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Laurence Harbor, New Jersey waterfront with an EPA public health hazard sign and a person in a red shirt and white pants standing behind a fence that restricts access to the beach.

Proposed Settlement For Clean Up and Restoration From Hazardous Waste Releases at Raritan Bay Slag Superfund Site, New Jersey

A tree-lined river

Settlement Proposed to Restore Wetlands, Floodplains and Riverbank Along the Raritan River, New Jersey
Cornell_Dubilier Headgates Dam shown from downstream facing west bank

Cornell-Dubilier Final Restoration Plan Includes Dam Removals, Habitat Restoration, Recreation: 20 Projects in Total
Industrial facilities line the Lower Passaic River.

Restoration Plan Calls for New Riverfront Park Project Along the Lower Passaic River
Aerial view of a culvert replacement on Crooked Creek on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula

Restoring Rivers to Reverse Impacts from Pollution
An aerial view of a section of the Kalamazoo River. Image: EPA

Comment on More than $12 Million in Projects Proposed to Restore the Kalamazoo River
Three small fish in a tank,

Two Draft Study Plans for Fish at Diamond Alkali Superfund Site in New Jersey Released
A barge with a earth mover scoops sediment from a river with a bridge in background.

Remedial Injury Determination Report Released for Hudson River, New York
Headgates Dam shown from downstream facing west bank

Cornell-Dubilier Superfund Site Trustees Release a Draft Assessment and Restoration Plan for Public Comment
A white crane wades in the Passaic River in New Jersey. Chemical tanks line the shore behind it.

Draft Restoration Plan Released, Proposing Riverfront Park Project Along the Lower Passaic River
Tidal habitat on Cuttyhunk Island in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts.

Bouchard B-120 Trustees Approve Acquisition and Protection of Hundreds of Acres on Cuttyhunk Island Massachusetts
Scalley Dam Fishway gate in Woburn Massachussets surrounded by rocks

Final Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment Released for the Industri-plex Superfund Site
Heavy machinery excavates near where the Delaware River converges with the Cooper River

$700,000 Approved to Support New Jersey Habitat Restoration and Public Access Project
Hardwood forest within the Belt Woods Natural Environment Area.

Final Restoration Plan for Maryland’s 68th Street Dump Superfund Site Approved
Cuttyhunk Island coastal habitat.

Draft Proposal For Massachusetts Land Acquisition Will Protect Hundreds of Acres of Habitat: Comment Now
Aerial view of the Cramer Hill Park habitat and recreation restoration site. Photo: State of New Jersey

Draft Amendment to the Presidente Rivera 1996 Restoration Plan Released for Public Comment
Woman in construction hat in foreground with river, bird, and industrial buildings in the background.

Two Draft Study Plans for Fish and Birds at Diamond Alkali Site in New Jersey Released
Atlantic salmon parr in the Machias River, Maine.

Fish Passage Projects Approved to Restore Habitat After Oil Spills in Maine
A creek runs through an autumn landscape where restoration may happen for the 68th Street superfund case.

Draft Restoration Plan for Maryland’s 68th Street Dump Superfund Site Released for Public Comment
Woman in a vest and hard hat stands at the edge of a river with industrial site in background.

Final Natural Resource Damage Assessment Plan for Diamond Alkali Site in New Jersey Released

An angler casts from a boat on the Brandywine River, near a proposed boat ramp project in Wilmington, Delaware.

Athos Oil Spill Trustees Seek Comments on Proposed Delaware Boat Ramp Project Replacement
Silhouette of a common loon swimming on the surface of a river as the sun sets. Photo: Joseph Sands, USFWS.

Out For Public Input: Draft Plan to Restore Birds Killed, Injured by 2003 Oil Spill

Aerial view of Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge where NOAA will lead restoration of marsh habitat.

Trustees Release Final Plan to Restore Salt Marsh Habitat at McKinney National Wildlife Refuge
Water runs through a culvert under a road, but it's too high for fish to pass through and needs to be replaced.

