Massachusetts Geographic Response Plan
Introduction to Massachusetts GRPs (2.8MB)
Massachusetts GRP Tactics Guide (updated April 2012)
Please contact Elise DeCola to order a printed copy (approximate cost is $25)
Massachusetts GRP Tactics Guide (All sections - large file – 10 MB)
Section 1. Introduction (2.5MB)
Section 2. Booming Tactics (1.8MB)
Section 3. Recovery Tactics (3.6MB)
Section 4. Berms, Dams & Barrier Tactics (2.2MB)
Section 5. References (324KB)
Section 6. Appendices (393KB)
Massachusetts Geographic Response Plans by Region
Cape and Islands
To download a combined .pdf of all the Cape & Islands GRPs, click here. (126 pages, 13.8MB)
Introduction (<1MB)
CI-01 Old Harbor (Sandwich) (639KB)
CI-02 Scorton Creek (726KB)
CI-03 Barnstable Harbor (758KB)
CI-04 Rock Harbor (787KB)
CI-05 Wellfleet Harbor (856KB)
CI-06 Pamet Harbor (643KB)
CI-07 Provincetown Harbor (770KB)
CI-08 Hatches Harbor (650KB)
CI-09 Nauset Harbor (901KB)
CI-10 Pleasant Bay/Chatham Harbor (1331KB)
CI-11 Stage Harbor (760KB)
CI-12 Herring River (808KB)
CI-13 Lewis Bay (1331KB)
CI-14 West/North/Cotuit Bay (829KB)
CI-15 Popponessett Bay (829KB)
CI-16 Waquoit Bay (795KB)
CI-17 Woods Hole Harbor (1593KB)
CI-18 Lake Tashmoo (712KB)
CI-19 Vineyard Haven Harbor/Lagoon Pond (795KB)
CI-20 Sengekontacket Pond (788KB)
CI-21 Edgartown Harbor (1229KB)
CI-22 Cape Poge Bay (657KB)
CI-23 Coastal Ponds (Martha’s Vineyard) (1228KB)
CI-24 Menemsha Pond (942KB)
CI-25 Muskeget Island (685KB)
CI-26 Tuckernuck Island (705KB)
CI-27 Madaket Harbor (834KB)
CI-28 Nantucket Harbor (846KB)
CI-29 Polpis Harbor (734KB)Buzzards Bay
To download a combined .pdf of all the Buzzards Bay GRPs, click here. (220 pages, 22.5MB)
BB-01 Richmond Pond (757KB)
BB-02 Westport River System (688KB)
BB-03 Allens Pond (682KB)
BB-04 Slocum River System (740KB)
BB-05 Little River System (684KB)
BB-06 Dartmouth Ponds (752KB)
BB-07 Apponangansett Bay (938KB)
BB-08 New Bedford Outer Harbor (852KB)
BB-09 Fairhaven Shoreline Outer Harbor (772KB)
BB-10 West Island Causeway (835KB)
BB-11 Nasketucket Bay (762KB)
BB-12 Little Bay (761KB)
BB-13 West Island (636KB)
BB-14 Brant Island Cove (759KB)
BB-15 Ram Island (722KB)
BB-16 Mattapoisett Inner Harbor (814KB)
BB-17 Mattapoisett Outer Harbor (792KB)
BB-18 Aucoot Cove (905KB)
BB-19 Sippican Harbor (809KB)
BB-20 Bird Island (475KB)
BB-21 Wings Cove (793KB)
BB-22 Weweantic River (730KB)
BB-23 Wareham River (856KB)
BB-24 Little Harbor (691KB)
BB-25 Widows Cove (582KB)
BB-26 Onset Harbor (864KB)
BB-27 Buttermilk Bay System (842KB)
BB-28 Back Bay System (736KB)
BB-29 Tobys Island System (658KB)
BB-30 Pocasset River System (892KB)
BB-31 Red Brook Harbor System (891KB)
BB-32 Squeteague Harbor (853KB)
BB-33 Rands Harbor (876KB)
BB-34 Fiddlers Cove (803KB)
BB-35 Wild Harbor (790KB)
BB-36 Wild Harbor River (764KB)
BB-37 Herring Brook (471KB)
BB-38 West Falmouth Harbor (709KB)
BB-39 Great Sippewisset Marsh (757KB)
BB-40 Little Sippewisset Marsh (745KB)
BB-41 Flume Pond (609KB)
BB-42 Quissett Harbor (871KB)
BB-43 Northwest Gutter (854KB)
BB-44 Uncatena Marsh Creek (619KB)
BB-45 Hadley Entrance (760KB)
BB-46 Bridge Inlets (812KB)
BB-47 Lackeys Bay (757KB)
BB-48 Tarpaulin Cove (701KB)
BB-49 West Beach and Kettle Cove (665KB)
BB-50 Silver Beach (764KB)BB-51 Pasque Island Marsh (734KB)
BB-52 Quicks Hole Pond (611KB)
BB-53 Cuttyhunk Pond (774KB)
BB-54 West End Pond (847KB)
BB-55 Penikese Island (631KB)
North Shore
To download a combined .pdf of all the North Shore GRPs, click here. (150 pages, 17.9MB)
NS-01 Upper Merrimack River (1566KB)
NS-02 Newburyport (848KB)
NS-03 Merrimack River Entrance (597KB)
NS-04 Plum Island River (750KB)
NS-05 Parker River (1590KB)
NS-06 Egypt River (857KB)
NS-07 Rowley River (603KB)
