25656 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 100 / Wednesday, May 22, 1996 / Notices

U.S. DOE Public Reading Room,

Washington State University, TriCities Branch, 100 Sprout Road,

Richland, WA 99352, (509) 376–8583,

Government Publications, University of

Washington, Suzzallo Library, Box

352900, 15th Avenue NE., and

Campus Parkway, Seattle, WA 98185–

2900, (206) 543–1937

Gonzaga University, Foley Center, East

502 Boone Avenue, Spokane, WA

99258, (509) 324–5931

Portland State University, Branford

Price Millar Library, SW Harrison and

Park, Portland, OR 97207, (503) 725–

4735.

You may also receive a copy of the

Final EIS by calling the Hanford

Cleanup Hotline toll-free at 1–800–321–

2008.

Signed in Richland, Washington, this 10th

day of May 1996, for the United States

Department of Energy.

John D. Wagoner,

Manager, Richland Operations Office.

[FR Doc. 96–12824 Filed 5–21–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

Floodplain Statement of Findings for

Remedial Action at the Ventron Site

and Adjacent Harbor Sediment in

Essex County, Massachusetts

AGENCY: Former Sites Restoration

Division, Department of Energy (DOE).

SUBJECT: Floodplain statement of

findings.

SUMMARY: This is a Floodplain

Statement of Findings prepared in

accordance with 10 CFR Part 1022,

Compliance with Floodplain/Wetlands

Environmental Review Requirements.

DOE proposes to remediate sediment

and soil with elevated levels of

uranium-238 from the 100-year

floodplain of the Bass and Danvers

Rivers and from the floodplain buffer

zone adjacent to the 100-year floodplain

at the Ventron site in Essex County,

Massachusetts. DOE prepared a

Floodplain and Wetlands Assessment

describing the effects, alternatives, and

measures designed to avoid or minimize

potential harm to or within the affected

floodplain. DOE would endeavor to

allow 15 days of public review after

publication of the Statement of Findings

before implementation of the proposed

action.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS

PROPOSED ACTION OR TO COMMENT ON THE

ACTION, CONTACT: Mr. Jim Kopotic,

Ventron Site Manager, Former Sites

Restoration Division, U.S. Department

of Energy, P.O. Box 2001, Oak Ridge, TN

37831–8541, Phone: (423) 576–4991,

FAX: (423) 576–0956.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON GENERAL

DOE FLOODPLAIN AND WETLANDS

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW REQUIREMENTS,

CONTACT: Carol M. Borgstrom, Director,

Office of NEPA Oversight, EH–42, U.S.

Department of Energy, 1000

Independence Avenue SW.,

Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–4600

or (800) 472–2756.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

Floodplain Statement of Findings

prepared in accordance with 10 CFR

Part 1022. A Notice of Floodplain and

Wetland Involvement was published in

the Federal Register (Vol. 61, pp.

11621–11622) on March 21, 1996, and a

Floodplain and Wetlands Assessment

was incorporated in the engineering

evaluation and cost analysis prepared

for the Ventron site. DOE proposes to

remediate sediment and soil with

elevated levels of uranium-238 that are

located in the 100-year floodplain of the

Bass and Danvers Rivers and the 100-yr

floodplain buffer zone adjacent to the

floodplain at the Ventron site in Essex

County, Massachusetts. The entire

Ventron site is also within the

Massachusetts coastal zone. The

proposed action would be in a

floodplain because levels of uranium238 in some sediment and soil in the

floodplain at the site exceed guidelines

for residual radioactivity and future use

without radiological restrictions of the

site. DOE has structured potential

cleanup options by affected media:

harbor sediments and on-site soil and

furnace ash. Alternative actions

considered for harbor sediments are no

action or, complete removal of harbor

sediment with levels of uranium-238

over 50 pCi/g. Alternative actions

considered for on-site soil and furnace

ash also include no action or, complete

removal of on-site soil and furnace ash

with levels of uranium-238 over 50 pCi/

g. Access to sediment and soil may

require decontamination and demolition

of structures at the site. There is no

practicable alternative to the proposed

action. The proposed action would

conform to applicable state and local

floodplain protection standards.

