[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 51 (Tuesday, March 16, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 12306]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-5882]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Assessment 
Addendum for Waste Disposition Activities at the Paducah Site, Paducah, 
KY

AGENCY: Oak Ridge Operations Office, Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy announces the availability of the 
Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) and Environmental Assessment 
Addendum (EA Addendum) for Waste Disposition Activities at the Paducah 
Site (DOE/EA-1339A). The EA Addendum 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.
    The U.S. Department of Energy has completed an Environmental 
Assessment Addendum (DOE/EA-1339A) for the disposition of additional 
waste currently located at the Paducah Site, Paducah, Kentucky. This EA 
Addendum follows the original EA (DOE/EA-1339), completed November 5, 
2002, which analyzed continued waste management operations including 
disposition of waste from the Paducah Site.
    The EA Addendum analyzes transportation of additional waste for 
disposal at various locations in the United States. Based on the 
results of the impact analysis reported in the EA Addendum, 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).

ADDRESSES: Copies of the EA may be obtained from: U.S. Department of 
Energy, Paducah Site Office, Attn: Mr. Greg Bazzell, P.O. Box 1410, 
Paducah, KY 42001, by fax (1-270-441-6801), or electronically 
([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 at the U.S. Department 
of Energy Information Center at 475 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge, TN 
37830.
    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.

    Issued in Oak Ridge, Tennessee on March 8, 2004.
James L. Elmore,
Alternate Oak Ridge Operations, National Environmental Policy Act, 
Compliance Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-5882 Filed 3-15-04; 8:45 am]
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