[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 164 (Wednesday, August 25, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 52377]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-21149]


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POSTAL SERVICE


Notice of Availability: Programmatic Environmental Assessment for 
Mobile Fueling Operations, Nationwide

AGENCY: Postal Service.

ACTION: Notice of availability of a Programmatic Environmental 
Assessment.

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SUMMARY: To comply with the requirements of the National Environmental 
Policy Act (NEPA), the Postal Service has prepared and is making 
available a Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) for the use of 
mobile fueling contractors to fuel postal vehicles on-site at selected 
Postal Service facilities located throughout the United States. This 
PEA evaluated the environmental impacts of the proposed action versus 
taking no action. Based on the results of the PEA, the Postal Service 
has issued a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) indicating that 
the proposed action will not have a significant impact on the 
environment.

DATES: The PEA and FONSI are available as of August 25, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may direct questions or requests for 
additional information, including requests for copies of the PEA and 
FONSI documents, to: Ms. Melinda Hulsey Edwards, Manager, Environmental 
Compliance and Risk Mitigation, Environmental Policy and Programs, U.S. 
Postal Service, 225 N. Humphreys Blvd, Memphis, TN 38166-0865; (901) 
747-7424.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Postal Service proposes to utilize 
mobile fueling contractors to fuel vehicles on-site at select postal 
facilities located throughout the United States. The program would 
focus on, but not be limited to city and rural delivery units with 30 
or more routes using vehicles owned by the Postal Service. Based on 
these criteria, it is anticipated that up to 1,100 sites may be 
eligible to convert to mobile fueling.
    Mobile fueling, also known as fleet fueling, wet fueling, or wet 
hosing, is the practice of filling fuel tanks of vehicles directly from 
tank trucks. In this scenario, mobile refueling contractors would drive 
tank trucks onto Postal Service property to fuel parked delivery 
vehicles and drive the tank trucks off the site when fueling is 
completed. The only alternative identified is the ``no action'' 
alternative of continuing to fuel delivery vehicles off-site at 
commercial gas stations.
    Pursuant to the requirements of the National Environmental Policy 
Act (NEPA) of 1969, its implementing procedures at 39 CFR 775, and the 
President's Council on Environmental Quality Regulations (40 CFR parts 
1500-1508), the Postal Service has prepared a Programmatic 
Environmental Assessment (PEA) to evaluate the environmental impacts of 
the proposed action versus the ``no action'' alternative. Based on the 
results of the PEA, the USPS has issued a Finding of No Significant 
Impact (FONSI) indicating that the proposed action will not have a 
significant impact on the environment. Mitigation requirements will 
include compliance with applicable regulatory programs, as well as 
Postal Service policy and contract requirements specific to each 
facility selected to participate in the mobile fueling program.

Stanley F. Mires,
Chief Counsel, Legislative.
[FR Doc. 2010-21149 Filed 8-24-10; 8:45 am]
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