[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 12, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 1798]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-636]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Notice of Floodplain Involvement for the Transfer of the South
Property at the Miamisburg Environmental Management Project
AGENCY: Ohio Field Office, Miamisburg Environmental Management Project
(MEMP), Department of Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Notice of Floodplain Involvement.
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SUMMARY: This is to give notice of DOE's proposal to transfer ownership
of approximately 123 acres of undeveloped property in the southern
portion of the MEMP site, located approximately 10 (ten) miles
southwest of Dayton, Ohio. The property, designated the South Property,
has been determined to be excess to DOE's long-term needs. As a result,
ownership of this property will be transferred to a non-Federal entity.
A small portion of the South Property lies within the 100-year
floodplain, i.e., the area is subject to a 1% chance per year of
inundation from the Great Miami River. In accordance with 10 CFR
1022.5(d), DOE will identify those uses that are restricted under
Federal, state, and local floodplain regulations. The future owner of
the South Property will be made aware of the applicable governing
regulations on or adjacent to the 100-year floodplain.
DATES: Written comments must be received by the DOE at the following
address on or before January 27, 1999.
ADDRESSES: For further information on this proposed action, including a
site map and/or copy of the Floodplain Assessment, contact: Ms. Sue
Smiley, NEPA Compliance Officer, U. S. Department of Energy, Ohio Field
Office, P. O. Box 66, Miamisburg, OH 45343-0066; Phone: 937-865-3984;
Facsimile: 937-865-4489.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information on general DOE
floodplain and wetland environmental review requirements, contact: Ms.
Carol Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA Policy and Assistance, EH-42,
U. S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington,
D.C. 20585; Phone: 202-586-4600 or 1-800-472-2756.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed activity would support ultimate
disposition of the MEMP site. The MEMP site has been determined to be
excess to DOE's long-term needs. This decision is supported by the
Nonnuclear Consolidation Environmental Assessment (DOE/EA-0792) and
associated Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) dated September 14,
1993, and the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the DOE Defense
Programs, Environmental Management and Nuclear Energy Programs, dated
August 1, 1995. In order to meet the programmatic need to disposition
land determined to be excess to DOE's needs, ownership of the site will
be transferred to a non-Federal entity. The property will be released
in phases, as certain parcels of land are still in use or are not yet
suitable for transfer. This notice addresses that portion of the South
Property which lies within the 100-year floodplain. The proposed sale
of the South Property, as a whole, will be evaluated under the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process. The NEPA document, which will
include the Floodplain Assessment, will be made available to Interested
or Affected States and Tribes, as well as other key stakeholders/
members of the public. Transfer of the South Property will not occur
until the NEPA process has been completed.
Issued in Miamisburg, Ohio on December 30, 1998.
G. Leah Dever,
Manager, Ohio Field Office.
[FR Doc. 99-636 Filed 1-11-99; 8:45 am]
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