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EPA Cleanups: Communities around New Bedford Harbor

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    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.

    • View community updates of site activities.
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    View upcoming work.

  • Seafood Monitoring

    • Learn which locally caught fish and shellfish are safe to eat
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Five Year Reviews

Aerial View, Acushnet and New Bedford, Mass. Upper New Bedford Harbor
  • First Five-Year Review Report, September 2005 (pdf) (3 MB)
  • Second Five-Year Review Report, September 2010 (pdf) (5 MB)
  • Third Five-Year Review Report, September 2015 (pdf) (49 MB)
  • Fourth Five-Year Review Report, September 2020 (pdf) (14 MB)

Intertidal Work Plans

View of a shoreline and saltmarsh in Fairhaven, MA
  • East Zones 1 through 5
  • West Zones 1 through 5
  • Fairhaven resident Ed Pepin's video of the 2021 shoreline cleanups of East Zones 4 and 5

Harbor Cleanup Map

2021 Map of New Bedford Harbor Cleanup Areas

See map of areas remediated to date: Overview (pdf) (2 MB)

EPA Cleanup Photos

Collage of photos taken at the New Bedford Harbor Superfund Site

View Cleaning up New Bedford Harbor photos on Flickr.

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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 K)
    • Annual Seafood Monitoring
    • How Did EPA Select 50 ppm Cleanup Level at the New Bedford Harbor Superfund Site (pdf) (589 K)
  • Harbor Cleanup Plans and Legal/Administrative Records
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  • Artifacts and Shipwrecks
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  • See EPA's Mapping Database for Environmental Information in Your Area
Contact Us to ask a question, provide feedback, or report a problem.
Last updated on May 9, 2023
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