97-33804. Notice of Availability; Addendum #1 to the Assessment Plan: Lower Fox River/Green Bay Natural Resource Damage Assessment

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 67888]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33804]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Notice of Availability; Addendum #1 to the Assessment Plan: Lower 
Fox River/Green Bay Natural Resource Damage Assessment

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of 30-day comment period.

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SUMMARY: Notice is given that the document entitled: ``Assessment Plan 
Addendum: Lower Fox River/Green Bay NRDA'' (``The Addendum'') will be 
available for public review and comment on the date of publication in 
the Federal Register.
    The assessment, including the activities addressed in this 
addendum, will be conducted in accordance with guidance of the Natural 
Resource Assessment Regulations found at 43 CFR Part 11, to the extent 
applicable. The public review to the Addendum 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 Addendum. Copies of the Addendum, and the ``Assessment Plan: 
Lower Fox River/Green Bay NRDA'' (``The Plan'') issued on August 23, 
1996 (FR Doc. 96-21520), can be requested from the address listed 
below. All written comments will be considered and included in the 
Report of Assessment, at the conclusion of the assessment process.

DATES: Written comments on the Addendum must be submitted on or before 
January 29, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the Addendum and/or the Plan may be 
made to: Frank Horvath, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 3 (ATTN: 
ES/EC-NRDA), B.H.W. Federal Building, 1 Federal, Ft. Snelling, MN 
55111-4096.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this natural resource damage 
assessment is to confirm and quantify the suspected injuries to natural 
resources in the Lower Fox River, Green Bay, and Lake Michigan 
environment resulting from exposure to hazardous substances released by 
area paper mills 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 Addendum addresses 
additional data collection activities that will be undertaken to 
provide additional information.
William F. Hartwig,
Regional Director, Region 3 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 97-33804 Filed 12-29-97; 8:45 am]
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