21508 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 84 / Tuesday, May 2, 1995 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Floodplain Statement of Findings for

Operable Unit 2 Removal Action No. 30

at the Fernald Environmental

Management Project

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Floodplain statement of

findings.

SUMMARY: This is to give notice of DOE’s

planned actions for the Fernald

Environmental Management Project

(FEMP), located approximately 18 miles

(29 kilometers) northwest of downtown

Cincinnati, Ohio. The subject of this

Floodplain Statement of Findings is

Operable Unit 2 Removal Action No. 30.

DOE proposes to protect human health

and the environment by excavating

contaminated sediments and

constructing a seepage collection system

to prevent leaching and infiltration of

contaminated sediments into the Great

Miami Aquifer. Excavation and

construction activities associated with

implementation of this action would

involve a small portion of the floodplain

along Paddys Run in Hamilton County,

Ohio. In accordance with Executive

Order 11988 and 10 CFR 1022, DOE

prepared a floodplain assessment

describing the effects, alternatives and

measures designed to avoid or minimize

potential harm to or within the affected

floodplain. The assessment found that

the proposed action would have

minimal temporary or long-term

impacts on the floodplain.

DATES: Written comments must be

received by the DOE at the following

address on or before May 17, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Mail comments and/or

requests for further information,

including a site map, to: Mr. Wally

Quaider, Acting Associate Director,

Office of Safety & Assessment, U.S.

Department of Energy, Fernald Area

Office, P.O. Box 538705, Cincinnati,

Ohio 45253–8705, Phone: (513) 648–

3137, Facsimile: (513) 648–3077.

FURTHER INFORMATION: For further

information on general DOE floodplain

and wetland environmental review

requirements, contact: Ms. Carol

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: This

Floodplain Statement of Findings for

Operable Unit 2 Removal Action No. 30

at the FEMP has been prepared in

accordance with Executive Order 11988,

‘‘Floodplain Management,’’ and 10 CFR

Part 1022, ‘‘DOE Regulations for

Compliance with Floodplain/Wetland

Environmental Review Requirements.’’

A Notice of Floodplain Involvement was

published in the Federal Register (FR)

on April 13, 1995 (60 FR 18805) and a

Floodplain Assessment was

incorporated in the Removal Action No.

30 Work Plan. DOE is proposing to

protect human health and the

environment by excavating

contaminated sediments (in the low area

in the southeast corner of the South

Field) to prevent leaching of

contaminated sediments into the Great

Miami Aquifer, and by constructing a

seepage collection system to prevent

infiltration of contaminated sediments

into the Great Miami Aquifer. In order

to eliminate the threat of a release to

Paddy’s Run, limited excavation would

occur in the floodplain. Direct physical

impact to the floodplain would result

from the operation of heavy equipment

during excavation of contaminated

sediments and construction of a sump/

pump station and portion of a discharge

line within the floodplain. Potential

indirect impacts to the 100- and 500-

year floodplain, as a result of removal

activities involving the Inactive Flyash

Pile and South Field, include surface

water runoff and sedimentation loading

into the floodplain. Several alternatives

were considered and evaluated in

making this determination, including

no-action, removal of sediment/

construction of a seepage interceptor

system, and sediment removal/

construction of a seepage collection

system (i.e., the preferred alternative).

Direct and indirect impacts would occur

during the implementation of any action

alternative considered. However,

minimal or no change in flood

elevations would be expected. The

proposed removal action has been

designed to conform to applicable

Federal and State regulations, including

floodplain protection standards. Before

this action begins, approval would be

obtained from the Federal and State

agencies having jurisdiction.

DOE has determined that there is no

practicable alternative to the proposed

removal action and that this action has

been designed to minimize harm to the

100- and 500-year floodplain of Paddys

Run. Engineering controls (e.g., silt

fences, straw bales) will minimize any

indirect impacts such as runoff and

sediment deposition to the floodplain.

Backfilling activities following the

Operable Unit 2 Removal Action will

eliminate any long-term adverse

impacts.

Issued in Miamisburg, Ohio on April 19,

1995.

George R. Gartrell,

Acting Deputy Manager, Ohio Field Office.

[FR Doc. 95–10643 Filed 5–1–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–M

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project Nos. 10822–000 10823–000–CT]

Summit Hydropower [Upper and Lower

Collinsville Projects]; Notice of

Intention To Prepare an Environmental

Assessment and Conduct Public

Scoping Meetings

April 26, 1995.

The Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission (Commission) has received

applications for two original licenses for

the construction and operation of the

Upper Collinsville Project No. 10822;

and the Lower Collinsville Project No.

10823. The projects are located on the

Farmington River in Hartford County,

Connecticut.

The Commission staff has determined

that licensing these projects would not

constitute a major federal action

significantly affecting the quality of the

human environment. Therefore, the staff

intends to prepare an environmental

assessment (EA) on the hydroelectric

projects in accordance with the National

Environmental Policy Act. The staff’s

EA will objectively consider both site

specific and cumulative environmental

effects of the projects and reasonable

alternatives, and will include an

economic, financial and engineering

analysis.

A draft EA will be issued and

circulated for review by all interested

parties. All comments filed on the draft

EA will be analyzed by the staff and

considered in a final EA. The staff’s

conclusions and recommendations will

then be presented for the consideration

of the Commission in reaching its final

licensing decisions.

Scoping Meetings

The Commission staff will conduct

two scoping meetings. The evening

scoping meeting is primarily for public

input while the day-time meeting will

focus on resource agency and nongovernmental organization (NGO)

concerns. All interested individuals,

organizations, and agencies are invited

to attend and assist the staff in

identifying the scope of environmental

issues that should be analyzed in the

EA.

