[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 165 (Friday, August 23, 1996)] [Notices] [Page 43558] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-21520] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service Notice of Availability of 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 titled ``Assessment Plan: Lower Fox River/Green Bay NRDA'' (``The Plan'') will be available for public review and comment on 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 September 23, 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. 96-21520 Filed 8-22-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-55-M