• The first recommendation for fisheries should address 

 chronic as well as acute toxicity. 



Response: The recommendation has been modified to include 

 chronic toxicity. 



• The long-term monitoring program of four stations is not 

 sufficient and the recommendation should be clarified. 



Response: The recommendation has been modified to clarify 

 the intent of the monitoring program. See also the 

 response on page A-45 to the Clark Fork Coalition's 

 written comments regarding this issue. 



• The Clark Fork Basin Project should be continued in the 

 Governor's Office and an interstate basin organization 

 should be created to deal with the tri-state region. 

 Local government units and concerned people should be 

 involved in the interstate organization so that it is not 



■ just another level of bureaucracy. 



Response: See response on page A-45 to the Clark Fork 

 Coalition's written comments regarding this issue. 



• There may not be alot of public comment on the report 

 because the comment period was so short. 



Fred Roach, Citizen 



• Are the recommendations a summary of the study? How many 

 years did it take to put this project together, and how 

 much money was spent on it? "This is all you could come 

 up with? The section on nonpoint source pollution looks 

 like a ten-minute exercise at a word processor. It 

 doesn't look like you have much here." 



Response: Comment noted. 



• Specific enforcement of some of the existing regulations 

 is needed, i.e., the 310 law and logging. There has been 

 slash piling in the creek, damming of the creek, 

 sedimentation, dragging of logs through the creek, etc. 

 Complaints have been made to the local ASCS, and DHES-WQB, 

 but no one came to investigate. 



• More people are needed to enforce laws. Citizens should 

 be encouraged to report violations, then action should be 

 taken on them. 



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