New England Inland Rivers Geographic Response Strategies
Housatonic & Naugatuck Rivers
GRP Project
This project was completed in 2019. The 10 Geographic Response Plans that were developed are listed below and are available at the Regional Response Team 1 website located here.
Housatonic River
HR-01 Housatonic Meadows State Park
HR-02 Addis Park
HR-03 Indian Wells State Park
HR-04 Sunnyside
Naugatuck River
NR-01 Torrington
NR-02 Chase Brass
NR-03 Waterbury
NR-04 Naugatuck
NR-05 Riverbend Park
NR-06 Kinneytown Dam
Work Group Participants
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US Environmental Protection Agency
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CT Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
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US Fish and Wildlife Service
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US Coast Guard
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Schaghticoke Tribal Nation
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Moran Environmental Recovery
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Towns of
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Ansonia
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Beacon Falls
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Bridgewater
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Brookfield
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Canaan/Falls Village
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Cornwall
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Derby
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Harwinton
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Kent
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Litchfield
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Milford
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Monroe
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Naugatuck
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New Milford
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Newtown
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North Canaan
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Orange
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Oxford
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Salisbury
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Seymour
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Sharon
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Shelton
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Sherman
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Southbury
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Stratford
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Thomaston
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Torrington
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Waterbury
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Watertown
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Initial Work Group/Site Selection Meeting
November 6, 2018 1:00 P.M. - 3:00 p.m.
Seymour Fire Department
26 Deforest St.
Seymour, CT
Work Group participants were be briefed on project goals and timeline, reviewed the site sensitivity data compiled by Work Group members including the EPA, CT DEEP, and Nuka Research, and identified 10 GRP development sites.
Site Surveys
April 16, 2019 (Housatonic)
April 17, 2019 (Naugatuck)
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
(Tactics Sub-Group members provided feedback individually during the month of June)
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 Housatonic and Naugatuck Rivers. 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
July 24, 2019 10:00AM - 12:00PM
via Webinar
This was the final meeting of the Connecticut GRP Work Group. During this meeting, each draft GRP was presented for review and comment prior to finalization.