New England Inland Rivers Geographic Response Strategies
2016 -2017
Androscoggin & Moose Rivers GRP Project
This project was completed in 2017. The 5 Geographic Response Plans that were developed are listed below and are available at the Regional Response Team 1 website located here.
Androscoggin River
AR-NH-01 Shelburne
AR-NH-02 Shelburne Dam
AR-NH-03 Gorham Lower Village
Moose River
MO-NH-01 Gorham Upper Village
MO-NH-02 Randolph
Contact
EPA Region 1
Nuka Research
Moose River and Androscoggin River
Work Group Participants
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Town of Gorham, NH
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Town of Milan, NH
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Town of Randolph, NH
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Town of Shelburne, NH
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National Response Corporation
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New Hampshire Audubon
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New Hampshire DES
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New Hampshire Fish & Game
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North Country HAZMAT Team
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Portland Pipeline
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U.S. EPA
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U.S. Coast Guard
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Initial Work Group Meeting
January 24, 2017
Medallion Opera House, 20 Park St, Gorham, NH 03581
Work Group participants were briefed on project details including the site selection process, plan for site surveys, development of tactics for each site, and final review and approval of all GRPs.
Site Selection Meeting
March 07, 2017
Medallion Opera House, 20 Park St, Gorham, NH 03581
Participants reviewed the site sensitivity data compiled from Work Group members as well as the EPA, NH DES, and Nuka Research, and identified the 5 GRP development sites. Information was presented in a site selection matrix for each of the river systems considered.
Site Surveys
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
Nuka Research conducted site surveys to obtain additional information about each GRP site that informed the development of tactics and noted logistical and other issues.
Tactics Sub-Group Meeting
June 23, 2017
Via Webinar
The Tactics Sub-Group was comprised of select individuals from the project Work Group with direct experience and expertise in inland spill response, GRP development, and/or in-depth knowledge of the river systems. The Sub-Group reviewed draft GRP maps showing the tactics and strategies recommended by the site survey team. Changes to these initial tactics and strategies were made based on input from the Tactics Sub-Group, and the GRPs were updated prior to final review by the Work Group.
Final Work Group Meeting
August 02, 2017
9am - 10am via Webinar
This was the final meeting of the Androscoggin and Moose River GRP Work Group. During this meeting, each draft GRP was presented for review and comment prior to finalization.
For this project, GRP development will focus on the portion of Lake Champlain within Vermont*.
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* New York falls within EPA Region 2's jursdication. As this is an EPA Region 1 project, GRP development on Lake Champlain will be limited to areas of the lake within Vermont.
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
10:00 am - 12:00 pm