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FEATURE ARTICLE
February 1, 1998 / Volume 32, Issue 3 / p
p. 87 A-87 A
Copyright © 1998 American Chemical
Society
TABLE 1
Major NRDA settlements
The monetary value of NRDA settlements is substantial, and at some sites, additional settlements are being pursued. | Site name and location |
Value |
Settlement date |
Issue |
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| Elliot Bay, Seattle, Wash. |
$24.3 million |
December 1991 |
Metals and PCBs have contaminated sediments in an
urban estuary in Puget Sound |
| Montrose, Calif. (offshore
Los Angeles county) |
$12.0 million |
May 1992 |
PCBs and DDT have injured fish, birds, and mammals
in Southern California |
| New Bedford Harbor,
Achushnet River, Mass. |
$20.0 million |
November 1992 |
PCBs and heavy metals have injured fish and shellfish
and closed fishing areas near Buzzards Bay, Mass. |
| Commencement Bay,
Tacoma, Wash. |
$13.3 million |
October 1993 |
A variety of hazardous substances have contaminated
intertidal and subtidal sediments in an urban estuary
in Puget Sound |
| Cantara Loop, Dunsmuir,
Calif. |
$14.0 million |
March 1994 |
Biocide spill destroyed all aquatic life along a 42-mile
stretch of river and caused extensive injuries to a
native trout fishery |
| Blackbird Mine, Idaho |
$60.0 million |
May 1995 |
Mine drainage has injured endangered chinook
salmon and other fish in a tributary of the Salmon
River, Idaho |
Source: Reference 2.
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