[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 86 (Wednesday, May 3, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25711-25712]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-10999]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Notice of Floodplain and Wetlands Involvement for the Floodplain 
Strip Adjoining the Boeing Property in Roane County, TN

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of involvement.

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SUMMARY: DOE proposes to convey to the abutting landowner, an 
approximate 182-acre parcel of land within the 500-year floodplain of 
the Clinch River, in Roane County, Tennessee. In accordance with 10 CFR 
1022, Compliance with Floodplain Wetlands/ Environmental Review 
Requirements, DOE will prepare a floodplain and wetlands assessment and 
will perform this proposed action in a manner that will avoid or 
minimize potential harm to or within the affected floodplain and 
wetlands.

DATES: Comments are due to the address below no later than May 18, 
2000.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be directed to Katy Kates, Realty 
Officer, U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge Operations Office, P.O. 
Box 2001, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, or by facsimile at 865-576-9204.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katy Kates, Realty Officer, U.S. 
Department of Energy, Oak Ridge Operations Office, P.O. Box 2001, Oak 
Ridge, Tennessee 37831.
    For Further Information on Floodplain/Wetlands Environmental Review 
Requirements, Contact:

Carol M. Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA Policy and Assistance, EH-
42, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, 
Washington, DC 20585
Ms. Borgstrom can also be reached at 202-586-4600, or by leaving a 
message at 1-800-472-2756

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE proposes to convey to the abutting 
landowner, an approximate 182-acre parcel of land within the 500-year 
floodplain of the Clinch River, in Roane County, Tennessee. The 
conveyed property would be used as a ``green space'' buffer adjacent to 
a proposed 1,217-acre mixed-use development.
    In accordance with DOE regulations for compliance with floodplain 
and wetlands environmental review requirements (10 CFR part 1022), DOE 
will prepare a floodplain and wetlands assessment for this proposed DOE 
action. The assessment will be included in the environmental assessment 
being prepared for the proposed project in accordance with the 
requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act. A floodplain 
statement of findings will be published in the Federal Register.
    The potentially affected floodplain property lies along the banks 
of the Clinch River and adjoins the property presently identified as 
the Boeing property in Roane County, Tennessee. The property is 
situated across the Clinch River from the DOE's East Tennessee 
Technology Park (formerly known as the K-25 Site). In 1987, Boeing 
acquired the 1,217-acre property from the City of Oak Ridge, who had 
previously acquired the property from DOE on the same date. A tentative 
purchaser of the property proposes to develop lots for single-family 
homes, areas for apartments and condominiums, a hotel and conference 
center, a golf course, and a shopping district. About 500 acres of the 
site would be reserved for industrial purposes.
    To provide a buffer and ``green space'' around the development, the 
proposed purchaser is also seeking to acquire title to the floodplain 
property under the jurisdictional control of DOE. The DOE Oak Ridge 
Operations Office would convey the property to whomever the owner of 
the Boeing parcel is at the time the excess parcel is ready for 
conveyance providing environmental or administrative considerations do 
not preclude such conveyance. In February 2000, the Oak Ridge City 
Council voted to rezone the Boeing site for mixed-use development.

    Issued in Oak Ridge, Tennessee on April 24, 2000.
James L. Elmore,
Alternate National Environmental Policy Act Compliance Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-10999 Filed 5-2-00; 8:45 am]
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