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SRP Publications Annual Reports 1999

I. Introduction (cont.)

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Natural Resource Damage Settlements Nearly $1.2 Million

NJDEP settled eight natural resource damage cases in 1999 amounting to nearly $1.2 million in recoveries as noted in Figure 3. The Site Remediation Program works closely with the Office of Natural Resource Damages, part of the Department's natural resource program, to reach these settlements with responsible parties during oil spills and the remediation of contaminated sites.

Using monies from the new damage recoveries and previous settlements, NJDEP expended $700,000 in 1999 for a variety of projects related to past natural resource damages. These projects included: the purchase and protection of 57 acres of aquifer recharge area and ecologically valuable land; funding research in support of habitat restoration; endangered species management; and, constructing permanent boom anchors at the mouths of five tributaries to the Delaware River, allowing rapid deployment of booms to remote areas during potential oil spills that will protect hundreds of acres of upstream wetland ecosystems.

The primary mission of the Office of Natural Resource Damages is to provide for the assessment and restoration of New Jersey's natural resources that have been injured by the release of oil or other hazardous substances. Restoration projects must have a demonstrable link to injuries caused by specific releases.

 
Figure 3 – 1999 Natural Resource Damage Settlements
Spills
Injury Category
Damage Recovery
Cibro SavannaWetlands, lost public use $240,000
Camden County MUAFisheries, lost public use $25,000; Erosion control and endangered species protection implemented by responsible party at $100,000
Sun PipelineSmall streamMonitoring, stream revegetation and trash removal implemented by responsible party at $75,000
Vane Bros.Wetlands3 sets of boom anchors and osprey nesting platforms implemented by responsible party at $40,000
New IdealWetlands$15,034
Coastal EagleWetlands3 sets of boom anchors implemented by responsible party at $25,000
Spring BeeWetlands$3,594
Hazardous Sites

Chemsol

Ground water$650,000

 

Rice husks simulate oil slick

A 1,200-foot boom stretches across the Shark River Inlet from a permanent anchor on the Belmar side to the U.S. Coast Guard Station in Avon during a drill in October 1999 using rice husks to simulate an oil spill. Overall, the boom project is designed to keep offshore oil spills from impacting New Jersey's 12 inlets and connecting back bay environments.

 

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