The Trustees and the Settling Defendants have reached a settlement agreement in principal concerning natural resource injuries at or adjacent to the Site. This settlement is the result of a mutual desire to find an acceptable resolution to the Trustees' natural resource injury claims and avoids costly litigation . In the Final Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment, the Trustees' natural resource injury claim would be compensated by the restoration of diadromous fish passage from the Massapequa Tidal Channel to Massapequa Lake, resulting in access to approximately 40 acres of freshwater habitat. In this case, the damages associated with natural resource injuries in areas at or adjacent to the Site will be compensated in terms of habitat and ecological services restored under Trustee supervision.

Photograph of the northwest dam.