RE: The Public's Role in Natural Resource Damage Assess=ment

[Susan Gawarecki <loc@icx.net>]

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Here are a few answers to Peter Strauss' questions, at least as how they 
relate to the Oak Ridge Reservation:

The award need not be monetary.  One negotiated settlement for a portion 
of the resource damages by the DOE (radioactive contaminants discharged 
into the Clinch River) was the conservation easement placed on about 
3000 acres of undeveloped reservation lands.  This will protect a large 
tract of important habitat and allow limited access for recreational 
purposes.  The public was included in hearings and input invited on a 
management plan for the tract of land.  This is restitution to the State 
of Tennessee for damage to waters of the state.

Susan Gawarecki
Executive Director
ORR Local Oversight Committee

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