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socioeconomics, transportation,
utilities, hazardous and toxic substances
and waste, air quality, water resources,
geology and soils, biological and
cultural resources, and safety.
The DEIS analyses indicate that
implementation of Alternative A would
have significant impacts on
transportation; biological resources
(vegetation, aquatic habitats, wildlife,
and special status species); and cultural
resources. Implementation of
Alternative B (the preferred alternative)
would have no significant impacts to
visual and aesthetic resources;
socioeconomics (economic
development, housing, quality of life,
environmental justice); noise; air
quality; hazardous and toxic materials
and waste (hazardous material storage,
use and handling; contaminated sites);
water resources (surface water,
hydrogeology/groundwater, floodplains,
and wetlands); geology and soils;
biological resources (Unique Ecological
Areas); safety; land use; or utilities.
Alternative locations for some of the
projects as presented in Alternative B
would provide similar impacts and
benefits as Alternative A in all resources
except for biological (special status
species), where the impacts to the Redcockaded Woodpecker would be
substantially less, and cultural
(archaeological sites), where impacts
would be greater. The No Action
alternative provides the environmental
baseline conditions for comparison to
the impacts associated with the action
alternatives.
The Army invites the public, local
governments, and state and other
Federal agencies to submit written
comments or suggestions concerning the
alternatives and analyses addressed in
the DEIS. The public and government
agencies also are invited to participate
in a public meeting where oral and
written comments and suggestions will
be received. The public meeting will be
held on May 10, 2007 from 6 p.m. to 9
p.m. at the Columbus, Georgia
Convention and Trade Center, 801 Front
Avenue, Room 205. Copies of the DEIS
will be available for review at several
local libraries prior to the public
meeting. The DEIS may also be
reviewed electronically at: https://
www.hqda.army.mil/acsim/brac/
nepa_eis_docs.htm.
Please send written comments on the
DEIS to: Mr. John Brent, Fort Benning
Directorate of Public Works,
Environmental Management Division,
Bldg #6 (Meloy Hall), Room 310, Fort
Benning, GA 31905. E-mail comments
should be sent to:
john.brent@benning.army.mil.
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Dated: April 10, 2007.
Addison D. Davis, IV,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army
(Environment, Safety and Occupational
Health).
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Defense Logistics Agency
[Requisition No. 07–007]
Removal of Low-Activity
Contamination
Defense National Stockpile
Center (DNSC), Defense Logistics
Agency.
ACTION: Notice of availability of a
finding of no significant impact for the
removal of low-activity contamination.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Defense Logistics Agency
announces the availability of the
Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI) for the removal of low-activity
contamination resulting from storage of
radioactive source material in the
National Defense Stockpile of strategic
and critical materials.
Stockpiles of commodities containing
source material have been removed from
DNSC depots at Curtis Bay, MD and
Hammond, IN. At the Curtis Bay Depot,
the commodities containing source
material (columbium/tantalum, thorium
nitrate, tungsten ore and concentrates,
thorium hydroxide, thorium oxide,
monazite sand, uranium pitchblende
ore, and sodium sulfate) were
previously stored in 16 of the original
59 warehouses. Since the middle 1980s,
over 19,000 drums of thorium nitrate
were stored in three warehouses.
Previously the thorium nitrate stockpile
was stored for short periods in six other
warehouses on the site. At the
Hammond Depot, the commodities
containing source material (columbium/
tantalum, thorium nitrate, monazite
sands, sodium sulfate, and tungsten ore
and concentrates) were previously
stored in two of the three warehouses on
the site. Cleanup of any residual
contamination from storage of the
commodities containing source material
is one task DNSC must complete before
its Nuclear Regulatory Commission
license can be terminated.
Following evaluation of reasonable
alternatives conducted by Oak Ridge
National Laboratory on behalf of DNSC,
DNSC will remove residual
contamination and transfer the
contaminants to a regulated disposal
site. This disposal will be performed in
a manner that will be safe, secure, and
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environmentally sound and minimizes
radiation exposure and potential for risk
to workers, the public, and the
environment.
