88 FR 100 pgs. 33601-33608 - Trespassing on DOE Property: Savannah River Site
Type: NOTICEVolume: 88Number: 100Pages: 33601 - 33608
Pages: 33601, 33602, 33603, 33606, 33607, 33608FR document: [FR Doc. 2023-11044 Filed 5-23-23; 8:45 am]
Agency: Energy Department
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Trespassing on DOE Property: Savannah River Site
AGENCY:
Office of Environmental Management, Department of Energy.
ACTION:
Notice of designation of Savannah River Site trespass boundaries.
SUMMARY:
[top] The Department of Energy (DOE) prohibits unauthorized entry and the unauthorized introduction of weapons or dangerous materials into and upon its nuclear sites. The Savannah River Site (SRS), a defense nuclear site comprising approximately 310 square miles of DOE-owned property in Aiken, Allendale and Barnwell Counties, South Carolina, is required to periodically survey and update its boundaries and publish those results in the Federal Register . The purpose of this notice is to provide the public with the most recent amendments to the SRS trespass boundary since its last publication in
DATES:
This action is effective on May 18, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Scott Boeke, U.S. Department of Energy, Savannah River Operations Office, ATTN: Office of Security, Safeguards & Emergency Services, P.O. Box A, Aiken, SC 29802, Email: scott.boeke@srs.gov , Telephone: 803-952-7385
Lucy Knowles, Chief Counsel, U.S. Department of Energy, Savannah River Operations Office, P.O. Box A, Aiken, SC 29802, Email: lucy.knowles@srs.gov , Telephone: 803-952-7618
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Department of Energy (DOE), successor agency to the Atomic Energy Commission, is authorized pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 as implemented by the Department of Energy Organization Act, to prohibit unauthorized entry and the unauthorized introduction of weapons or dangerous materials into and upon its nuclear sites. By Notice dated October 12, 1965, appearing in the Federal Register of October 19, 1965, the Atomic Energy Commission prohibited unauthorized entry into and upon certain portions of the Savannah River Site (SRS) located in the State of South Carolina. This Notice was amended in 1968 (dated January 31, 1968); in 1975 (dated December 4, 1975); in 1982 (dated September 1, 1982); and in 1985 (dated August 5, 1985). This Notice further amends the site description in the previous notices to include the entire Savannah River Site. Notices stating the pertinent prohibition of Title 10, Part 860- Trespassing On Department Of Energy Property, Section 5, Violations and penalties, will be posted at all entrances of said tracts and at intervals along its perimeters as provided in Title 10, Part 860- Trespassing On Department Of Energy Property, Section 5, Posting. It should be noted that information contained in this notice is from the report, Savannah River Site, SC; Trespassing on Department of Energy Property, approved on December 8, 2022, by R. T. Bartholomew, Director, Office of Safeguards, Security and Emergency Services, Savannah River Operations Office, U.S. Department of Energy.
The site description of the Savannah River Site is amended to read as follows:
All that tract of parcel of land lying or being situated in Aiken, Allendale and Barnwell Counties, in the State of South Carolina, approximately 14 miles southeast of the city of Augusta, State of Georgia, and 12 miles south of the town of Aiken, State of South Carolina; bounded on the southwest and south by the Savannah River, on the east by lands of Florence L.S. Clark (Creek Plantation), on the north by lands of Catawba Timber Company, on the northwest by Aiken County Road 62, lands now or formerly of W.H. Harper, Fitch Gilbert, J.L. Pew, Mack Foreman, J.L. Steed et al. and being more particularly described as follows:
Bearings on the following descriptions are referred to the Savannah River Site (SRS) coordinate system, unless otherwise specifically noted.
