[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 226 (Monday, November 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 62572]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30794]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Notice of Wetland Involvement; for Construction of a Consolidated 
Waste Processing Facility at the Miamisburg Environmental Management 
Project (MEMP)

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 
consolidated waste processing facility at the Miamisburg Environmental 
Management Project, located approximately ten (10) miles southwest of 
Dayton, Ohio. The proposed activity would involve a small portion of an 
isolated, man-made wetland in Montgomery County, Ohio. In accordance 
with 10 CFR 1022, DOE will prepare a Wetlands Assessment and conduct 
the proposed action in such a manner to avoid or minimize potential 
harm to or within the affected wetland area.

DATES: Written comments must be received by the DOE at the following 
address on or before December 9, 1997.

ADDRESSES: For further information on this proposed action, including a 
site map and/or a copy of the Wetlands Assessment, contact: Mr. James 
O. Johnson, SM/PP Hill Performance/Technical Monitor, U.S. Department 
of Energy, Miamisburg Environmental Management Project Office, P.O. Box 
66, Miamisburg, OH 45343-0066. Phone: (937) 865-5234; Facsimile: (937) 
865-4489.

FOR FURTHER 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 and operation of the temporary, pre-fabricated 
consolidated waste processing facility would accomplish volume-
reduction, metal recovery and waste packaging goals established for the 
site. Included in the construction of the facility are equipment and 
laydown pads and a roadway. Approximately 20% of the 50'  x  60' 
laydown pad would encroach upon an isolated, man-made wetland with an 
overall areal extent of 0.04 acres. Construction of the laydown pad 
would, in turn, impact approximately one-third (\1/3\) of the subject 
wetland; the remaining two-thirds (\2/3\) of the wetland would not be 
impacted. The wetland was one of several delineated in the Mound Plant 
Habitat map (Mound Plant Ecological Characterization Report, March 
1994); the map was prepared in accordance with the 1987 Corps of 
Engineers Wetlands Delineation Manual and has the concurrence of the 
Corps. The proposed action would result in long-term and direct impacts 
to approximately one-third of the 0.04 acre man-made wetland, as a 
result of back-filling with gravel before construction of the laydown 
pad. Best management practices would be utilized to minimize the amount 
of wetland area impacted. All reasonable efforts would be taken to 
backfill the smallest area of wetland possible. Staging and transport 
of equipment and supplies in the wetland would be avoided. Erosion 
controls such as silt fences would be used, if needed, to minimize 
sediment deposition into the wetland. Culverts would also be used, if 
necessary, to ensure continued overland flow to the wetland.

    Issuance: Issued in Miamisburg, Ohio on November 18, 1997.
Susan L. Smiley,
NEPA Compliance Officer, Ohio Field Office.
[FR Doc. 97-30794 Filed 11-21-97; 8:45 am]
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