20810 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 90 / Wednesday, May 8, 1996 / Notices

Department of the Army

Army Science Board; Notice of Closed

Meeting

In accordance with Section 10(a)(2) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Pub. L. 92–463), announcement is

made of the following Committee

Meeting:

Name of Committee: Army Science Board

(ASB).

Date of Meeting: 8 and 9 May 1996.

Time of Meeting: 0900–1500 (both days).

Place: Huntsville, AL.

Agenda: The Army Science Board’s (ASB)

1996 Summer Study on ‘‘Army Simulation

Implementation and Use’’ will meet for

briefings and discussions regarding the

development and application of computer

based models and simulations, physics based

models and recent technological advances

afforded by simulation techniques. These

meetings will be closed to the public in

accordance with Section 552b(c) of Title 5,

U.S.C., specifically paragraph (1) thereof, and

Title 5, U.S.C., Appendix 2, subsection 10(d).

The classified and unclassified matters to be

discussed are so inextricably intertwined so

as to preclude opening any portion of these

meetings.

For further information, please

contact Michelle Diaz at (703) 695–

0781.

Michelle P. Diaz,

Acting Administrative Officer, Army Science

Board.

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Corps of Engineers

Jacksonville District, Jacksonville,

Florida; Intent to Prepare a Draft

Environmental Impact Statement

(DEIS) for the Maintenance Dredging of

the Miami River, Dade County, Florida

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

DOD.

ACTION: Notice of Intent.

SUMMARY: The Jacksonville District, U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers intends to

prepare a Draft Environmental Impact

Statement for the Maintenance Dredging

of the Miami River, Dade County,

Florida. The study is a cooperative effort

between the U.S. Army Corps of

Engineers and the Dade County

Department of Environmental Resource

Management (DERM).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Questions about the proposed action

and DEIS can be answered by: Mr. Rea

N. Boothby, 904–232–3453,

Environmental Branch, Planning

Division, P.O. Box 4970, Jacksonville,

Florida 32232–0019.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Dredging

to create a Federal Navigation channel

in the Miami River was completed in

1933. The Federal project extends from

the mouth of the river at its confluence

with Biscayne Bay approximately 5.5

miles west to a salinity structure near

NW 36th Street. Congressional

resolutions were passed in 1972 for

sediment removal from the Miami River.

The Water Resources Development Act

of 1974 authorized removal of

sediments from Miami River. The Water

Resources Development Act of 1986

authorized removal of contaminated

sediments from Miami River and the

Seybold Canal in the interest of

improved water quality. The 1991

Energy and Water Development

Appropriations Act provided funds to

initiate pre-construction engineering

and design for sediment removal from

Miami River and the Seybold Canal.

A revised 1990 Feasibility Report on

the dredging of the Miami River and

Seybold Canal concluded that there was

no justification for sediment removal

based on environmental purposes, but

that there may be justification for

maintenance dredging of Miami River in

the interest of navigation. It should be

noted that the Seybold Canal portion of

the project is not justified economically

and has been dropped from further

consideration.

Several alternatives are being studied

and will be addressed in the DEIS.

These include the use of various

mechanical and/or hydraulic dredges;

methods of transporting, unloading and

transferring dredged material; use of

interim disposal sites and the final

disposal site(s).

The preferred alternative at this point

is the use of some type of mechanical

dredge to remove sediment and debris.

Dredged material would then be loaded

into geotextile fabric containers (GFC’s)

and transported in split-hull barges to

the Miami Ocean Dredged Material

Disposal Site (ODMDS) for disposal.

Material placed in the GFC’s would be

positioned for disposal in the ODMDS

and capped with material from on-going

and future operation and maintenance

activities.

SCOPING: A scoping workshop was held

in Miami on September 5, 1991.

Agencies, organizations, and

individuals were sent a notice of

alternatives proposed and issues raised

at that scoping meeting and invited to

respond. A formal scoping meeting is

not planned at this time. However, a

scoping letter containing a description

of the most recent alternatives will be

sent to Federal, State, and local agencies

and interested organizations and

individuals.

PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT: We invite the

participation of affected Federal, state

and local agencies, affected Indian

tribes, and other interested private

organizations and parties. A Preliminary

Draft EIS has been prepared. A copy of

this document is being placed in the

Main Library located at 101 West Flagler

Street, Miami, Florida. The library hours

are: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through

Saturday; 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday and

1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. The Draft

EIS will follow the preliminary DEIS

and will incorporate the results of

scoping and public involvement.

COORDINATION: The proposed action will

be coordinated with the U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National

Marine Fisheries Service under Section

7 of the Endangered Species Act, with

the FWS under the Fish and Wildlife

Coordination Act, and with the State

Historic Preservation Officer.

OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND

CONSULTATION: The proposed action may

involve the following: (1) evaluation for

disposal of dredged material into Ocean

Waters under Section 103 of the Marine

Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries

Act; (2) evaluation pursuant to Section

404(b) of the Clean Water Act; (3)

certification of water quality by the

State pursuant to Section 401 of the

Clean Water Act; (4) determination of

Coastal Zone consistency pursuant to

the Coastal Zone Management Act; and

(5) other state and local requirements.

DEIS PREPARATION: It is estimated that

the DEIS will be available to the public

in the summer of 1996.

A.J. Salem,

Chief, Planning Division.

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Department of the Navy

Notice of Availability of the Final

Environmental Impact Statement for

the Disposal of Decommissioned,

Defueled Cruiser, Ohio Class, and Los

Angeles Class Naval Reactor Plants

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 [42

U.S.C. 4321 et seq] and in accordance

with the Council on Environmental

Quality Regulations for Implementing

the Procedural Provisions of the

National Environmental Policy Act (40

CFR Parts 1500–1508), the Department

of the Navy, with the Department of

Energy as a cooperating agency, has

prepared and filed with the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency the
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Final Environmental Impact Statement

for disposal of reactor plants from U.S.

