30862 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 118 / Tuesday, June 18, 1996 / Notices

Issued in Washington, D.C. on June 13,

1996.

Alan L. Seifert,

Deputy Director, Division of Trading &

Markets.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Chemical Agent Demilitarization

Facility; Construction and Operation;

Umatilla Depot Activity, OR

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DOD.

ACTION: Notice of Availability.

SUMMARY: This announces the Notice of

Availability of the Final Environmental

Impact Statement (FEIS) on the

construction and operation of the

proposed chemical agent

demilitarization facility at the Umatilla

Depot Activity, Oregon. The proposed

facility will be used to demilitarize all

stockpiled chemical agents and

munitions currently stored at the

Umatilla Depot Activity. The FEIS

examines the potential impacts of onsite incineration, alternative sites within

Umatilla Depot Activity and the ‘‘no

action’’ alternative. The ‘‘no action’’

alternative is considered to be a deferral

of demilitarization with continued

storage of agents and munitions at the

Umatilla Depot Activity.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In its

Record of Decision (53 FR 5816,

February 26, 1988) for the Final

Programmatic Environmental Impact

Statement on the Chemical Stockpile

Disposal Program (CSDP), the

Department of the Army selected on-site

disposal by incineration at all eight

chemical munition storage sites within

the continental United States as the

method by which it will destroy its

lethal chemical stockpile. On February

6, 1989, the Department of the Army

published a Notice of Intent (54 FR

5646) which announced that, pursuant

to the National Environmental Policy

Act and implementing regulations, it

would prepare a draft site-specific EIS

for the Umatilla chemical munitions

disposal facility. In 1991, the

Department of the Army prepared a

Draft EIS to assess the site-specific

health and environmental impacts of

on-site incineration of chemical agents

and munitions stored at the Umatilla

Depot Activity. In late 1991, preparation

of draft and final EIS’s was halted

pending the outcome of a National

Research Council (NRC) study of

alternative technologies for the

destruction of chemical agents and

munitions and the Army’s review of that

study. The alternative technology

studies by both the NRC and the Army

have been completed and preparation of

EIS’s has been restarted. A Notice of

Availability was published on January

26, 1996 (61 FR 2508) which provided

notice that the revised Draft EIS was

available for public comment.

Comments from the revised DEIS have

been considered and responses are

included in this Final EIS. After a 30-

day waiting period, the Army will

publish a Record of Decision. Copies of

the Final EIS may be obtained by

writing to the following address:

Program Manager for Chemical

Demilitarization, ATTN: SFAE–CD–ME,

Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland

21010–5401.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The

Environmental Protection Agency will

also publish a Notice of Availability for

the Final EIS in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Above address, or Ms. Suzanne Fournier

at (410) 671–1093.

Raymond J. Fatz,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the

Army (Environment, Safety and Occupational

Health) OASA (I, L&E).

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Notice of Intent To Prepare a Draft

Environmental Impact Statement

(DEIS) for Projects and Activities

Associated With Future Programs at

Yuma Proving Ground

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DOD.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

SUMMARY: In accordance with Public

Law 91–190, the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

(DEIS) being prepared to evaluate

environmental implications of future

decisions regarding operation of Yuma

Proving Ground. The DEIS will focus on

impacts of planned future activities at

Yuma Proving Ground, development

alternatives for the installation Master

Plan, development potential of the

installation in terms of environmental

carrying capacity, and specific concerns

regarding risk. Issues to be considered

in the proposed action include

acceptance of those new programs

projected for the installation,

modernization or removal of outdated

facilities, and improvements to

infrastructure, utilities and service

necessary to accommodate the new

missions and changes in existing test

and evaluation missions. All missions

on the installation will be considered.

The Army will conduct a scoping

workshop (exact date, time, and location

to be determined) prior to preparing the

Environmental Impact Statement. The

first step will be to determine the

appropriate scope of issues, activities

and alternatives to be addressed. Among

the anticipated areas to be evaluated are

public health risks and public safety,

noise, shock and vibration, water

quality, air quality, hazardous material

management and disposal, biological

resources including threatened and

endangered species, social and

economic effects, and historical and

archaeological resources. Agencies

having regulatory interest and special

expertise will be asked to participate in

the scoping process.

DATES: Written public comments and

suggestions can be submitted by no later

than July 18, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Commander, U.S. Army

Yuma Proving Ground, ATTN: STEYP–

ES–C (Junior D. Kerns), Yuma, Arizona

85365–9107.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Junior D. Kerns, (520) 328–2148.

Raymond J. Fatz,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the

Army (Environment, Safety and Occupational

Health) OASA (IL&E).

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Notice of Wetlands Involvement for

Effluent Reduction at Los Alamos

National Laboratory

AGENCY: Los Alamos Area Office, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of wetlands involvement.

SUMMARY: DOE is proposing to reduce or

eliminate the discharge of industrial and

sanitary wastewater from 29 outfalls at

Los Alamos National Laboratory

(LANL), Los Alamos County, New

Mexico. These measures are necessary

to comply with federal and state water

quality standards and directives issued

by the Environmental Protection Agency

(EPA). The measures would consist of

both rerouting and connecting

wastewater discharges to an existing

treatment facility and installing

recirculation systems. Remaining

discharges would be primarily from

stormwater runoff. The objective of the

proposed action is to insure that

wastewater discharges are

environmentally safe. The elimination

of wastewater would reduce or

terminate flows to approximately 25

wetlands that have likely been created