GRS Projects - Massachusetts

This page summarizes active and completed GRS Development and Testing projects in Massachusetts and provides a link to all final GRS documents. Contact EPA Region 1 or Nuka Research via the information provided on the Home Page to obtain additional information on previously completed projects (e.g., meeting summaries and site selection matrices).

Active Projects

Test 3 Blackstone River GRS

Test 2 Merrimack River GRS

Completed Projects

2024 - 2025 Merrimack River GRS Validation/Testing

This project was completed in 2025. Tactics from the GRS listed below were deployed and tested. Each GRS was updated based on the results of testing.

MR-MA-04A Lowell

MR-MA-05B Tyngsborough-Chelmsford

2023 - 2024 Blackstone River GRS Validation/Testing

This project was completed in 2024. Tactics from the GRS listed below were deployed and tested. Each GRS was updated based on the results of testing.

BR-MA-01A Worcester

2023 - 2024 Housatonic River GRS Development Project

This project was completed in 2024. The 10 Geographic Response Strategies that were developed are listed below and available at the Regional Response Team 1 website located here.

HR-MA-01 Pittsfield - East St.

HR-MA-02 Pittsfield - Fred Garner Park

HR-MA-03 Pittsfield - Canoe Meadows

HR-MA-04 Lenox - Decker Canoe Access

HR-MA-05 Lenox - Woods Pond Dam

HR-MA-06 Stockbridge - Stockbridge/Goodrich Memorial Parks

HR-MA-07 Housatonic - Great Barrington Pump Station

HR-MA-08 Great Barrington - Brookside Canoe Access

HR-MA-09 Sheffield - North Main St. Rest Area

HR-MA-10 Sheffield - Batholomew's Cobble Reservation

2021 - 2022 Connecticut River GRS Development Project

This project was completed in 2022. The 10 Geographic Response Strategies that were developed are listed below and available at the Regional Response Team 1 website located here.

CR-MA-01A Northfield/Pauchaug Boat Ramp

CR-MA-01B Northfield/Riverview Picnic Area

CR-MA-01C Northfield/Millers River

CR-MA-02 Turners Falls

CR-MA-03 Sunderland

CR-MA-04A Hadley-Hatfied/Hatfield Boat Launch

CR-MA-04B Hadley-Hatfied/Mill River

CR-MA-05 Northhampton-Hadley/Elwell Island

CR-MA-06 Easthampton/Oxbow Boat Ramp

CR-MA-07A Holyoke/S. Hadley/Dry Brook

CR-MA-07B Holyoke/S. Hadley/Brunelle's Marina

CR-MA-07C Holyoke/S. Hadley/Cove Island/Holyoke Dam

CR-MA-08 Chicopee/Chicopee River

CR-MA-09 Springfiled/W. Springfield

CR-MA-10 Agawam/Westfield River

2019 - 2020 Blackstone River GRS Development Project

This project was completed in 2020. The 10 Geographic Response Strategies that were developed are listed below and available at the Regional Response Team 1 website located here.

BR-MA-01 Worcester

BR-MA-02 Millbury North

BR-MA-03 Millbury South

BR-MA-04 Sutton/Tricentennial Park

BR-MA-05 Grafton

BR-MA-06 Riverdale Dam

BR-MA-07 Plummer's Landing

BR-MA-08 Rice City Pond

BR-MA-09 Uxbridge/Stanley Woolen Mill

BR-MA-10 Uxbridge/River Rd.

2013 - 2014 Merrimack & Charles River GRS Development Project

This project was completed in 2014. The 10 Geographic Response Strategies that were developed are listed below and available at the Regional Response Team 1 website located here.

Merrimack River

MR-MA-01 Haverhill

MR-MA-02 Lawrence

MR-MA-03 Pine Island

MR-MA-04 Lowell

MR-MA-05 North Chelmsford/Tyngsborough

Charles River

CH-MA-01 Gridley Locks/Museum of Science

CH-MA-02 Magazine Beach

CH-MA-03 Bleachery Dam

CH-MA-04 Moody St. Dam

CH-MA-05 Norumbega