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as a consequence of these long-term

discharges.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before July 3, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

addressed to: Elizabeth Withers, NEPA

Compliance Officer, Office of

Environment and Projects, Department

of Energy, Los Alamos Area Office, 528

35th Street, Los Alamos, NM 87544,

(505) 667–8690.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS

PROPOSED ACTION, CONTACT: Ken

Zamora, Project Manager, Office of

Environment and Projects, Department

of Energy, Los Alamos Area Office, 528

35th Street, Los Alamos, NM 87544,

(505) 665–5047.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON GENERAL

DOE FLOODPLAIN/WETLANDS

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, D.C. 20585, (202) 586–4600

or (800) 472–2756.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. Project Description

DOE proposes to implement measures

to reduce or eliminate the discharge of

industrial and sanitary wastewater from

29 outfalls at various facilities at LANL,

Los Alamos County, New Mexico. These

measures are being taken as an integral

part of an overall program of corrective

action to insure that wastewater

discharges are environmentally safe.

Action is needed to comply with federal

and state water quality standards and

directives issued by EPA. Corrective

measures would consist of both

rerouting and connecting discharges to

the existing sanitary wastewater

treatment system and installing

recirculation systems at the source of

the wastewater. Only one of the

corrective actions would involve

construction work outside of a building.

This action would consist of the

excavation of a 82-foot-long trench in a

non-wetland area. No construction

would occur within a wetland.

Remaining discharges would come

primarily from stormwater runoff.

2. Wetlands

The long-term discharge of

wastewater has likely contributed to the

development of small wetlands at

several facilities. These wetlands have

developed below outfalls and at various

downstream locations in the receiving

stream channel. Other facilities

discharging wastewater have outfalls

that are not thought to be associated

with wetlands, and others have had

outfalls associated with wetlands but no

longer discharge wastewater to support

them because of program changes.

Currently, 33 wetlands supported by

wastewater discharges remain at various

locations at LANL. A small number of

naturally occurring wetlands are also

present. These wastewater and natural

wetlands provide habitat for a diversity

of wildlife on both a local and area-wide

scale.

Reduction or cessation of wastewater

flows at 29 outfalls would likely result

in the gradual reversion of wetland

plant communities at 25 wetlands to

plant communities adapted to drier

conditions, with a resulting change in

animal use. Some wetland communities

could persist. Wetlands associated with

the wastewater treatment facility

receiving rerouted wastewater may

experience a modest increase in size.

In accordance with DOE regulations

for compliance with floodplain and

wetlands environmental review

requirements (10 CFR 1022), DOE will

prepare a wetlands assessment for this

proposed action. The wetlands

assessment will be included as an

integral part of the EA that will be

prepared for this proposal in complying

with NEPA.

Issued in Albuquerque, New Mexico on

June 4, 1996.

Elizabeth Withers,

NEPA Compliance Officer, Los Alamos Area

Office, Department of Energy.

[FR Doc. 96–15438 Filed 6–17–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Oak Ridge

Reservation

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Public Law 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) notice

is hereby given of the following

Advisory Committee meeting:

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board (EM SSAB),

Oak Ridge Reservation.

DATES: Wednesday, July 10, 1996: 6 pm–

9 pm.

ADDRESSES: Oak Ridge Inn (formerly

Holiday Inn), 420 South Illinois

Avenue, Oak Ridge, TN.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sandy Perkins, Site-Specific Advisory

Board Coordinator, Department of

Energy Oak Ridge Operations Office,

105 Broadway, Oak Ridge, TN 37830,

(423) 576–1590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of

the Board: The purpose of the Board is

to make recommendations to DOE in the

areas of environmental restoration,

waste management, and related

activities.

Tentative Agenda:

July Meeting Topics

This meeting will involve a panel

discussion among representatives from

the U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, Tennessee Department of

Environment and Conservation, and the

U.S. Department of Energy on the

implications of the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation

and Liability Act and the Resource

Conservation and Recovery Act, and its

implementation in the Environmental

Management Program at the Oak Ridge

Reservation.

Public Participation: The meeting is

open to the public. Written statements

may be filed with the Committee either

before or after the meeting. Individuals

who wish to make oral statements

pertaining to agenda items should

contact Sandy Perkins at the address or

telephone number listed above.

Requests must be received 5 days prior

to the meeting and reasonable provision

will be made to include the presentation

in the agenda. The Designated Federal

Official is empowered to conduct the

meeting in a fashion that will facilitate

the orderly conduct of business. Each

individual wishing to make public

comment will be provided a maximum

of 5 minutes to present their comments.

Minutes: The minutes of this meeting

will be available for public review and

copying at the Freedom of Information

Public Reading Room, 1E–190, Forrestal

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW., Washington, DC 20585 between 9

a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday-Friday, except

Federal holidays. Minutes will also be

available at the Department of Energy’s

Information Resource Center at 105

Broadway, Oak Ridge, TN between 8:30

am and 5 pm on Monday, Wednesday,

and Friday; 8:30 am and 7 pm on

Tuesday and Thursday; and 9 am and 1

pm on Saturday, or by writing to Sandy

Perkins, Department of Energy Oak

Ridge Operations Office, 105 Broadway,

Oak Ridge, TN 37830, or by calling her

at (423) 576–1590.

Issued at Washington, DC on June 12, 1996.

Rachel M. Samuel,

Acting Deputy Advisory Committee

Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 96–15443 Filed 6–17–96; 8:45 am]

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Office of Energy Research

Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory

Committee; Open Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Public Law 92–463, 86 Stat. 770),

notice is given of a meeting of the

Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory

Committee.

