About this Collection
This library of documents serves as the Southeast Missouri Lead Mining Sites Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Administrative Record Index.
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I. Reference Library (Laws, Regulations, and Literature)
Laws
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA; 42 U.S.C. §9601 et seq.)
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA; 42 U.S.C. §4321-4347)
Regulations
II. Trustee Coordination and Management
Trustee Memorandum of Understanding*
III. Pre-assessment Phase (43 C.F.R. § 11.20-§ 11.25)
Pre-assessment Screen and Determination (43 C.F.R. § 11.23)
Big River*
- Pre-assessment Screen and Determination for the Big River Mine Tailings Site, St. Francois County, Missouri - 2008*
- Addendum - Pre-assessment Screen and Determination for the Big River Mine Tailings Site, St. Francois County, Missouri - 2009*
Madison County*
- Pre-assessment Screen and Determination for the Madison County Mines Site, Madison County, Missouri - 2014*
Viburnum Trend*
- Pre-assessment Screen and Determination for the Sweetwater Mine and Mill Complex, Reynolds County, Missouri, West Fork Mine and Mill Complex Reynolds County, Missouri, and Glover Smelter Site, Iron County, Missouri - 2008*
- Pre-assessment Screen and Determination for the Viburnum Trend Lead Mining Sites, Reynolds, Iron, Crawford, and Washington Counties, Missouri - 2009*
Notice of Intent to Perform Damage Assessment
Southeast Missouri*
- Notice of Intent to perform a Natural Resource Damage Assessment – Big River Mine Tailings Site, Sweetwater Mine/Mill, West Fork Mine/Mill, Glover Smelter - 2008*
Madison County*
- Notice of Intent to Perform a Natural Resource Damage Assessment – Madison county Mines Site - 2014*
Viburnum Trend*
- Notice of Intent to perform a Natural Resource Damage Assessment – Viburnum Trend Lead Mining Sites- 2009*
IV. Assessment Phase
Assessment Plans (43 C.F.R. § 11.30- § 11.60)
Southeast Missouri
- Effects of mining-derived metals contamination on Native Floristic Quality - 2008*
- Injury to Birds in the Southeast Missouri Lead Mining District - 2009*
- Natural Resource Damage Assessment Plan for Southeast Missouri Lead Mining District: Big River Mine Tailings Superfund Site, St. Francois County and Viburnum Trend Sites, Reynolds, Crawford, Washington, and Iron Counties - 2009*
- Addendum – Natural Resource Damage Assessment Plan for Southeast Missouri Lead Mining District: Big River Mine Tailings Superfund Site, St. Francois County and Viburnum Trend Sites, Reynolds and Iron Counties - 2010*
Big River
Madison County
- Madison County Mines Site Resource Damage Assessment: Crayfish and populations and in-situ toxicity testing of crayfish in the Little St. Francis River drainage study plan (USGS) - 2015*
- Addendum - Natural Resource Damage Assessment Plan for the Southeast Missouri Lead Mining District: Madison County Mines Site - 2015*
- Quantitative Surveys of Freshwater Mussels in the Little St. Francis River, Missouri (2023)
Washington County
Viburnum Trend
- Spatial distribution, geochemistry, and storage of mining sediment in channel and floodplain deposits of streams draining the Viburnum Trend Mining District of Southeast Missouri, USA (Missouri State University) - 2012*
- Identification of the depth of mine tailings contamination of streambed sediments in the Viburnum Trend mining district of southeastern Missouri, USA (USGS) - 2012*
- Viburnum Trend Lead Mining District Transition Zone Assessment study Sampling and Analysis Plan - 2012*
Injury and Quantification Determination Phase (43 C.F.R. § 11.61-§ 11.79)
Southeast Missouri
Big River
- Effects of Mining-Derived Metals Contamination on Native Floristic Quality (USGS) - 2009*
- Effects of mining-associated lead and zinc soil contamination on native floristic quality (USGS) - 2013*
- Toxic Exposures of Songbirds to Lead in the Southeast Missouri Lead Mining District - 2013*
- An Assessment of Freshwater Mussel (Bivalvia: Margaritiferidae and Unionidae) Populations and Heavy Metal Sediment Contamination in the Big River, Missouri (2009)
- Assessment of metal-contaminated sediments from the Southeast Missouri (SEMO) Mining district using sediment toxicity tests with amphipods and freshwater mussels (USGS)– 2009*
