[Federal Register: November 15, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 219)] [Notices] [Page 61931-61932] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr15no99-109] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service Notice of Availability, Final restoration Plan AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior. ACTION: Notice of availability. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and wildlife Service (Service), on behalf of the Department of the Interior (DOI), as a natural resource trustee, announces the release of the final Restoration Plan (Final Plan) for the Hi View Terrace Superfund Site. The Final Plan describes the DOI's plan to restore natural resources injured as a result of remedial actions undertaken to address the release of hazardous substances from the Hi View Terrace Superfund Site. The Hi View Terrace Superfund Site (Site) consists of lots at 100, 110, and 116 Hi View Terrace in West Seneca, New York, portions of which were filled with cyanide-contaminated material. A removal action was subsequently undertaken in 1988 and 1989. A total of 5,600 tons of soil and debris were removed, and the area backfilled with clean material. About 0.5 acre of wetland at the Site was lost due to the remedial work, reducing the quantity and quality of wetlands available for wildlife. As compensation for this loss we reached a settlement of $25,000 with the Responsible Party. The Final Plan is being released in accordance with the Natural Resource Damage Assessment Regulations found at Title 43 of the Code of Federal Regulation Part 11. A Draft Restoration Plan (Draft Plan) was issued by the DOI on June 15, 1999, requesting public comment. A Notice of Availability of the Draft Plan was published in the Federal Register on June 11, 1999. The Draft Plan described several habitat restoration and protection alternatives identified by the DOI, and evaluated each of the possible alternatives based on all relevant considerations. The DOI's Preferred Alternative identified in the Draft Plan entailed the use of $25,000 by the Town of West Seneca to purchase a 17-acre parcel of land along Cazenovia Creek to create the Cazenovia Creek Nature Preserve. Based on an evaluation of the potential impacts of the various alternatives in the Draft Plan, and a consideration of public comments received, the DOI has selected the project identified in the Draft Plan as the Preferred Alternative, the Cazenovia Creek Nature Preserve, for implementation. Details regarding this project are contained in the Final Plan. The Final Revised Procedures for the Service for implementing the National Environmental Policy Act, published in the Federal Register on January 16, 1997, provide a categorical exclusion for natural resource damage assessment restoration plans prepared under CERCLA when only minor or negligible change in the use of the affected areas in planned. The DOI has determined that the Preferred Alternative will result in only a minor change in the use of the affected area. Accordingly this Restoration Plan is for a categorical exclusion under NEPA. The Final Plan includes an Environmental Action Statement documenting this determination. [[Page 61932]] SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Requests for copies of the Final Plan and Environmental Action Statement, or for any additional information, should be directed to Kathryn Jahn, Environmental Contaminants Branch, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, New York Field Office, 3817 Luker Road, Cortland, New York 13045, telephone (607) 753-9334. Author: The primary author of this notice is Ms. Kathryn Jahn, New York Field Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 3817 Luker Road, Cortland, NY 13045. Authority: The authority for this action is the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. Dated: October 28, 1999. M.A. Parker, Acting Regional Director, Region 5, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. [FR Doc. 99-28987 Filed 11-12-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-55-M