58698 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 194 / Friday, October 7, 2005 / Notices 

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 1, 

2005. 

James N. Solit, 

Advisory Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 05–20256 Filed 10–6–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Environmental Management; 

Notice of Availability of Draft Section 

3116 Determination Concerning 

Disposal of Residual Tank Wastes in 

Tanks 18 and 19 at the Savannah River 

Site 

AGENCY: Office of Environmental 

Management, Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) announces the availability of a 

draft determination concerning the 

permanent, in-situ disposal of residual 

tank wastes (including tank structure 

and equipment) in liquid radioactive 

waste tanks 18 and 19 at the F-Tank 

Farm (FTF) at the Savannah River Site 

(SRS) near Aiken, South Carolina. DOE 

prepared the draft determination 

pursuant to Section 3116 of the Ronald 

W. Reagan National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005, 

which authorizes the Secretary of 

Energy, in consultation with the Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, to determine 

that certain waste from reprocessing is 

not high-level waste (HLW) if the 

provisions set forth in section 3116 are 

satisfied. Although not required by the 

Act, DOE is making the draft 

determination available for public 

review and comment. 

DATES: The comment period will end on 

November 21, 2005. Comments received 

after this date will be considered to the 

extent practicable. 

ADDRESSES: The draft waste 

determination is available on the 

Internet at http://apps.em.doe.gov/swd, 

and is publicly available for review at 

the following locations: U.S. 

Department of Energy, Public Reading 

Room, 1000 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20585, Phone: 

(202) 586–5955, or Fax: (202) 586–0575; 

and U.S. Department of Energy, 

Savannah River Operations Office, 

Public Reading Room, 171 University 

Parkway, Aiken, SC 29801, Phone: (803) 

641–3320, or Fax: (803) 641–3302. 

Written comments should be addressed 

to: Mr. Matthew Duchesne, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Office of 

Environmental Management, EM–2, 

1000 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585. Alternatively, 

comments can be filed electronically by 

e-mail to 

matthew.duchesne@em.doe.gov, or by 

Fax at (202) 586–4314. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Since 

1954, SRS Tank Farms F and H have 

received over 140 million gallons (Mgal) 

of waste from SRS nuclear material 

processing facilities. Much of this waste 

resulted from the reprocessing of spent 

nuclear fuel for defense purposes, 

which has been commingled with nonreprocessing waste. The waste tanks 

contain two distinct types of radioactive 

waste material, approximately 3 Mgal of 

radioactive sludge and approximately 

34 Mgal of salt waste. DOE’s plans call 

for stabilizing and disposing of retrieved 

sludge in a deep geologic repository for 

spent nuclear fuel and high-level 

radioactive waste. Regarding the salt 

waste, DOE contemplates removing 

fission products and actinides from 

these materials using a variety of 

technologies and solidifying the 

remaining low-activity salt stream into a 

grout matrix, known as saltstone grout, 

suitable for disposal in vaults at the 

Saltstone Disposal Waste Determination. 

This Determination addresses only 

the permanent disposal of the residual 

materials contaminating Tank 18 and 

Tank 19, as well as the structure of the 

tanks themselves and ancillary 

equipment. Both tanks have a nominal 

operating capacity of 1.3 Mgal. Waste 

removal operations for Tank 18 were 

initiated in 1985 and completed in 

2003. Tank 18 now holds approximately 

4.3 thousand gallons (Kgal) of residual 

material. Waste removal operations for 

Tank 19 were initiated in 1981 and 

completed in 2001, and it now holds 

approximately 15.1 Kgal of residual 

material. DOE plans to fill both tanks 

with a reducing grout designed to 

stabilize and solidify the residual 

material. This method was chosen as the 

least hazardous and most 

environmentally preferable alternative. 

It will reduce migration of contaminants 

into the environment; prevent 

inadvertent intrusion; minimize freestanding liquids; and minimize void 

spaces in the tank. After final pouring 

of the stabilizing grout, a layer of higherstrength grout will be poured into the 

tanks to further discourage human/ 

animal inadvertent intrusion. In 

addition, institutional controls (access 

restriction and groundwater monitoring) 

will be implemented and maintained in 

accordance with Federal and State 

agreements. 

Final Determination: Section 3116 

authorizes the Secretary of Energy, in 

consultation with the Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission (NRC), to 

determine that certain waste from 

reprocessing is not HLW if the 

provisions set forth in Section 3116 are 

satisfied. DOE will issue a final waste 

determination for Tanks 18 and 19 

following the completion of 

consultation with the NRC, and 

consideration of any public comments. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 3, 

2005. 

