[Federal Register: July 6, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 128)]
[Notices]               
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

 
Notice of Wetlands Involvement for the Installation of a 
Consolidated Waste Processing Facility Accessway at the Miamisburg 
Environmental Management Project

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE), Miamisburg Environmental Management 
Project.

ACTION: Notice of wetlands involvement.

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SUMMARY: This is to give notice of DOE's proposal to construct an 
accessway for a consolidated waste processing facility at the 
Miamisburg Environmental Management Project (MEMP), located 
approximately ten (10) miles southwest of Dayton, Ohio. The proposed 
activity would involve a small, isolated, man-made wetland in 
Montgomery County, Ohio. In accordance with 10 CFR part 1022, DOE will 
prepare a Wetlands Assessment and conduct the proposed action in such a 
manner to avoid or minimize potential harm to or within the surrounding 
environment.

DATES: Written comments must be received by the DOE at the following 
address on or before July 21, 1998.

ADDRESSES: For further information on this proposed action, including a 
site map and/or a copy of the Wetlands Assessment, contact: Mr. Robert 
S. Rothman, Waste Management/Legacy Waste Project Manager, U.S. 
Department of Energy, Miamisburg Environmental Management Project 
Office, P.O. Box 66, Miamisburg, OH 45343-0066. Phone: (937) 865-3823. 
Facsimile: (937) 865-4489.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information on general DOE 
wetland and floodplain environmental review requirements, contact: Ms. 
Carol M. Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA Policy and Assistance, EH-
42, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000

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Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585. Phone: (202) 586-4600 or 
1-800-472-2756.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed activity would directly support 
the ongoing environmental remediation program at the Mound Plant. 
Construction of the accessway to the consolidated waste processing 
facility would enable the facility to accomplish volume-reduction, 
metal recovery, and waste packaging goals established for the site. 
Construction of the accessway would impact approximately 0.06 acres of 
a man-made, isolated wetland. The wetland is one of several delineated 
in the OU9 Hydrogeologic Investigation: Wetlands Determination Report, 
January 1994. The proposed action would result in long-term and direct 
impacts from the filling of an isolated, man-made wetland of 0.06 acres 
in size. The affected wetland would be backfilled with gravel during 
the construction of an accessway which is needed to support a 
consolidated waste processing facility. Best management practices would 
be utilized to avoid or minimize potential harm to or within the 
surrounding environment.

    Issued in Miamisburg, Ohio on June 23, 1998.
Susan L. Smiley,
NEPA Compliance Officer, Ohio Field Office.
[FR Doc. 98-17780 Filed 7-2-98; 8:45 am]
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