Fox River Cleanup
IMPORTANT PUBLIC HEARING
ON THE FOX RIVER CLEANUP
Your attendance matters! Please come to one of the most important
Fox River public hearings to be held in more than 10 years.
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service will be releasing their long-awaited
final document for the Natural Resources Damage Assessment, related
to the catastrophic Fox River PCB contamination in Northeast
Wisconsin and Lake Michigan. A week later, they will
hold a
public hearing on:
Wednesday, October 25This is a one-time major opportunity to require the payment of
6 to 10 pm
at the Brown County Library
515 Pine Street, downtown Green Bay
$50-150 million or more from the 7 paper companies responsible for
the PCB contamination --- to cover the costs of wildlife habitat
projects in Northeast Wisconsin (restoration, acquisition, critical
habitat, endangered species, stocking, etc.) and for other waterfront
enhancements.
This is a damage compensation package, and separate from the
PCB sediment cleanup plan to be proposed early next year.
The hearing will include a presentation by U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service on their "Restoration & Compensation Determination Plan"
(RCDP) explaining their rationale and answering questions. Over
the
past year, they've already released several preparatory studies
which assessed the damages and economic costs of the contamination,
in terms of fish and wildlife resources (not human health).
Please read the Service's information online at:
http://www.fws.gov/r3pao/nrda/
Unfortunately, the final RCDP report won't be done until a week
before the hearing, but it is supposed to be on the Service's website
then for you to read.
Please be sure to share this information with everyone you know, and
bring your friends and family to the public hearing with you.
We
need to show strong support for this plan --- before the Service is
locked in settlement negotiations with the paper companies.
Hope to see you there!
Rebecca Leighton Katers
Clean Water Action Council of N.E. Wisconsin
1270 Main Street, Suite 120
Green Bay, WI 54302
Ph: 920-437-7304
FAX: 920-437-7326
CleanWater@cwac.net
