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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

Notice of Cases Filed; Week of

February 5 Through February 9, 1996

During the week of February 5

through February 9, 1996, the appeals

and applications for exception or other

relief listed in the Appendix to this

Notice were filed with the Office of

Hearings and Appeals of the Department

of Energy.

Under DOE procedural regulations, 10

CFR Part 205, any person who will be

aggrieved by the DOE action sought in

these cases may file written comments

on the application within ten days of

service of notice, as prescribed in the

procedural regulations. For purposes of

the regulations, the date of service of

notice is deemed to be the date of

publication of this Notice or the date of

receipt by an aggrieved person of actual

notice, whichever occurs first. All such

comments shall be filed with the Office

of Hearings and Appeals, Department of

Energy, Washington, DC 20585–0107.

Dated: April 30, 1996.

George B. Breznay,

Director, Office of Hearings and Appeals.

LIST OF CASES RECEIVED BY THE OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS

[Week of February 5 through February 9, 1996]

Date Name and location of applicant Case No. Type of submission

Feb. 2, 1996 ........... Albuquerque Operations Office, Albuquerque, NM.VSO–0083 Request for Hearing under 10 CFR Part 710. If granted: An

individual employed at the Albuquerque Operations Office

would receive a hearing under 10 CFR Part 710.

——Do .................... Albuquerque Operations Office, Albuquerque, NM.VSO–0084 Request for Hearing under 10 CFR Part 710. If granted: An

individual employed at the Albuquerque Operations Office

would receive a hearing under 10 CFR Part 710.

Feb. 5, 1996 ........... Keith E. Loomis, Waterford, NY .............. VFA–0125 Appeal of an Information Request Denial. If granted: The

January 3, 1996 Freedom of Information Request Denial issued by Schenectady Naval Reactors would be rescinded,

and Keith E. Loomis would receive access to certain DOE

information.

Feb. 6, 1996 ........... Albuquerque Operations Office, Albuquerque, NM.VSA–0051 Request for Review of Opinion under 10 CFR Part 710. If

granted: The December 28, 1995 Opinion of the Office of

Hearings and Appeals, Case No. VSO–0051, would be reviewed at the request of an individual employed at the Albuquerque Operations Office.

——Do .................... Florida Hospital Medical Center, Orlando, FL.RR272–231 Request for Modification/Rescission in the Crude Oil Refund

Proceeding. If granted: The May 3, 1995 Dismissal, Case

No. RF272–88662, issued to Florida Hospital Medical Center would be modified regarding the firm’s application for

refund submitted in the Crude Oil refund proceeding.

——Do .................... Georgina Jacobs, Walla Walla, WA ........ VFA–0126 Appeal of an Information Request Denial. If granted: The

January 28, 1996 Freedom of Information Request Denial

issued by the External Affairs Office of the Richland Operations Office would be rescinded, and Georgina Jacobs

would receive access to certain Department of Energy information.

——Do .................... William H. Payne, Albuquerque, NM ....... VFA–0128 Appeal of an Information Request Denial. If granted: The August 7, 1995 Freedom of Information Request Denial issued by Los Alamos National Laboratories would be rescinded, and William H. Payne would receive access to

certain DOE information.

Feb. 7, 1996 ........... Burns Concrete, Inc., Idaho Falls, ID ...... VFA–0127 Appeal of an Information Request Denial. If granted: The

January 12, 1996 Freedom of Information Request Denial

issued by the Pittsburgh Naval Reactors Office would be

rescinded, and Burns Concrete, Inc. would receive access

to certain DOE information.

——Do .................... Melvin Gordon, Streamwood, IL .............. RR304–71 Request for Modification/Rescission in the Arco Refund Proceeding. If granted: The April 5, 1993 Dismissal Letter,

Case Number RF304–9273, issued to Melvin Gordon

would be modified regarding the firm’s application for refund submitted in the Arco refund proceeding.

Feb. 9, 1996 ........... Nathaniel Hendricks, Putney, VT ............ VFA–0129 Appeal of an Information Request Denial. If granted: The

April 5, 1995 Freedom of Information Request Denial issued by the Argonne Area Office would be rescinded, and

Nathaniel Hendricks would receive access to certain DOE

information.

Feb. 7, 1996 ........... Hellen Ruth Sutton-Pank, Flandreau, SD VFA–0130 Appeal of an Information Request Denial. If granted: The

January 2, 1996 Freedom of Information Request Denial issued by the Albuquerque Operations Office would be rescinded, and Hellen Ruth Sutton-Pank would receive access to certain DOE information.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[ER-FRL–5469–4]

Environmental Impact Statements and

Regulations; Availability of EPA

Comments

Availability of EPA comments

prepared April 22, 1996 Through April

26, 1996 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 FR

dated April 5, 1996 (61 FR 15251).

Draft EISs

ERP No. D–AFS–L65255–AK Rating

EC2, Control Lake Timber Sale,

Implementation, Prince of Wales Island,

Tongass National Forest, AK.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns related to

potential impacts of the project on water

quality and the marine environment.

ERP No. D–AFS–L65259–OR Rating

EC2, Foss Perkins Analysis Area,

Vegetation Management and Timber

Sale, Ochoco National Forest, Snow

Mountain Ranger District, Harney

County, OR.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns based on

potential water quality impacts to Silver

Creek, a 303(d) listed, impaired water

body according to the Oregon State

Department of Environmental Quality.

