# Notice of Extension of Comment Period. Assessment Plan: Lower Fox River/Green Bay Natural Resource Damage Assessment

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## Record

- **Collection:** Federal Register
- **Document type:** Notice
- **Published:** September 24, 1996
- **Citation:** 61 FR 50045

## Text

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Notice of Extension of Comment Period. Assessment Plan: Lower Fox
River/Green Bay Natural Resource Damage Assessment

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: Notice is given that the public comment period for the
document titled ``Assessment Plan: Lower Fox River/Green Bay NRDA''
(The Plan'') is extended for 60 days. Initial notice of availability
was published on August 23, 1996 with a deadline for submittal of
comments of September 23, 1996. This notice extends the comment period
until 60 days from the date of publication in the Federal Register.
The U.S. Department of the Interior, The Menominee Indian Tribe of
Wisconsin, and the Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin (``trustees'')
are 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 trustees are following the guidance of the Natural Resource
Damage Assessment Regulations found at 43 CFR Part 11. The public
review of the Plan 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 Plan. Copies of the Plan can be requested from the address
listed below. All written comments will be considered by the trustees
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 25, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the Plan may be made to: Frank
Horvath, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 3 (ATTN: ES/EC-NRDA),
B.H.W. Whipple Federal Building, 1 Federal Drive, Ft. Snelling, MN
55111.
Comments on the Plan should be sent to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service at the address listed above. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
will provide copies of all comments to the other trustees.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The trustees are undertaking an assessment
of damages resulting from the suspected injury to natural resources of
the Lower Fox River, Green Bay and Lake Michigan which have been
exposed 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. The Plan addresses the trustees' overall
assessment approach and utilizes existing data. Plan addenda may be
prepared by the trustees to provide public notice of additional data
collection activities.
William F. Hartwig,
Regional Director, Region 3, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 96-24466 Filed 9-23-96; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-55-M

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