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2004 meeting of the National Advisory 

Committee, to be held at the Ritz 

Carlton Hotel at Pentagon City, 1250 

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as follows: 

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Tuesday, December 14, 2004, the 

National Advisory Committee is now 

scheduled to meet from 8 a.m. to 

approximately 6 p.m. The National 

Advisory Committee will not meet on 

Wednesday, December 15, 2004. 

(2) On Wednesday, December 15, the 

Accreditation and State Liaison Staff 

will provide an informational briefing 

on the new Web-based process for 

electronic submission of petitions for 

recognition. The briefing, which will 

include a question-and-answer session, 

will begin at 10 a.m. and end at 

approximately 11:30 a.m. 

(3) The agency listed below, which 

was originally scheduled for review 

during the National Advisory 

Committee’s December 2004 meeting, 

will be postponed for review until the 

Spring 2005 meeting. 

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recognition submitted by the National 

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scope of recognition: The accreditation 

of postsecondary schools and 

departments of cosmetology arts and 

sciences and massage therapy.) 

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accreditation of postsecondary schools 

and departments of cosmetology arts 

and sciences and massage therapy in the 

United States.) 

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[FR Doc. E4–3454 Filed 12–2–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Remediation of the Moab Uranium Mill 

Tailings, Grand and San Juan 

Counties, Utah, Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement; Notice of 

Availability

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of availability and public 

hearings. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) announces the availability 

of the document, Remediation of the 

Moab Uranium Mill Tailings, Grand and 

San Juan Counties, Utah, Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (DOE/

EIS–0335D) for the Moab, Utah, 

Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action 

(UMTRA) Project Site, for public 

comment. The draft environmental 

impact statement (EIS) analyzes the 

potential environmental impacts 

associated with alternatives for 

remediating contaminated soils, tailings, 

and ground water at the Moab Uranium 

Mill Tailings Site (Moab site), Grand 

County, Utah, and contaminated soils in 

adjacent public and private properties 

(vicinity properties) near the Moab site. 

The draft EIS also contains a Floodplain 

and Wetlands Assessment. 

The Department prepared this draft 

EIS in accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the 

Council on Environmental Quality 

(CEQ) regulations that implement the 

procedural provisions of NEPA (40 CFR 

Parts 1500–1508), and the DOE 

procedures implementing NEPA (10 

CFR Part 1021). The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) published a 

notice of availability of the draft EIS in 

the Federal Register on November 12, 

2004 (69 FR 65427), starting a public 

comment period ending February 18, 

2005. 

DOE invites the public to comment on 

the draft EIS and will consider the 

comments in preparing the final EIS. 

Written comments must be submitted by 

February 18, 2005, to ensure 

consideration. DOE will consider 

comments submitted after this date to 

the extent practicable. DOE will conduct 

four public hearings to present 

information and receive comments on 

the draft in Moab, Blanding, White 

Mesa, and Green River, Utah. DOE will 

also publish information about the 

hearings in local Utah newspapers in 

advance of the hearings. DOE will 

accept oral and written comments at the 

public hearings.

DATES: DOE invites comments on the 

draft EIS, which should be submitted to 

Don Metzler (see ADDRESSES) by 

February 18, 2005. DOE will consider 

comments submitted after that date to 

the extent practicable. DOE also will 

conduct four public hearings to present 

information and receive oral and written 

comments on the draft EIS. Information 

about these hearings will also be 

published in local Utah newspapers in 

advance of the hearings. The locations, 

dates, and times for these public 

hearings are as follows: 

1. January 25, 2005, 6 p.m., City Hall 

Meeting Room, 240 E. Main, Green 

River, Utah. 

2. January 26, 2005, 6 p.m., Archway 

Inn, 1551 N. Hwy 191, Moab, Utah. 

3. January 27, 2005, 10 a.m., 

Education Building, White Mesa, Utah. 

4. January 27, 2005, 6 p.m., College of 

Eastern Utah Arts and Events Center 

Auditorium, 639 West 100 South, 

Blanding, Utah.

