[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 182 (Monday, September 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 50254]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25144]


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DEPARTENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Notice of Availability; Addendum #2 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: ``Lower Fox River/
Green Bay NRDA Initial Restoration and Compensation Determination 
Plan'' 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 the guidance of the 
Natural Resource Damage Assessment Regulations found at 43 CFR Part 11, 
to the extent applicable. The public review of 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 
October 21, 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 Drive, 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.
William F. Hartwig,
Regional Director, Region 3, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 98-25144 Filed 9-18-98; 8:45 am]
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