[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 25, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4902-4903]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-1871]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Notice of Floodplain Statement of Findings for Operable Unit 2
Remedial Action at the Fernald Environmental Management Project
AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE), Fernald Area Office.
ACTION: Notice of Floodplain Statement of Findings.
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SUMMARY: This is to give notice of DOE's planned actions for the
Fernald Environmental Management Project (FEMP), located approximately
18 miles (29 kilometers) northwest of Cincinnati, Ohio. The subject of
this Notice of Floodplain Statement of Findings is Operable Unit 2
Remedial Action. Operable Unit 2 is comprised of five sub-units or
areas: the Solid Waste Landfill, Lime Sludge Ponds, Inactive Flyash
Pile, South Field and the Active Flyash Pile. DOE proposes to protect
human health and the environment by excavating waste exceeding
Preliminary Remediation Levels (PRLs) not protective of the expanded
trespasser and disposing of the waste in an on-property disposal
facility (Note: Waste that does not meet waste acceptance criteria [an
estimated 1%] for the disposal facility would be disposed of off-site).
Excavation and construction activities associated with implementation
of this alternative would involve a small portion of the
[[Page 4903]] floodplain along Paddys Run in Fernald, Ohio. As a part
of the Operable Unit 2 Feasibility Study/Proposed Plan, DOE prepared a
floodplain/wetlands assessment describing the effects, alternatives,
and measures designed to avoid or minimize potential harm to or within
the affected floodplain. The assessment found that the proposed action
would have minimal temporary or long-term impacts on the floodplain.
DATES: Written comments must be received by the DOE at the following
address on or before February 9, 1995.
ADDRESSES: For further information on this proposed action (including
location map), contact: Mr. Wally Quaider, Acting Associate Director,
Office of Safety & Assessment, U.S. Department of Energy, Fernald Area
Office, P.O. Box 538705 Cincinnati, Ohio 45253-8705, Phone: (513) 648-
3137, Facsimile: (513) 648-3077.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information on general DOE
Flooplain/Wetlands environmental review requirements, contact: Ms.
Carol Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA Oversight, EH-25, U.S.
Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C.
20585, Phone: (202) 586-4600 or 1-800-472-2756.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Floodplain Statement of Findings for
the Operable Unit 2 Remedial Action at the FEMP has been prepared in
accordance with Executive Order 11988 and 10 CFR Part 1022. A Notice of
Floodplain/Wetlands Involvement was published in the Federal Register
(FR) on January 4, 1995 (60 FR 446) and a floodplain/wetlands
assessment was incorporated in the Operable Unit 2 Feasibility Study/
Proposed Plan (FS/PP). DOE is proposing to protect human health and the
environment by controlling continuous migration of contaminants from
the five waste areas within Operable Unit 2: the Solid Waste Landfill,
Lime Sludge Ponds, Inactive Flyash Pile, South Field, and Active Flyash
Pile. In order to eliminate the threat of a release to Paddys Run,
limited excavation would occur in the floodplain. Direct physical
impact to the floodplain would result from the excavation of
contaminated sediments and lead bullets and fragments, the construction
of a temporary haul road, and heavy equipment operating within the
floodplain. Potential indirect impacts to the 100- and 500-year
floodplain as a result of the remedial activities involving the
Inactive Flyash Pile, South Field, and Active Flyash Pile include
surface water runoff and sedimentation loading into the floodplain.
Several alternatives were considered and evaluated in making this
determination, including: no action, consolidation/containment,
excavation and off-site disposal, and excavation and on-property
disposal with off-site disposal of waste exceeding waste acceptance
criteria (i.e., the preferred alternative). Direct and indirect impacts
would occur during the implementation of any action alternative
considered. However, no change in flood elevations would be expected
because disturbed areas would be backfilled and regraded.
DOE has determined that there is no practicable alternative to the
proposed remedial action and that this action has been designed to
minimize harm to the 100- and 500-year floodplain of Paddys Run.
Engineering controls (e.g., expeditious backfilling, silt fences, straw
bales) will minimize indirect impacts such as runoff and sediment
deposition to the floodplain. In addition, all physically disturbed
areas of the floodplain will be regraded to near original contours,
resulting in no change to flood elevations. The proposed remedial
action has been designed to conform to applicable State and local
floodplain protection standards. Before this action begins, approval
would be obtained from State and Federal agencies having jurisdiction.
Issued in Miamisburg, Ohio on January 18, 1995.
George R. Gartrell,
Acting Manager, Ohio Field Office.
[FR Doc. 95-1871 Filed 1-24-95; 8:45 am]
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