[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 138 (Tuesday, July 20, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38915-38916]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-18386]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Availability of the Decision Notice and Finding of No 
Significant Impact for the Environmental Assessment of Restoration 
Alternatives for the March 28, 1993, Colonial Pipeline Oil Spill Near 
Reston, Virginia

ACTION: Notice of availability of the Decision Notice (DN) and Finding 
of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Environmental Assessment of 
Restoration Alternatives for the March 28, 1993, Colonial Pipeline Oil 
Spill near Reston, Virginia.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Council on Environmental Quality regulations, 
the Trustees, representing the National Park Service, U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service, Commonwealth of Virginia, and District of Columbia, 
prepared and made available for a 30-day public review the Draft 
Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment for the Colonial Pipeline 
Oil Spill, Reston, Virginia (the EA). During the review period, the 
Trustees held a public meeting in Herndon, Virginia, to discuss the EA. 
See the notice of availability for the EA published in the Federal 
Register on October 23, 1998 (63 FR 56939).
    After the end of the 30-day public availability period, the 
Trustees selected the preferred alternative, described in Sections 3.1 
and 3.2 of the EA, and determined that the implementation of the 
preferred alternative will not cause a significant environmental impact 
(FONSI). In making that selection and determination, the Trustees 
considered the information and analysis contained in the EA and the 
comments received during the 30-day public availability period. As a 
result, the Trustees adopted certain modifications to the preferred

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alternative. Those modifications are described in the DN/FONSI and will 
be incorporated in the Final Restoration Plan and Environmental 
Assessment.
    The preferred alternative contains both primary and compensatory 
restoration actions. Natural recovery is the primary restoration action 
selected to return injured natural resources to their baseline 
conditions. A package of multiple compensatory restoration actions, 
including various wildlife habitat and recreational use enhancement 
projects, was selected to replace the interim loss of natural resource 
services. The goal of primary and compensatory restoration is to make 
the environment and the public whole for injuries to, or loss of, 
natural resources and services resulting from the oil spill.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Requests for copies of the DN/FONSI, or for 
any additional information, should be directed to Daniel Hamson, 
National Park Service, Environmental Quality Division, 1849 C Street, 
NW (Mail Stop 2749), Washington, DC 20240, Telephone: (202) 208-7504.

    Dated: July 14, 1999.
Mike Soukup,
Associate Director, Natural Resource Stewardship and Science, National 
Park Service.
[FR Doc. 99-18386 Filed 7-19-99; 8:45 am]
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