Laws and Regulations/Legal Documents

Consent Decree and Settlement Agreement Regarding Natural Resource Damage Claims Between the Debtors, the United States of America, the State of Indiana, the State of New York, and the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe, March 2011.

Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree and Settlement Agreement Regarding Natural Resource Damage Claims, March 2011.

United States Announces $11.5 Million Settlement with GM to Resolve Natural Resource Damage and Past Cost Claims at Five Contaminated Sites, April 2011.

Federal Register Notice: Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree and Settlement Agreement Regarding Natural Resource Damage Claims Between the Debtors, the United States of America, the State of Indiana, the State of New York, and the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe, April 12, 2011

Referenced Laws, Regulations, and Agreements

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA or Superfund).

Fact Sheets

Alumimum Company of America (ALCOA). Taken from the EPA website.

General Motors (GM) Central Foundry Division. Taken from the EPA website.

Reynolds Metal Company (RMC). Taken from the EPA website.

Preassessment/Injury Assessment Phase

Preassessment Screen Determination, 1991

FERC Licensing Process for Massena Electric Dam

NOAA's comment on Massena Electric Department's October 2009 Proposed Updated Study Report for the Massena Grasse River Hydroelectric Project, FERC Project No. P-12607. December 14, 2009.

NOAA's comments on the Town of Massena Electric Department's (MED) October 2008 Initial Study Report Project Massena Grasse River Hydroelectric Project FERC Project No. P-12607. December 11, 2008

NOAA comments on Massena Electric Department's January 2008 Proposed Final Study Modifications to the Study Plans for the Massena Grasse River Multipurpose Hydroelectric Project FERC Project No. P-12607. Feb 25, 2007

NOAA comments on January 2007 Massena Grasse River Hydroelectric Project Scoping Document 1 for Grasse River Hydroelectric Project, New York, Project No. P-12607-001. April 6, 2007

NOAA comments on FERC's Scoping Document 2, Massena Grasse River Hydroelectric Project, New York, Project No. P-12607-001, May 2007; and Town of Massena Electric Department's Proposed Study Plan, Massena Grasse River Hydroelectric Project, Project No. P-12607, New York, May 2009. August 20, 2007.

NOAA comments on FERC's Study Plan Determination for the Massena Grasse River Hydroelectric Project, New York, Project No. P-12607, October 19, 2007. November 8, 2007

FERC Relicensing Hogansburg Dam

St. Lawrence Environmental Trustee Council comments on the Pre-Application and Scoping Documents for the Hogansburg Hydroelectric Project (FERC #7518), March 2011

St. Lawrence Lake Ontario Study Plan

NOAA comments on March 2006 Final Report Options for Managing Lake Ontario and St. Lawrence River Water Levels and Flows prepared by the International Lake Ontario - St. Lawrence River Study Board. September 22, 2006