[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 105 (Thursday, May 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27104-27105]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-13581]



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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Notice of Availability of the Environmental Assessment: 
Wastewater Treatment Plant at McMurdo Station, Antarctica

AGENCY:  National Science Foundation.

SUMMARY: The National Science Foundation's research support facility at 
McMurdo Station, Antarctica currently disposes of sanitary wastes by 
maceration and discharge through an outfall pipe into the receiving 
waters of McMurdo Sound. The National Science Foundation is considering 
the construction and operation of a wastewater treatment facility at 
McMurdo Station, Antarctica and is seeking comment from interested 
citizens. An environmental assessment, Wastewater Treatment Plant at 
McMurdo Station, Antarctica, is available for review and comment.

DATES: Comments regarding the environmental assessment, Wastewater 
Treatment Plant at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, will be of most use to 
the planning team if they are received by June 28, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted to: Robert S. 
Cunningham, Office of Polar Programs, Room 755, National Science 
Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert S. Cunningham or Joyce Jatko at 
the Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation TEL: (703) 
306-1033, FAX: (703) 306-0139, EMAIL; [email protected] or 
[email protected].


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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The environmental assessment specifically 
addresses those physical, biological, and social environmental factors 
and considerations that either affect or are affected by the 
construction and operation of a wastewater treatment facility at 
McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Three alternatives are considered: 
continuation of current practices; extension of the wastwater outfall 
pipe into McMurdo Sound; and construction and operation of a wastewate 
treatment facility. In the third alternative, primary, secondary, and 
tertiary wastewater treatment is considered along with disinfection of 
wastewater and sludge storage and disposal. The environmental effects 
of each alternative are compared among alternatives. A preferred 
alternative is not identified.

    Dated: May 22, 1996.
Carol A. Roberts,
Deputy Director, Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation.
[FR Doc. 96-13581 Filed 5-29-96; 8:45 am]
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