Notice of Availability of an
Environmental Assessment and draft
FONSI were published in the Federal
Register on Friday, March 9, 2007 (Vol.
72, No. 46); comments received by April
9, 2007 were considered when
preparing the final version of the
FONSI.
The FONSI is available for review on
the DNSC Web site (https://
www.dnsc.dla.mil/FINALFONSI.asp).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Michael Pecullan, Phone (703) 767–
7620 or e-mail:
michael.pecullan@dla.mil.
DATES:
Dated: April 10, 2007.
Cornel A. Holder,
Administrator, Defense National Stockpile
Center.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
[USN–2007–0027]
Privacy Act of 1974; System of
Records
Department of the Navy,
Department of Defense.
ACTION: Notice of a new system of
records.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy
proposes to add a systems of records to
its inventory of record systems subject
to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C.
552a), as amended.
DATES: The proposed action will be
effective on May 18, 2007 unless
comments are received that would
result in a contrary determination.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to the
Department of the Navy, PA/FOIA
Policy Branch, Chief of Naval
Operations (DNS–36), 2000 Navy
Pentagon, Washington, DC 20350–2000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs.
Doris Lama at (202) 685–325–6545.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department of the Navy’s notices for
systems of records subject to the Privacy
Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended,
have been published in the Federal
Register and are available from the
address above.
The proposed systems reports, as
required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) of the
Privacy Act, were submitted on April 6,
2007, to the House Committee on
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Defense Logistics Agency
[Requisition No. 07-007]
Removal of Low-Activity Contamination
AGENCY: Defense National Stockpile Center (DNSC), Defense Logistics
Agency.
ACTION: Notice of availability of a finding of no significant impact
for the removal of low-activity contamination.
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SUMMARY: The Defense Logistics Agency announces the availability of the
Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the removal of low-
activity contamination resulting from storage of radioactive source
material in the National Defense Stockpile of strategic and critical
materials.
Stockpiles of commodities containing source material have been
removed from DNSC depots at Curtis Bay, MD and Hammond, IN. At the
Curtis Bay Depot, the commodities containing source material
(columbium/tantalum, thorium nitrate, tungsten ore and concentrates,
thorium hydroxide, thorium oxide, monazite sand, uranium pitchblende
ore, and sodium sulfate) were previously stored in 16 of the original
59 warehouses. Since the middle 1980s, over 19,000 drums of thorium
nitrate were stored in three warehouses. Previously the thorium nitrate
stockpile was stored for short periods in six other warehouses on the
site. At the Hammond Depot, the commodities containing source material
(columbium/tantalum, thorium nitrate, monazite sands, sodium sulfate,
and tungsten ore and concentrates) were previously stored in two of the
three warehouses on the site. Cleanup of any residual contamination
from storage of the commodities containing source material is one task
DNSC must complete before its Nuclear Regulatory Commission license can
be terminated.
Following evaluation of reasonable alternatives conducted by Oak
Ridge National Laboratory on behalf of DNSC, DNSC will remove residual
contamination and transfer the contaminants to a regulated disposal
site. This disposal will be performed in a manner that will be safe,
secure, and environmentally sound and minimizes radiation exposure and
potential for risk to workers, the public, and the environment.
DATES: Notice of Availability of an Environmental Assessment and draft
FONSI were published in the Federal Register on Friday, March 9, 2007
(Vol. 72, No. 46); comments received by April 9, 2007 were considered
when preparing the final version of the FONSI.
The FONSI is available for review on the DNSC Web site (https://
www.dnsc.dla.mil/FINALFONSI.asp).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Michael Pecullan, Phone (703) 767-
7620 or e-mail: michael.pecullan@dla.mil.
Dated: April 10, 2007.
Cornel A. Holder,
Administrator, Defense National Stockpile Center.
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