EPA Cleanups: Communities around New Bedford Harbor
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Public Meetings
The Environmental Protection Agency held a virtual community update meeting on January 17, 2024, from 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM, that provided an update to the community on work completed in 2023 and upcoming work in 2024 at the New Bedford Harbor Superfund Site. The meeting was held virtually on Microsoft Teams.
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Community Updates
This site is one of many across the country to receive funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which invested $3.5 billion in environmental remediation at Superfund sites on the National Priorities List. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding will be used to finish the remaining intertidal remediation and saltmarsh restoration in the upper harbor; cap the pilot CDF; dispose Cell 1 dredged material off-site and demobilize from the Sawyer Street facility. The Sawyer Street facility property is owned by the City of New Bedford, such that it will be available for shoreline redevelopment upon full demobilization.
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Current/Upcoming Work
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General Information
Five Year Reviews
Harbor Cleanup Map
See map of areas remediated to date: Overview (pdf) (1.2 MB)
EPA Cleanup Photos
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Popular Documents and Resources
- New Bedford Harbor Superfund Site Community Update - Recent and Upcoming Work, December 2022 (pdf) (1.2 MB)
- Fact Sheet - Notice to Abutters, July 2022 (pdf) (9 MB)
- Fact Sheet - Installation of Cover/Cap in Upper Harbor, June 2019 (pdf) (1 MB)
- Cleanup Plans & Technical Documents
- Water Quality Monitoring Program – Turbidity Data for the Upper Harbor, October 2017 to January 2020 (pdf) (5 MB)
- Lower Harbor CAD Cell
- EPA to Install Interim Sediment Cap Along Aerovox Shoreline in 2018 (pdf) (784 KB)
- Annual Seafood Monitoring
- How Did EPA Select 50 ppm Cleanup Level at the New Bedford Harbor Superfund Site (pdf) (589 KB)
- Harbor Cleanup Plans and Legal/Administrative Records
- Educational Resources for Teachers
- Artifacts and Shipwrecks
- Other Local EPA Projects and Programs
- See EPA's Mapping Database for Environmental Information in Your Area