ADDRESSES: Requests for further 

information on the draft EIS, copies of 

the document, and comments on the 

draft EIS should be directed to Don 

Metzler, Moab Federal Project Director, 

U.S. Department of Energy, 2597 B3⁄4

Road, Grand Junction, Colorado, 81503; 

facsimile: (970) 248–7636; telephone 

(970) 248–7612 or toll free at (800) 637–

4575; or e-mailed to: 

moabcomments@gjo.doe.gov.

Additional information can also be 

obtained from the EIS Web site: http://

www.gj.em.doe.gov/moab/. For 

information or instructions on how to 

record comments call (800) 637–4575.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general information on the Office of 

Environmental Management’s (EM) 

NEPA process, please contact Mr. Don 

Metzler, Moab Federal Project Director, 

at the address or phone numbers listed 

above, or Steven A. Frank, Office of 

Environmental Management NEPA 

Compliance Officer, U.S. Department of 

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20585; telephone 

(202) 586–7478. 

For information regarding the DOE 

NEPA process, please contact: 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 

(800) 472–2756.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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Alternatives Considered 

Remediation alternatives for the 

disposal of surface contamination 

include on-site disposal of the mill 

tailings at their current location in 

Moab, Utah; and three off-site disposal 

alternatives in Utah: Klondike Flats, 

near Moab; Crescent Junction, near the 

town of Crescent Junction and about 20 

miles east of the town of Green River; 

and the White Mesa Mill within a few 

miles of the towns of Blanding and 

White Mesa and the Ute Mountain Ute 

Indian Reservation. The draft EIS 

considers three modes of transporting 

the mill tailings to the off-site 

alternatives: truck, rail, and slurry 

pipeline. In addition, the draft EIS 

evaluates active ground water 

remediation to eliminate the potential 

ongoing impacts to aquatic species in 

the Colorado River resulting from the 

discharge of contaminated ground water 

into the river. 

In accordance with NEPA 

requirements, the draft EIS also 

analyzes, for comparative purposes, a 

No Action alternative. Under the No 

Action alternative, DOE would cease the 

active management that DOE currently 

provides of the mill tailings currently 

stored on-site. Discharge of 

contaminated ground water into the 

Colorado River would continue under 

the No Action alternative. 

DOE has not yet identified a preferred 

alternative. DOE will consider the 

analyses provided in the EIS as well as 

comments on the document in 

determining its preferred alternative, 

which will be identified in the final EIS. 

Distribution and Availability of the 

Draft EIS 

Copies of the draft EIS were 

distributed to Members of Congress, 

Federal, State, and Indian tribal 

governments, local officials, persons, 

agencies, and organizations who have 

expressed an interest in the EIS process. 

Copies of the draft EIS may also be 

requested as indicated previously in the 

ADDRESSES and FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT sections of this 

notice. The draft EIS is available 

electronically on the Internet at http://

www.gj.em.doe.gov/moab/, and is also 

available on the DOE NEPA Web site at 

http://www.eh.doe.gov/nepa/. Copies of 

the draft EIS have been placed in the 

Grand County Public Library, Blanding 

Branch Library, and the White Mesa Ute 

Administrative Building, and in the 

DOE Public Reading Room in Grand 

Junction, Colorado. Copies may also be 

requested by contacting DOE toll free at 

1–800–637–4575. 

Addresses of Public Reading Rooms 

and Libraries:

Grand County Library, 25 South 100 

East, Moab, Utah, (435) 259–5421. 

Library hours: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. 

Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 

p.m. Saturday, Closed Sunday. 

Blanding Branch Library, 25 West 300 

South, Blanding, Utah, (435) 678–

2335. Library hours: Noon to 7 p.m. 

Monday through Thursday, 2 to 6 

p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 

Saturday. 

White Mesa Ute Administrative 

Building (off U.S. Highway 191), 

White Mesa, Utah, (435) 678–3397.

Reading Room hours: 8 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m. Monday through Friday, Closed 

weekends. 

The DOE Freedom of Information Act 

Office and Reading Room, Room 1E–

190, 1000 Independence Ave, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–3142. 

Public Hearings: DOE will conduct 

four public hearings on the draft EIS 

(see DATES above).

