[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 209 (Thursday, October 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58061-58062]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29004]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Notice of Availability of Addendum #2 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 90-day comment period.

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SUMMARY: Notice is given that document entitled: ``Initial Restoration 
and Compensation Determination Plan for 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, Part 1 Restoration Criteria'' 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. 
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 
January 27, 1999.

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; (812) 334-
4261, ext. 219.
    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) 232-7694.
    Comments on the Addendum should be sent to the Indiana Department 
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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.
Marvin E. Moriarty,
Acting Regional Director, Region 3, Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 98-29004 Filed 10-28-98; 8:45 am]
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