The US Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) intend to develop a Restoration and Compensation Determination Plan (RCDP) for the Missouri portion of the Tri-State Mining District (TSMD) consistent with the U. S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Natural
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Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration regulations.
This work will build off of related preliminary analyses developed for these TSMD Sites during previous natural resource damage assessment work.
This is a notice of intent to award a single source cooperative agreement to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources without competition under justification 505DM 2. 1 4. B.2 and 4. Competition for the award is not practical as the production of this RCDP is a continuation of the ongoing assessment process for which MDNR, as the only co-trustee, has shared responsibility with DO for the study, the duration of the study will be approximately one and one-half years.
The Service will be substantially involved in projects under this funding opportunity.
In particular, the Service will be responsible for the following:
Writing select elements of the RCDP, Field collection of environmental samples, and Review of the RCDP document.