SS Cape Mohican Oil Spill Trustee Council
SS Cape Mohican Final Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment Prepared by the Available July 2002 SS Cape Mohican Trustee Council
The final Restoration Plan and United States of America Environmental Assessment (RP/EA) has National Park Service been completed by the SS Cape Mohican Fish and Wildlife Service Trustee Council. The Trustee Council is composed of the National Park Service National Oceanic (NPS), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Atmospheric Administration (USFWS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), State of California California Department of Fish and Game Department of Fish and Game (CDFG), and California Department of Parks Department of Parks and Recreation and Recreation (CDPR). The RP/EA Biannual Budget Report describes projects selected to restore the environmental and public uses injured as a May 2006 result of the SS Cape Mohican oil spill in October 1996.
The plan may be viewed online at: www.darcnw.noaa.gov/mohicn.htm or www.dfg.ca.gov/ospr/organizational/scientif ic/nrda/cmohican.pdf
May 2006 Budget Overview Funds from Settlement: $3,625,000 Allocated Funds Project Thru FY06 Spent Shorebird Habitat $15,000 $0 Protection (NPS) California Least Tern $124,000 $84,854 Habitat Restoration of Shorebird $160,000 $49,940 Foraging Habitat/Cordgrass (USFWS) Farallon Seabird $124,592 $105,835 The following projects were selected by the Restoration (USFWS) Trustee Council: Pacific Herring Spawning $424,500 $350,145 Habitat Enhancement • Shorebird Habitat Protection at Golden (CDFG) On October 28, 1996, the SS Cape Mohican Gate National Recreation Area, Wetland Restoration at $96,072 $0 discharged approximately 96,000 gallons of • California Least Tern Habitat Pier 98 (CDFG) heavy bunker fuel oil into a floating dry dock at Enhancement at Alameda Point, Steelhead Stream Habitat $40,000 $31,892 the San Francisco Drydock Shipyard. Enhancement (CDFG) • Restoration of Shorebird Foraging Giacomini Coastal $435,000 $90,808 Approximately 40,000 gallons spilled into San Habitat through Control of Exotic Wetlands Restoration Francisco Bay. Oil spread from Pier 70 south to (NPS) Cordgrass, Hunter’s Point and north into the central Bay, Sandy Beach Habitat $330,000 $301,705 • Farallon Seabird Restoration, Restoration at PRNS Richmond-San Rafael Bridge, Alcatraz, Yerba (NPS) Buena, Treasure and Angel Islands. The • Pacific Herring Spawning Habitat Protection of Duxbury $270,000 $149,838 Tiburon Peninsula and San Francisco Enhancement in San Francisco Bay, Reef through Education • Wetland Restoration at Pier 98 India (NOAA) waterfront were also oiled. The oil traveled Angel Island Foot Trail $180,000 $162,536 outside of the Golden Gate into the Gulf of the Basin, Enhancement (CDPR) Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, oiling • Steelhead Stream Habitat Enhancement Crissy Field Habitat $850,000 $840,214 Stewardship Program beaches as far north as Drakes Beach, in the at San Francisquito Creek, (NPS) Point Reyes National Seashore, and as far south • Giacomini Coastal Wetlands Total $3,049,164 $2,167,767 as Pillar Point. Restoration, Remaining $575,836 • Sandy Beach Habitat Restoration at (Unallocated) Funds Point Reyes National Seashore, • Protection of Duxbury Reef Through Education, • Angel Island Foot Trail Enhancement, and • Crissy Field Habitat Stewardship Program.