Mark A. Gilbertson, 

Deputy Assistant, Secretary for 

Environmental Cleanup and Acceleration. 

[FR Doc. 05–20257 Filed 10–6–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–6668–2] 

Environmental Impact Statements and 

Regulations; Availability of EPA 

Comments 

Availability of EPA comments 

prepared pursuant to the Environmental 

Review Process (ERP), under section 

309 of the Clean Air Act and Section 

102(2)(c) of the National Environmental 

Policy Act as amended. Requests for 

copies of EPA comments can be directed 

to the Office of Federal Activities at 

202–564–7167. 

An explanation of the ratings assigned 

to draft environmental impact 

statements (EISs) was published in the 

Federal Register dated April 1, 2005 (70 

FR 16815). 

Draft EISs 

EIS No. 20050066, ERP No. D–FAA–

B40165–MA, New Bedford Regional 

Airport Improvements Project, To 

Enhance Aviation Capacity, Air 

Traffic, Jet Traffic, Air Cargo and 

General Aviation Traffic, 

Southeastern Massachusetts Region, 

City of New Bedford, Bristol County, 

MA. 

Summary: EPA commented on the 

lack of information to characterize the 

severity of adverse direct and indirect 

impacts to wetlands, and encouraged 

the FAA to consider enhancement of a 

less damaging runway safety area 

alternative. The comments also 

requested a mitigation plan to 

compensate for unavoidable losses at 

wetlands. 

Rating EO2 

EIS No. 20050137, ERP No. D–AFS–

B65013–VT, Green Mountain National 

Forest, Propose Revised Land and 

Resource Management Plan, 

Implementation, Forest Plan Revision, 

Addison, Bennington, Rutland, 

Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 194 / Friday, October 7, 2005 / Notices 58699 

Washington, Windham and Windsor 

Counties, VT. 

Summary: EPA has no objections to 

the proposed project, but supports 

alternatives C, D or E as those that best 

address resource protection. 

Rating LO 

EIS No. 20050226, ERP No. D–FHW–

B40095–RI, U.S. Route 6/Route 10 

Interchange Improvement Project, To 

Identify Transportation Alternative, 

Funding, City of Providence, 

Providence County, RI. 

Summary: EPA has environmental 

concerns about the impacts to water and 

air quality as well as environmental 

justice issues. 

Rating EC2 

EIS No. 20050247, ERP No. D–SFW–

K64025–AZ, Cabeza Prieta National 

Wildlife Refuge, Comprehensive 

Conservation Plan, Wilderness 

Stewardship Plan, Implementation, 

Ajo, AZ. 

Summary: EPA has no objection to the 

proposed project. 

Rating LO 

EIS No. 20050256, ERP No. D–AFS–

J65446–MT, Beaverhead-Deerlodge 

National Forest Draft Revised Land 

and Resource Management Plan, 

Implementation, Beaverhead, ButteSilver Bow, Deerlodge, Granite, 

Jefferson, Madison Counties, MT. 

Summary: EPA generally supports the 

forestwide aquatic strategy, watershed 

restoration and revised management 

practices. However, EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about 

continued impacts to water quality, the 

level of watershed protection and 

restoration, management direction for 

roads and other resources, and 

environmental protection management 

measures. 

Rating EC2 

EIS No. 20050301, ERP No. D–FAA–

A12043–00, PROGRAMMATIC—

Horizontal Launch and Reentry of 

Reentry Vehicles, Facilitate the 

Issuance of Licenses in United States. 

Summary: EPA has no objection to the 

proposed action. 

Rating LO 

EIS No. 20050315, ERP No. D–AFS–

J65449–UT, Fishlake National Forest 

Off-Highway Vehicle Route 

Designation Project, Proposes to 

Designate a System of Motorized 

Road, Trails, and Areas to Revise and 

Update the Existing Motorized Travel 

Plan, UT. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about the 

preferred alternative because of 

potential adverse impacts to source 

water, streams and water quality, 

wetlands and aquatic resources. EPA 

supports the transition from unmanaged 

motorized recreation to restricted travel 

and suggests the final EIS include 

specific analyses of the direct, indirect 

and cumulative impacts of this 

proposed plan. 