DATES: Tuesday, July 16, 1996, 9:00 a.m.

to 5:00 p.m.; Wednesday, July 17, 1996,

9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; and Thursday,

July 18, 1996, 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Gaithersburg Hilton Hotel,

620 Perry Parkway, Gaithersburg, MD

20877.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Albert L. Opdenaker, III, Executive

Assistant Office of Fusion Energy

Sciences, GTN, U.S. Department of

Energy, Washington, DC 20585,

Telephone: 301–903–4941.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of the Meeting: The

Committee will discuss alternative

fusion concepts and inertial fusion

energy and will present the Committee

report on major fusion facilities.

Tentative Agenda:

Tuesday-Thursday, July 16–18, 1996:

—DOE Perspective on the Future of the

Fusion Program

—Highlights of Scientific Issues

Subcommittee:

Finding and Recommendations on

Major Facilities

—Scientific Issues Subcommittee

Discussion of:

Alternatives

Inertial Fusion Energy

—Discussions of Possible New Charges

—Public Comments (10 minute rule)

Public Participation: The meeting is

open to the public. Written statements

may be filed with the Committee either

before or after the meeting. Members of

the public who wish to make oral

statements pertaining to agenda items

should contact Albert Opdenaker at the

address or telephone number listed

above. Requests to make oral statements

must be received 5 days prior to the

meeting; reasonable provision will be

made to include the statement in the

agenda. The Chairperson of the

Committee is empowered to conduct the

meeting in a fashion that will facilitate

the orderly conduct of business.

Minutes: The minutes of this meeting

will be available for public review and

copying within 30 days at the Freedom

of Information Public Reading Room, I–

190, Forrestal Building, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC, between 9:00 a.m. and

4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday,

except Federal holidays.

Issued at Washington, DC on June 12, 1996.

Rachel M. Samuel,

Acting Deputy Advisory Committee

Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 96–15442 Filed 6–17–96; 8:45 am]

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Notice of Presolicitation Conference

for Acquisition of Transportation

Services

AGENCY: Office of Civilian Radioactive

Waste Management, Department of

Energy.

ACTION: Notice of Presolicitation

Conference.

SUMMARY: The Office of Civilian

Radioactive Waste Management

(OCRWM) issued a request for

Expression of Interest (EOI) and

Comments in the May 24, 1996

Commerce Business Daily (CBD) (PSA–

1602, page 48) and in the May 28, 1996

Federal Register (FR) (Vol. 61103 page

26508) regarding its planned acquisition

of services for transportation of spent

nuclear fuel and other associated

activities. These notices provided

general information related to the scope

of services sought by OCRWM, contract

type, contract term, schedule, and

requested comments on six issues.

OCRWM now desires to hold a

presolicitation conference as a follow-on

to the EOI Notice where input on

technical and contractual issues can be

obtained. The presolicitation conference

is a preliminary step in the acquisition

process that may or may not result in an

actual Request for Proposal (RFP) at a

later date.

DATE AND LOCATION: The presolicitation

conference will be held on Tuesday,

July 9, 1996, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

in the main auditorium of the Forrestal

Building, Department of Energy, 1000

Independence Ave. SW., Washington,

DC 20585. Individuals are requested to

preregister by contacting Corinne

Macaluso, Environmental and

Operational Activities Division, at (202)

586–2837 or by fax at (202)586–1047.

Attendance at the presolicitation

conference will be limited to four

individuals per firm. Individuals can

also register the day of the conference,

in which case registration and badging

will begin at 8:00 a.m.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: Information

contained in the May 1996 CBD and FR

announcements can be obtained through

the OCRWM Home Page located on the

World Wide Web. The address for the

OCRWM Home Page is HTTP://

www.rw.doe.gov/. For individuals

without access to the World Wide Web,

the information can be obtained by

faxing a request to Michelle Miskinis,

Contracting Officer, U.S. Department of

Energy, at (202) 634–4419.

The documents currently planned for

distribution prior to the presolicitation

conference are the draft Statement of

Work and draft Waste Acceptance,

Transportation and Storage Concept of

Operations. It is anticipated that these

documents will be available in

electronic format, via the OCRWM

Home Page, and hardcopy, by June 18,

1996. As previously noted, individuals

without World Wide Web access can

request a copy by submitting a fax to

Michelle Miskinis. It is requested that

participants review these documents

prior to attending the conference.

Copies will also be available in the

auditorium on the day of the

conference.

Technical and contracting Personnel

will also be available at the

presolicitation conference to present

requirements, receive industry input

and answer clarifying questions. The

tentative agenda for the conference is

included at the end of this notice. In

order to allow appropriate time in the

agenda for participant comments on

issue, please mail or fax your comments

on the draft Statement of Work to

Michelle Miskinis, by July 3, 1996.

Written comments, as well as verbal

comments, will also be accepted on the

day of the conference. Additional

written comments will be accepted no

later than fourteen days after the

conference date.

Tentative Agenda

Registration, Welcome and

Introduction, Overview of Market

Driven Approach, Mission Functional

Groups, Functional Responsibilities,

Functional Interfaces, Contract

Structure, Summary of Draft Statement

of Work, Performance-Based Equipment

Requirements, Institutional Interfaces,

Contract Business Arrangements,

General Comments from industry.

Point of Contact

For additional information concerning

this notice, contact Ms. Michelle

Miskinis, Contacting Officer, (DOE/HR

561.21), at (202) 634–4413, or Ms. Beth

Tomasoni, Contracting Officer, (DOE/

HR 561.21), at (202) 634–4408, U.S.

Department of Energy, 1000

Independence Ave. SW., Washington,

DC 20585. Fax (202) 634–4419.

This notice should not be construed

(1) as a commitment by the Department