[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 15, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13418-13419]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-3724]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Notice of Availability, Draft Study Plan
AGENCY: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), on behalf of the
Department of the Interior (DOI), as a natural resource trustee,
announces the release for public review of the Draft Study Plan for an
avian egg injection study for the Hudson River Natural Resource Damage
Assessment (NRDA). The Draft Study Plan describes the Trustees'
proposed approach to conducting this investigation and seeks public
feedback on the proposed approach.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before April 14, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the Draft Study Plan may be made to:
Ms. Kathryn Jahn, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, New York Field
Office, 3817 Luker Road, Cortland, New York 13045.
Written comments or materials regarding the Draft Study Plan should
be sent to the same address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathryn Jahn, Environmental
Contaminants Branch, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, New York Field
Office, 3817 Luker Road, Cortland, New York 13045. Interested parties
may also call 607-753-9334, send e-mail to [email protected], or
visit the Service's Hudson River NRDA Web site (http://www.fws.gov/contaminants/restorationplans/HudsonRiver/HudsonRiver.cfm) where this
document and others are posted, for further information.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Draft Study Plan is being released for
public review and comment in accordance with the Trustees' NRDA Plan
for the Hudson River issued in September
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2002. That NRDA Plan was released in accordance with the Natural
Resource Damage Assessment Regulations found at Title 43 of the Code of
Federal Regulation Part 11.
Interested members of the public are invited to review and comment
on the Draft Study Plan. Copies of the Draft Study Plan are available
from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's New York Field Office at 3817
Luker Road, Cortland, New York 13045. Additionally, the Draft Study
Plan is available on the FWS Hudson River NRDA Web site at: http://www.fws.gov/contaminants/restorationplans/HudsonRiver/HudsonRiver.cfm.
All comments received on the Draft Study Plan will be considered and a
response provided either through revision of the Study Plan and
incorporated into the Final Study Plan or by letter to the commentor.
The Trustees will also prepare a Responsiveness Summary responding to
public comments that will be released to the public.
Author: The primary author of this notice is Ms. Kathryn Jahn, New
York Field Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 3817 Luker Road,
Cortland, NY 13045.
Authority: The authority for this action is the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980
(CERCLA, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.).
Dated: February 21, 2006.
Marvin E. Moriarty,
Regional Director, Region 5, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. E6-3724 Filed 3-14-06; 8:45 am]
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