[Federal Register: November 27, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 229)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


 
Notice of Wetlands Involvement for the Transfer of Land at the 
Miamisburg Closure Project


AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE), Ohio Field Office, Miamisburg 
Closure Project (MCP).


ACTION: Notice of wetlands involvement.


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SUMMARY: This is to give notice of DOE's proposal to transfer ownership 
of approximately 57 acres of property of the MCP site, located 
approximately ten (10) miles southwest of Dayton, Ohio. The ownership 
of the subject property would be transferred to a non-Federal entity. A 
small portion (approximately 0.03 acre) of the property is classified 
as wetlands (i.e., those areas that are inundated by surface or 
groundwater with a frequency sufficient to support, and under normal 
circumstances does or would support, a prevalence of vegetative or 
aquatic life that requires saturated or seasonally saturated soil 
conditions for growth and reproduction). In accordance with 10


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CFR 1022.5(d), DOE would identify those uses of a wetland resource that 
are restricted under Federal, state and local wetlands regulations, and 
would make the future property owner aware of those restricted uses.


DATES: Written comments on the proposed action must be received by the 
DOE at the following address on or before December 12, 2002.


ADDRESSES: For further information on the proposed action, including a 
site map and/or a copy of the Wetlands Assessment, contact: Ms. Sue 
Smiley, U.S. Department of Energy, Miamisburg Closure Project, P.O. Box 
66, Miamisburg, OH 45343-0066, Phone: 937-865-3984.


FURTHER INFORMATION: For further information on general DOE wetland and 
floodplain environmental review requirements, contact: Ms. Carol 
Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance, EH-42, U.S. 
Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 
20585, Phone: 202-586-4600 or 1-800-472-2756.


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed action would support ultimate 
disposition of the MCP site. The MCP 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 MCP site 
will be transferred to a non-Federal entity. The MCP property will be 
transferred in phases, since certain parcels of land are still in use 
by DOE or are not yet suitable for transfer. This notice addresses that 
portion of the ``Phase I'' parcel of land at the MCP site which is 
classified as wetlands. The subject wetland covers approximately 0.03 
acre of the Phase I parcel, and it is an isolated wetland contained 
entirely within the boundaries of the Phase I parcel.


    Issued in Miamisburg, Ohio, on November 19, 2002.
Jack R. Craig,
Acting Manager, Ohio, Field Office.
[FR Doc. 02-30094 Filed 11-26-02; 8:45 am]

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