A fund administered by NOAA, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, in their capacity as natural resource trustees, has received a disbursement of more than $13 million and anticipate receiving an additional estimated $9 million to restore natural resources harmed by the activities of Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp. as part of the largest environmental settlement in U.S. history.
![Photo of the affected site in Navassa, NC. Credit: Sara Ward, USFWS. Source = http://www.fws.gov/news/ShowNews.cfm?ID=FEE980F4-5056-AF00-5BE6708DEF414DED (Image credit: USFWS) Photo of the affected site in Navassa, NC. Credit: Sara Ward, USFWS. Source = http://www.fws.gov/news/ShowNews.cfm?ID=FEE980F4-5056-AF00-5BE6708DEF414DED](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/legacy/image/2019/Jun/PHOTO-kerr-mcgee-lg-123015-1280x960-landscape.jpg?itok=pLa34BbQ)
Photo of the affected site in Navassa, NC. Credit: Sara Ward, USFWS. Source = http://www.fws.gov/news/ShowNews.cfm?ID=FEE980F4-5056-AF00-5BE6708DEF414DED (Image credit: USFWS)