[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 48 (Monday, March 12, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14413-14414]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-5975]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Notice of Availability, Response to Comments on Restoration Plan 
and Environmental Assessment for Natural Resources Injured by Releases 
of Pesticides From the United Heckathorn Superfund Site

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, on behalf of the 
Department of the Interior, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, and the

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State of California, announces the availability of the response to 
public comments on the Final Tubbs Island Restoration Plan and 
Environmental Assessment (Plan/Assessment) for a wetland restoration 
project at Lower Tubbs Island, Sonoma County, California. The Tubbs 
Island Restoration Project was selected by the United Heckathorn 
Natural Resource Trustee Council (Trustees), consisting of 
representatives of the agencies listed above, as the preferred 
alternative to compensate the public for impairment of fish and 
wildlife habitat resulting from releases of 
dichlorodiphenoltrichloroethane (DDT) at the United Heckathorn 
Superfund Site in Richmond, California. Funds to carry out the 
restoration program were obtained via Consent Decrees between the 
government and the responsible parties in July 1996, and the Final 
Tubbs Island Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment was 
completed in August 1998, along with a Finding of No Significant Impact 
(FONSI) under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The Plan/
Assessment describes the approach, schedule, and budget for completing 
and monitoring the restoration project. A public hearing was held on 
March 22, 2000, to present the Trustees' proposal to fund the Tubbs 
Island Restoration Project with funds from the United Heckathorn 
settlement, and all interested parties were invited to submit comments 
on the proposal. Following a review of comments and consideration of 
additional proposals submitted by the City of Richmond and the East Bay 
Regional Parks District, the Council ratified its original decision to 
fund the project at Lower Tubbs Island.

ADDRESSES: Written requests for the Response to Comments or the Final 
Restoration Plan/Environmental Assessment should be sent to: Field 
Supervisor, Fish and Wildlife Service, Sacramento Fish and Wildlife 
Office, 2800 Cottage Way, Room W-2605, Sacramento, CA 85825 (facsimile 
916/414-6713). Documents will also be available for public inspection, 
by appointment, during normal business hours at the above address. The 
Response to Comments and Plan/Assessment are also on file at the U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service, San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge P.O. 
Box 2012, 1404 Mesa Road, Mare Island, CA 94952; (707) 562-3000. They 
are available for public inspection during normal business hours, by 
appointment, at that address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Haas, Fish and Wildlife Service, 
Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office (see ADDRESSES section) at (916) 
414-6604.

Author

    The primary author of this notice is James Haas (see ADDRESSES 
section).

Authority

    The authority for this action is the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (42 
U.S.C. 9601 et seq.).

    Dated: February 15, 2001.
Elizabeth H. Stevens,
Acting Manager, California-Nevada Operations Office, Sacramento, 
California.
[FR Doc. 01-5975 Filed 3-9-01; 8:45 am]
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