Issued in Washington, DC, on November 

30, 2004. 

Dr. Ine ́s Triay, 

Deputy Chief Operating Officer.

[FR Doc. 04–26627 Filed 12–2–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–6658–2] 

Environmental Impact Statements; 

Notice of Availability 

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal 

Activities, General Information (202) 

260–5073 or (202) 260–5075.

Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact 

Statements Filed November 22, 2004 

Through November 26, 2004 Pursuant 

to 40 CFR 1506.9.

EIS No. 040543, Final EIS, FHW, MI, 

MI–59 Livingston County Widening 

Project between I–96 and US 23, 

Recommended Alternative was 

Selected, Right-of-Way Preservation 

Center Corridor, Funding, NPDES and 

U.S. Army COE Section 404 Permits 

Issuance, Livingston County, MI, Wait 

Period Ends: January 3, 2005, Contact: 

Abdelmoez Abda lla (517) 702–1820. 

EIS No. 040544, Draft Supplement, 

FHW, UT, Legacy Parkway Project, 

Construction from I–215 at 2100 

North in Salt Lake City to I–15 and US 

89 near Farmington, Updated 

Information, Funding and U.S. Army 

COE Section 404 Permit, Salt Lake 

and Davis Counties, UT, Comment 

Period Ends: February 1, 2005, 

Contact: Gregory Punske (801) 963–

0182. 

EIS No. 040545, Draft EIS, AFS, PA,

Martin Run Project, To Implement 

Management Direction as Outlined in 

Allegheny National Forest Plan, 

Bradford Ranger District, Allegheny 

National Forest, Warren and McKean 

Counties, PA, Comment Period Ends: 

January 18, 2005, Contact: Heather 

Luczak (814) 362–4613. 

EIS No. 040546, Draft EIS, NPS, AZ,

Chiricahua National Monument Fire 

Management Plan (FMP), 

Implementation, AZ, Comment Period 

Ends: February 2, 2005, Contact: Alan 

Whaton (520) 824–3560. 

EIS No. 040547, Draft EIS, IBR, CA,

Folsom Dam Road Access Restriction 

Project, Control Access to Folsom 

Dam, City of Folsom, CA, Comment 

Period Ends: January 18, 2005, 

Contact: Robert Schroeder (916) 989–

7274. 

EIS No. 040549, Draft EIS, BLM, CO,

Roan Plateau Resource Management 

Plan Amendment, Including Former 

Naval Oil Shale Reserves 1 and 2, 

Garfield and Rio Blanco Counties, CO, 

Comment Period Ends: March 4, 2005, 

Contact: Steve Bennett (970) 947–

2800. 

EIS No. 040549, Draft EIS, FHW, MD,

Intercounty Connector (ICC) from I–

270 to US 1, Funding and U.S. Army 

COE 404 Section Permit, Montgomery 

and Prince George’s Counties, MD, 

Comment Period Ends: February 1, 

2005, Contact: Nelson J. Castellanos 

(410) 962–4440. 

EIS No. 040550, Draft EIS, COE, NY,

Hudson River at Athens, New York 

Navigation Project, Design and 

Construction of a Spur Navigation 

Channel, Hudson River, New York 

City, NY, Comment Period Ends: 

January 18, 2005, Contact: Bonnie 

Hulkower (202) 264–5798. 

EIS No. 040551, Draft EIS, FHW, WI,

WI–23 Highway Project, 

Transportation Improve between 

Fond du Lac and Plymouth, Funding, 

Fond du Lac and Sheboygan Counties, 

WI, Comment Period Ends: January 

21, 2005, Contact: Johnny Gerbitz 

(608) 829–7500. 

EIS No. 40452, Final EIS, CGD, LA, Gulf 

Landing Deepwater Port License 

Application for Construct of a 

Deepwater Port and Associated 

Anchorages in the Gulf of Mexico, 

South of Cameron, LA, Wait Period 

Ends: January 3, 2005, Contact: Mark 

A. Prescott (202) 267–0225. 

Amended Notices 

EIS No. 404529, Draft EIS, COE, MA,

Cape Wind Energy Project Construct 

and Operate 130 Wind Turbine