Navy nuclear-powered cruisers, OHIO

Class submarines and LOS ANGELES

Class submarines. The Department of

Energy has participated as a cooperating

agency and has adopted the

Environmental Impact Statement to

fulfill its environmental review

obligations under NEPA.

Requests for copies of the document

and requests for further information

should be directed to Mr. John Gordon

(Code 1160), Puget Sound Naval

Shipyard, 1400 Farragut Avenue,

Bremerton, Washington 98314–5001,

telephone (360)476–7111.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Final

Environmental Impact Statement

analyzes the alternative ways for

disposing of decommissioned, defueled,

reactor compartments from U.S. Navy

nuclear-powered cruisers

(BAINBRIDGE, TRUXTUN, LONG

BEACH, CALIFORNIA Class and

VIRGINIA Class) and submarines (LOS

ANGELES Class and OHIO Class). A

disposal method for the defueled reactor

compartments is needed when the cost

of continued operation is not justified

by the ship’s military capability or when

the ships are no longer needed. After a

determination is made that a nuclearpowered ship is no longer needed, the

ship can be: (1) placed in protective

storage for an extended period followed

by permanent disposal or recycling; or

(2) prepared for permanent disposal or

recycling.

The alternatives examined in detail in

the Final Environmental Impact

Statement are the preferred alternative—

land burial of the entire reactor

compartment at the Department of

Energy Low-Level Waste Burial Grounds

at Hanford, Washington; the no action

alternative—protective waterborne

storage for an indefinite period; disposal

and reuse of subdivided portions of the

reactor compartments; and indefinite

storage above ground at Hanford.

Several other alternatives are also

examined in limited detail. These

alternatives include sea disposal; land

disposal of entire reactor compartments

at other sites and permanent above

ground disposal of entire reactor

compartments at Hanford.

Navy reactor plants constructed prior

to the USS LOS ANGELES (SSN

688)(referred to as pre-LOS ANGELES

Class submarines) share many common

design characteristics with reactor

plants from cruisers, OHIO Class

submarines and LOS ANGELES Class

submarines. Pre-LOS ANGELES Class

submarines are currently being disposed

of at the Department of Energy Hanford

Site in Eastern Washington by Puget

Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton

Washington, consistent with the

Secretary of the Navy’s 1984 Record of

Decision on disposal of

decommissioned, defueled Naval

submarine reactor plants. Because of the

negligible environmental impact, land

burial of the reactor compartment at the

Hanford Site is the preferred alternative

for disposal of reactor compartments

from cruisers, OHIO Class submarines

and LOS ANGELES Class submarines.

No new legislation would be required

to implement any of these alternatives.

In all of the alternatives considered in

the Draft Environmental Impact

Statement there would be no spent

nuclear fuel left in the reactor

compartments. All the radioactive

nuclear fuel would be removed before

disposal. Management of the spent

nuclear fuel is addressed in a separate

Department of Energy Environmental

Impact Statement, though there would

be some other radioactive materials left

within the reactor compartments.

Therefore, the Draft Environmental

Impact Statement evaluates disposal of

the reactor compartments after all the

spent nuclear fuel has been removed.

Types of U.S. Navy nuclear-powered

ships that are expected to be

decommissioned more than 20 years in

the future (e.g., aircraft carriers and

SEAWOLF Class submarines) are not

included in this Final Environmental

Impact Statement.

The Navy held public hearings on the

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

in Bremerton, Richland, and Seattle,

Washington; and Portland, Oregon.

Comments from 20 individuals and

agencies were received either in oral or

written statements at the hearings or in

comment letters. These comments and

the Navy responses are included in an

appendix to the Final Environmental

Impact Statement.

The Final Environmental Impact

Statement has been distributed to

various federal, state, and local

government agencies, tribes, elected

officials, and special interest groups.

Requests for copies of the Final

Environmental Impact Statement should

be directed to the address listed above.

In addition, copies of the Final

Environmental Impact Statement are

also available for public inspection in

the following libraries: Kitsap County

Public Library, Main Branch, 1301

Sylvan Way, Bremerton, Washington,

phone (360)377–7601; Public Reading

Room for U.S. Department of Energy,

Richland Operations Office, Washington

State University, Tri-Cities, 100 Sprout

Road, Room 130 West, Richland,

Washington, phone (509)376–8583;

Suzallo Library, University of

Washington, Seattle, Washington, phone

(206)543–9158; Multnomah County

Library, 801 Southwest 10th Avenue

(Due to renovation work, temporarily

relocated to 1407 SW 4th Avenue),

Portland, Oregon, phone (503)248–5234.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

John Gordon as noted above.

Dated April 24, 1996.

M.A. Waters,

LCDR, JAGC, USN, Federal Register Liaison

Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ES96–23–000]

Boston Edison Company; Notice of

Application

May 2, 1996.

Take notice that on April 26, 1996,

Boston Edison Company filed an

application, under § 204 of the Federal

Power Act, seeking authorization to

issue short-term debt, from time to time,

in an aggregate principal amount not to

exceed $350 million, outstanding at any

one time, on or before December 31,

1998, with final maturities no later than

December 31, 1999.

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, 888

first Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426 in accordance with Rules 211 and

214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211

and 385.214). All such motions or

protests should be filed on or before

May 28, 1996. Protests will be

considered by the Commission in

determining the appropriate action to be

taken, but will not serve to make the

protestants parties to the proceeding.

Any person wishing to become a party

must file a motion to intervene. Copies

of this filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

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