Notice of Wetland Involvement for Installation of Air Monitoring Station No. 28 at the Fernald Environmental Management Project (FEMP)

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Notice of Wetland Involvement for Installation of Air Monitoring

Station No. 28 at the Fernald Environmental Management Project (FEMP)

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE), Fernald Environmental Management

Project.

ACTION: Notice of wetland involvement.

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SUMMARY: This is to give notice of DOE's proposal to install an air

monitoring station along with construction of an access road, to comply

with provisions of the Clean Air Act, at the Fernald Environmental

Management Project (FEMP), located about 18 miles northwest of downtown

Cincinnati, Ohio. This activity will involve a wetland in Butler

County, Ohio. In accordance with 10 CFR 1022, DOE will prepare a

Wetland Assessment and conduct the proposed action in such a manner to

avoid or minimize potential harm to or within the affected wetland

area.

DATES: Written comments must be received by the DOE at the following

address on or before October 29, 1997.

ADDRESSES: For further information on this proposed action, including a

site map and/or a copy of the Wetlands Assessment, contact: Mr. David

R. Kozlowski, Associate Director, Office of Safety and Assessment, U.S.

Department of Energy, Fernald Environmental Management Project Office,

P.O. Box 538705, Cincinnati, Ohio 45253-8705; Phone: (513) 648-3187;

Facsimile: (513) 648-3077.

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information on general DOE

wetland and floodplain environmental review requirements, contact: Ms.

Carol M. Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA Policy and Assistance, EH-

42, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, D.C. 20585; Phone: (202) 586-4600 or 1-800-472-2756.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed activity would be required to

comply with the Clean Air Act provisions for ambient air monitoring.

Included is the construction of an access road, installation of

electrical power, and placement of a step unit to mount the air

monitor. Approximately 0.3 acres of wetlands would be affected. Wetland

impacts would occur from installation of the gravel access road over

the existing wetland, resulting in physical disturbance and filling of

wetland areas. Best management practices would be utilized to minimize

the amount of wetland area impacted. For example, the access road would

be routed to impose the least impact to the wetland, erosion controls

such as silt fences would be utilized during construction of the access

road in order to minimize sediment deposition into the wetland, and

culverts would be placed beneath the access road to allow continued

overland flow to the wetland.

Issued in Miamisburg, Ohio on September 26, 1997.

Susan L. Smiley,

NEPA Compliance Officer, Ohio Field Office.

[FR Doc. 97-27123 Filed 10-10-97; 8:45 am]

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