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3/11/09 Hudson River NRDA Surface Water Resources Injury Determination Report (Environmental Contaminants): The Hudson River Natural Resource Trustees have released an Injury Determination Report for Hudson River Surface Water Resources as part of the Hudson River Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA). The Hudson River Natural Resource Trustees -- New York State, the U.S. Department of Commerce, and the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) -- are working cooperatively to conduct the NRDA. The information presented in this report demonstrates that the surface water of the Hudson River from Hudson Falls to the Battery in Manhattan is an injured resource. This report fulfills the requirements for surface water injury determination, as set forth in the U.S. Department of the Interior NRDA regulations. Please visit the following website for a copy of the Injury Determination Report for Hudson River Surface Water Resources: http://www.fws.gov/contaminants/restorationplans/HudsonRiver/index.html. Other documents for the Hudson River NRDA are also available at that web site. 2/20/09 New Congressional reports posted: Please see the Congressional page. 1/23/09 Two new FEMRF Proposals Funded: See our FEMRF page here! 1/22/09 Buffalo River Natural Resource Damage Assessment (Environmental contaminants): DEC web page Buffalo River Pre-Assessment Screen (2.19 MB, pdf) 1/20/09 New Section 7 Consultation Regulations (Endangered species): Posted here: New Section 7 Consultation Regulations (Final rule 12/16/08) 1/12/09 Hudson River Trustees Release Responsiveness Summary for Waterfowl Injury Assessment Study (Environmental Contaminants): The Hudson River Natural Resource Trustees have released a Responsiveness Summary for the Waterfowl Injury Assessment Study being conducted as part of the Hudson River Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA). The Hudson River Natural Resource Trustees -- New York State, the U.S. Department of Commerce, and the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) -- are working cooperatively to conduct the NRDA. The Responsiveness Summary provides Trustee agency responses to public comments on and questions about the Trustees’ Draft Study Plan, Waterfowl Injury Assessment, PCBs in Hudson River Resident Waterfowl, dated May 7, 2007, released by the Trustees for public review and comment. All comments received on the Draft Waterfowl Injury Study Plan, as part of the peer and public review process, were considered by the Trustees. The Trustees evaluated the peer review and public comments and, where warranted, incorporated these comments in the Draft Waterfowl Injury Study Plan to produce the Final Study Plan, Waterfowl Injury Assessment: Determining PCBs concentrations in Hudson River Resident Waterfowl, Public Release Version, dated December 2008, which was released by the Trustees last month. Please visit this website: Responsiveness Summary for the waterfowl injury assessment. Other documents for the Hudson River NRDA are also available at that web site.