In response to numerous public requests, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has added four public meetings in Wisconsin and Michigan to discuss information included in the Restoration and Compensation Determination Plan (RCDP) for the Fox River/Green Bay Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA). The initial meeting was held in Green Bay, October 25.
The co-trustees working on this NRDA and include: the Service, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Michigan Attorney General, the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, the Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin, and the Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians.
All meetings will be held from 6:00-10:00p.m. They are scheduled for:
November 27
Winnebago County Courthouse
415 Jackson Street
Lounge #60
Oshkosh, WisconsinNovember 30
Door County Courthouse
421 Nebraska Street
Sturgeon Bay, WisconsinDecember 6
Civic Center
225 North 21st Street
Escanaba, MichiganDecember 7
Bourdini Center
1825 North Bluemount Drive
Appleton, Wisconsin
The recently released Restoration and Compensation Determination Plan is available for review on the Services Fox River/Green Bay NRDA website: http://midwest/fws.gov/nrda/ This report culminates a 6-year effort on the NRDA and describes the type and the scale of environmental restoration required to correct damages after decades of PCB releases.
A court reporter will be available at the public meetings to record all comments. The public is invited to submit written or oral comments on the RCDP or other determinations released in earlier reports. All of these reports are available from the Service website.
The deadline for submitting comments on the RCDP is December 15. Comments can be sent to:
David Allen
Assessment Manager
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Green Bay Field Office
1015 Challenger Court
Green Bay, WI 54311-8331
E-mail: David_P_Allen@fws.gov
For more information or to arrange for a time to view any of the NRDA reports at the Green Bay Field Office Reading Room, contact David Allen at (920) 465-7407.
