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[Federal Register: March 28, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 59)]
[Notices]
[Page 15398-15399]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Floodplain and Wetland Actions: Site Selection for Expansion of
the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Announcement
AGENCY: Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of Proposed Floodplain and Wetland Actions.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) is preparing an environmental
impact statement (EIS) for site selection for expansion of the
Strategic Petroleum Reserve, as required by the Energy Policy Act of
2005. Some potential sites for expansion or new development of the
Reserve and for pipeline rights-of-way are located in floodplains or
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wetlands. DOE hereby gives early notice that it will include in the
Draft EIS a floodplain and wetland assessment prepared in accordance
with the DOE Regulations for Compliance with Floodplain and Wetland
Environmental Review Requirements (10 CFR Part 1022) and provides for
early public input.
DATES: DOE intends to issue the Draft EIS containing the floodplain and
wetland assessment in the near future. Any suggestions related to
preparation of the floodplain and wetland assessment would be most
helpful if received no later than April 12, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Suggestions or questions may be submitted by any of the
following methods, identified by ``Notice of Floodplain and Wetland
Actions for the SPR EIS'' on the subject line, cover sheet, or
envelope, respectively:
E-mail: Donald.Silawsky@hq.doe.gov.
Fax: (202) 586-4446.
Mail: Donald Silawsky, Office of Petroleum Reserves (FE-
47), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20585-0301. Please note that mail may be delayed by
anthrax screening.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: To receive information on the
proposed expansion of the SPR or the floodplain and wetland
assessments, or to request a copy of the Draft EIS when it is issued,
contact Donald Silawsky by any of the means listed in the ADDRESSES
section of this notice, or call (202) 586-1892. Additional information
may also be found on the DOE Fossil Energy Web site for ``EIS
Information for Expanding the Nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserves''
at http://www.fe.doe.gov/programs/reserves/spr/expansion-eis.html.
For further information on 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 20585-0119; telephone: (202) 586-4600; fax: (202) 586-
7031; or leave a toll-free message at: (800) 472-2756.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background: DOE published a notice of intent
to prepare an EIS for site selection for the expansion of the Strategic
Petroleum Reserve at 70 FR 52088 on September 1, 2005. In response to
conditions following Hurricane Katrina, DOE extended the scoping period
through October 28, 2005 (70 FR 56649; September 28, 2005) and held
public scoping meetings in Texas, Mississippi, and Louisiana. On
October 27, 2005, the Governor of Mississippi requested the Secretary
of Energy to include a new site at Bruinsburg Salt Dome in the analysis
of environmental impacts. On November 22, 2005 (70 FR 70600), in
response to the inclusion of the new site, DOE announced that another
public meeting would be held in Mississippi on December 7, 2005, and
the public scoping period would be reopened until December 19, 2005.
Locations of Potential Actions in Wetlands and Floodplains
Construction and Operation of Reserves. Candidate sites for
expansion of existing Strategic Petroleum Reserve storage capacity are
at West Hackberry and Bayou Choctaw, Louisiana, and Big Hill, Texas.
Candidate sites for construction of new Strategic Petroleum Reserve
storage capacity are at Chacahoula and Clovelly, Louisiana; Richton and
Bruinsburg, Mississippi; and Stratton Ridge, Texas. The expansion sites
and the candidate construction sites all involve potential actions in
floodplains and/or wetlands.
Petroleum Pipelines. The candidate Big Hill, Bayou Choctaw, and
West Hackberry expansion sites and the new candidate Chacahoula,
Clovelly, Richton, Bruinsburg, and Stratton Ridge sites involve
potential construction of crude oil or product pipelines in floodplains
and/or wetlands.
Brine Pipelines. The candidate Big Hill and Bayou Choctaw expansion
sites and the new candidate Chacahoula, Richton, Bruinsburg, and
Stratton Ridge sites involve potential construction of brine pipelines
in floodplains and/or wetlands.
Issued in Washington, DC, on March 21, 2006.
Mark J. Matarrese,
NEPA Compliance Officer, Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. E6-4492 Filed 3-27-06; 8:45 am]
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