[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 150 (Friday, August 5, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45380-45381]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-15503]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Remediation of the Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Final Environmental
Impact Statement, Grand and San Juan Counties, Utah, Final
Environmental Impact Statement
AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of
Environmental Management (EM) announces the availability of the
Remediation of the Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Final Environmental
Impact Statement, Grand and San Juan Counties, Utah (DOE/EIS-
0355)(FEIS). The FEIS has been prepared in accordance with the
regulations of the Council on Environmental Quality (Title 40 Code of
Federal Regulations [CFR] Parts 1500-1508) for implementing the
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and DOE's NEPA Implementing
Procedures (10 CFR Part 1021). The FEIS analyzes the potential
environmental impacts associated with remediating contaminated soils,
tailings, and ground water at the Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Site (Moab
site), Grand County, Utah, and contaminated soils in adjacent public
and private properties (vicinity properties) near the Moab site.
The FEIS analyzes one on-site and three off-site alternative
disposal locations for remediation of surface contamination; one
alternative for remediation of contaminated ground water; and the No
Action Alternative. Remediation alternatives for the disposal of
surface contamination include on-site disposal of the mill tailings at
their current location in Moab, Utah; and three off-site disposal
alternatives in Utah: Klondike Flats, Crescent Junction, and the White
Mesa Mill. For transportation of the mill tailings to the off-site
alternatives, three modes have been considered: Truck, rail, and slurry
pipeline.
The FEIS identifies Crescent Junction as DOE's preferred
alternative for disposal of the Moab mill tailings and other
contaminated materials using predominantly rail transportation. Under
the preferred alternative, DOE would remove the contaminated mill
tailings from adjacent to the Colorado River and relocate them at the
Crescent Junction site. The FEIS also identifies active ground water
remediation as DOE's preferred alternative for contaminated ground
water to eliminate the potential ongoing impacts to aquatic species in
the Colorado River resulting from contaminated ground water discharges.
DATES: Copies of the FEIS were distributed to Members of Congress,
American Indian Tribal governments, state and local governments, other
Federal agencies, and organizations and individuals who are known to
have an interest in the FEIS on July 25-26, 2005. DOE plans to issue a
Record of Decision for the Moab FEIS no sooner than September 6, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Send requests for copies of the FEIS to: Mr. Donald Metzler,
Moab Federal Project Director, U.S. Department of Energy, 2597 B \3/4\
Road, Grand Junction, Colorado, 81503; by facsimile: (970) 248-6023; by
phone: (970) 248-7612 or toll free at (800) 637-4575; or by e-mail at
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[email protected]. The FEIS is available on the DOE NEPA Web
site at http://www.eh.doe.gov/nepa/documents.html, on the project
Web site at http://gj.em.doe.gov/moab/, and at the following reading
room locations:
Grand County Library 25 South 100 East, Moab, Utah, (435) 259-5421.
Library hours:
9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Wednesday.
9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday.
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
Closed Sunday.
Blanding Branch Library, 25 West 300 South, Blanding, Utah, (435) 678-
2335.
Library hours:
Noon to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday.
2 to 6 p.m. Friday.
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
Closed Sunday.
White Mesa Ute Administrative Building, (off U.S. Highway 191), White
Mesa, Utah, (435) 678-3397.
Reading Room hours:
8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Closed Saturday and Sunday.
The DOE Freedom of Information Act Office and Reading Room, Room 1E-
190, 1000 Independence Ave, SW., Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-3142.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information on the
Office of Environmental Management's (EM's) Moab FEIS, please contact
Mr. Donald Metzler at the address or phone numbers listed in the
ADDRESSES section above, or Steve Frank, EM NEPA Compliance Officer,
U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington,
DC 20585; (202) 586-7478.
For general information regarding the DOE NEPA process, please
contact: Carol M. Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA Policy and
Compliance (EH-42), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585; (202) 586-4600 or leave a message at
(800) 472-2756.
Steven Frank,
Office of Environmental Management, NEPA Compliance Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-15503 Filed 8-4-05; 8:45 am]
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