[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 205 (Friday, October 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56939-56940]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-28433]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Draft Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment for the
Colonial Pipeline Oil Spill, Reston, VA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Availability of draft restoration plan and environmental
assessment for the Colonial Pipeline Oil Spill, Reston, Virginia.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), the National Park Service and
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, jointly with the Commonwealth of
Virginia and the District of Columbia, announce the availability of the
Draft Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment for the Colonial
Pipeline Oil Spill, Reston, Virginia.
DATES: The Draft Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment will
remain available for public review through November 20, 1998. Comments
regarding this document should be received no later than November 20,
1998. Additionally, a public meeting will be held to discuss the Draft
Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment starting at 7 p.m. on
November 5, 1998, at the Herndon Middle School, 901 Locust Street,
Herndon, Virginia.
ADDRESSES: Comments on the Draft Restoration Plan and Environmental
Assessment should be sent to the following contact person Daniel
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Hamson, National Park Service, Environmental Quality Division, 1849 C
Street, NW. (Mail Stop 2749), Washington, DC 20240.
Public reading copies of the Draft Restoration Plan and
Environmental Assessment will be available for review at the following
location. Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, Northern
Regional Office, 13901 Crown Court, Woodbridge, VA 22193.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 28, 1993, a subsurface petroleum
products pipeline owned and operated by the Colonial Pipeline Company
ruptured near Reston, Virginia, discharging approximately 408,000
gallons of No. 2 fuel oil (diesel) into Sugarland Run, the Potomac
River, and surrounding environments. Several natural resources,
including fish, wildlife, and their habitats, were adversely affected.
Additionally, recreational use of natural resources in and around
National Park Service facilities, and regional and local parks, was
adversely affected. This Draft Restoration Plan and Environmental
Assessment presents the Trustees' proposed restoration alternative for
making the environment and the public whole for injuries to, or loss
of, natural resources and services resulting from the Oil Spill. It
also evaluates the environmental impacts and considers the no action
alternative as required by NEPA. The Trustees are soliciting comments
on this Draft Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment. These
comments will be considered in evaluating the Environmental Assessment,
making decisions pursuant to NEPA, and developing the Final Restoration
Plan.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact Daniel Hamson, National Park Service,
at the above address.
Dated: October 19, 1998.
Sharon Kliwinski,
Acting Associate Director, Natural Resource Stewardship and Science,
National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 98-28433 Filed 10-22-98; 8:45 am]
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