[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 29 (Friday, February 11, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-3256]
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[Federal Register: February 11, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Floodplain Involvement; Notification of Proposed Construction and
Equipping of the Gazes Cardiac Research Institute, Medical University
of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
AGENCY: Department of Energy.
ACTION: Public notice on comment period on floodplain involvement.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) is evaluating a grant proposal
to authorize the Medical University of South Carolina to construct and
equip the two lower floors of the proposed nine-story Strom Thurmond
Biomedical Research Center. The action would expand and consolidate on-
going clinical research and out-patient diagnostic activities of the
Cardiology Division of the Gazes Cardiac Research Institute. Most of
the remainder of the Center would be occupied by the Department of
Veterans Affairs. The proposed site is located on Doughty Street,
between Courtney and Earhardt Drives, in Charleston, South Carolina. In
accordance with 10 CFR part 1022, DOE will prepare a floodplain
assessment and will perform this proposed action in a manner so as to
avoid or minimize potential harm to or within the affected floodplain.
DATES: Comments are due to the address below no later than February 28,
1994.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to: Richard R. Stenzel,
Programs and Facilities Management Division, U.S. Department of Energy,
9800 South Cass Avenue, Building 201, Argonne, Illinois 60439.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS PROPOSED ACTION, CONTACT: Richard R.
Stenzel, Programs and Facilities Management Division, U.S. Department
of Energy, 9800 South Cass Avenue, Building 201, Argonne, Illinois
60439, (708) 252-2286.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON GENERAL DOE FLOODPLAIN/WETLANDS
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW REQUIREMENTS, CONTACT: Carol M. Borgstrom,
Director, Office of NEPA Oversight, EH-25, U.S. Department of Energy,
1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-4600 or
(800) 472-2756.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed Strom Thurmond Biomedical
Research Center would be located within an area which would be affected
by the 100-year and 500-year floods as defined by the Flood Insurance
Rate Map of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and by the Corps
of Engineers. The site of the Center is near the eastern shore of the
Charleston peninsula, which is an urban zone with typical mixed land
use: Residential, commercial, institutional, industrial, and some parks
and recreation areas. In accordance with DOE regulations for compliance
with floodplain and wetlands environmental review requirements (10 CFR
part 1022), DOE will prepare a floodplain assessment for this proposed
DOE action. The DOE, as the lead agency, will include the floodplain
assessment in the Environmental Assessment (EA) being prepared for the
proposed project in accordance with the requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act. Following completion of the EA, DOE will make
a determination on the need for an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
and either include a floodplain statement of the findings in the DOE
Finding of No Significant Impact or in an EIS, as appropriate.
Issued in Washington, DC, this 28th day of January 1994.
Martha A. Krebs,
Director, Office of Energy Research.
[FR Doc. 94-3256 Filed 2-10-94; 8:45 am]
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