[top] Beginning at SRS monument number 1 near the Savannah River; thence N 70-26-17 E 3,224.13 feet to SRS monument number 1A; thence N 70-26-16 E 523.01 feet to SRS monument 1B; thence N 70-26-17 E 1,311.11 feet to SRS monument 2; thence S 23-09-34 E 647.94 feet to SRS monument 3; thence N 71-10-56 E 1,406.53 feet to SRS monument 4; thence S 81-23-22 E 3,449.13 feet to SRS monument 4A; thence N 75-11-56 E 654.15 feet to SRS monument 4B; thence S 85-04-12 E 10,141.28 feet to SRS monument 4D; thence S 84-26-58 E 199.75 feet to SRS monument 5; thence N 00-05-36 W 3,322.84 feet to SRS monument 6; thence N 21-52-47 E 455.4 feet to SRS monument 6A (said point having a coordinate value on the SRS coordinate system of N 94773.45 and E 25269.90); thence N 75-34-22 E 1,613.12 feet to SRS monument 7; thence N 78-33-33 E 1,854.48 feet to SRS monument 8; thence N 14-06-35 W 2,513.83 feet to SRS monument 9; thence N 73-37-31 E 3,390.15 feet to SRS monument 10; thence N 2-31-25 W 622.97 feet to SRS monument 11; thence S 73-05-51 E 458.29 feet to SRS monument 12; thence N 01-09-44 E 3,670.11 feet to SRS monument 13; thence N 49-31-11 W 370.31 feet to SRS monument 14; thence N 53-11-53 E 1,808.93 feet to SRS monument 15; thence N 38-19-45 W 220.37 feet to SRS monument 16; thence N 66-53-39 E 967.38 feet to SRS monument 17; thence N 56-51-28 E 263.16 feet to monument 18; thence S 62-49-32 E 188.61 feet to SRS monument 19; thence N 55-16-41 E 197.30 feet to SRS monument 20; thence N 61-45-25 W 202.55 feet to SRS monument 21; thence N 56-13-08 E 1,026.18 feet to SRS monument 22; thence N 27-14-26 E 1,129.31 feet to SRS monument 23; thence S 60-12-34 E 281.93 feet to SRS monument 23A; thence S 60-14-48 E 112.84 feet to SRS monument 23B; thence S 60-13-56 E 1,684.91 feet to SRS monument 24A; thence S 60-13-48 E 69.95 feet to SRS monument 24; thence along the meander of the centerline of SC HWY 125, approximately 2,600 feet to SRS monument 25 (said point having a coordinate value on the SRS coordinate system of N 108,319.92 E 37,340.99); thence along the meander of the southeast R/W of S.C. Highway 62 approximately 10,900 feet to monument 26 (said point having a coordinate value on the SRS coordinate system of N 111,445.21 E 47.594.33); thence N 68-22-44 E 286.97 feet to SRS monument 27; thence S 26-42-44 E 2,086.29 feet to SRS monument 28; thence S 88-45-19 E 1,784.15 feet to SRS monument 29; thence N 50-47-33 E 615.22 feet to SRS monument 30; thence S 16-34-58 E 675.58 feet to monument 31; thence S 20-34-23 E 587.56 feet to SRS monument 32; thence N 59-53-06 E 653.65 feet to SRS monument 33; thence N 67-08-57 E 2,733.25 feet to SRS monument 34; thence N65-56-48 E 618.93 feet to SRS monument 35; thence N 62-13-09 E 2,675.95 feet to SRS monument 36; thence S 01-28-07 W 1,284.83 feet to SRS monument 37; thence N 29-10-00 E 1,791.29 feet to SRS monument 38; thence S 58-47-43 E 3,228.36 feet to SRS monument 39; thence N 58-02-11 E 542.97 feet to SRS monument 40; thence N 40-38-25 E 1,281.41 feet to SRS monument 41; thence along the meander of Woods Road approximately 1,500 feet in a southeasterly direction to SRS monument 42 (said point having a coordinate value on the SRS coordinate system of N 110,691.93 E 63,516.56); thence N 89-27-05 E 2,723.36 feet to SRS monument 43; thence N 72-50-13 E 1,346.17 feet to SRS monument 44; thence S 26-04-56 E 886.05 feet to SRS monument 45; thence N 68-56-56 E 1,111.14 feet to SRS monument 46; thence S 45-16-35 E 849.05 feet to SRS monument 47; thence N 51-41-24 E 2,116.00 feet to SRS monument 48; thence S 04-58-33 E 977.92 feet to SRS monument 49; thence S 76-21-44 E 1,925.20 feet to SRS monument 50; thence N 47-36-31 E 890.43 feet to SRS monument 51; thence S 37-02-27 E 716.77 feet to SRS monument 52; thence N 29-55-50 E 226.47 feet to SRS monument 53; thence S 36-22-09 E 683.22 feet to SRS monument 54; thence N 63-52-19 E 325.38 feet to SRS monument 55 (pt. in centerline of unnamed dirt road); thence S 38-07-02 E 3,400.36 feet to SRS monument 56 (pt. in centerline of unnamed dirt road); thence N 65-17-41 E 2,780.78 feet to SRS monument 57; thence N 64-37-23
Excluded from the above-described tract are the following rights-of-way and other parcels which are publicly accessible:
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (CSX Railroad) (Formerly Charleston and Western Carolina Railroad)
Beginning at the SRS boundary line near the Augusta Barricade; thence in a southerly direction through the former town of Ellenton, continuing in a southeasterly direction through Robbins Station to the SRS boundary line a distance of 14.2 miles and containing 173 acres more or less.
