Tittabawassee River 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 Tittabawassee River 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

• Trustee Memorandum of Understanding (February 2006)

Trustee Council Resolutions

• Trustee Council Resolution 2008-01 - Assessment Funds Transfer

• Trustee Council Resolution 2020-01 - Restoration Planning Cost Advance to Tribe

• Trustee Council Resolution 2020-02 - Restoration Planning and Implementation Funds Transfer

• Trustee Council Resolution 2021-01 - Restoration Planning Funds Transfer

• Trustee Council Resolution 2021-02 - Restoration Implementation Funds Transfer

• Trustee Council Resolution 2021-03 - Restoration Implementation Funds Transfer

• Trustee Council Resolution 2021-04 - Restoration Funds Investment Management Strategy

• Trustee Council Resolution 2022-01 - Restoration Planning Funds Transfer and Creation of a Subaccount for Long-term Maintenance for the Saginaw River Headwaters Rec Area

• Trustee Council Resolution 2022-02 - Restoration Implementation Funds Transfer

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

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

• Pre-assessment Screen and Determination for Natural Resource Damages Related to Releases at or from the Dow Chemical Company Manufacturing Plant Property at Midland, Michigan (November 2006)

Notice of Intent to Perform Damage Assessment

• Notice of Intent to Perform Damage Assessment for Releases at or from the Dow Chemical Company Manufacturing Plant Property at Midland, Michigan (November 6, 2006)

IV. Assessment Phase

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

• Natural Resource Damage Assessment Plan for the Tittabawassee River System Assessment Area (April 2008)

Funding and Participation Agreement with Dow

• Memorandum of Understanding (2007)

• Amended MOA (2008)

• Supplemental MOA (2012)

• Amended Supplemental MOA (2013)

Restoration Compensation and Determination Plan (43 C.F.R. § 11.81) [elements included in Restoration Plan]

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

Report of Assessment (43 C.F.R. § 11.90)

• Report of Assessment (43 C.F.R. § 11.90) [elements included in Restoration Plan]

Settlement

• Trustee Press Release

• DOJ Press Release

• Federal Register Notice

• Draft Restoration Plan / Environmental Assessment

• Proposed Consent Decree

• Presentation on the Settlement from a public meeting held November 21, 2019 in Saginaw, Michigan

• Final Consent Decree

VI. Restoration Phase

Draft Restoration Plan / Environmental Assessment

• Draft Restoration Plan / Environmental Assessment for the Tittabawassee River System Natural Resource Damage Assessment

Final Restoration Plan / Environmental Assessment (43 C.F.R. § 11.93, see also 43 C.F.R. § 11.81)

• Final Restoration Plan / Environmental Assessment for the Tittabawassee River System Natural Resource Damage Assessment (March 3, 2020)

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

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

Restoration Implementation

Annual Status Reports

• 2021 Restoration Status Report (July 19, 2021)
• 2022 Restoration Status Report (June 29, 2022)

Master Schedule for Dow-Implemented Projects

• Dow's Submittal (August 19, 2020)

• Trustee Comments on Dow’s Submittal (October 14, 2020)

• Dow’s Revised Master Schedule (November 16, 2020)

• Trustee Approval with Conditions of Revised Master Schedule (January 21, 2021)

• Notice of Extension Deadlines to District Court (September 2021)

• Dow’s Revised Master Schedule (October 7, 2021)

• Trustee Approval with Conditions of Revised Master Schedule (January 18, 2022)

• Dow’s Revised Master Schedule (January 25, 2022)

• Trustee Approval with Conditions of Revised Master Schedule (March 8, 2022)

Eagle Ridge Nature Area

• Eagle Ridge Nature Area Project Overview

• Environmental Characterization Report (January 18, 2021)

• Preliminary Design (January 18, 2021)

• Trustee Approval with Conditions for Preliminary Design and Environmental Characterization (March 18, 2021)
• Revised Environmental Characterization Report (May 13, 2021) 
• Final Design and Implementation Plan (July 2, 2021) 
• Trustee Approval of Final Design and Implementation Plan (August 25, 2021) 
• Supplemental Final Design and Implementation Plan (September 14, 2021) 
• Trustee Approval with Conditions of the Supplemental Final Design and Implementation Plan (November 19, 2021) 
• Monitoring and Maintenance Plan (July 2, 2021) 
• Trustee Approval of the Monitoring and Maintenance Plan (September 16, 2021) 

Tittabawassee River Floodplain and Bike Trail Project

• Tittabawassee River Floodplain and Bike Trail Project Overview
• Environmental Characterization Report (October 1, 2021) 
• Preliminary Designs for Floodplain Restoration and Bike Trail (October 19, 2021) 
• Trustee Approval with Conditions for Preliminary Design (December 17, 2021) 
• Final Design and Implementation Plan (January 7, 2022) 
• Trustee Comments on Final Design and Implementation Plan (March 14, 2022) 
• Supplemental Final Design and Implementation Plan (April 25, 2022) 
• Trustee Approval with Condition of the Supplemental Final Design and Implementation Plan (June 29, 2022) 
• Monitoring and Maintenance Plan (May 4, 2022) 
• Trustee Approval of the Monitoring and Maintenance Plan (June 29, 2022) 

Bay City Ecological Restoration Project

• Bay City Ecological Restoration Project Overview
• Environmental Characterization Report (June 20, 2022) 
• Preliminary Design Plan (July 20, 2022) 
• Pesticide Sampling Plan (July 20, 2022) 
• Trustee Approval with Conditions for Pesticide Sampling Plan (August 17, 2022) 

Greater Midland Nature Preserve Project

• Greater Midland Nature Preserve Project Overview
• Environmental Characterization Report (June 20, 2022) 
• Preliminary Design Plan (July 20, 2022) 
• Pesticide Sampling Plan (July 20, 2022) 
• Trustee Approval with Conditions for Pesticide Sampling Plan (August 17, 2022) 

Midland Fish Passage Restoration Project

• Midland Fish Passage Restoration Project Overview

• Fish Use Monitoring Plan (November 16, 2020)

• Trustee Approval of Fish Use Monitoring Plan (December 18, 2020)

• Fish Use Monitoring Reports (2021, 2022) 

Shiawassee Refuge Expansion Project

• Shiawassee Refuge Expansion Project Overview

• Dow's Submittal of Proposed Trust Manager (August 12, 2020) 

• Trustees' Approval of Proposed Trust Manager (September 11, 2020)

• Dow's Bi-monthly Progress Reports

Green Corridor Conservation Program

• Green Corridor Program Overview

• Dow’s Annual Report for 2020 (January 29, 2021)

• Trustee Approval of 2020 Annual Report (March 9, 2021)

• Site Control Plan for the Green Corridor Program (July 28, 2021) 
• Trustee Disapproval of the Site Control Plan (October 19, 2021) 
• Revised Site Control Plan (December 2, 2021) 
• Trustee Approval with Condition of the Revised Site Control Plan (December 20, 2021) 

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