[Federal Register: July 10, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 132)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Notice of Availability of the Assessment Plan for the Natural
Resource Damage Assessment at the St. Louis River Interlake/Duluth Tar
Superfund Site
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior
ACTION: Notice of 30 day comment period.
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SUMMARY: Notice is given that the document titled ``Assessment Plan for
the Natural Resource Damage Assessment at the St. Louis River
Interlake/Duluth Tar Superfund Site, Draft 6/24/02'' (``the Plan'')
will be available for public review and comment on the date of
publication in the Federal Register. The U.S. Departments of the
Interior (Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs) and
Commerce (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), the State
of Minnesota (Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Minnesota
Pollution Control Agency), the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa, and the 1854 Authority (representing the Bois Forte Band and
Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa) are trustees for natural
resources (``trustees'') 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
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in the Report of Assessment at the conclusion of the assessment
process.
DATES: Written comments on the Plan must be submitted within 30 days of
the date of this Notice.
ADDRESSES: Comments on the Plan should be sent to: Marilyn Danks,
Trustee Coordinator, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources,
Division of Ecological Services, 500 Lafayette Road, St. Paul, MN
55155-4025.
Requests for copies of the Plan may be made to the Trustee
Coordinator at the address listed above. The Trustee Coordinator will
provide copies of all comments to all trustees.
You may also submit requests for copies of the Plan, and comments
on the Plan, by sending electronic mail (e-mail) to:
marilyn.danks@dnr.state.mn.us See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for
information about electronic mailing and access.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Case Management and Logistical Information: Dave Warburton, 612-
725-3548 (x203).
Technical Information: Annette Trowbridge, 612-725-3548 (x202).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The trustees are undertaking an assessment
of damages resulting from suspected injuries to natural resources in
and near the Lower St. Louis River that have been exposed to hazardous
substances released by industrial activity at the St. Louis River
Interlake/Duluth Tar Superfund Site. The trustees suspect 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, in order to determine the appropriate
type and extent of resource restoration. The Plan addresses the
trustees' overall assessment approach, and utilizes both existing data
as well as additional data to be collected as described in study in
workplans attached to the Plan. Plan addenda may be prepared by the
trustees to provide public notice of additional data collection
activities. Restoration of natural resources will be proposed by the
trustees following the assessment.
You may submit comments on the Plan by sending electronic mail (e-
mail) to: marily.danks@dnr.state.mn.us. Do not use any special
characters or forms of encryption in your e-mail. The trustees also
accept comments in WordPerfect and Word versions as attachments to the
e-mail or on disk. You may also request copies of the Plan by sending
e-mail to the above address.
Dated: July 1, 2002.
Marvin E. Moriarty,
Regional Director, Region 3, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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