[Federal Register: January 12, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 7)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

 
Notice of Floodplain Involvement for the Transfer of the South 
Property at the Miamisburg Environmental Management Project

AGENCY: Ohio Field Office, Miamisburg Environmental Management Project 
(MEMP), Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice of Floodplain Involvement.

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SUMMARY: This is to give notice of DOE's proposal to transfer ownership 
of approximately 123 acres of undeveloped property in the southern 
portion of the MEMP site, located approximately 10 (ten) miles 
southwest of Dayton, Ohio. The property, designated the South Property, 
has been determined to be excess to DOE's long-term needs. As a result, 
ownership of this property will be transferred to a non-Federal entity. 
A small portion of the South Property lies within the 100-year 
floodplain, i.e., the area is subject to a 1% chance per year of 
inundation from the Great Miami River. In accordance with 10 CFR 
1022.5(d), DOE will identify those uses that are restricted under 
Federal, state, and local floodplain regulations. The future owner of 
the South Property will be made aware of the applicable governing 
regulations on or adjacent to the 100-year floodplain.

DATES: Written comments must be received by the DOE at the following 
address on or before January 27, 1999.

ADDRESSES: For further information on this proposed action, including a 
site map and/or copy of the Floodplain Assessment, contact: Ms. Sue 
Smiley, NEPA Compliance Officer, U. S. Department of Energy, Ohio Field 
Office, P. O. Box 66, Miamisburg, OH 45343-0066; Phone: 937-865-3984; 
Facsimile: 937-865-4489.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information on general DOE 
floodplain and wetland environmental review requirements, contact: Ms. 
Carol Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA Policy and Assistance, EH-42, 
U. S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, 
D.C. 20585; Phone: 202-586-4600 or 1-800-472-2756.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed activity would support ultimate 
disposition of the MEMP site. The MEMP site has been determined to be 
excess to DOE's long-term needs. This decision is supported by the 
Nonnuclear Consolidation Environmental Assessment (DOE/EA-0792) and 
associated Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) dated September 14, 
1993, and the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the DOE Defense 
Programs, Environmental Management and Nuclear Energy Programs, dated 
August 1, 1995. In order to meet the programmatic need to disposition 
land determined to be excess to DOE's needs, ownership of the site will 
be transferred to a non-Federal entity. The property will be released 
in phases, as certain parcels of land are still in use or are not yet 
suitable for transfer. This notice addresses that portion of the South 
Property which lies within the 100-year floodplain. The proposed sale 
of the South Property, as a whole, will be evaluated under the National 
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process. The NEPA document, which will 
include the Floodplain Assessment, will be made available to Interested 
or Affected States and Tribes, as well as other key stakeholders/
members of the public. Transfer of the South Property will not occur 
until the NEPA process has been completed.

    Issued in Miamisburg, Ohio on December 30, 1998.
G. Leah Dever,
Manager, Ohio Field Office.
[FR Doc. 99-636 Filed 1-11-99; 8:45 am]
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