[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 148 (Wednesday, August 3, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-18917]
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[Federal Register: August 3, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Carlsbad Area Office; Waste Isolation Pilot Plant; Trespassing on
DOE Property
AGENCY: Energy Department.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy hereby designates an additional
portion of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) site near Carlsbad,
New Mexico, an Off-Limits Area in accordance with 10 CFR Part 860,
making it a federal crime under 42 U.S.C. 2278a for unauthorized
persons to enter into or upon that part of the WIPP site. If
unauthorized entry into or upon the designated portion of the site is
into an area enclosed by a fence, wall, roof, or other standard
barrier, conviction for such unauthorized entry may result in a fine of
not more than $100,000 or imprisonment for not more than one year or
both. If unauthorized entry into or upon the site is into an area not
enclosed by a fence, wall, roof, or other standard barrier, conviction
for such unauthorized entry may result in a fine of not more than
$5,000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George E. Dials, Manager, Carlsbad
Area Office, P.O. Box 3090, Carlsbad, New Mexico 88221, Telephone (505)
234-7300.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Land
Withdrawal Act, Public Law 102-579, transferred jurisdiction over the
WIPP site from the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of Energy
and reserved the WIPP site for the use of the Secretary of Energy for
the authorized activities associated with the purposes of WIPP. At this
time, pursuant to Section 229 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as
amended (47 U.S.C. 2278a), Section 104 of the Energy Reorganization Act
of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5814), as implemented by 10 CFR Part 860 published
in the Federal Register on July 9, 1975, (40 FR 28789, 28790), and
Section 301 of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C.
7151), the Department of Energy hereby gives notice that a portion of
the WIPP site is designated an Off-Limits Area and prohibits the
unauthorized entry and the unauthorized introduction of weapons or
dangerous materials, as provided in 10 CFR 860.3 and 860.4 into or upon
that part of the WIPP site in Eddy County, New Mexico.
The portion of the WIPP site being designated in this notice as an
Off-Limits Area includes those portions of the WIPP site previously
designated as Off-Limits Areas (47 FR 38580, September 1, 1982; 48 FR
28715, June 23, 1983). A description of the portion of the WIPP site
being designated at this time is as follows: A tract of land in Eddy
County, New Mexico, being part of Sections 20, 21, 28, and 29, Township
22 South, Range 31 East, N.M.P.M., and being more particularly
described as follows, to wit: Beginning at a point on the North line of
said Section 20 which is S89 deg. 57' a distance of 1378.68' from the
Northwest corner of said Section 20; Thence S89 deg. 57' E a distance
of 3900.00' to the corner common to Sections 16, 17, 20, & 21, Thence
N89 deg. 51'E a distance of 3160.99' to a point from which the corner
common to Sections 15, 16, 21, & 22 bears N89 deg. 51'E a distance of
2120.00 feet, Thence S00 deg. 01'16''E a distance of 5279.97' to a
point on the line between Sections 21 & 28 from which the corner common
to Sections 21, 22, 27, & 28 bears N89 deg. 56'E a distance of 2118.71'
and the corner common to Sections 20, 21, 28, & 29 bears S89 deg. 56'W
a distance of 3160.63', Thence continuing S00 deg. 01'16''E a distance
of 3697.74' to a point from which the corner common to Sections 27, 28,
33, & 34 bears South 1580.0' and East 2120.0', Thence N89 deg. 59'27''W
a distance of 3159.63' to a point on the line between Sections 28 & 29
from which the corner common to Sections 20, 21, 28, & 29 bears
N00 deg. 02'35''W a distance of 3693.55' and the corner common to
Sections 28, 29, 32, & 33 bears S00 deg. 02'35''E a distance of
1580.51', Thence continuing N89 deg. 59'27''W a distance of 3897.93' to
a point from which the corner common to Sections 29, 30, 31, & 32 bears
S00 deg. 01'W 1580' and N89 deg. 59'W 1379.34', Thence N00 deg.
02'27''W a distance of 3696.32' to a point on the line between Sections
20 & 29 from which the corner common to Sections 20, 21, 28, & 29 bears
S89 deg. 57'E a distance of 3898.21' and the corner common to Sections
19, 20, 29, & 30 bears N89 deg. 57'W a distance of 1381.13', Thence
continuing N00 deg. 02'27''W a distance of 5275.39' to the point of
beginning, containing 1453.9 acres of land, more or less.
Notices stating the pertinent prohibitions of 10 CFR 860.3 and
860.4 and penalties of 10 CFR 860.5 will be posted at all entrances of
said tract and at intervals along its perimeter as provided in 10 CFR
860.6.
Issued in Carlsbad, NM July 25, 1994.
George E. Dials,
Manager, Carlsbad Area Office.
[FR Doc. 94-18917 Filed 8-2-94; 8:45 am]
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