Remediation of the Moab Uranium Mill Tailings, Grand and San Juan Counties, Utah, Draft Environmental Impact Statement; Notice of Availability

摘要

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announces the availability of the document, Remediation of the Moab Uranium Mill Tailings, Grand and San Juan Counties, Utah, Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DOE/ EIS-0335D) for the Moab, Utah, Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project Site, for public comment. The draft environmental impact statement (EIS) analyzes the potential environmental impacts associated with alternatives for 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 draft EIS also contains a Floodplain and Wetlands Assessment. The Department prepared this draft EIS in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations that implement the procedural provisions of NEPA (40 CFR Parts 1500-1508), and the DOE procedures implementing NEPA (10 CFR Part 1021). The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a notice of availability of the draft EIS in the Federal Register on N