Environmental Contaminants What We Do...
Contaminant Cleanup and Resource Restoration
Data collected in contaminant assessments are often used to secure compensation for resources lost or
degraded by hazardous waste releases or spills. These efforts are part of the
Natural Resource Damage
Assessment and Restoration Program (Restoration Program). The Service also takes part, through
contaminants identification, assessment, planning and restoration, in the Department of the Interior's
National Irrigation Water Quality Program.
Contaminants specialists are often called in by the US
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), US
Coast Guard, Department of Defense, or
various other Federal or State agencies responsible for cleaning up a contaminated area, to ensure that
fish and wildlife and their habitat are adequately protected during, and upon completion of, the cleanup.
Contaminants specialists also work closely with National
Wildlife Refuge managers to design and implement actions to cleanup oil and hazardous material on
refuge lands.
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