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Grand Calumet River
Natural Resource Damage Assessment

Contacting the Office:
Dan Sparks (NRDA Specialist)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
620 South Walker Street
Bloomington, IN 47403-2121
Phone: (812) 334-4261 Ext. 219
Fax: (812) 334-4273
E-Mail: Daniel_Sparks@fws.gov

Link to Grand Calumet River Restoration Fund Council website.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has released the following reports and documents available for download below. Due to the size of some reports, they are broken down into multiple parts for easier downloading by those with slower connections:

Final Restoration Alternatives Development Report (13.6 Mb; 148 pages; .pdf file) for the Grand Calumet River and Indiana Harbor Canal. (December, 2000)

Restoration Compensation Determination Plan (RCDP) (436 Kb; 38 pages; .pdf file) for the Grand Calumet River and Indiana Harbor Canal.

Appendices to the RCDP (200 Kb; 25 pages; pdf file).

An Assessment of Injury to Human Uses of Fishery Resources in the Grand Calumet River and Indiana Harbor Canal, the Grand Calumet River Lagoons, and Indiana Harbor and the Nearshore Areas of Lake Michigan

Volume I (1.4 MB pdf format)

Volume II (1.3 MB pdf format)

Sediment Injury Report for the Grand Calumet River, Indiana Harbor Canal, Indiana Harbor, and Near Shore Areas of Lake Michigan.

Groundwater Injury Report (562k pdf) Note: Report does not include Figure/Plate images. Download those pdf's below:

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Sediment Injury Report downloads:

Final Report Part I

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Chapter 4 cont.

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

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Executive Summary Figures

Executive Summary Tables

Other documents:

USX Settlement Fact Sheet

Assessment Plan

Addendum 1 to the Assessment Plan

Initial Resource Compensation Determination Plan

Preassessment Screen and Determination

Any future reports concerning the Grand Calumet River Natural Resource Damage Assessment will be made available online as well so check this website for the latest information. For further information, contact NRDA Specialist Dan Sparks using the phone number or e-mail link at the top of the page.

Last updated: July 10, 2008