**TRACKING #_ MCST9800.R12_______________________** 

## RECORD OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW (ROER) **Background Inform ation**  Stage of Action: In itial Decision _X__ SI P ___ Revised Scope

___ In - the - field change ___ Group sponsoring activity (i.e.; event #, proposal #, WBS#): ASA Engineering WBS # 5.1.02 Scope/ty pe of activity : Installation of Six Freeze Cells in Ice Pier. Cells will be filled with propylene glycol and sealed. They will be removed late in 1998. Project is an experiment to see how mu ch ice grow

th can be produced using the freeze cells. The cells are forty feet long and three and one half inch outside diameter. They will be installed with twenty feet exposed in the atmosph ere. Principal contact(s): Bud Chambers Activity location(s): Ice Pier, McMurdo Antarctica 

### Intensity and Scope Duration of activity

(approximate dates): 8 - 17 - 98 to 11 - 1 - 98 Activity will occur in an area with special environmental and/or scientific management standards? Yes __ No X **If yes** , the site is located in: _______________________sector of the South Pole Station _________________________area of the Dry Valleys _________________________(name) rookery/colony _________________________(name) SSSI or SPA _________________________(name) other s pecial area Is the activity

consistent with current operations or long - range plans in terms of size, personnel, and/or footprint? Yes 

## _X 

## _ No 

## __ Are complex, cumulative, large - scale, or irreversible effects likely ? Yes __ No _X_ Is activity likel y to preclude or conflict with other foreseeable activities? Yes 

## __ No 

## _ X 

## _ Activity is expected to create no significant effects on the following environments/resources: air X aquatic X marine X terrestrial X glacial X historic X aesthe tic X Are there EMI

or EMR issues associated with this project? Yes 

## __ No X 

### Environm **ental Docum entation**  ACA permit required for: Flora/Fauna 

## __ SSSI /SPA 

## __ Not required X Activity fits into a category

of exclusion: Yes 

## _ X 

## _ No 

## __ **If yes** , whi ch one? Small scale collection of geological __ and/or biological specimen __

Routine, laboratory - based research

__ Seismic research utilizing explosives

__ Renovation and/or remodeling of existing facilities X Deployment of retriev able instrumentation

__ Use of weather/research balloons

__ Use of radioisotopes (in compliance with applicable laws) __ **If no** , is additional assessment required? Yes 

## __ No 

## _ X 

## _ If y es, for which activities? Do existing environmental document(s) adequately describe likely

effects? Yes 

## __ No 

## _ X_ **If yes** , list file name(s) of environmental document(s): This Environmental Review was prepared by : John Sherve Date: 8 - 14 - 98 

### Signature Block This Environmental Review for the stage of the action cited on line one is adequate for the action to proceed as noted.

Yes 

## _ X 

## _ Yes , with mitigation (attached) 

## __ No 

## __ If no, why ? _________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________ Responsible Of

ficial: /s/John Sherve NSF Station Manager McMurdo Antarctica Date: 8 - 14 - 98