67888 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 249 / Tuesday, December 30, 1997 / Notices

listed species. The final permit decision

will be made no sooner than 30 days

from the date of this notice.

Dated: December 22, 1997.

Thomas Dwyer,

Acting Regional Director, Region 1, Portland,

Oregon.

[FR Doc. 97–33848 Filed 12–29–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Availability; Addendum #1 to

the Assessment Plan: Lower Fox

River/Green Bay Natural Resource

Damage Assessment

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of 30-day comment

period.

SUMMARY: Notice is given that the

document entitled: ‘‘Assessment Plan

Addendum: Lower Fox River/Green Bay

NRDA’’ (‘‘The Addendum’’) will be

available for public review and

comment on the date of publication in

the Federal Register.

The assessment, including the

activities addressed in this addendum,

will be conducted in accordance with

guidance of the Natural Resource

Assessment Regulations found at 43

CFR Part 11, to the extent applicable.

The public review to the Addendum

announced by this Notice is provided

for in 43 CFR 11.32(c).

Interested members of the public are

invited to review and comment on the

Addendum. Copies of the Addendum,

and the ‘‘Assessment Plan: Lower Fox

River/Green Bay NRDA’’ (‘‘The Plan’’)

issued on August 23, 1996 (FR Doc. 96–

21520), can be requested from the

address listed below. All written

comments will be considered and

included in the Report of Assessment, at

the conclusion of the assessment

process.

DATES: Written comments on the

Addendum must be submitted on or

before January 29, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the

Addendum and/or the Plan may be

made to: Frank Horvath, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, Region 3 (ATTN: ES/

EC–NRDA), B.H.W. Federal Building, 1

Federal, Ft. Snelling, MN 55111–4096.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of this natural resource damage

assessment is to confirm and quantify

the suspected injuries to natural

resources in the Lower Fox River, Green

Bay, and Lake Michigan environment

resulting from exposure to hazardous

substances released by area paper mills

and other potential sources. It is

suspected that this exposure has caused

injury and resultant damages to trustee

resources. The injury and resultant

damages will be assessed under the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act, as amended, and the Clean Water

Act, as amended. The Addendum

addresses additional data collection

activities that will be undertaken to

provide additional information.

William F. Hartwig,

Regional Director, Region 3 U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service.

[FR Doc. 97–33804 Filed 12–29–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

U.S. Geological Survey

Technology Transfer Act of 1986

AGENCY: United States Geological

Survey, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of proposed cooperative

research and development agreement

(CRADA) negotiations.

SUMMARY: The United States Geological

Survey (USGS) is contemplating

entering into a Cooperative Research

and Development Agreement (CRADA)

with GEORGIA-PACIFIC

CORPORATION to evaluate potential

reproductive effects of papermill

effluents in largemouth bass.

INQUIRIES: If any other parties are

interested in similar activities with the

USGS, please contact: Timothy S. Gross,

PhD, USGS-BRD Florida Caribbean

Science Center, 7920 NW 71st St,

Gainesville, FL, 32563.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

notice is to meet the USGS requirement

stipulated in the Survey Manual.

Dated: December 17, 1997.

Don W. Minnich,

Acting Chief Biologist.

[FR Doc. 97–33813 Filed 12–29–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

U.S. Geological Survey

Technology Transfer Act of 1986

AGENCY: United States Geological

Survey, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of proposed cooperative

research and development agreement

(CRADA) negotiations.

SUMMARY: The United States Geological

Survey (USGS) is contemplating

entering into a Cooperative Research

and Development Agreement (CRADA)

with GEORGIA-PACIFIC

CORPORATION to evaluate potential

endocrine-disrupting effects of

contaminants in largemouth bass from

the lower St. John’s River basin.

INQUIRIES: If any other parties are

interested in similar activities with the

USGS, please contact: Timother S.

Gross, PhD, USGS–BRD Florida

Caribbean Science Center, 7920 NW

71st St. Gainesville, FL 32563.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

notice is to meet the USGS requirement

stipulated in the Survey Manual.

Dated: December 17, 1997.

Don W. Minnich,

Acting Chief Biologist.

[FR Doc. 97–33814 Filed 12–29–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR–030–08–1220–00: GP8–0055]

Notice of Meeting of Advisory Board

for the National Historic Oregon Trail

Interpretive Center

AGENCY: National Historic Oregon Trail

Interpretive Center, Vale District,

Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: Notice is given that a meeting

of the Advisory Board for the National

Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive

Center will be held on Thursday,

January 22, 1998 from 8 a.m. to 4:00

p.m. at the Best Western Sunridge Inn,

1 Sunridge Lane, Baker City, Oregon

97814.

At an appropriate time, the Board will

recess for approximately one hour for

lunch. Public comments will be

received from 2:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.,

January 22, 1998. Topics to be discussed

area the Interpretive Center’s budget and

the process in which the Advisory

Board can be involved. Dr. John Hunt,

Chair of the Department of Resource

Recreation and Tourism, University of

Idaho, will give a presentation.

DATES: The meeting will begin at 8:00

a.m. and run to 4:00 p.m., January 22,

1998.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place

at the Best Western Sunridge Inn, One

Sunridge Lane, Baker City, Oregon.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David B. Hunsaker, Bureau of Land

Management, National Historic Oregon

Trail, Interpretive Center, PO Box 987,