ERP No. D–AFS–L65260–WA Rating

EC2, Taneum/Peaches Road Access

Project, Issuance of Two Temporary

Permits to Plum Creek for Road

Construction, Wenatchee National

Forest, Cle Elum Ranger District, Kittitas

County, WA.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns related to

alternative selection prior to the Plum

Creek Habitat Conservation Plan and the

Snoqualmie Pass Adaptive Management

Area plans and insufficient information

to evaluate potential impacts to a 303(d)

listed waterbody, Lookout Creek.

ERP No. D–BLM–J65247–UT Rating

EC2, Dixie Land and Resource

Management Plan, Implementation,

Cedar City Ranger District, Washington

County, UT.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns due to potential

impacts to water quality, air quality and

wildlife habitat. EPA requested that the

discussion of these issues be expanded

in the final document.

ERP No. D–NPS–K65180–CA Rating

LO, Lava Beds National Monument,

General Management Plan,

Implementation, Siskiyou and Modoc

Counties, CA.

SUMMARY: EPA had no objections to

the proposed action.

Final EISs

ERP No. F–AFS–L02021–00 Umatilla

and Malheur National Forests Oil and

Gas Exploration and Development,

Lease Offerings, several counties, WA

and OR.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns that the EIS

lacks the criteria for subsequent NEPA

documentation which would be tiered

from this EIS.

ERP No. F–AFS–L65228–ID Tailholt

Administrative Research Study, Timber

Harvesting and Road Construction,

Payette National Forest, Krassel Ranger

District, Valley County, ID.

SUMMARY: EPA had no objections to

the preferred alternative as described in

the EIS.

ERP No. F–AFS–L65244–ID Fall

Creek Post-Fire Project, Harvesting FireKilled and Damage Trees,

Implementation, McCall Ranger District,

Payette National Forest, Valley County,

ID.

SUMMARY: EPA had no objections to

the preferred alternative as described in

the EIS.

ERP No. F–COE–J35010–UT

Kennecott Tailings Modernization

Project, Tailings Impoundment

Expansion, COE Section 404 Permit

Issuance, Salt Lake County, UT.

SUMMARY: The FEIS substantively

addresses most of EPA’s concerns;

although the potential for

bioaccumulation of selenium is a

continuing concern. The CERCLA

process and the proposed mitigation

and monitoring plans should adequately

address issues identified during the

ongoing ecological risk assessments.

ERP No. F–SCS–J36046–UT Muddy

Creek—Orderville Watershed Plan,

Offsite Salt and Sediment Damage to

Water Quality in the Virgin River and

the Colorado River, Wildlife Habitat and

Rangeland Productivity Enhancements,

Approvals and Funding, Kane County,

UT.

SUMMARY: EPA had no objections to

the project as proposed.

ERP No. FS–AFS–L65183–AK Central

Prince of Wales Ketchikan Pulp LongTerm Timber Sale, Additional

Information, Implementation, Tongass

National Forest, Prince of Wales Island,

AK.

SUMMARY: EPA had no objections to

the preferred alternative as described in

the EIS.

Dated: May 8, 1996.

William D. Dickerson,

Director, NEPA Compliance Division Office

of Federal Activities.

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Environmental Impact Statements;

Notice of Availability

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal

Activities, General Information (202)

564–7167 or (202) 564–7153.

Weekly receipt of Environmental

Impact Statements Filed April 29, 1996

Through May 3, 1996 Pursuant to 40

CFR 1506.9.

EIS No. 960201, Final EIS, AFS, NV,

CA, Heavenly Ski Resort Master Plan,

Improvement, Expansion and

Management, Lake Tahoe Basin

Management Unit, Special-UsePermit, Douglas County, NV and El

Dorado and Alpine Counties, CA,

Due: June 10, 1996, Contact: Virgil

Anderson (916) 573–2600.

EIS No. 960202, Draft EIS, FHW, WI, US

151 Highway Project, Dickeyville to

Belmont, Improvements, Funding and

COE Section 404 Permit, Grant and

Lafayette Counties, WI, Due: July 1,

1996, Contact: Richard C. Madrzak

(608) 829–7510.

EIS No. 960203, Final EIS, AFS, MS,

G.F. Erambert and Black Creek Seed

Orchards Pest Management Plan,

Implementation, Southern Region,

National Forests in Mississippi,

Forrest and Perry Counties, MS, Due:

June 10, 1996, Contact: Dennis Weber

(503) 326–7171.

EIS No. 960204, Final EIS, COE, MS,

Coldwater River Watershed

Demonstration Erosion Control

Project, Flood and Sediment Control

Measures, Implementation, Yazoo

Basin, Marshall, Benton and Tate

Counties, MS, Due: June 14, 1996,

Contact: Wendell King (601) 631–

5967.

EIS No. 960205, Final EIS, AFS, AK,

1995 Mendenhall Glacier Recreation

Area Management Plan,

Implementation, Tongass National

Forest, Juneau Ranger District,

Chatham Area, AK, Due: June 10,

1996, Contact: Joni Packard (907)

586–8800.

EIS No. 960206, Draft EIS, AFS, NV,

Spring Mountains National Recreation