Hudson River Natural Resource Damage Assessment
Hudson River Natural Resource Damage Assessment Links
In coordination with the EPA's Hudson River Reassessment, the Hudson River Natural Resource Trustees - the United States Department of the Interior (DOI), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) - are conducting a Natural Resource Damages Assessment (NRDA) associated with General Electric's PCB contamination of the Hudson River below Hudson Falls.
The process has its origins in the natural resource damages (NRD) provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, also known as CERCLA or the federal Superfund law.
The overall purpose of these NRD provisions is to compensate the public for natural resource losses they have suffered from the release of hazardous substances by restoring the injured resources and by enhancing natural resources and their use by people. Compensation may be in the form of monetary damages or, preferably, in actual restoration projects. The trustees have been and will continue following the Federal Regulations for Natural Resource Damages Assessments (43 CFR Part 11) to guide this process.
For additional offsite information from DEC co-trustees please click on the following links:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
United States Department of the Interior (DOI)
This page contains links to the studies conducted to support the natural resource damage assessment case. A complete description of the process can be found in the Hudson River Natural Resource Damage Assessment - Description of Process.
- Hudson River Natural Resource Damage Assesssment - Description of the Process
- Facts about the Natural Resource Damage Assessment Process for the Hudson River
- Summary of the Hudson River Preassessment Screen
- Frequently Asked Questions about Hudson River Preassessment Screen
- Draft Scope for the Hudson River Natural Resource Damages Assessment Plan
- Response to Public Comments on the Draft Scope for the Hudson River Natural Resource Damages Assessment Plan June 1999
- January 2000 Letter to Citizens Regarding Restoration Ideas for the Hudson River
- Summary of the Draft Scope for the Hudson River Natural Resource Damage Assessment Plan
- Response to Public Comments on the Draft Scope for the Hudson River Natural Resource Damage Assessment Plan
- Hudson River Natural Resource Damage Assessment Plan
- Invitation Letter to the Public
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Waterfowl Injury Assessment
- PCBs in Hudson River Resident Waterfowl - Draft Study Plan
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Preassessment Screen
- Preassessment Screen Determination for the Hudson River
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Studies of the Assessment
- Assessment Studies
