96-24466. Notice of Extension of Comment Period. Assessment Plan: Lower Fox River/Green Bay Natural Resource Damage Assessment

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 186 (Tuesday, September 24, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 50045]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24466]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Notice of Extension of Comment Period. Assessment Plan: Lower Fox 
River/Green Bay Natural Resource Damage Assessment

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: Lower Fox River/Green Bay NRDA'' 
(The Plan'') is extended for 60 days. Initial notice of availability 
was published on August 23, 1996 with a deadline for submittal of 
comments of September 23, 1996. This notice extends the comment period 
until 60 days from the date of publication in the Federal Register.
    The U.S. Department of the Interior, The Menominee Indian Tribe of 
Wisconsin, and the Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin (``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 
November 25, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the Plan may be made to: Frank 
Horvath, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 3 (ATTN: ES/EC-NRDA), 
B.H.W. Whipple Federal Building, 1 Federal Drive, Ft. Snelling, MN 
55111.
    Comments on the Plan should be sent to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service at the address listed above. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 
will provide copies of all comments to the other trustees.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The trustees are undertaking an assessment 
of damages resulting from the suspected injury to natural resources of 
the Lower Fox River, Green Bay and Lake Michigan which have been 
exposed 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 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. 96-24466 Filed 9-23-96; 8:45 am]
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