Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment for the Tug Powhatan, Sitka, Alaska

Overview

ID #

43641.726

Document Type

Environmental Assessment

NOAA Office

National Marine Fisheries Service - Headquarters

Document Status

Complete

Last Updated

05/21/2021

Summary

The Final RP/EA evaluates restoration alternatives that address natural resources injured by the Tug Powhatan oil spill. To restore lost resources and services, the Trustees evaluated five restoration alternatives, including a no action alternative, and identified two preferred restoration alternatives. To restore lost Pacific herring, the Trustees identified as a preferred alternative, a marine debris removal project that would benefit Pacific herring. To restore lost shellfish harvesting days, the Trustees identified as a preferred alternative, an increased effort to monitor paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP