Modification to Study Plan for Avian Investigations for the Hudson River. USGS Study Plan Amendment for 2006. Hudson River Natural Resource Damage Assessment. Final.

摘要

Past and continuing discharges of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have contaminated the natural resources of the Hudson River. The Hudson River Natural Resource Trustees - New York State, the U.S. Department of Commerce, and the U.S. Department of the Interior - are conducting a natural resource damage assessment (NRDA) to assess and restore those natural resources injured by PCBs (Hudson River Natural Resource Trustees 2002). Pursuant to the Hudson River NRDA Plan, the Trustees developed a Study Plan for Year 2004 Avian Investigations for the Hudson River (Hudson River Natural Resource Trustees 2004). That Study Plan described the activities that constitute the Trustees' planned approach to conducting investigations of avian species, particularly belted kingfisher, spotted sandpiper, and tree swallow, beginning in Spring 2004, as part of the Hudson River NRDA. The Study Plan for Year 2004 Avian Investigations for the Hudson River was subject to peer and public review. That Study Plan for Year 2004 noted that the work would continue in the year 2005 and that such work would be pursuant to a Study Plan Amendment for Year 2005. The Trustees subsequently released a Study Plan Amendment for 2005 (Hudson River Natural Resource Trustees 2005). That Study Plan Amendment noted that additional work on one or more of the three species might occur in 2006. This document notes the additional work planned for 2006.