The following steps would be taken to

minimize potential harm to or within

the affected floodplain:

1. The design and performance of

excavation activities would incorporate

standard best management practices in

accordance with U.S. Department of

Agriculture Natural Resource

Conservation Service (formerly the Soil

Conservation Service) methods, or the

equivalent, to control erosion and

siltation from excavations.

2. Remediation operations would

confine the areas of sediment and soil

disturbance to the minimum necessary

for successful completion of the project.

3. Care would be exercised to provide

minimum practicable exposure of

sediment and soil to erosion.

4. All erosion and sediment barriers

would remain in place until the

excavation is successfully stabilized by

applicable measures.

5. Disturbed sediment and soil in or

adjacent to the floodplain, waterways,

wetlands, coastal zone, and areas

subject to tidal action and excavations

would be stabilized or otherwise

protected to prevent off-site migration,

as conditions warrant, in accordance

with Massachusetts soil erosion and

sediment control standards or their

equivalent.

6. DOE would not dispose waste

rubble, sediment, or soil in the floodway

or within the tidal zone. Waste mulch

not serving to control erosion or

sediment would also not be disposed of

in channels or on waterway banks.

7. Remediation would not obstruct

any streams or tidal areas and all

streams and tidal zones would retain

their original capacity for storing

floodwaters. The proposed action would

not impede flow or increase flooding.

8. All areas excavated in or adjacent

to the floodplain, wetlands, the

Massachusetts coastal zone, and areas

subject to tidal action would be restored

to grade by the current owner, Morton

International, as required, and the

proposed activities would not subject

lives or property to any increased risk

of flooding.

9. DOE would not use areas within

the floodplain for temporary or

permanent storage of excavated

sediment, soil, or demolition rubble;

however, some areas within the

floodplain and wetland buffer zone, and

the Massachusetts coastal zone may be

used for temporary storage of excavated

materials with appropriate measures in

place to properly contain excavated

materials.

10. The proposed action would

conform to applicable state and local

floodplain, wetland, and coastal zone

protection standards and would be

consistent with Massachusetts’ coastal

zone management policies.

11. The proposed action would not

result in the destruction of any

floodplain or wetland and would be

consistent with the President’s policy of

‘‘no net loss’’ of wetlands in the United

States and Executive Orders 11988 and

11990.

DOE will endeavor to allow 15 days

of public review after publication of the

Statement of Findings before

implementation of the proposed action.
Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 100 / Wednesday, May 22, 1996 / Notices 25657

Issued in Oak Ridge, Tennessee on May 6,

1996.

James L. Elmore,

Alternate NEPA Compliance Officer.

[FR Doc. 96–12825 Filed 5–21–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

Bonneville Power Administration

Templates (New Power Sales

Contracts) and Amendatory Agreement

No. 7

AGENCY: Bonneville Power

Administration (BPA), Department of

Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice of availability of Record

of Decision (ROD).

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

availability of the ROD to offer BPA’s

public utility customers choices about

their business relationships with BPA

over the next 5 years. One choice being

offered is for the public utility

customers, and potentially other types

of customers, to negotiate a new tailored

contract for firm load requirements

service based on contract templates that

have been negotiated through a public

process and comment period.

Requirements service is the firm power

products that a BPA customer has a

right to purchase from BPA for the

customer’s general firm power load

requirements and its new large single

loads. Contracts based on the templates

will be available at least through August

1, 1996.

The other key choice BPA is offering

is an opportunity to amend their 1981

or 1984 Power Sales Contracts. With

Amendatory Agreement No. 7, BPA is

offering terms that will address certain

changes in the electric power

marketplace and in the needs of BPA

customers. This amendment is offered

in the context of the market-driven

approach selected in BPA’s Business

Plan process. This amendment is

planned to be the final step in a

sequence of offers to public utility

customers intended to strengthen BPA’s

competitive position in the electric

power market and to strengthen its

business relationships with its

customers. This decision is consistent

with BPA’s Business Plan, the Business

Plan Final Environmental Impact

Statement (DOE/EIS–0183, June 1995),

and the Business Plan ROD (August 15,

1995).

