NOAA Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Coastal Restoration Projects

To promote efficient compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for Service-supported coastal restoration projects that do not generate significant impacts to the human environment and are of little or no controversy, the Service has adopted the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Restoration Center Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (NOAA RC PEIS) for coastal restoration projects.

The Service formally adopted the NOAA RC PEIS through a Record of Decision.

2024 Projects

•    California
Mad River Slough - Wadulh Lagoon Restoration Project
Corte Madera Creek Restoration
Cosco Busan Eelgrass Restoration in San Francisco Bay
Chicken Ranch Beach Wetland Enhancement Project

•    Maryland
Cypress Branch Dam Removal

•    New Jersey
Paulina Dam Removal

2023 Projects

•    California
Bolinas Lagoon North End Project

2022 Projects

•    Massachisetts
High Street Dam Removal 
South Middleton Dam Removal
Cold Brook Ecological Restoration Project

•    Maine
Upper Town Dam Removal

•    New Jersey
County Line Dam Fish Passage - updated

•    Puerto Rico
Las Salinas Cabo Rojo Restoration Project

2021 Projects

•    California
Los Osos Creek Restoration

•    New Jersey
County Line Dam Fish Passage - updated

•    Massachisetts
Armstrong Dam Removal 
Lyman Pond Dam Removal

•    Washington
Upper Tarboo Creek Restoration

2020 Project

•    New Jesey 
County Line Dam Fish Passage

•    Massachisetts
Foothill Preserve / West Beaver Dam Brook Restoration Project

•    Texas
Bahia Grande
Texas Mid-Coast Coastal Marsh Resiliency Projects

2019 Projects

•    Washington
Lower Dungeness Floodplain Restoration

For additional information, please email FWS_NOAA_RC_PEIS@fws.gov