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (CSX Railroad)
Beginning at Robbins Station, thence in an easterly and northeasterly direction (crossing SRS Road A) to Meyers Mill siding, thence in a northeasterly direction to the intersection of the railroad and the Savannah River Site boundary line between monument 130 and 345.
United States Highway 278
Beginning at the intersection of the Savannah River Site boundary line and the centerline of US Hwy 278 between SRS monuments 54 and 55 east of the intersection of SC Hwy 19 and US Hwy 278; thence along the meanders of the centerline of US Hwy 278 in an easterly direction to the intersection of US Hwy 278 and SC 54; thence along the meanders of the centerline of US Hwy 278 in an easterly direction to the intersection of the Savannah River Site boundary line between Savannah River Site monuments 75 and 76.
United States Highway 278
Beginning at the intersection of the centerline of US Hwy 278 and the Savannah River Site boundary line between Savannah River Site monument 86 and 87; thence in a southeasterly direction along the meanders of the centerline of US Hwy 278 to the intersection of the centerline of said highway and the Savannah River Site boundary line between Savannah River Site monuments 88C and 88D.
(Brown Road) Aiken County
[top] Beginning at a point of intersection of the southern right-of-way of Brown Road and the Savannah River Site Boundary line between SRS Monuments 13 and 14; thence along the meander of the southern right-of-way of Brown Road to a point of intersection between the southern right-of-way of Brown
S-2-5 (Main Street/Old Jackson Hwy) Aiken County
Beginning at the intersection of the centerline of Main St and the Savannah River Site Boundary line between Savannah River Site monuments 23A and 23B; thence along the meander of the centerline of Old Main Street in a southeasterly and southerly direction to a point of intersection with SC Hwy 125, south of SRS Monument 24.
SRS Road 1 (Aiken County)
Beginning at a point of intersection between the centerline of SC Hwy 125 and the centerline of SRS Road 1; thence along the meander of the centerline of SRS Road 1 in an easterly direction approximately 6.9 miles to a point of intersection between the centerline of SRS Road 1 and SRS Road 2.
SRS Road 1A (Aiken County)
Beginning at a point of intersection between the centerline of Green Pond Road and the centerline of SRS Road 1A; thence along the meander of the centerline of Road 1A in a northeasterly direction to a point of intersection between the centerline of Road 1A and SRS Road 1.
S-2-57 (Green Pond Road) Aiken County
Beginning at Savannah River Site monument 33 (a nail in the centerline of said road); thence along the meander of the centerline of Green Pond Road in a southeasterly direction to the intersection of the centerline of Green Pond Road and Savannah River Site Road 1 (intersection being northeast along SRS Road 1 of the 703 building).
Doe Court
Beginning at a point of intersection northeast of Savannah River Site monument 33 with the Savannah River Site boundary line, thence along the meander of the centerline of Doe Ct in a northeasterly direction approximately 2,300 feet to a point of deviation at which said road continues in a northeasterly direction away from the Savannah River Site boundary line.
C-2434 (Gateway Drive) Aiken County
Beginning at the centerline of Gateway Drive and the Savannah River Site Boundary line between Savannah River Site monuments 41 and 42; thence meandering along the centerline of Gateway Drive in a southerly direction to a point of intersection between the centerline of Gateway Drive and the centerline of SRS Road 1.
SRS Road 2 (Aiken County)
Beginning at a point of intersection between SRS Road 2 the Savannah River Site Boundary line between SRS monuments 53 and 54; thence along the meander of SRS Road 2 in a southwesterly direction, approximately 2,064 feet, to a point of intersection between the centerline of SRS Road 2 and the centerline of SRS Road 1.
S-2-738 (Washington Drive) Aiken County
Beginning at a point of intersection between the centerline of Washington Drive and the Savannah River Site Boundary Line between SRS Monuments 55 and 56; thence along the centerline of Washington Drive in a westerly direction, approximately 200 feet, to a point of intersection between the centerline of Washington Drive and the centerline of Hwy 278.
