[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 125 (Wednesday, June 28, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 39888]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-16302]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Notice of Wetland Involvement for Installation of a Soils Staging 
Area (Cell 2) at the Miamisburg Environmental Management Project

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

ACTION: Notice of wetland involvement

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SUMMARY: This is to give notice of DOE's proposal to construct a soil 
staging area at the Miamisburg Environmental Management Project (MEMP), 
located approximately ten (10) miles southwest of Dayton, Ohio. The 
proposed activity would involve a small isolated wetland in Montgomery 
County, Ohio. In accordance with 10 CFR Part 1022, Compliance with 
Floodplains/Wetlands Environmental Review Requirements, DOE will 
prepare a Wetlands Assessment and conduct the proposed action in such a 
manner as to avoid or minimize potential harm to or within the 
surrounding environment.

DATES: Written comments must be received by the DOE at the following 
address on or before July 13, 2000.

ADDRESSES: For further information on this proposed action, including a 
site map and/or a copy of the Wetlands Assessment, contact: Mr. Art 
Kleinrath, U. S. Department of Energy, Miamisburg Environmental 
Management Project, P. O. Box 66, Miamisburg, OH 45343-0066.
    Phone: (937) 865-3597; Facsimile: (937) 865-4489.

FOR 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 directly support 
the ongoing environmental remediation program at the Mound Plant. 
Construction of the new soil staging area would impact approximately a 
0.03 acre isolated wetland. The wetland is one of several identified in 
the Delineation of Federal Wetlands and Other Waters of the U.S., 
Miamisburg Environmental Management Project, August 1999. The proposed 
action will result in negative, long-term, and direct impacts from the 
excavation and filling of an isolated wetland of 0.03 acres. The 
affected wetland would be excavated and filled with soil during the 
construction of a drainage channel supporting a new soil staging area. 
Best management practices will be utilized to avoid or minimize 
potential harm to or within the surrounding environment (e.g., 
including, but not limited to, minimum grading requirements, runoff 
controls, and design and construction constraints).

    Issued in Miamisburg, Ohio on June 16, 2000.
Susan L. Smiley,
NEPA Compliance Officer, Ohio Field Office.
[FR Doc. 00-16302 Filed 6-27-00; 8:45 am]
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