About this Collection
This library of documents serves as the East Branch Little Calumet River Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Administrative Record Index.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is in the process of updating webpages, so some content that was previously available is temporarily unavailable. For a copy of documents with an asterisk (*), please contact Dan Sparks.
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I. Reference Library (Laws, Regulations, and Literature)
Laws
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA; 42 U.S.C. §9601 et seq.)
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA; 42 U.S.C. §4321-4347)
Regulations
II. Trustee Coordination and Management
Trustee Memorandum of Understanding
Trustee Council Resolutions
III. Pre-assessment Phase (43 C.F.R. § 11.20-§ 11.25)
Pre-assessment Screen and Determination (43 C.F.R. § 11.23)
Notice of Intent to Perform Damage Assessment
IV. Assessment Phase
Assessment Plan (43 C.F.R. § 11.30- § 11.60)
- Assessment Plan for the Natural Resource Damage Assessment of the East Branch Little Calumet River / Burns Waterway and Associated Lake Michigan Environments (April 20, 2021)
- Press Release: Natural resource trustee agencies seek public comment on plan to assess natural resource damage in East Branch Little Calumet River and Burns Waterway (May 10, 2021)
- Trustees Response to Comments on the Assessment Plan for the Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) of the East Branch Little Calumet River/Burns Waterway and Associated Lake Michigan Environments (July 7, 2021)
- 2021 Sampling and Analysis Workplan for Fish Community, Macroinvertebrate Community, Sediment Contaminant and Toxicity Assessment on the East Branch of the Little Calumet River (September 29, 2021)