[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 47 (Tuesday, March 11, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11537-11538]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-5736]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Assessment for 
Waste Disposition Activities at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant

AGENCY: Department of Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE), announces the availability of 
the Finding of No Significant Impact and Environmental Assessment (EA) 
for Waste Disposition Activities at the Paducah Site (DOE/EA-1339). The 
EA has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 as amended (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 
4321 et seq.); Council on Environmental Quality regulations 
implementing NEPA, 40 CFR Parts 1500-1508; and DOE NEPA Implementing 
Procedures, 10 CFR Part 1021.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the EA may be obtained from: U.S. Department of 
Energy, Paducah Site Office, Attn: Mr. Gary Bodenstein, PO Box 1410, 
Paducah, KY 42001, fax (1-270-441-6801), ([email protected]).
    The EA is available for review at the U.S. Department of Energy 
Environmental Information Center, Barkley Centre, 115 Memorial Drive, 
in Paducah Kentucky. The EA is also available for review at the U.S. 
Department of Energy Information Center at 475 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak 
Ridge, TN 37830.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information on the DOE 
NEPA process, please contact: Ms. Carol M. Borgstrom, Director, Office 
of NEPA Policy and Compliance (EH-42), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585, telephone 202-586-4600, 
or leave a message at 1-800-472-2756.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has 
completed an environmental assessment (DOE/EA-1339) for proposed 
disposition of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) wastes, low-level 
radioactive waste (LLW), mixed low-level radioactive waste (MLLW), and 
transuranic (TRU) waste from the Paducah Site in Paducah, Kentucky. All 
of the wastes would be transported for disposal at various locations in 
the United States. Based on the results of the impact analysis reported 
in the EA, DOE has determined that the proposed action is not a major 
federal action that would significantly affect the quality of the human 
environment within the context of the National Environmental Policy Act 
of 1969 (NEPA). Therefore, preparation of an environmental impact 
statement was not necessary, and DOE is issuing this Finding of No 
Significant Impact (FONSI).


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    Issued in Oak Ridge, Tennessee on March 3, 2003.
James L. Elmore,
Alternate NEPA Compliance Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-5736 Filed 3-10-03; 8:45 am]
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