TRACKING #_  MCST9800.R12_______________________

RECORD OF  ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW  (ROER) 

Background Information

Stage of Action: 	Initial Decision _X__	SIP  ___   Revised Scope  ___   
  In-the-field change  ___

Group sponsoring activity (i.e.; event #, proposal #, WBS#):  ASA
Engineering  WBS # 5.1.02 

Scope/type of activity:  Installation of  Six Freeze Cells in Ice Pier. 
 Cells will be filled with propylene glycol and sealed.  They will be
removed late in 1998.  Project is an experiment to see how much ice
growth can be produced using the freeze cells.  The cells are forty feet
long and three and one half inch outside diameter.  They will be
installed with twenty feet exposed in the atmosphere.

Principal contact(s):  Bud Chambers

Activity location(s):  Ice Pier, McMurdo Antarctica

Intensity and Scope

Duration of activity (approximate dates):  8-17-98 to 11-1-98

Activity will occur in an area with special environmental and/or
scientific management standards?   Yes __ No X

If yes, the site is located in:	_______________________sector of the
South Pole Station

					_________________________area of the Dry Valleys

					_________________________(name) rookery/colony

					_________________________(name) SSSI or SPA

					_________________________(name) other special area

Is the activity consistent with current operations or long-range plans
in terms of size, personnel,

 and/or footprint?	 Yes _X_  No  __

Are complex, cumulative, large-scale, or irreversible effects likely?	
Yes  __    No  _X_	

Is activity likely to preclude or conflict with other foreseeable
activities?	Yes  __  No  _X_

Activity is expected to create no significant effects on the following
environments/resources:

	air  X     aquatic X  	marine	X	terrestrial  X		glacial 	X	historic X  
    aesthetic X

Are there EMI or EMR issues associated with this project?		Yes  __   No 
X			

Environmental Documentation

ACA permit required for: 	Flora/Fauna __	SSSI/SPA  __	Not required   X

Activity fits into a category of exclusion:  Yes  _X_  No  __

If yes, which one?	Small scale collection of geological   __  and/or
biological specimen   __

			Routine, laboratory-based research  			__

			Seismic research utilizing explosives			__

			Renovation and/or remodeling of existing facilities 	X

			Deployment of retrievable instrumentation 		__

			Use of weather/research balloons			__

			Use of radioisotopes (in compliance with applicable laws)	__

If no, is additional assessment required?	Yes  __  No _X_

If yes, for which activities?

Do existing environmental document(s) adequately describe likely
effects?		  Yes __  No _X_

If yes, list file name(s) of environmental document(s): 

This Environmental Review was prepared by:	John Sherve 			Date: 8-14-98

Signature Block 

This Environmental Review for the stage of the action cited on line one
is adequate for the action to proceed as noted.

	     Yes _X_	Yes, with mitigation (attached) __	No __		 If no, why?
_________________

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Responsible Official:   /s/John Sherve NSF Station Manager McMurdo
Antarctica		  Date: 8-14-98