C-481 (Birch Street) Aiken County
Beginning at a point of intersection between the centerline of Washington Drive and the northern right-of-way of Birch Street; thence in a southeasterly direction, along the Savannah River Site Boundary Line between SRS Monuments 55 and 56, approximately 3,050 feet; thence turning southwest along a curve and continuing to a point of intersection between the intersection of the centerline of Birch Street and the centerline of Hwy 278.
C-1171 (Truman Street) Aiken County
Beginning at a point of intersection between the northern right of way of Birch Street and the centerline of Truman Street; thence along the meander of the centerline of Truman Street in a southwesterly direction to a point of intersection between the centerline of Truman Street and the centerline of Hwy 278.
C-485 (Adams Avenue) Aiken County
Beginning at a point of intersection between the northern right of way of Birch Street and the centerline of Adams Avenue; thence along the meander of the centerline of Adams Avenue in a southwesterly direction to a point of intersection between the centerline of Adams Avenue and the centerline of Hwy 278.
Fairfield Cemetery (Aiken County)
Beginning at a point of intersection between the centerline of Cemetery Road and Hwy 278; thence in a northeasterly direction to an approximate location of N 101626.85 E 82307.62 on the SRS coordinate system; thence in a northwesterly direction to an approximate location of N 102121.21 E 81983.18 on the SRS coordinate system; thence in a southwesterly direction to an approximate location of N 101949.77 E 81611.01 on the SRS coordinate system; thence in a southeasterly direction to an approximate location of N 101518.00 E 81863.40 on the SRS coordinate system; thence in a southeasterly direction to the return point of intersection between the centerline of Cemetery Road and Hwy 27.
C-498 (Boggy Gut Road) Aiken County
Beginning at a point of intersection between the centerline of Boggy Gut Road and the Savannah River Site Boundary Line between SRS Monuments 66R and 67; thence along the meander of the centerline of Boggy Gut Road in a southwesterly direction, approximately 1.3 miles, to a point of intersection between the centerline of Boggy Gut Road and the centerline of Hwy 278.
S-2-54 (Mt. Beulah Road) Aiken County
Beginning at a point of intersection between the centerline of Mt. Beulah Road and the Savannah River Site Boundary Line between SRS Monuments 75 and 76; thence along the meander of the centerline of Mt. Beulah Road in a southwesterly direction, approximately 2,100 feet, to a point of intersection between the centerline of Mt. Beulah Road and the centerline of Hwy 278.
C-507 (Dunlap Circle) Barnwell County
[top] Beginning at a point of intersection between the western right of way of Dunlap Circle and the Savannah River Site Boundary Line between SRS Monuments 80 and 81; thence along the meander of the western right of way of Dunlap Circle approximately 507 feet in a southeasterly direction to a point of intersection between the western right of way Dunlap Circle and the Savannah River Site Boundary Line between SRS Monuments 82 and 83.
S--461 (Crimson Road) Barnwell County
Beginning at a point of intersection between SRS Monument 97 and the northern right of way of Crimson Road; thence along the meander of the northern right of way of Crimson Road in a westerly direction to SRS Monument 98.
S-6-856 (Tennessee Road) Barnwell County
Beginning at a point of intersection between the centerline of Tennessee Road and the Savannah River Site Boundary line near SRS Monument 291; thence along the meander of the northern right-of-way of Tennessee Road in a westerly direction to a point of intersection between the centerline of Tennessee Road and Aaron Price Road.
S-3-12 (Lemaster Lane) Barnwell County
Beginning at a point of intersection between Lemaster Lane and the northern right-of-way of Tennessee Road; thence along the meander of Lemaster Lane in a southwesterly direction to a point approximately 30 feet Northwest of SRS Monument 297.
Duncan Road (Barnwell County/Allendale)
Beginning at a point of intersection between the western right-of-way of Duncan Road and the northern right-of-way of Tennessee Road; thence along the meander of the western right-of-way of Duncan Road in a southwesterly direction to a point of intersection between the western right-of-way of Duncan Road and the Savannah River Site Boundary line between SRS Monuments 301 and 302.
S-6-20 (Patterson Mill Road) Barnwell County/Allendale County
Beginning at the intersection of the centerline of Patterson Mill Road and the Savannah River Site Boundary line between Savannah River Site monuments 288 and 287; thence along the meander of the centerline of Patterson Mill Road in a northeasterly direction to a point of intersection between the centerline of Patterson Mill Road and the Savannah River Site Boundary line between SRS Monuments 148 and 147.