To help focus discussions, a

preliminary scoping document outlining
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subject areas to be addressed at the

meeting will be distributed by mail to

interested parties on the Commission

mailing list. Copies of the preliminary

scoping document will also be available

at the scoping meetings.

The public scoping meeting which

will be conducted by staff will be held

at 7:30 p.m. on May 15, 1995, at the

Canton Town Hall, 3rd Floor, Canton,

Connecticut. The agency meeting will

be held at 9:30 a.m. on May 16, 1995,

at the Connecticut Department of

Environmental Protection, Holcombe

Conference Room, 5th Floor, 79 Elm

Street, Hartford, Connecticut.

Objectives

At the scoping meetings, the staff will:

(1) Summarize the environmental issues

tentatively identified for analysis in the

planned EA; (2) solicit from the meeting

participants all available information,

especially quantifiable data, on the

resources at issue, (3) encourage

statements from experts and the public

on issues that should be analyzed in the

EA, including viewpoints in opposition

to, or in support of, the staff’s

preliminary views, (4) determine the

relative depth of analysis for issues to be

addressed in the EA, and (5) identify

resource issues that are not important

and do not require detailed analysis.

Procedures

The meetings will be recorded by a

stenographer and will become part of

the formal record of the Commission

proceeding on the Farmington River

projects under consideration.

Individuals presenting statements at the

meetings will be asked to sign in before

the meeting starts and to clearly identify

themselves for the record.

Individuals, organizations, and

agencies with environmental expertise

and concerns are encouraged to attend

the meetings and to assist the staff in

defining and clarifying the issues to be

addressed in the EA.

Participants wishing to make oral

comments in the public meeting are

asked to keep them to five minutes to

allow everyone the opportunity to

speak.

Persons choosing not to speak at the

meetings, but who have views on the

issues, may submit written statements

for inclusion in the public record at the

meeting. In addition, written scoping

comments may be filed with the

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 825 North Capitol Street

NE, Washington, DC 20426. All

correspondence should clearly show

one or more of the following captions on

the first page: Upper Collinsville Project

No. 10822–000; and Lower Collinsville

Project No. 10823–000.

All those that are formally recognized

by the Commission as intervenors in the

Collinsville Projects’ proceedings are

asked to refrain from engaging the staff

in discussions of the merits of the

projects outside of any announced

meetings.

Further, parties are reminded of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedures, which require parties filing

documents with the Commission, to

serve a copy of the document on each

person whose name is on the official

service list, including agents of the

applicant.

For further information, please contact

Julie Bernt at (202) 219–2814.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–10667 Filed 5–1–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket Nos. RP93–187–009, RP93–62–012,

and CP88–546–007]

Equitrans, Inc.; Notice of Proposed

Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

April 26, 1995.

Take notice that on April 21, 1995,

Equitrans, Inc. (Equitrans) tendered for

filing the proposed tariff sheets

classified on Appendix A in the filing.

Equitrans states that its filing is made

pursuant to the Commission’s April 13,

1995, Order in the referenced dockets

approving its rate case settlement

without modification. Equitrans states

that pro forma tariff sheets were

included in the January 19, 1995,

settlement filing. Equitrans states that

this filing is intended to implement the

Order and the settlement.

The settlement covers three time

periods. Equitrans states the revised

tariff sheets reduce base tariff rates for

the period from July 1, 1993 through

August 31, 1993 (Period 1), from

September 1, 1993 through February 28,

1994 (Period 2), and from March 1, 1994

forward (Period 3). Changes in the rates

that took place within the refund period

due to periodic adjustments in ACA and

GRI charges are indicated in the

Appendix A tariff sheets.

In addition, Section IV of Appendix A

contains miscellaneous tariff revisions

which will become effective June 1,

1995 on a prospective basis. Equitrans

states that June 1, 1995 was chosen as

the effective date for these tariff sheets

as Equitrans anticipates that this will be

the first day of the month following the

effective date of the settlement.

Any person desiring to protest this

application should file a protest with

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 825 North Capitol Street,

N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426, in

accordance with Section 385.211 of the

Commission’s Rules and Regulations.

All such protests should be filed on or

before May 3, 1995. Protests will be

considered by the Commission in

determining the appropriate action to be

taken, but will not serve to make

protestants parties to the proceeding.

Copies of this filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection in the Public Reference

Room.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–10668 Filed 5–1–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. RP95–245–000]

Koch Gateway Pipeline Co.; Notice of

Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

April 26, 1995.

Take notice that on April 21, 1995,

Koch Gateway Pipeline Company

(KGPC) tendered for to become part of

its FERC Gas Tariff Fifth Revised

Volume No. 1, the following tariff

sheets, to become effective May 4, 1995:

First Revised Sheet No. 3603

First Revised Sheet No. 3605

First Revised Sheet No. 3606

First Revised Sheet No. 3607

Second Revised Sheet No. 3608

First Revised Sheet No. 3609

First Revised Sheet No. 3610

First Revised Sheet No. 3611

KGPC states that the above referenced

tariff sheets reflect KGPC’s compliance

with the Commission’s Final Rule

(Order No. 577) issued March 29, 1995

at Docket No. RM95–5–000. KGPC states

that these tariff sheets reflect

modifications to KGPC’s capacity

release provisions to reflect the

Commission’s revision of Section

284.243(h) of its Regulations.

KGPC, pursuant to Section 154.51 of

the Commission’s Regulations,

respectfully requests waiver of the

notice requirement of Section 154.22 of

said Regulations to permit the tendered

tariff sheets to become effective May 4,

1995 which is the date Order No. 577

will become effective.

KGPC also states that the revised tariff

sheets are being served upon all its

customers, State Commissions, and

other interested parties.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said filing should file a motion

to intervene or protest with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 825

North Capitol Street, N.E., Washington,

D.C. 20426, in accordance with Sections