[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 190 (Thursday, October 1, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 52742]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25968]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Notice of Availability of Addendum #1 to the Assessment Plan for 
the Grand Calumet River, Indiana Harbor Ship Canal, Indiana Harbor and 
Associated Lake Michigan Environments

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 ``Addendum #1 to the 
Assessment Plan for the Natural Resource Damage Assessment of the Grand 
Calumet River, Indiana Harbor Ship Canal, Indiana Harbor and Associated 
Lake Michigan Environments'' (``The Addendum'') will be available for 
public review and comment on the date of publication in the Federal 
Register.
    The U.S. Department of the Interior, and The State of Indiana 
(``trustees'') are acting as 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 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. 
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 for 
the Natural Resource Damage Assessment of the Grand Calumet River, 
Indiana Harbor Ship Canal, Indiana Harbor and Associated Lake Michigan 
Environments'' (``The Plan'') issued on October 14, 1997 (FR Doc. 97-
26788), 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 Plan must be submitted on or before 
November 2, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the Addendum and/or the Plan may be 
made to:

Supervisor, Ecological Services Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 
620 S. Walker Street, Bloomington, Indiana 47403
  or:
Natural Resource Trustee, Office of Legal Counsel, Indiana Department 
of Environmental Management, 100 N. Senate Avenue, P.O. Box 6015, 
Indianapolis, Indiana 46206-6015; (317) 233-6822.

    Comments on the Addendum should be sent to the Indiana Department 
of Environmental Management at the address listed above. The trustees 
will coordinate comment review.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this natural resource damage 
assessment is to confirm and quantify the suspected injuries to natural 
resources in the Grand Calumet River, Indiana Harbor Ship Canal, 
Indiana Harbor and Associated Lake Michigan Environments resulting from 
exposure 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 Addendum addresses 
additional collection activities that will be undertaken to provide 
additional information.
John Christian,
Acting Regional Director, Region 3, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 98-25968 Filed 9-30-98; 8:45 am]
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