[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 205 (Friday, October 23, 1998)] [Notices] [Pages 56939-56940] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 98-28433] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service Draft Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment for the Colonial Pipeline Oil Spill, Reston, VA
Agency
National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
Action
Availability of draft restoration plan and environmental assessment for the Colonial Pipeline Oil Spill, Reston, Virginia.
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Summary
Pursuant to the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), the National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, jointly with the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia, announce the availability of the Draft Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment for the Colonial Pipeline Oil Spill, Reston, Virginia.
Dates
The Draft Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment will remain available for public review through November 20, 1998. Comments regarding this document should be received no later than November 20, 1998. Additionally, a public meeting will be held to discuss the Draft Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment starting at 7 p.m. on November 5, 1998, at the Herndon Middle School, 901 Locust Street, Herndon, Virginia.
Addresses
Comments on the Draft Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment should be sent to the following contact person Daniel
Hamson, National Park Service, Environmental Quality Division, 1849 C Street, NW. (Mail Stop 2749), Washington, DC 20240. Public reading copies of the Draft Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment will be available for review at the following location. Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, Northern Regional Office, 13901 Crown Court, Woodbridge, VA 22193.
Supplementary Information
On March 28, 1993, a subsurface petroleum products pipeline owned and operated by the Colonial Pipeline Company ruptured near Reston, Virginia, discharging approximately 408,000 gallons of No. 2 fuel oil (diesel) into Sugarland Run, the Potomac River, and surrounding environments. Several natural resources, including fish, wildlife, and their habitats, were adversely affected. Additionally, recreational use of natural resources in and around National Park Service facilities, and regional and local parks, was adversely affected. This Draft Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment presents the Trustees' proposed restoration alternative for making the environment and the public whole for injuries to, or loss of, natural resources and services resulting from the Oil Spill. It also evaluates the environmental impacts and considers the no action alternative as required by NEPA. The Trustees are soliciting comments on this Draft Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment. These comments will be considered in evaluating the Environmental Assessment, making decisions pursuant to NEPA, and developing the Final Restoration Plan.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact Daniel Hamson, National Park Service, at the above address.
Dated: October 19, 1998. Sharon Kliwinski, Acting Associate Director, Natural Resource Stewardship and Science, National Park Service. [FR Doc. 98-28433 Filed 10-22-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-70-M