination and Management

Trustee Memorandum of Understanding*

III. Pre-assessment Phase (43 C.F.R. § 11.20-§ 11.25)

Pre-assessment Screen and Determination (43 C.F.R. § 11.23)

Big River*

Madison County*

Viburnum Trend*

Notice of Intent to Perform Damage Assessment

Southeast Missouri*

Madison County*

Viburnum Trend*

IV. Assessment Phase

Assessment Plans (43 C.F.R. § 11.30- § 11.60)

Southeast Missouri

Big River

Madison County

• Quantitative Surveys of Freshwater Mussles in the Little St. Francis River, Missouri (2023)

Washington County

• Survey of Freshwater Mussels and Sediment Contamination of the Mineral Fork and Mill Creek (2023)

Viburnum Trend

Injury and Quantification Determination Phase (43 C.F.R. § 11.61-§ 11.79)

Southeast Missouri

Big River

• An Assessment of Freshwater Mussel (Bivalvia: Margaritiferidae and Unionidae) Populations and Heavy Metal Sediment Contamination in the Big River, Missouri (2009)
• Corrected Table - Effects of mining-derived metals on riffle-dwelling crayfish and in-situ toxicity to juvenile Orconectes hylas and Orconectes luteus in the Big River of southeast Missouri, USA (2010)
• Effects of mining-derived metals on riffle-dwelling crayfish and in-situ toxicity to juvenile Orconectes hylas and Orconectes luteus in the Big River of southeast Missouri, USA (2010)
• Quantitative Survey of Freshwater Mussel (Unionoidea) and Assessment of Sediment Contamination in the Big River, Missouri (2016)

Madison County

Viburnum Trend

Damages Determination Phase (43 C.F.R. § 11.80- § 11.84)

Restoration Compensation and Determination Plan (43 C.F.R. § 11.81)

V. Post-assessment Phase (43 C.F.R. § 11.90- § 11.92)

Settlements

Southeast Missouri

Viburnum Trend

VI. Restoration Phase

Draft Restoration Plans

Southeast Missouri

Big River

Madison County

Viburnum Trend

• Natural Resource Restoration in Southeast Missouri Lead Mining District: Feral Hog Removal for Ecological Restoration within Iron, Reynolds, Washington, and St Francois Counties Draft Restoration Plan (2022)

Final Restoration Plans (43 C.F.R. § 11.93, see also 43 C.F.R. § 11.81)

Southeast Missouri

Big River

Madison County

Viburnum Trend

• Natural Resource Restoration in Southeast Missouri Lead Mining District: Feral Hog Removal for Ecological Restoration within Iron, Reynolds, Washington, and St Francois Counties Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment Final (2023)

NEPA Decision Document/Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Final Restoration Plan / Environmental Assessment

Southeast Missouri

Big River

Madison County

Viburnum Trend

Trustee Council Resolutions

Southeast Missouri

Big River

Madison County

Viburnum Trend

Restoration Implementation

Southeast Missouri

Big River

Madison County

Viburnum Trend

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