[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 141 (Friday, July 23, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44055-44056]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-16774]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Notice of Availability of Restoration Compensation Determination 
Plan/Environmental Assessment 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 60-day comment period.

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SUMMARY: Notice is given that the document entitled: ``Restoration and 
Compensation Determination Plan/ Environmental Assessment Grand

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Calumet River, Indiana Harbor Ship Canal, Indiana Harbor Canal Natural 
Resource Damage Assessment'' will be available for public review and 
comment on the date of publication in the Federal Register.

DATES: Written comments on the Plan must be submitted within 60 days of 
the date of this Notice.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be mailed to: Supervisor, Ecological 
Services Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 620 S. Walker Street, 
Bloomington, Indiana 47403; faxed to (812) 334-4273; 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; faxed to (317) 233-5517.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: This RCDP/EA is available on our Web 
site at: http://midwest.fws.gov/GrandCalumetRiver. For further 
information, contact Dan Sparks, Telephone 812-334-4261, extension 219; 
e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this restoration compensation 
determination plan/environmental assessment is to aid in the 
development of restoration options for natural resources that have been 
injured 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 sources. This plan has been developed to address 
natural resource injury and resultant damages under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended, 
and the Clean Water Act, as amended.

Charles Wooley,
Acting Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 04-16774 Filed 7-22-04; 8:45 am]
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