NRDAR News
DOINews: 5 Year Anniversary of Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
On April 20, 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon Macondo oil well drilling platform started the largest offshore marine oil spill in U.S. history, releasing millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, over a period of eighty-seven days.
DOINews: Cosco Busan Seawall Restoration Project, California
The O'Shaughnessy Seawall at Golden Gate National Recreation Area in California is getting a face-lift after nearly a century of holding back the sand and sea at Ocean Beach. Funding for this project comes from the 2007 Cosco Busan settlement.
DOINews: Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for PMB Visits Overland Pond Park in Denver, CO
On March 27, 2015, U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget, Kristen Sarri, visited Overland Pond Park in southwest Denver to promote DOI's 50 Cities Initiative.
DOINews: Cosco Busan Oil Spill Trustee Council Update
2014 was another big year for restoration projects funded through the Cosco Busan oil spill settlement. Over $15 million, allocated to over 50 projects, was at work enhancing and restoring beaches and habitat around the Bay Area.
DOINews: Trustees Settle Natural Resource Damage Claims Arising from Hazardous Substances Releases at Richardson Hill Road Landfill Superfund Site, Delaware County, New York
On January 23, 2015, the U.S. Department of Justice approved the "Settlement Agreement among the United States Department of the Interior, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation; Honeywell International Inc.; and Amphenol Corporation."
DOINews: Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill -- 60-Day Comment Period on Draft Early Restoration Plan and Environmental Impact Statement
On December 6, 2013, the federal and State natural trustees opened a 60-Day public comment period for the Draft Programmatic and Phase III Early Restoration Plan and Draft Early Restoration Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement.
Justice Opens 30-Day Public Comment Period on Proposed Settlement for Natural Resource Damages from 2011 Suncor Energy oil spill, Adams County, Colorado
On November 21, U.S. Department of Justice opened a 30-day public comment period on a proposed settlement for natural resource damages arising from a November 2011 release of oil from Suncor Energy facility near Commerce City, Colorado.
FWS Releases Final Restoration Plan for Natural Resources Injured by Hazardous Substances at Two Superfund Sites in Hartford County, Connecticut
On October 31, 2013, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released the final Restoration Plan for natural resources injured by hazardous substances releases from two Superfund sites along Quinnipiac River in Southington, Hartford County, central Connecticut.
Trustees Settle Natural Resource Damage Claims Arising from Hazardous Substances Releases at Ciba-Geigy NPL site, Washington County, Alabama
On October 2, the federal and State natural resource trustees settled natural resource damage claims arising from hazardous substances releases from the Ciba-Geigy Corp. NPL site in McIntosh, Washington County, southwestern Alabama.