Comments Sought on Maine Gulf-Chevron Draft Restoration Plan, Proposed Fish Passage Projects
An aerial view of a meandering marsh channel at McKinney Wildlife Refuge. Credit USFWS

NOAA and Co-trustees Seek Comment on Draft Restoration Plan for Two Connecticut Hazardous Waste Sites

Two excavators hammer away at the Bloede Dam on a river shortly after its breach. Credit: Maryland Department of Natural Resources.

Removing Bloede Dam - A Victory 10 Years in the Making
Brown mink standing on rock next to stream surrounded by plants.

Mink numbers low in PCB-laden Hudson River, study finds
Two excavator machines work on building a shoreline project. A barge holding materials is in the water offshore.

Draft Amendment to Chalk Point Restoration Plan Released for Public Comment
Contamination in water, river and bay bottom sediment, wetland, and shoreline habitats poses risks to invertebrates, fish, and wildlife.

EPA Secures Funding to Cleanup the Passaic River

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An image of a blue harbor with industrial equipment on the shore.

Former Gloucester Gas Light Company

In Situ Soil Treatment with earth movers at Atlantic Wood Industries site.

Atlantic Wood
First responders set out oil sorbent pads and boom on Prall’s Island in the days following the spill.

Exxon Bayway
South Branch Creek and Piles Creek are tidal tributaries that discharge to the Arthur Kill, a tidal strait located between New Jersey and Staten Island.

Piles Creek
After the Chalk Point oil spill in Maryland in 2000, a NOAA scientist samples sediment to determine the impact on bottom-dwelling creatures.

Chalk Point
Alewife are spawning in the lake again, most likely for the first time since the creek was impounded more than 175 years ago.

Liberty Industrial Finishing
Hempstead Harbor successfully restored its salt marsh a few years ago, and will use the funds to remove invasive plants as part of its long term management efforts.

Mattiace Petrochemical
Hudson River shoreline looking south from a location just upriver. Contamination found within and below the river sediments shown in this photo.

Quanta Resources Corporation
Hardwood forest within the Belt Woods Natural Environment Area.

68th Street

A salt marsh channel landscape with a cloudy sky.

Raymark Industries, Inc.
In 1996, the tank barge North Cape and the tugboat Sandia grounded off the coast of Rhode Island resulting the worst oil spill in the state's history.

North Cape
View of the Penobscot River looking just north of the site from the southeast side of the river.

Gulf-Chevron Terminal Facility
The Talbot Mills Dam in Billerica, Massachusetts, has been in this location since 1711.

Nyanza
Fish community survey on Newtown Creek.

Newtown Creek
Volunteers assisting in the 2003 installation of saltmarsh plants and geese exclusion fencing/flagging.

Applied Environmental Services

Nature-like fishway three-years post construction at the former Acushnet Sawmill Dam

New Bedford Harbor
Oak Island wetland restoration under construction in late October and early November of 2015.

Island End River
Electronic parts and components, including capacitors, were manufactured and transformer oils were tested at the Cornell-Dubilier Electronics Inc. facility from 1936 through 1962.

Cornell-Dubilier Electronics
After contamination was removed from the site, stream restoration, shown here, was completed.

Spectron

Lordship beach after remediation.

Lordship Point
A fishway, or fish ladder, was constructed as part of the restoration effort to help herring travel upstream.

Rose Hill Landfill
Wild rice is one of several species reintroduced to East Foundry Cove marsh as part of on-going efforts to reconstruct the wetland following remediation in 1995.

Marathon Battery
Wetland and aquatic vegetation characteristic of the freshwater Hudson River

Hudson River
Housatonic River.

Housatonic River
Cleanup workers collect oiled debris from sand beach, South Dartmouth, MA.

Bouchard Barge 120
Sediment sampling in 1993 in front of the Metal Bank site.

Metal Bank
Berry's Creek Canal looking east towards Manhattan Island.

Berry’s Creek Watershed
Contamination is found in sediment from the Dundee Dam to the mouth of the river, throughout Newark Bay, and other portions of the New York/New Jersey Harbor.

Lower Passaic River and Greater Newark Bay
Athos I lists to starboard the day after the spill began.

M/T Athos I

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A black-necked Stilt and Snowy Egrets in restored wetland habitat. Photo provided courtesy of Chevron.

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