NS-08 Eagle Hill River (737KB)
NS-09 Ipswich River (1724KB)
NS-10 Plum Island Sound Entrance (782KB)
NS-11 Essex River (784KB)
NS-12 Essex Bay (1410KB)
NS-13 North Annisquam River (1623KB)
NS-14 Rockport Harbor (664)
NS-15 Long Beach (653KB)
NS-16 Good Harbor Beach (720KB)
NS-17 South Annisquam River (1653KB)
NS-18 Gloucester Inner Harbor (528KB)
NS-19 Gloucester Outer Harbor (584KB)
NS-20 Black Beach (664KB)
NS-21 Manchester Harbor (774KB)
NS-22 Beverly Shoreline (1510KB)
NS-23 Danvers River (938KB)
NS-24 Beverly Harbor and Salem (807KB)
NS-25 Salem Harbor (455KB)
NS-26 South Salem Harbor (709KB)
NS-27 Marblehead Harbor (520KB)
NS-28 Swampscott Shoreline (973KB)
NS-29 Lynn Harbor (731KB)
NS-30 Saugus River (557KB)
NS-31 Pines River (1763KB)
NS-32 Nahant (426KB)Mt. Hope Bay GRP
MHB-01 Lower Cole River (552KB)
MHB-02 Upper Cole River (653KB)
MHB-03 Fox Hill Cove (476KB)
MHB-04 Lee River (660KB)
MHB-05 Fall River Waterfront (653KB)
MHB-06 Breeds/Weavers Cove (520KB)
MHB-07 Pierce Beach (522KB)
MHB-08 Barnaby's Point (548KB)
MHB-09 Assonet River (510KB)
MHB-10 Dighton Rock/Grassy Island (521KB)
MHB-11 Dighton/Berkley Bridge (574KB)
MHB-12 Assonet Bay (636KB)
South Shore GRP
To download a combined .pdf of all the South Shore GRP, click here. (56 pages, 5.2MB)
SS-01 Outer Cohasset Harbor (475KB)
SS-02 Inner Cohasset Harbor (502KB)
SS-03 Musquashcut Pond (438KB)
SS-04 Scituate Harbor (434KB)
SS-05 New Inlet (393KB)
SS-06 North River (471KB)
SS-07 South River (401KB)
SS-08 Green Harbor (516KB)
SS-09 Duxbury (451KB)
SS-10 Saquish Point (338KB)
SS-11 Kingston (467KB)
SS-12 Plymouth (483KB)
SS-13 Manomet Heights (438KB)
SS-14 Ellisville Harbor (508KB)
Boston Harbor
To download a combined .pdf of all the Boston Harbor GRPs, click here. (72 pages, 5.8MB)BH-01 Winthrop (565KB)
BH-02 Chelsea River (508KB)
BH-03 Mystic River (844KB)
BH-04 Inner Boston Harbor (391KB)
BH-05 South Boston (358KB)
BH-06 Neponset River (456KB)
BH-07 Quincy (443KB)
BH-08 Houghs Neck (390KB)
BH-09 Town River (958KB)
BH-10 Fore River (942KB)
BH-11 Weymouth Back River (885KB)
BH-12 Hingham Harbor (381KB)
BH-13 Weir River (371KB)
BH-14 Hull (320KB)
BH-15 Peddocks Island (293KB)
BH-16 Thompson Island (275KB)
BH-17 Spectacle & Long Island (247KB)
BH-18 Boston Harbor Outer Islands (278KB)
Massachusetts GRP Development Process
Cape and Islands
Work Group Record
Planning Group Participant List
6/26/07 Planning Group Agenda and Meeting Summary
8/15/07 Tactics Sub-group Agenda and Meeting Summary
9/20/07 Planning Group Agenda and Meeting Summary
2/27/08 Planning Group Agenda and Meeting Summary
Site Survey Field Notes
Cape and Islands Field Survey Notes (all sites)
Buzzards Bay
Not available.
North Shore
Work Group Record
Planning Group Participant List
4/29/09 Kick-Off meeting Agenda and Meeting Summary
5/14/09 Site Selection Meeting Summary
9/22/09 Draft Review meeting Agenda and Meeting Summary
Site Survey Field Notes
North Shore Field Survey Notes (Pending)
Mt. Hope Bay
This area has not yet been developed.South Shore
Work Group Record
Planning Group Participant List
3/31/11 Kick-Off Meeting Agenda and Meeting Summary
4/28/11 Site Selection Meeting Agenda and Meeting Summary
8/31/11 Tactics Sub-group Meeting Summary
9/29/11 Work Group Agenda and Meeting Summary
Site Survey Field Notes
Boston Harbor
Work Group Record
Planning Group Participant List
4/27/10 Kick-off Planning Group Agenda and Meeting Summary
5/20/10 Site Selection meeting Agenda and Meeting Summary
10/12/10 Tactics Sub-group Meeting Summary
11/16/10 Work Group Agenda and Meeting Summary
Site Survey Field Notes
Boston Harbor Field Survey Notes (all sites)
Emergency Contact List for Oil Spill Response (to be developed)