ADDRESSES: Copies of this ROD, the

Business Plan Environmental Impact

Statement, and the Business Plan ROD

may be obtained by calling BPA’s tollfree document request line: 1–800–622–

4520.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:

Katherine S. Pierce—EC, Bonneville

Power Administration, P.O. Box 3621,

Portland, Oregon, 97208–3621, phone

number (503) 230–3962, fax number

(503) 230–5699.

Issued in Portland, Oregon, on May 13,

1996.

Randall W. Hardy,

Administrator and Chief Executive Officer.

[FR Doc. 96–12826 Filed 5–21–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy

State Energy Advisory Board, Open

Meeting

Pursuant to the provisions of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public

Law 92–463; 86 Stat. 770), notice is

hereby given of the following meeting:

Name: State Energy Advisory Board.

Date and Time: June 27, 1996 from 9:00 am

to 5:00 pm, and June 28, 1996 from 9:00 am

to 12:00 pm.

Place: The Industrial Electrotechnology

Laboratory, room 2427, NCSU College of

Textiles, Research Drive, Raleigh, NC 27695.

919–515–3941.

Contact: William J. Raup, Office of

Building Technology, State, and Community

Programs, Energy Efficiency and Renewable

Energy, U.S. Department of Energy,

Washington, DC 20585, Telephone 202/586–

2214.

Purpose of the Board: To make

recommendations to the Assistant Secretary

for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

regarding goals and objectives and

programmatic and administrative policies,

and to otherwise carry out the Board’s

responsibilities as designated in the State

Energy Efficiency Programs Improvement Act

of 1990 (P.L. 101–440).

Tentative Agenda: Briefings on, and

discussions of:

• The FY 1997 Federal budget request for

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

programs.

• Issues related to DOE National

Laboratories, relating to deployment of

technology through the States.

• Review and approval of any committee

activity.

Public Participation: The meeting is open

to the public. Written statements may be filed

with the Board either before or after the

meeting. Members of the public who wish to

make oral statements pertaining to agenda

items should contact William J. Raup at the

address or telephone number listed above.

Requests to make oral presentations must be

received five days prior to the meeting;

reasonable provision will be made to include

the statements in the agenda. The Chair of

the Board is empowered to conduct the

meeting in a fashion that will facilitate the

orderly conduct of business.

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting will

be available for public review and copying

within 30 days at the Freedom of Information

Public Reading Room, 1E–190, Forrestal

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, except Federal

holidays.

Issued at Washington, DC, on May 16,

1996.

Rachel M. Samuel,

Acting Deputy Advisory Committee

Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 96–12822 Filed 5–21–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP96–520–000]

Columbia Gas Transmission

Corporation; Notice of Application

May 16, 1996.

Take notice that on May 13, 1996,

Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation

(Columbia), 1700 MacCorkle Avenue,

S.E., Charleston, West Virginia 25314–

1599, filed in Docket No. CP96–520–000

an application pursuant to Section 7(c)

of the Natural Gas Act for a certificate

of public convenience and necessity

pursuant to Section 157.7 of the

Commission’s regulations, as well as a

temporary certificate pursuant to

Section 157.17 of the Commission’s

regulations, authorizing the increase in

compressor station horsepower, all as

more fully set forth in the application

which is on file with the Commission

and open to public inspection.

Columbia requests authorization to

increase the horsepower at its

Hellertown Compressor Station, located

in Northampton County, Pennsylvania,

from 917 to 1100 horsepower (hp) per

unit, for a total of 2200 hp, and

incremental increase of 366 hp. It is

stated that to accommodate the

proposed increase in horsepower,

Columbia must also replace the existing,

appurtenant eight 8-inch diameter

compressor cylinders with eight 81⁄2-

inch diameter compressor cylinders,

and provide sound attenuation to ensure

reliability of service to its customers.

Columbia requests a temporary

certificate to allow it to continue

operation of its Hellertown Compressor

Station at the higher horsepower level

until the Commission issues a

permanent certificate. It is stated that,

due to a pipeline rupture on January 6,

1996, Columbia’s Line 1278 was

repaired and the operating pressure was

decreased from 1200 psig to 1080 psig,

pending remedial work to restore the

operation integrity of the pipeline.

Columbia contends that the decreased

operating pressure created a shortage of