[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 198 (Tuesday, October 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 53322]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27123]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Notice of Wetland Involvement for Installation of Air Monitoring 
Station No. 28 at the Fernald Environmental Management Project (FEMP)

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

ACTION: Notice of wetland involvement.

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SUMMARY: This is to give notice of DOE's proposal to install an air 
monitoring station along with construction of an access road, to comply 
with provisions of the Clean Air Act, at the Fernald Environmental 
Management Project (FEMP), located about 18 miles northwest of downtown 
Cincinnati, Ohio. This activity will involve a wetland in Butler 
County, Ohio. In accordance with 10 CFR 1022, DOE will prepare a 
Wetland Assessment and conduct the proposed action in such a manner to 
avoid or minimize potential harm to or within the affected wetland 
area.

DATES: Written comments must be received by the DOE at the following 
address on or before October 29, 1997.

ADDRESSES: For further information on this proposed action, including a 
site map and/or a copy of the Wetlands Assessment, contact: Mr. David 
R. Kozlowski, Associate Director, Office of Safety and Assessment, U.S. 
Department of Energy, Fernald Environmental Management Project Office, 
P.O. Box 538705, Cincinnati, Ohio 45253-8705; Phone: (513) 648-3187; 
Facsimile: (513) 648-3077.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed activity would be required to 
comply with the Clean Air Act provisions for ambient air monitoring. 
Included is the construction of an access road, installation of 
electrical power, and placement of a step unit to mount the air 
monitor. Approximately 0.3 acres of wetlands would be affected. Wetland 
impacts would occur from installation of the gravel access road over 
the existing wetland, resulting in physical disturbance and filling of 
wetland areas. Best management practices would be utilized to minimize 
the amount of wetland area impacted. For example, the access road would 
be routed to impose the least impact to the wetland, erosion controls 
such as silt fences would be utilized during construction of the access 
road in order to minimize sediment deposition into the wetland, and 
culverts would be placed beneath the access road to allow continued 
overland flow to the wetland.

    Issued in Miamisburg, Ohio on September 26, 1997.
Susan L. Smiley,
NEPA Compliance Officer, Ohio Field Office.
[FR Doc. 97-27123 Filed 10-10-97; 8:45 am]
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