Restoration Strategy. At a minimum, sufficient information should be provided in the TMDL document to dem- onstrate that if the TMDL were implemented, WQS would be attained or maintained. Adding detail regarding the proposed approach for the restoration of water quality is not a regulatory requirement but is considered a value added component of a TMDL document.
Restoration Strategy. Restoration actions are defined as primary or compensatory. Primary restoration actions are actions that restore injured resources to their baseline condition (that is, their condition prior to the release of oil). Active primary restoration is an action that expedites the return of injured resources to their baseline condition. Compensatory restoration addresses interim losses of natural resource services from the time of initial injury until full recovery of natural resources to their baseline condition. Natural recovery, in which no human intervention is taken to restore the injured resources, is considered a primary restoration alternative, and is appropriate where feasible or cost- effective primary restoration actions are not available or where the injured resources would recover relatively quickly without human intervention. The scale of the compensatory restoration projects depends on the nature, extent, severity, and duration of the resource injury. Primary restoration actions that speed resource recovery would reduce the scale of compensatory restoration. The Trustees determined that the area impacted by this incident has either recovered or, in the areas where injury persists, will recover to baseline conditions naturally over time. Active primary restoration was considered by the Trustees, but it was decided that such activities would not contribute significantly to the recovery of the injured area.
