Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 123 / Tuesday, June 25, 1996 / Notices 32785

Telephone: 206–764–3745; fax: 206–

764–6579.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

surplus property is available under the

provisions of the Federal Property and

Administrative Services Act of 1949 and

the Base Closure Community

Development and Homeless Assistance

Act of 1994. Notices of interest should

be forwarded to Janice Davin, LRA

Coordinator, Clark County Department

of Public Works, P.O. Box 9810,

Vancouver, WA 98666–9810, Telephone

360–6118, ext. 4330.

The surplus real property totals 3,020

acres, more or less and includes 74

buildings. The total space for all

buildings is approximately 60,565

square feet. The current use is as a U.S.

Army Active and Reserve training

installation.

Gregory D. Showalter,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 96–16146 Filed 6–24–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3710–ER–M

Inland Waterways Users Board

AGENCY: Corps of Engineers, DOD.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with 10 (a)(2)

of the Federal Advisory Committee Act,

Public Law (92–463) announcement is

made of the next meeting of the Inland

Waterways Users Board. The meeting

will be held on 31 July 1996 at the

Thunderbird Hotel in Bloomington,

Minnesota, (Tel. (612) 854–3411 or 800–

328–1931). Registration will begin at

8:30 a.m. and the meeting is scheduled

to adjourn at 4 p.m. The meeting is open

to the public. Any interested person

may attend, appear before, or file

statements with the committee at the

time and in the manner permitted by the

committee.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Norman T. Edwards, Headquarters,

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, CECW–

PD, Washington, DC 20314–1000.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: None.

Gregory D. Showalter,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 96–16150 Filed 6–24–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3710–92–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Floodplain Statement of Findings for

Site Investigation Activities at the

Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant Area

of Responsibility

AGENCY: Oak Ridge Operations Office,

Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Floodplain Statement of

Findings.

SUMMARY: This is a Floodplain

Statement of Findings for Site

Investigation Activities at the Paducah

Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PGDP),

McCracken County, Kentucky, prepared

in accordance with 10 CFR Part 1022

Compliance With Floodplain/Wetlands

Environmental Review Requirements.

DOE proposes to conduct preliminary

engineering and site investigation

activities as required under the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act (CERCLA), the Resource

Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA),

underground storage tank regulations, or

other regulations and directives within

the PGDP area of responsibility. Some

site investigation activities may occur

within 500-year or 100-year floodplains

of streams within the study area. The

areas of the 100- and 500-year

floodplains are 1.12 km2 (112.1

hectares, 276.9 acres) and 1.24 km2

(123.5 hectares, 305.2 acres),

respectively. DOE has prepared a

floodplain assessment describing the

possible effects, alternatives, and

measures designed to avoid or minimize

potential harm to floodplains or their

flood storage potential. Actions will not

be located in floodplains if practicable

alternatives exist. DOE will endeavor to

allow 15 days of public review after

publication of the statement of findings

before conducting site investigations or

preliminary engineering activities in

floodplains at the PGDP area of

responsibility. Actions conducted under

CERCLA will comply with the

substantive requirements of 10 CFR

1022 and 33 CFR 330 as provided for

under the National Contingency Plan

(40 CFR 300, et seq.).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Mr.

Robert C. Sleeman, Director,

Environmental Restoration Division

(EW–91), DOE Oak Ridge Operations

Office, Post Office Box 2001, Oak Ridge,

TN 37831–8540, Telephone: (423) 576–

3534, Facsimile: (423) 576–6074.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON GENERAL

DOE FLOODPLAIN/WETLAND

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW REQUIREMENTS,

CONTACT: Carol M. Borgstrom, Director,

Office of NEPA Policy and Assistance,

EH–42, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20585, Telephone:

(202) 586–4600 or (800) 472–2756.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Notice

of Floodplain Involvement was

published in the Federal Register on

October 5, 1993 (58 FR 51812), and a

floodplain assessment was prepared.

The floodplain assessment covers a

variety of intrusive and non-intrusive

preliminary engineering and site

investigation activities that may be used

at one or more sites within the PGDP

area of responsibility. These activities

include (as detailed in the October 5,

1993, notice), but are not limited to: ‘‘(a)

Sampling of air, surface water,

groundwater, sediments, surface and

deeper soils; sampling assessment, and

evaluation of terrestrial and aquatic

biota, and measurement of

meteorological characteristics; (b)

drilling of boreholes to obtain soil/

geological samples (some of the

boreholes would be completed as

groundwater monitoring wells); (c)

digging soil test pits by hand or

backhoe; (d) taking a variety of noninvasive surveys (such as radiological

surveys); (e) taking invasive surveys

(such as with soil penetrometers and

similar devices); and (f) conducting

underground tests (such as aquifer

pump, tracer geophysical log, vertical

seismic profile, and seismic tests).’’

Sampling sites will be located outside

of floodplains to the extent practicable

(i.e., when data quality is not

compromised). Sampling activities

within floodplains are expected to be

limited to activities related to surface

and sediment sampling and a minimum

number of boreholes, wells, and soil test

pits. Most of the activities addressed by

the floodplain assessment will result in

no measurable impact on floodplain

cross-sections or flood stage, and thus

do not increase the risk of flooding.

Those specific activities that are

identified during review of sampling

plans as possibly impacting negatively

upon the floodplain (e.g., installation of

flumes and construction of access roads)

may require separate floodplain

assessments and the implementation of

mitigative measures. Alternatively, DOE

may opt to omit the activity or relocate

the activity to an alternate site outside

of the floodplain. Site investigation

activities addressed in the floodplain

assessment conform to applicable

floodplain protection standards.

Issued in Oak Ridge, Tennessee on June 5,

1996.

James L. Elmore,

Alternate NEPA Compliance Officer.

[FR Doc. 96–16122 Filed 6–24–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center;

Notice of Sources Sought

AGENCY: Pittsburgh Energy Technology

Center, Department of Energy.