Rating EC2 

EIS No. 20050240, ERP No. DS–FTA–

B54007–WA, Silver Line Phase III 

(previously known as South Boston 

Pier) Project, Updated Information to 

Physically Integrate Silver Line Phase 

I and II, Massachusetts Bay 

Transportation Authority’s, Funding, 

MA. 

Summary: EPA has no objections to 

the proposed project. 

Rating LO 

Final EISs 

EIS No. 20050341, ERP No. F–COE–

G32058–00, Arkansas River 

Navigation Study, To Maintain and 

Improve the Navigation Channel in 

Order to Enhance Commercial 

Navigation on the McCellan Kerr 

Arkansa River Navigation System 

(MKARNS), Several Counties, AR and 

Several Counties, OK. 

Summary: No formal comment letter 

was sent to the preparing agency. 

Dated: October 4, 2005. 

Robert W. Hargrove, 

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office 

of Federal Activities. 

[FR Doc. 05–20207 Filed 10–6–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–U 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–6668–1] 

Environmental Impacts Statements; 

Notice of Availability 

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal 

Activities, General Information (202) 

564–7167 or http://www.epa.gov/ 

compliance/nepa/. 

Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact 

Statements 

Filed 09/26/2005 Through 09/30/2005 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. 

EIS No. 20050401, Draft Supplement, 

SFW, CA, Southern Sea Otters 

(Enhydra lutris nereis) Translocation 

Program, New and Updated 

Information, San Nicolas Island, 

Southern California Bight, CA, 

Comment Period Ends: 01/05/2006, 

Contact: Greg Sander 805–644–1766 

Ext. 315. 

EIS No. 20050402, Final EIS, FHW, UT, 

Iron County Transportation Corridors, 

Construction from Station Road 56 to 

Exit 51 on Interstate 15, Funding and 

Right-of-Way Grant, Southwest of the 

Cedar City Limits, Iron County, UT, 

Wait Period Ends: 11/07/2005, 

Contact: Gregory S. Punske 801–963–

0182. 

EIS No. 20050403, Final EIS, AFS, CA, 

Watdog Project, Proposes to Reduce 

Fire Hazards, Harvest Trees, Using 

Group Selection Methods, Feather 

River Ranger District, Plumas 

National Forest, Butte and Plumas 

Counties, CA, Wait Period Ends: 11/ 

07/2005, Contact: Susan Joyce 530–

532–6500. 

EIS No. 20050404, Draft EIS, DOI, OH, 

First Ladies National Historic Site 

General Management Plan, 

Implementation, Canton, OH, 

Comment Period Ends: 11/30/2005, 

Contact: Nick Chevance 402–661–

1844. 

EIS No. 20050405, Draft EIS, NPS, NV, 

Clean Water Coalition Systems 

Conveyance and Operations Program, 

Construction, Operation and 

Maintenance, City of Las Vegas, City 

County, NV, Comment Period Ends: 

12/06/2005, Contact: Michael Boyles 

702–293–8978. 

EIS No. 20050406, Draft EIS, FHW, WA, 

South Park Bridge Project, Proposes to 

Rehabilitate or Replace the Historic 

South Park Ridge over the Duwamish 

Waterway at 14th/16 Avenue S, U.S. 

Coast Guard Permit and U.S. Army 

COE Section 10 and 404 Permits, King 

County, WA, Comment Period Ends: , 

11/21/2005, Contact: Jim Leonard 

360–753–9408. 

EIS No. 20050407, Final EIS, NPS, AZ, 

Saguaro National Park Fire 

Management Plan, Implementation, 

Tucson, AZ, Wait Period Ends: 11/07/ 

2005, Contact: Sarah Craighead 520–

733–5101. 

EIS No. 20050408, Final EIS, FHW, WI, 

US 41 Highway Corridor Project, 

Transportation Improvement between 

the Cities of Oconto and Perhtigo, 

Funding, Marinette and Oconto 

Counties, WI, Wait Period Ends: 11/ 

07/2005, Contact: Johhny Gerbitz 

608–829–7500. 

EIS No. 20050409, Final EIS, AFS, OR, 

Joseph Creek Rangeland Analysis 

Project, Proposal to Allocate Forage 

for Commercial Livestock Grazing on 

Eleven Allotment, Wallowa-Whitman 

National Forests, Wallowa Valley 

Ranger District, Wallowa County, OR, 

Wait Period Ends: 11/07/2005, 

Contact: Alicia Glassford 541–426–

5689. 

EIS No. 20050411, Draft EIS, IBR, CA, 

Central Valley Project, West San