S-3-17 (Furse Mill Road) Allendale County
Beginning at the intersection of the centerline of Furse Mill Road and the Savannah River Site Boundary line between SRS monuments 272 and 273; thence along the meander of the centerline of Furse Mill Road in an easterly direction to a point of intersection between the centerline of Furse Mill Road and the centerline of Washington Badger/Boiling Springs Road.
S-3-65 (Washington Badger Road) Allendale County/S&6-39 (Boiling Springs Road) Barnwell County
Beginning at the intersection of the centerline of Washing Badger Road (Aiken County) and the Savannah River Site Boundary line between SRS monuments 271A and 270A; thence along the meander of the centerline of Washington Badger Road in a northeasterly direction, crossing over Stinson Bridge (603-23G) into Barnwell County and continuing as Boiling Springs Road in an easterly direction to a point of intersection between the centerline of Boiling Springs Road and the Savannah River Site Boundary line near SRS monument 176.
S-3-66 (Rocky Point Road) Allendale County
Beginning at the intersection of the centerline of Rocky Point Road and the Savannah River Site Boundary line northeast of SRS Monument 261; thence along the meander of the centerline of Rocky Point Road in a southeasterly direction to a point of intersection between the centerline of Rocky Point Road and the Savannah River Site Boundary line between SRS Monuments 190 and 191.
A-Area Badge Office Parking Lot
Beginning at a point along the southern right of way of SRS Road 1, an approximate location having a site coordinate of N 107192.5 E 49534.55 on the Savannah River Site coordinate system; thence along the meander of the southern right of way of SRS Road 1 in an easterly direction approximately 860 feet; thence south approximately 520 feet to the security fencing; thence along the meander of the security fencing in a westerly direction approximately 860 feet; thence north approximately 520 feet to the point of beginning.
Trailer Complex South of SRS Road 1
Beginning at a point of intersection with the southern right-of-way of SRS Road 1, an approximate location having a site coordinate of N 107351.88 E 51822.36; thence south approximately 35' to a point of intersection with the metal fencing; thence along the meander of the outer metal fencing to an approximate location having a site coordinate of N 107243.71 E 51989.90; thence northwest approximately 153' to an approximate location having a site coordinate of N 107393.64 E 51960.08.
Designated Demonstration Area
Being a triangular parcel located in the southeast corner of the intersection of SRS Road 1 and SC Hwy 125 described as follows: Beginning at the point of intersection of the southern right-of-way of SRS Road 1 (37.5 feet from the centerline of SRS Road 1) and the eastern right-of-way of SC Hwy 125 (75 feet from the centerline of the median of SC Highway 125); thence with the meanders of the eastern right-of-way of SC Hwy 125 S 2-09 W 1232.11 feet to a point; thence with the Federal Trespass Line fence N 46-40 E 1796.15 feet to a point on the southern right-of-way of SRS Road 1 S 89-56 W 1260.47 feet to the point of beginning, containing 17.81 acres more or less.
Crackerneck Wildlife Management Area
Beginning at SRS Monument 1 thence along the property line to SRS Monument 12. From SRS Monument 12 thence in a northern and easterly direction away from the Savannah River Site Boundary to a point of intersection (N 101219.34/E 37029.83) along the meander of SC Hwy 125. From this point of intersection thence along the meander of SC Hwy 125 to the intersection of Upper Three Runs Creek. From Upper Three Runs Creek thence along the meander of Upper Three Runs Creek to a point of intersection on the Savannah River; thence along the meander of the Savannah River north to SRS Monument 1.
Three Rivers Landfill
Beginning at a point of intersection between SC Hwy 125 and Dominion Energy 115-KV Right of Way thence moving in a southeasterly direction along the 115-KV Right of way to the intersection of Upper Three Runs Creek. From the intersection of Upper Three Runs Creek thence along the meander of Upper Three Runs Creek to the intersection with Dominion Energy 13.8-KV Right of Way. Traveling in a northernly direction along the 13.8-KV Dominion Energy Right of Way to the intersection with Miller Road thence west along Miller Rd to the Intersection of Dominion Energy 13.8-KV Right of Way and the southern Right of Way of SRS Road 2, thence in a southwesterly direction to beginning point along SC Hwy 125.
Signing Authority
[top] This document of the Department of Energy was signed on May 18, 2023, by R.T. Bartholomew, Director, Office of Safeguards, Security and Emergency Services, Savannah River Operations Office, pursuant to delegated authority from the Secretary of Energy. That
Signed in Washington, DC, on May 19, 2023.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2023-11044 Filed 5-23-23; 8:45 am]
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