Notice of Availability; Addendum #1 to the Assessment Plan: Lower Fox River/Green Bay Natural Resource Damage Assessment

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Availability; Addendum #1 to the Assessment Plan: Lower

Fox River/Green Bay Natural Resource Damage Assessment

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of 30-day comment period.

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SUMMARY: Notice is given that the document entitled: ``Assessment Plan

Addendum: Lower Fox River/Green Bay NRDA'' (``The Addendum'') 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 guidance of the Natural

Resource Assessment Regulations found at 43 CFR Part 11, to the extent

applicable. The public review to 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:

Lower Fox River/Green Bay NRDA'' (``The Plan'') issued on August 23,

1996 (FR Doc. 96-21520), 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 Addendum must be submitted on or before

January 29, 1998.

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

made to: Frank Horvath, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 3 (ATTN:

ES/EC-NRDA), B.H.W. Federal Building, 1 Federal, Ft. Snelling, MN

55111-4096.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this natural resource damage

assessment is to confirm and quantify the suspected injuries to natural

resources in the Lower Fox River, Green Bay, and Lake Michigan

environment resulting from exposure 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 Addendum addresses

additional data collection activities that will be undertaken to

provide additional information.

William F. Hartwig,

Regional Director, Region 3 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

[FR Doc. 97-33804 Filed 12-29-97; 8:45 am]

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