- Appendix A - Assessment of metal-contaminated sediments from the Southeast Missouri (SEMO) Mining district using sediment toxicity tests with amphipods and freshwater mussels (USGS) – 2009*
- Appendix B - Assessment of metal-contaminated sediments from the Southeast Missouri (SEMO) Mining district using sediment toxicity tests with amphipods and freshwater mussels (USGS) – 2009*
- Distribution, Geochemistry, and Storage of Mining Sediment in Channel and Floodplain Deposits of Big River System in St. Francois, Washington, and Jefferson Counties, Missouri (Missouri State University) - 2010*
- Effects of Lead-Zinc Mining on Benthic Fish Density in Riffles of the Big River (Missouri Department of Conservation) – 2010*
- Corrected Table - Effects of mining-derived metals on riffle-dwelling crayfish and in-situ toxicity to juvenile Orconectes hylas and Orconectes luteus in the Big River of southeast Missouri, USA (2010)
- Effects of mining-derived metals on riffle-dwelling crayfish and in-situ toxicity to juvenile Orconectes hylas and Orconectes luteus in the Big River of southeast Missouri, USA (2010)
- Mussel Community Associations with Sediment Metal Concentration and Substrate Characteristics in the Big River, Missouri, U.S.A. (USGS) – 2016*
- Quantitative Survey of Freshwater Mussel (Unionoidea) and Assessment of Sediment Contamination in the Big River, Missouri (2016)
- Hydraulics of Freshwater Mussel Habitat in Select Reaches of the Big River, Missouri (USGS) - 2022*
Madison County
Viburnum Trend
Damages Determination Phase (43 C.F.R. § 11.80- § 11.84)
Restoration Compensation and Determination Plan (43 C.F.R. § 11.81)
V. Post-assessment Phase (43 C.F.R. § 11.90- § 11.92)
Settlements
Southeast Missouri
- ASARCO - Final Consent Decree – 2008*
Viburnum Trend
- Cyprus Amax - Final Consent Decree - 2014*
- Teck American & DII - Final Consent Decree - 2014*
VI. Restoration Phase
Draft Restoration Plans
Southeast Missouri
Big River
- Draft Restoration Plan for the St. Francois County “Bonehole” Park Expansion and Restoration and Borehole Closure and Restoration Program - 2020*
- Restoration on the Big River at Calico Creek: Southeast Missouri Lead Mining District, Big River and Southwest Jefferson County Mine Sites, MO (2020).
Madison County
Viburnum Trend
- Draft Restoration Plan for Stream, Riparian, and Floodplain Habitat Restoration within Crooked and Huzzah Creeks - 2020*
- Draft Amendment to the Herculaneum Lead Smelter Site Final RP/EA: Joachim Creek Properties Transfer and Protection - 2021*
- Natural Resource Restoration in Southeast Missouri Lead Mining District: Feral Hog Removal for Ecological Restoration within Iron, Reynolds, Washington, and St Francois Counties Draft Restoration Plan (2022)
Final Restoration Plans (43 C.F.R. § 11.93, see also 43 C.F.R. § 11.81)
Southeast Missouri
Big River
- Final Restoration Plan for the St. Francois County “Bonehole” Park Expansion and Restoration and Borehole Closure and Restoration Program - 2020*
- Final Restoration Plan for Big River at Calico Creek - 2020*
Madison County
Viburnum Trend
- Final Restoration Plan for Stream, Riparian, and Floodplain Habitat Restoration within Crooked and Huzzah Creeks - 2020*
- Final Restoration Plan for Herculaneum Lead Smelter Site - 2020*
- Natural Resource Restoration in Southeast Missouri Lead Mining District: Feral Hog Removal for Ecological Restoration within Iron, Reynolds, Washington, and St Francois Counties Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment Final (2023)
- Final Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment for Terrestrial and Aquatic Habitat Restoration in the Viburnum Trend (2024).
NEPA Decision Document/Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Final Restoration Plan / Environmental Assessment
Southeast Missouri
Big River
- Bonehole Park Expansion Environmental Action Statement - 2020*
- Borehole Closure Program Environmental Action Statement - 2020*
- Big River at Calico Creek FONSI – 2020*
Madison County
Viburnum Trend
- Stream, Riparian, and Floodplain habitat Restoration within Crooked and Huzzah Creeks Environmental Action Statement - 2020*
- Joachim Creek Property Transfer Environmental Action Statement - 2021*
- Feral Hog Removal for Ecological Restoration within Iron, Reynolds, Washington, and St. Francois Counties - FONSI/EAS - 2023*