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Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration:
When hazardous substances enter the environment, fish, wildlife, and other
natural resources can be injured. Our NRDA Branch seeks to identify the natural resources injured,
determine the extent of the injuries, recover damages from those responsible, and plan and carry out
natural resource restoration activities. Contact them at (916) 414-6590.
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Stuyvesant Oil Spill
- The September 6, 1999 M/V Stuyvesant oil spill had severe
impacts on Marbled Murrelets. Some 135 were killed, a substantial impact on their small
population. The spill contaminated 60 miles of coastline and killed 2,400 seabirds.
- The U. S. District Court has directed the responsible
parties to pay $2.9 million for natural resource damages, penalties and government
costs resulting from the spill.
- In addition, the responsible parties will pay for a
permanent easement on the 624-acre Miracle Mile, a lush stand that contains 135
acres of old-growth redwoods plus rejuvenating forest that is significant breeding
habitat for murrelets.
- Leviathan Mine Superfund Site
- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, one of the Natural
Resource Trustees of the Leviathan Mine, has released a plan to assess damages to natural
resources asa result of releases of hazardous substances from the Leviathan Mine in Alpine County.
- For decades, the inactive sulfur mine has released acid mine drainage
into Leviathan Creek, Aspen Creek, Bryant Creek and the east fork of the Carson River.
- Montrose Superfund Site
- Between the 1940s and 1970s, DDT and PCBs were discharged offshore from
Los Angeles. These releases contaminated at least 40 square kilometers of ocean floor withapproximately
100 tons of DDT and 10 tons of PCBs.
- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, other natural resource trustees and
researchers documented severe reproductive impairment of bald eagles, peregrine falcons, and seabirds
as a result of this contamination.
- The natural resource damage case with the responsible parties was settled
in December 2000 for a total of $130 million. These funds are to be used for remediation of the contaminated
sedimentsby the Environmental Protection Agency and for restoration of the injured natural resources by the
natural resource trustees. More
- United Heckathorn Restoration
- The United Heckathorn Superfund site is in Richmond Harbor, an inlet of
San Francisco Bay. From 1947 through 1966, several companies used the site to package and ship pesticides.
- Funds to carry out the restoration program were obtained via Consent Decrees
between thegovernment and the responsible parties in July 1996. The $365,000 settlement was based on estimates
of the cost of restoration of habitat that would provide comparable services to fish, benthic invertebrates
and fish-eating birds. More
- T/V Command Oil Spill Settlement
- On the evening of September 26, 1998, the tanker vessel Command left
San Francisco Bay bound for Panama. As it traveled in the southbound traffic lane off San Francisco
and San Mateo County coasts, it released an estimated 3,000 gallons of fuel oil.
- The spill killed more than 1,500 sea birds and scattered tarballs over
15 miles of beaches, mainly in San Mateo County. More
Learn more about Contaminant
spill response from the Service's national Environmental
Quality web page
California Dept. of Fish & Game
OSPR page (Office of Spill Prevention & Response)
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