[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 221 (Monday, November 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 61341]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30094]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Assessment Plan: Grand Calumet River, Indiana Harbor Ship Canal,
Indiana Harbor and Associated Lake Michigan Environments; Notice of
Extension of Comment Period
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: Notice is given that the public comment period for the
document titled ``Assessment Plan: Grand Calumet River, Indiana Harbor
Ship Canal, Indiana Harbor and Associated Lake Michigan Environments''
is extended for 30 days. Initial notice of availability was published
on October 14, 1997 with a deadline for submittal of comments of
November 13, 1997. This notice extends the comment period until 30 days
from the date of publication in the Federal Register.
The U.S. Department of the Interior, and the State of Indiana
(``trustees'') are trustees for natural resources considered in this
assessment, pursuant to subpart G of the National Oil and Hazardous
Substances Pollution Contingency Plan, 40 CFR 300.600 and 300.610, and
Executive Order 12580.
The trustees are following the guidance of the Natural Resource
Damage Assessment Regulations found at 43 CFR Part 11. The public
review of the Plan announced by this Notice is provided for in 43 CFR
11.32(c).
Interested members of the public are invited to review and comment
on the Plan. Copies of the Plan can be requested from the address
listed below. All written comments will be considered by the trustees
and included in the Report of Assessment, at the conclusion of the
assessment process.
DATES: Written comments on the Plan must be submitted on or before
December 17, 1997.
ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the Plan may be made to: Supervisor,
Ecological Services Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 620 S.
Walker Street, Bloomington, Indiana 47403
or:
Ms. Elizabeth Admire, Indiana Department of Environmental
Management, 100 N. Senate Avenue, P.O. Box 6015, Indianapolis, Indiana
46206-6015.
Comments on the Plan should be sent to the Indiana Department of
Environmental Management at the address listed above. The trustees will
coordinate comment review.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The trustees are undertaking an assessment
of damages resulting from the suspected injury to natural resources of
the Grand Calumet River, Indiana Harbor Ship Canal, Indiana Harbor and
Associated Lake Michigan Environments which have been exposed to
hazardous substances released by area steel mills, refineries and other
potential sources. It is suspected that this exposure has caused injury
and resultant damages to trustee resources. The injury and resultant
damages will be assessed under the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended, and the Clean
Water Act, as amended. The Plan addresses the trustees' overall
assessment approach and utilizes existing data. Plan addenda may be
prepared by the trustees to provide public notice of additional data
collection activities.
William F. Hartwig,
Regional Director, Region 3, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 97-30094 Filed 11-14-97; 8:45 am]
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