MAY 6, 2016--NOAA and co-trustees have released, for public comment, a Draft Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment that focuses on removal of the Weston Mill Dam, located on the Millstone River, and analyzing and designing improved fish passage at the Island Farm Weir on the Raritan River.

These projects would compensate the public for injuries to natural resources in the river associated with hazardous waste releases from the American Cyanamid Superfund Site located in Bridgewater Township, NJ. Removal of the Weston Mill Dam would restore stream channel bathymetry and hydrology, improve water quality and habitat for fish and wildlife, and restore passage for migratory fish. The public comment period on this plan will end on June 10, 2016. For more information, contact Reyhan.Mehran@noaa.gov. See related blog: Restoration on the Way for New Jersey’s Raritan River, Long Polluted by Industrial Waste Go back to OR&R Weekly Report.