New England Inland Rivers Geographic Response Strategies
2015 - 2016
Exeter & Lamprey Rivers GRP Project
This project was completed in 2016. The 5 Geographic Response Plans that were developed are listed below are available at the Regional Response Team 1 website located here.
Exeter River
ER-NH-01 Linden St./Route 108
ER-NH-02 Exeter
Squamscott River
SQ-NH-01 Newfields
Lamprey River
LR-NH-01 Wadleigh Falls
LR-NH-02 Newmarket
Contact
EPA Region 1
Nuka Research
Exeter & Lamprey Rivers
For the Exeter River, GRP development focused on the eastern portion in and around the towns of Exeter, Stratham, Newfields, Brentwood, and Fremont, NH. Limited GRP development was also completed for the Squamscott River between Exeter and Great Bay.
For the Lamprey River, GRP development focused on the easter portion of the river in and around the towns of Newmarket, Durham, Lee, and Epping, NH.
Work Group Participants
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Town of Exeter
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Town of Newmarket
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Rockingham Planning Commission
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Exeter/Squamscott River Local Advisory Committee
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Eversource Energy
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New Hampshire Port Authority
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Porstmouth Naval Shipyard
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New Hampshire DES
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New Hampshire Fish & Game
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U.S. EPA
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U.S. Coast Guard
Initial Work Group Meeting
December 03, 2015
NHDES Portsmouth Regional Office Pease International Tradeport 222 International Drive, Suite 175 Portsmouth, NH 03801
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.
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Site Selection Meeting
February 24, 2016
NHDES Portsmouth Regional Office Pease International Tradeport 222 International Drive, Suite 175 Portsmouth, NH 03801
Participants reviewed all site sensitivity data compiled from Work Group members as well as the EPA, New Hampshire DES, and Nuka Research, and identified the 5 GRP development sites for the Exeter and Lamprey Rivers.
Site Surveys
Thursday, April 28, 2016
Nuka Research conducted site surveys to obtain additional information about each GRP site that informed the development of tactics and noted logitstical and other issues.
Tactics Sub-Group Meeting
May 13, 2016
The Tactics Sub-Group was comprised of select individuals from the project Work Group with direct experience with inland spill response , GRP development, and/or in-depth knowledge of both river systems. This 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 and the GRPs were updated prior to review by the Work Group at the final Work Group meeting.
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Final Work Group Meeting
June 22, 2016
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm via Webinar
This was the final meeting of the entire Exeter and Lamprey GRP Work Group. During this meeting, each draft GRP was presented for review and comment prior to finalization.
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10:00am - 12:00pm
9:00am - 12:00pm