[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 205 (Friday, October 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56939-56940]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-28433]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Draft Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment for the 
Colonial Pipeline Oil Spill, Reston, VA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Availability of draft restoration plan and environmental 
assessment for the Colonial Pipeline Oil Spill, Reston, Virginia.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), the National Park Service and 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, jointly with the Commonwealth of 
Virginia and the District of Columbia, announce the availability of the 
Draft Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment for the Colonial 
Pipeline Oil Spill, Reston, Virginia.

DATES: The Draft Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment will 
remain available for public review through November 20, 1998. Comments 
regarding this document should be received no later than November 20, 
1998. Additionally, a public meeting will be held to discuss the Draft 
Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment starting at 7 p.m. on 
November 5, 1998, at the Herndon Middle School, 901 Locust Street, 
Herndon, Virginia.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the Draft Restoration Plan and Environmental 
Assessment should be sent to the following contact person Daniel

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Hamson, National Park Service, Environmental Quality Division, 1849 C 
Street, NW. (Mail Stop 2749), Washington, DC 20240.
    Public reading copies of the Draft Restoration Plan and 
Environmental Assessment will be available for review at the following 
location. Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, Northern 
Regional Office, 13901 Crown Court, Woodbridge, VA 22193.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 28, 1993, a subsurface petroleum 
products pipeline owned and operated by the Colonial Pipeline Company 
ruptured near Reston, Virginia, discharging approximately 408,000 
gallons of No. 2 fuel oil (diesel) into Sugarland Run, the Potomac 
River, and surrounding environments. Several natural resources, 
including fish, wildlife, and their habitats, were adversely affected. 
Additionally, recreational use of natural resources in and around 
National Park Service facilities, and regional and local parks, was 
adversely affected. This Draft Restoration Plan and Environmental 
Assessment presents the Trustees' proposed restoration alternative for 
making the environment and the public whole for injuries to, or loss 
of, natural resources and services resulting from the Oil Spill. It 
also evaluates the environmental impacts and considers the no action 
alternative as required by NEPA. The Trustees are soliciting comments 
on this Draft Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment. These 
comments will be considered in evaluating the Environmental Assessment, 
making decisions pursuant to NEPA, and developing the Final Restoration 
Plan.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact Daniel Hamson, National Park Service, 
at the above address.

    Dated: October 19, 1998.
Sharon Kliwinski,
Acting Associate Director, Natural Resource Stewardship and Science, 
National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 98-28433 Filed 10-22-98; 8:45 am]
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